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.

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.)

The benefits of being a Gale Ambassador

Gale Ambassadors are paid £750/€900/17,000​​​​R* 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.
  • Get your work peer-reviewed and published on the Gale Research Showcase – 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?

Students are able to plan their time and complete the following activities at a time convenient to them:

  • Research Project: Create 1 research project, peer-reviewed and published on the Gale Research Showcase.
  • 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 10 times on the Gale Global Academic social media channels about Gale's resources and your activities.
  • Personal Social Media: Post 10 times on social media account you own or have access about Gale's resources and your activities.
  • External Social Media: Post 10 times of social media, blogs, or webpages not owned by either Gale or you. These can be the Library social media channels, blogs, and webpages.
  • Live Events: Run 3 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.

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:

9 September 2025, 2-4pm BST

10 September 2025, 2-4pm BST

11 September 2025, 2-4pm BST 

12 September 2025, 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:

14 January 2026, 3-4pm GMT

Training and the Check In Call are compulsory.

 

Deadline: 31st July 2025

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 2025) and course.
  • Explain: What would you say to students to explain the value of primary sources?
  • Suggest: One idea to increase engagement with an X 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 2025) at one of the following universities, be based in Europe, South Africa, or India, and be studying an Arts, Humanities or Social Science subject.

  • Banaras Hindu University
  • University of Delhi
  • University of Leeds
  • Leiden University
  • Maynooth University
  • University of Sheffield

Do not use any special characters (e.g. &) when completing the form. Those used in a URL (such as : and /) are fine in your WeTransfer link.

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

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