Volunteers
Volunteering is a great way to get more involved with the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association (SVAMA) and meet more marketing professionals. Volunteers are needed in each committee area. Contact Gene Hall if you are interested in serving.
Check out the benefits of Volunteering! Volunteer Benefits Package
| Committee Name | Position Available | Description of Role |
Business Development |
Director of Partner Solutions | Responsible for managing all sponsor relationships. Works with the SVAMA's sponsorship sales team to ensure all contractual obligations are met and sponsor value is delivered. Conducts yearly sponsorship survey to measure sponsor satisfaction and develop/ review sponsorship packages. Leads and assists team of Sponsor Relationship Managers in implementation of contracts. |
Business Development |
Sponsor Relationship Manager (3 open positions) | Act as principal liaison with assigned sponsors for contract duration and ensure SVAMA contract commitments are met. Work with SVAMA sales managers to review sponsorship agreements and ensure solid relationship hand-off, and work with other cross functional groups such as PR, Marcom and Programming to implement tasks associated with sponsor agreements. Regularly interacts with sponsors to maintain a high level of sponsor satisfaction. |
Business Development |
Strategic Alliance Manager | Actively managing all aspects of the strategic alliance relationship and contractual obligations, including event management/ co-promotion, contacts, and defining measurement metrics to assess the success of each alliance. Develop/update co-marketing collateral such as newsletter, website etc. |
| Customer Advocacy Group, Market Research | Project Managers and general committee members | Work with other volunteers to design, execute and analyze research projects for SVAMA. Reports to VP of Market Research. We need people at all levels of expertise and can train you. |
| Customer Advocacy | VP Membership Recruiting | Represent SVAMA friends at board meetings. Plan and conduct two membership drives. Serve on SVAMA's board. |
| Customer Advocacy | VP Volunteers | Recruit, retain recognize SVAMA volunteers and represent their point of view at SVAMA board meetings. |
| Marketing, Promotions | Director of Promotions - Strategic | Work with VP of Promotions to follow up with and research comarketing partners. Explore different avenues for creating awareness, and maintain relationships with key partners. Excellent writtten and verbal communication skils. Also requires relationship management and business development skills. |
| Marketing, Promotions | Director of Brand Ambassador Program | Work with VP of Promotions and Strategic Director and manage up to five ambassador volunteers who will act as evangelists at co-marketing events. These Evangelists will be able to attend these events at no cost and will communicate the value of the SVAMA while networking. Events can include panels, summits, trade shows, etc. Each ambassador will cover an average of one event per month or more, if possible. |
| Marketing, Promotions | Brand Ambassador | Work with Director of Brand Ambassador Program to attend Silicon Valley events put on by strategic SVAMA partners. These events can be attended at no cost and each ambassador should be able to communicate the value of the SVAMA while networking. Events can include panels, summits, trade shows, etc. Each ambassador will cover an average of one event per month or more, if possible. |
| Programs | Electronic Networking Manager | Develop bulletin boards, blogs, online meetings to extend networking period for all meetings - particularly for workshops |
| Programs | Registration Assistant - Monthly Programs | Greet attendees, assist Association Manager with setup as needed |
| Programs | SIGs Manager | Develop a SIGs plan for SVAMA, recruit and manage leaders for SIG groups, assist with setup and maintenance |
| Public Relations | PR Repository Manager | Work with VP TechDev to define and manage the online repository of SVAMA's press releases. |
| Public Relations | PR Writer | Compose press releases as directed by VP PR. Assist with distribution. |
| Sponsorship | Director of Sponsorship Sales | Lead a team that helps identify and capture sponsors for in-kind services and dollar donations. This sales team will work closely with others in the sponsorship group to make sure that the SVAMA offers sponsors what they need, while maintaining the integrity and value that the SVAMA brings to its members and nonmembers. In addition, the team will work closely with other cross functional groups such as membership, communications and PR to ensure its success in achieving its financial goals. |
| Sponsorship | Sponsorship Sales Manager (3 open positions) | Identify and capture sponsors for specific services and dollar donations. Includes following up with leads produced from campaigns as well as cold calling. Also responsible for creating sponsorship contracts with sponsor relationship managers and ensuring the hand off of new sponsors is smooth. |
| Technology | VP Technology Management | Learn web site implementation and upkeep technologies for new SVAMA web site and provide support to SVAMA management and user teams on an ongoing basis. Determine and assign appropriate access rights to users at various levels of information exposures. Recruit Technology Director, managers and IT experts and Manage Technology Group closely with EVP (Technology) and VP (Technology Development) of SVAMA for a brilliant Technological change management for SVAMA web site and related operations. |
| Volunteers | Co-VP Volunteers | Work with committee VPs and EVP to help identify and fill volunteer requirements. Post open volunteer positions on SVAMA website. Provide flyers with open volunteer positions to administrator to distribute at events. Contact, or facilitate committee VP's in contacting, interested volunteers. |
| Website Content | Director of Website Personalization | Locate and develop content for each marketing specialty - RSS feeds, white papers, etc. and classify in SVAMA's online system so that it can be delivered. |
| Website Content | Website Content Manager | Respond to requests for new content and changes to content on SVAMA's web site. | Website Content | Website Quotes Manager | Seek out positive quotes from SVAMA members and friends about, membership, sponsorship, meetings. Enter quotes into SVAMA's online system and classify them so that they will become available. | Workshops | Workshops Director | Assist VP Workshops with setup, registration, greeting, etc. | Workshops | Workshops Director of Networking | Work with VP Customer Involvement to extend the workshop experience into SIGs, bulletin boards, other types of networking. |