Information Coordinator I and Editor:
Office of Publications and Enrollment Marketing
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
I. Maintains computer archives:
a. market research data
b. curricular information for publication ( course schedules and annual Bulletin)
c. undergraduate and graduate catalog information
II. Organizes and produces:
a. 20 weeks of weekly undergraduate marketing reports and annual marketing report
b. 10 weeks of graduate marketing reports per 5 direct mailings and annual marketing report
c. undergraduate and graduate catalogs (copy)
d. bulletin
e. fall, winter, spring, and summer degree course schedules
f. fall, spring, and summer non-degree course schedules
III. Edits and proofreads:
a. Examples:
Student Handbook
Exhibition Catalogs
Alumni Newsletter
Exhibitions and Events Brochure
Etc.
IV. Data Transfer:
a. Oversees and performs data transfer/computer links, i.e., between "Prime," network, stand alone PCs, and Macintosh systems for publication and enrollment marketing purposes.
V. Technology:
a. Keeps up-to-date with technological developments in the field of information processing, particularly as it has impact on desktop design and database management, advising towards the purchase of the office's hardware and software programs.
VI. Supervisor:
a. Interviews, tests, hires, trains, and supervises student assistants.
VII. Applications Most Often Used:
Macintosh:
a. Excel -spreadsheet, charts
b. MapMaker- graphical respresentation of data
c. Quark - desktop publishing
d. Word - word processing
IBM Compatible:
a. Advanced Revelations - database
b. WordPerfect - word processing - transfer to Word on Mac
VIII. Computers:
Macintosh:
Mac IIcx, 5 MB of RAM, 80 MB Hard Drive, w/ 360K DaynaFile (DOS to MAC Conversion) Disk Drive, and 120 MB APS External Hard Drive*
Mac IIsi, 5 MB RAM, 40 MB Hard Drive*
IBM Compatible on Network
*5 MB RAM and 40MB hard drives: Now, those were the days!