The communications Committee Co-Chair is part of the Communications Team (online and print) and reports to the SF3 Board President
Time Requirements: 5 hours per month pre-con, increasing to 6 hours per month around April-May and availability during the con
Presence at WisCon: Beneficial, but not required.
Term: One year. Alternatively, if other Communications team members are interested, the chair role could rotate throughout the year so that there’s a safety net if the current chair needs to step back.
Role summary: The Communications Committee Co-Chair maintains the flow of information between SF3 projects and the community. The Co-Chair manages communications team projects, deadlines, and team member assignments.
Main Tasks:
- Ensure the department report is completed prior to each ConCom meeting
- Attend ConCom meetings to represent the Communications team
- Monitor how each team is doing and checks in to provide support
- Ensure team role descriptions are kept up-to-date
- Upload and update Communications project documents as needed
- Facilitate communication among Communication teams and between Communications and other departments as necessary
- Decide whether to cancel tasks that can’t be completed due to a lack of time, resources, volunteers, or all three
- Receive media queries and handles as appropriate
- Make posts to newsletter/website/social media if other Communications members aren’t available
- During WisCon, assist various departments in communicating to attendees throughout the weekend.
- Oversee efforts to promote WisCon attendance, including advertisements, marketing campaigns, etc. Assign associated tasks to committee members as needed and track progress.
Skills & experience: Organized, responsive to deadlines and communications requests via email or Basecamp, available to attend monthly ConCom meetings and other team meetings as needed, working knowledge of how to maintain a WordPress site.
Beneficial skills (can be learned): Project management experience, experience working with communications tools or serving on a communications/marketing team.
Exclusions: Ideally, the Communications Co-Chair is not serving on the SF3 Board or as a Chair of any other SF3 committee.
Training provided: How to access and post to media and communications streams, including Basecamp, email newsletter, WisCon website + blog, and social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram). Will be provided access to the Communications Co-Chair email address and Communications team general email.
If you are interested in being the Communications Committee Co-Chair or if you have questions about the position, please contact Personnel at personnel@sf3.org
