The Social Media Club New Orleans is looking for help shaping the future of social media in the city. Social Media Club will bring together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators. Essentially the people who create and consume media who have an interest in seeing the ‘media industry’ evolve for everyone’s benefit.
We have identified four roles that we needed support filling. These four people form the leadership team of the New Orleans group. If you are interested, drop me a line at tiffany@fabresmithcoco.com.
Promotions Director
Promotion is key to the ultimate success of our organization–and the earlier the better! This person is responsible for:
- Managing the Social Media Club New Orleans web pages, including the blog, wiki, forums and email list
- Coordinating with Programming Director to secure program agenda for each event
- Promoting future events through all the above-named channels
- Publicizing future events through online and traditional channels
- Writing and sending around recaps of each public meeting
- Recording, publishing and sharing audio and video from events
Partnership Director
Our activities wouldn’t be possible without partners. We partner with other businesses and organizations to find topics, speakers and venues for future activities. The Partnership Director manages the relationships with the national Social Media Club parent organization, other important social media organizations (both national and local), as well as with local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting upcoming activities. This person is responsible for:
- Managing relationships with SNCR and other national and local social media-related organizations
- Build and maintain relationships with, and identify co-sponsorship opportunities with, local marketing and technology organizations
- Identifying and managing the relationships with past and future event sponsors, co-sponsors and venues
- Coordinating with the Programming Director to find appropriate time slots, topics and venues for partner-sponsored events
- Coordinating with the Production Director to identify speaker and sponsor needs for each event
Production Director
This person is responsible for all aspects of event execution, including:
- Assuming responsibility for event program from Programming Director
- Scheduling and managing planning meetings with event sponsors and speakers
- Managing on-site signage, video, audio and lighting
- Coordinating food and drink with event sponsors and/or venue
- Staffing and managing event registration
- Maintaining the master member list
- Managing development and collection of feedback forms
- Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities
Membership Director
The membership director is responsible for three important roles:
- Managing the master membership list of the New Orleans Social Media Club
- Promoting local membership in the national Social Media Club organization
- Managing the relationship with the national Social Media Club organization
Digital Scribe
This person is responsible for recording and blogging events including:
- Writing and sending around recaps of each public meeting
- Recording, publishing and sharing audio and video from events
Roles filled:
Programming Director - Tiffany Fennell Starnes
At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the New Orleans club. This person is responsible for:
- Developing and managing the schedule of events, including regular (monthly) public meetings and planning meetings
- Identifying topics for upcoming events
- Coordinating with the Partnership Director to secure speakers and identify venues for each event
- Securing speaker bios
- Preparing the event program for each public event, including agenda, directions and other special instructions
- Hand off event program to Promotions Director for publicity and Production Director for planning and coordination of event
