Fancy paid business experience with a global publisher?

Become a Gale Ambassador and help raise awareness of the 
fascinating digital archives available at your institution.

Gale is an international publisher of digital archives and other library resources such as eBooks.If you have applied for the Gale Ambassador Program and have not received an email confirming receipt of your application within 2 business days, please contact: jessica.edwards@cengage.com

Many students at your university remain unaware of the great digital resources available through your library. This includes many of Gale’s primary source archives, such as –

(To see the Gale archives, and other resources, available at your university, search "Gale" in your library catalogue.)


Applications have now closed for the 2023-24 cohort.

Applications will re-open in the coming year for the 2024-25 cohort.

In the meantime you can register your interest here to ensure you're notified as soon as possible, if applications open at your university. Plus, we sometimes have other opportunities and ways students can be involved with the various parts of a Publishing company; feel free to complete this form if you would be interested in being notified if any such opportunities arise.
 

The benefits of being a Gale Ambassador

Gale Ambassadors are paid £700/€800/15,800​​​​R/3,200₪* to complete set tasks within a year. If you remain studying at your university, there may be the opportunity to renew your contract in the future.

Plus, the role is also great for your CV…

  • Business experience – work directly with a global publisher.
  • Have your work published on our company blog – great, shareable evidence of your work.
  • Run your own marketing activities – refine 'marketing copy' and images to make successful use of social media.
  • Public speaking – run presentations and training sessions with your fellow students, obtaining valuable public speaking skills.
  • Network – connect with more staff and students at your university, students in other countries, and numerous colleagues at Gale.
  • Market Research - understand product development processes.
  • Discover more primary sources for your own essays – potentially improving your grades!

 

               

 

The program is very flexible – most activities can be completed at a time convenient to each student, so can be fitted around your existing schedule, university work and other responsibilities.

*Country dependent

What activities will you need to do?

The activities in the Gale Ambassador Library Support Program can change a little each year. Students in the 2023-24 program will be completing the activities below. Students are able plan their time and complete the following activities at a time convenient to them:

  • Blog Post: Write 1 blog post (1,000 words) about an allocated topic. You will be given a deadline for your blog post.
  • Gale Social Media: Post 20 times on the Gale Ambassadors' Twitter channel about Gale's resources.
  • External Promotion: Post 15 times in locations which will be seen by students (e.g. Facebook groups / WhatsApp groups), informing students about Gale, encouraging students to follow Gale's channels and/or promoting your Live Events.
  • Live Events: Run 6 events at your institution. You will have the freedom to choose the type of event you run, such as training sessions, mini lecture presentations or running a tabletop stand in the library foyer. (Don't worry, this isn't nearly as daunting as it sounds! Many of these events can be relatively small scale and can sometimes be run in partnership with Gale or library staff). Full training is provided.
  • Product Research: Run 1 peer interview, obtaining feedback about a student's use of the Gale resources (questions provided by Gale).

Additional Activities

Gale Ambassadors can also opt to complete additional activities (with additional payments), selected from a list of specified activities. It is not compulsory to complete any additional activities.

Training and Check In

If understanding the Gale archives and ambassador activities seems daunting, don't worry! We offer all Gale Ambassadors comprehensive training. This will take place over Zoom on the following dates:

18 September 2023, 2-4pm BST

19 September 2023, 2-4pm BST

20 September 2023, 2-4pm BST 

21 September 2023, 2-4pm BST

Students need to attend all four 2-hour sessions.

As well as learning about the company, Gale's resources and the ambassador role, you will get the chance to e-meet various Gale colleagues and ambassadors at other universities.

We will also have a Check In Call in January – a chance for all ambassadors to reconnect and share ideas and advice. This will be held:

11 January 2024, 3-4pm GMT

Training and the Check In Call are compulsory.

Deadline

The application deadline will be updated when applications re-open for the 2024-25 cohort.

We really look forward to receiving your application! If you have any questions at all, please email [email protected] (with no obligation to apply).

 

Feel free to share this page with any students you know who may be interested.

Interested? Here's how to apply.

To help us select the strongest students for the Gale Ambassador Library Support Program, we ask applicants to send us their CV and a short video (no more than 5 minutes) which includes the below:

  • Introduce yourself: State your name, university, year group (in September 2023) and course.
  • Explain: What would you say to students to explain the value of primary sources?
  • Suggest: One idea to increase engagement with a Twitter channel (this can include ideas to share the channel more widely, and also in terms of the content shared on the channel), and one idea for an in-person promotional event you could run at your university to inform more students about Gale. Be as creative as you like!
  • Feel free to mention any other reasons you’d be good for the role. (Do you have any experience with public speaking, writing marketing copy or using Social Media for promotion? It doesn't matter if not, but have a think what you can offer!)

Please name the files in the following format: 
FirstName.Surname.CV.docx and FirstName.Surname.Video.mp4

Once you have your video and CV ready, complete the form below to apply for the Gale Ambassador Library Support Program!

You will need to upload your video and CV to WeTransfer. (You can use the free version). WeTransfer will generate a link (URL address) which enables us to download your video and CV. (You can upload more than one file at a time to WeTransfer, so you will only need to generate one link.) Paste the link into the form below.

To apply, you must be a current student (for a year from September 2023) at one of the following universities, and be studying an Arts, Humanities or Social Science subject.

Europe, Middle East and Africa: 
Universities confirmed when applications re-open

 

 

 

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