Social Media Committee
Skip to nomination ↧This year we’re ramping up our communications efforts and need hard-working, enthusiastic and multi-skilled members to enlist in our social media team to run the social media campaigns behind our union’s many exciting initiatives. We run specialized social media and design activity designed to get maximum leverage for our members’ organizing a union on the job; to enable the IWW to project an image that sustains its credibility as a combative, effective, efficient, safe, and durable labor union; and gives members a rich engagement experience. We’re passionate about enabling members who are represented by our union at their job to tell their stories, and push the boundaries of what it means to be a digitally engaged union through social and digital media. We want someone to join our team to help us in our efforts to do so. Please see the details below for a description of the position.
The union will be accepting nominations for the position of General Executive Board Member starting September 4, 2021 at the start of the Permanent Session of the Convention
Are you interested in nominating yourself or someone you know who is qualified for this position?
You will receive an additional email on September 4, 2021 when the nomination period for this position officially opens with instructions on how to nominate yourself or someone else.
The Role: Member of the Social Media Committee
Number of open spots: 5
The Term of Office: 1 years upon election at the annual referendum
Start Date: January 1, 2022
Number of Nominations Required to be Placed on the Ballot: 1
The Main Responsibilities in Social Media Committee:
Please note that this is a digest version of Social Media Committee responsibilities. For the original description please refer to the Constitution & Manual of Policies and Procedures
- Working under the direction of the Communications Department Boar & the Communications Officer, as a committee member working in a team you will be responsible for:
- Creating and executing a social media strategy with goals and metrics that align with the CDB’s overall messaging strategy
- Creating and executing social media campaigns, including coordination with the union’s branch accounts and labor movement allies
- Maintaining a social media editorial calendar
- Creating content for the official union social media channels
- Creating and executing paid social media content and promoted campaigns
- Evaluating and providing recommendations regarding social media initiatives to the Communications Department Board
Supervision Received:
- Supervised by the Communications Department Board, Communications Officer
Nomination Period Opens:
- Start of the Permanent Session of the General Convention (Approximately: September 4, 2021 @ 10AM CST)
Nomination Period Closes:
- End of the General Convention (Approximately September 6, 2021 @ 5pm CST)
If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact us at geb@iww.org
Note that when you receive your ballot to cast a vote in our union’s referendum in November, you will have an opportunity to write in a candidate of your preference regardless of whether they have been nominated.
Important: please note that this announcement is intended for mobilization and informational purposes only. To see the original language related to this role, and in any cases of discrepancy between what is written here, please refer to the Constitution and the Manual of Policies and Procedures which are the authoritative texts.