Open Positions for 2022-2023

Positions open at DSA

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Communications Officer

A person to manage the communication and social media presence of the DSA.

  • Reports to -> DSA EBoard
  • Works with -> DSA Team
  • Time commitment -> 5-7 hrs per week. Depends on the amount of messages you need to send out and manage.
Main Responsibilities
  • Managing the outgoing communications from DSA through different channels.
  • The person will work closely with a team of social media specialists to handle the social media presence.
  • The person will be responsible for sharing the events organized by the DSA with all relevant parties.
Nice to have;
  • Experience with marketing on social media and other techniques.
  • Creativity and writing skills to proofread any materials that may go out.
  • Content creation such as Canva/Photoshop for quick posters.
  • Techniques on promoting events through social media/emails.

Content Creator

  • Reports to Events Manager/Communications Officer
  • Works with the DSA Team
  • Time commitment -> less than 4 hours per week.
Main Responsibilities

Creation of promotional material (flyers/banners) for social media and emails for the events and activities DSA is organizing.

Nice to have
  • Creativity and writing skills to proofread any materials that may go out.
  • Content creation such as Canva/Photoshop for quick posters.

Events Manager

A person to manage the events organized by the team.

  • Reports to -> DSA EBoard
  • Works with -> DSA Team
  • Time commitment -> 5-7 hrs per week. Depends on the amount of events you need to manage.
Main Responsibilities
  • Managing the events from the DSA Team and to aid with handling the processes to create it with the RIT's event management system.
  • The person will work with the rest of the DSA team to collect the event requests, and their needs.
  • The person will also communicate with the communications officer for any event related marketing material to share with the communications.
  • The person will also work directly with the president, VPs and treasurer for event request reviews.
  • The person will also work with the photography team for documenting the events.
Nice to have;
  • Experience with project/event management or even willingness to learn.
  • Experience with tools at RIT for event management such as campusgroups/reserve.rit.edu.

Photographer

  • Reports to the Events Manager and Communications Officer
  • Works with the DSA Team
  • Time commitment ~4 hours per week based on the # of events.
Main Responsibilities
  • Working with the Events manager and Communications teams for events they need a photographer present for documenting events.
  • Providing/posting the photos to the DSA social media as an update to promote it.
Nice to have
  • Experiences with event photography and quick edits for promotions.
  • Photo touchup skills with lightroom or any other photo touchup software.

Program Lead for the DSA Conference Participation Award

  • Reports to the DSA Eboard
  • Works with DSA EBoard, faculty and RIT Graduate School.
  • Time commitment ~5 hours per week
Main Responsibilities
  • The person will be responsible for managing the process of DSA CPA from collecting the submissions from the students, sending them out to review for faculty, and distributing the funds.
  • The person works with all the responsible teams for collecting information needed for review/distribution of funds.
Nice to have;
  • Experiences with managing submissions for funding proposals/papers/articles for review and their platforms such as easychair.

Program Representatives (12 members in total)

  • Report to the DSA Eboard
  • Works with DSA Eboard and their respective PhD program coordinators.
  • Time commitment 5 hour per month.
Main Responsibilities
  • Attend meetings once a month and participate in promoting key DSA initiatives within their program.
  • Be a part of the decision making process within DSA.
  • Collect inputs from students using periodic surveys/questionnaires/interviews.