2023-2024 Dance Alabama! Executive Board Positions
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Producing Director
External Affairs Chair
Social Media Coordinator
Marketing Manager
Philanthropy Chair
Historian
Advocacy Chair
President
- Presiding over and organizing all officer and general meetings.
- Attending any student organization meetings in which Dance Alabama! needs representation unless they appoint a suitable replacement.
- Delegating duties to other existing officers.
- Creating a master plan for all Dance Alabama! activities.
- Overseeing the process of electing new officers along with an unbiased second party.
- Being a direct communicator with the Advisor and Dance faculty.
- You might be a good fit for President if you are a strong leader and communicator, enjoy collaboration, are organized, creative, are able to work well under pressure, and have good attention to detail.
Vice President
- Presiding over and fulfilling any Presidential duties in the case that the President is unable to fulfill their duties.
- Creating an officer contact sheet for the current officer year.
- Assisting the President with the mast plan for all Dance Alabama! activities.
- Work with Producing Director and President on concert as needed, with tasks including but not limited to reserving studio space for all production rehearsals and auditions.
- Serve as a supporting role for other board members when necessary
- You might be a good fit for Vice President if you are organized, good at supporting others, have strong communication, have effective leadership skills, able to pay attention to details, and implementation.
Secretary
- Maintaining written records of any organizational meetings.
- Typing minutes for both executive and member meetings and putting them into an online drive. Keep one copy; and post a copy on the website for all members no later than 24 hours following the end of said meeting.
- Coordinating event participation and publication information to publicize the organization in cooperation with the External Affairs Chair.
- Coordination with the President to ensure all members are notified of the date and time of meeting and events.
- Checking the DA! mailboxes in Clark Hall and 115 Rowand-Johnson Hall.
- Maintain call board alongside the External Affairs Chair.
- Assistant stage manager for DA! productions.
- You might be a good fit for Secretary if you are organized, good at managing time, creative, have good attention to detail, have good skills in taking notes and sending emails, and have experience with Excel, Word, and Forms.
Treasurer
- Maintaining funds and financial transactions within the organization.
- Organizing any fundraisers.
- Working with the External Affairs Chair to aid in the selling of Dance Alabama! apparel.
- Ensuring that all fees and dues have been paid by members.
- Writing any grants needed for funding
- You might be good for this position if you are organized, have experience with Venmo and Square, are creative, and have strong communication.
Producing Director
- Work to oversee the Productions of Dance Alabama!
- Oversee Auditions alongside President, Vice President, and Secretary for productions
- Acts as Liaison between members of the production team and ensuring that the production operations run smoothly
- Work with Vice President to reserve studio space for all production rehearsals
- You might be a good Producing Director if you are efficient, organized, understand production needs, communicate effectively, and are approachable.
External Affairs Chair
- Working with the president to assist as an official Dance Department Liaison for Dance Alabama!, should an occasion occur.
- Maintaining the organization’s publications, including but not limited to Internet, newspaper, and other forms of advertising.
- Researching off-campus dance events such as auditions and workshops.
- Maintaining community relations as a representative of Dance Alabama! and assisting in the coordination of outside events.
- Reserving studio space for organizational events separate from rehearsal scheduling, such as dance jams, masterclasses, photoshoot space, etc.
- Providing job information and resources to members.
- Working with Secretary to maintain the Call Board in Clark Hall
- Making all public relations presentations.
- You might be a good External Affairs Chair if you are kind, efficient, organized, and have strong communication skills!
Social Media Coordinator
- Overseeing and maintaining all publications, social media accounts, and other forms of advertising
- Maintaining a cohesive and aesthetic feed/timeline for all social media accounts.
- Communicating with followers, responding to queries in a timely manner, and monitoring web traffic metrics
- Maintaining a presence on UA Theatre and Dance channels by working with the department’s social media and marketing coordinator
- Receiving photos from Historian to post if no editing is needed
- Assisting the Secretary in outreach for media takeovers.
- You might be a good Social Media Coordinator if you are creative, efficient, have efficiency and good communication skills.
Marketing Manager
- Receiving photos and videos from Historian, and using these to produce content
- Sharing content with Social Media Coordinator, and determining a social media timeline for all social media accounts
- Creation of all graphics and Marketing materials, both for productions and organization, and share with Social Media Coordinator and Producing Director
- Designing organizational and promotional material with the guidance from President, Producing Director, Historian, and Social Media Coordinator
- Understanding how to utilize digital design programs and features
- You might be a good Marketing Manager if you are creative, knowledgeable of Adobe creative suite and other creative apps, have a basic understanding of marketing analytics, and have good project management.
Philanthropy Chair
- Promoting and organizing all Community Service events.
- Gathering volunteers for all service projects and fundraisers.
- Organizing Dance Alabama! outreach performances alongside President.
- Maintaining a relationship with DA!’s philanthropic partner(s).
- Development materials for the productions
- You might be a good Philanthropy Chair if you are welcoming, open minded, creative, organized, and motivated.
Historian
- Taking and editing all photographs and/or videos at all Dance Alabama! Events, including productions.
- Organizing photoshoots, including but not limited to Executive Board shoots and additional promotional materials for all productions and organization events.
- Assisting marketing manager with video marketing for the organization.
- Uploading and organizing all documents and pictures on DA!’s Box account.
- Taking promotional photos at all DA! Events, including but not limited to Dance Jams, masterclasses, etc.
- You might be a good historian if you have experience with cameras and photography, understand basic formatting for photos, are creative and have a drive for creating dance content.
Advocacy Chair
- Creating and enforcing an inclusive and diverse environment.
- Prioritizing the mental health of every member involved in Dance Alabama! through workshops, anonymous forms, etc.
- Advocating for students’ well-being to faculty/committees.
- Acting as a liaison with the Theatre and Dance DEI Committee by staying in constant contact with them.
- Developing events promoting health, wellness, and diversity amongst members alongside the External Affairs Chair.
- Completing and receiving the SGA DEI Certification.
- Working to obtain additional certifications including, but not limited to: QPR Training, and Bystander Prevention Training.
- Building awareness of current and future DEI events on campus and encouraging participation.
- Monitoring the Anonymous Forms and bringing any concerns from anonymous forms to the other board members
- You might be a good Advocacy Chair if you are approachable, inclusive, proactive, resilient, perseverant, and understanding.