Communications Department Hiring

by Daniel Matteson, Director of Communications

13th September 2023

The Continuing Committee is looking for dedicated volunteers to fill two vacant positions within the Communications Department: Social Media Manager and Writing Team Manager. Please read the job postings below and see if one or both of these positions may be right for you. If you're interested, please contact me via PM at OKCoyote.

Below are the postings for the open positions.

Social Media Manager

The Continuing Committee is looking for a volunteer to fill the position of Social Media Manager (SMM). The SMM is the contact for the CC via the most common social media platforms and is responsible for maintaining our social media presence. This position reports to the Director of Communications. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Cross posting news, events, and information to social media.
• Ensuring the quality of the social media profiles are maintained.
• Answering messages via social media.
• Promoting new expansions and sets, as well as community contributors and content creators.

The individual in the position must be familiar with Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and be willing to manage the login information for each of those accounts. On average, he or she will need to invest a small amount of time each day to answering questions from social media, and up to 5 hours a week posting news and information.

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following:

• Familiarity with social media platforms (at a minimum, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube).
• Ability to modify existing graphics to fit social media templates.
• Willingness to respond in a timely manner to direct messages.
• Knowledge of First Edition, Second Edition, and Tribbles.

Writing Team Manager

The Continuing Committee is looking for a volunteer to fill the position of Writing Team Manager. This person is in charge of the writing team, making sure we have fresh and regular content for the site, and providing proofreading and editing of everything that gets posted on the website, to ensure a consistent image. This position reports to the Director of Communications. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that all released front page content is at a level of excellence reflecting well upon the Continuing Committee.
• Recruiting and managing the writing teams.
• Maintaining regular, interesting, and high quality content (articles) for the front page.
• Promoting new expansions and sets.
• Increasing interest and knowledge of the games through article series.

On average, the individual in the position will need to invest a small amount of time each day to check on, proofread, publish, and occasionally write articles, up to a total of roughly five hours a week.

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following:

• Familiarity with word processing programs, document editing, and HTML tagging.
• Willingness to respond in a timely manner to direct messages.
• Previous writing experience definitely a plus.
• Knowledge of First Edition, Second Edition, and Tribbles.

If you've been looking to volunteer with the Continuing Committee, please consider applying to one or both of these positions. I look forward to hearing from you.

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