Job Description

Committee affiliation: Competition, Employment, and Publicity

Responsibilities

Compile a list of organizations in the Washington, DC area that hire technical communicators, and send them a letter and chapter brochure or business card to let them know that we exist and that we have resources that may help them (such as our Resumes Board). Let corporate entities know about the competition and how they can enter.

Experience and Skills

• Familiarity with Facebook and Twitter use
• Familiarity with LinkedIn and other social media outlets
• WordPress.org 6.1.1+ Text Editor enough to post announcements
• Ability to post status updates to social meda, the website, or to the administrative council
• Good time management
• Strong communication / interpersonal skills
• An outgoing and friendly personality
• Good organizational skills
• Able to meet deadlines and able to identify and report problems with meeting those deadlines; willing to ask for help when needed

Equipment

• Computer with reliable Internet access
• Email address (Google is preferred for working with Google calendar, Basecamp, and other tools)
• Word processing software
• HTML / CSS / PHP text editor

Optional items that may be helpful:

• FAX or scanner
• Acrobat Pro
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe Illustrator

Time Commitment

2 hours or less per month.

Contact

If you are interested in serving the chapter as a volunteer, please fill in the Chapter Volunteer Signup Form.

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