This is a regularly updating post of ongoing volunteer opportunities
SND is an all volunteer-run organization. Our events, communications, competitions and trainings around the world are all a result of our volunteers efforts of busy people, who dedicate a portion of their time to SND. We have a range of volunteer opportunities throughout the year, varying in time commitment. We strongly believe our volunteers should be able to give time to SND to their own personal capacity.
Below are current volunteer openings. You don’t have to be an SND member to volunteer.
Events Committee
Committee Chair: Oversee the Events Committee. Lead committee meetings, curate event and training ideas and topics, liaison with speakers, work with venues for in-person events, report to Board of Directors regularly on event statuses, upcoming events and trainings, and plan yearly budget for events and trainings. This role may assist with and help oversee annual workshops, but is not responsible for producing the annual workshop. Time commitment: 10-12 hours a month
Committee Member: Work with Communications Committee to create communication plan for all events (virtual series, quarterly business meetings, etc). Continue to develop strategy and concept for virtual series model (pricing, sponsorship opportunities, etc) Help to gather additional volunteers to help with series and develop topics and programming ideas. Time commitment: 5-10 hours a month.
Creative Conference Call Series Moderators: Moderate virtual session. Welcome attendees, moderate speaking sessions, discussing talking points with speakers prior to session. Moderators can be for one session in the series or multiple. Estimates based on one (1) session Time commitment: less than 4 hours
Creative Conference Call Chat facilitators: Moderate discussions with attendees between sessions. Facilitators can be for one session in the series or multiple. Estimates based on one (1) sessionTime commitment: 1-2 hours
Communications Committee
Slack moderator: Provide prompts and guidance to encourage members to post in different slack channels, with a focus on sharing work people are proud of and recommend reading and articles. Brainstorm and pitch new initiatives related to the platform. Time commitment: 1-2 hours per week
Events promoter: Work with the events committee to come up with communication plans and promotion around different events. Work with Twitter, Instagram and newsletter editors to get all content on the different platforms. Brainstorm and pitch new initiatives related to upcoming events. Time commitment: 1-2 hours per week
SND.org
Content manager: Update website content with posts as needed, create member-only content links in Vimeo and ensure accessible by members. Assist with content migration updates including reconnecting links in blog posts that are currently broken and update images from previous snd.org website. This role will work with the executive director as well as events and communications committees. Time commitment: 1-2 hours per week
Vimeo manager: Manage SND’s Vimeo account. Upload videos, create thumbnails and ensure proper visibility settings are available. Time commitment: 1-2 hours a month
Competitions Committee
If you are interested in volunteering with the competition committee, volunteer with the committee by Jan. 10, 2022.