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Purpose & Role Qualifications

Purpose of Communication Lead

The purpose of an HCP Communications lead is primarily to outreach and prompt collaboration with other clubs/organizations and build connections between industry professionals/the club. Communication leads keep members up-to-date on events, workshops, and reminders related to the club through HCP’s social media platforms.

Role Qualifications

Hard Skills

It is required that communication leads know how to utilize Canva templates or other design applications. Exceptional design skill is not required, as leads will likely use similar post templates from previous years, or use the premade designs given through the platform. Listed below are required tasks:

  • Type professional emails for club/organization outreach
  • Draft social media caption input
  • Update LinkTree with relevant information in a timely manner (i.e. two weeks or a week before an upcoming event)

Soft Skills

Communicate about scheduling posting dates/times with other communication leads. A lot of the content in social media should be looked over by other communication leads before being released to the public. Creativity in design and captions for social media are preferred.

Availability

Communication leads should be available/attend every general meeting for the entire duration, with exceptions for extenuating circumstances (sick, emergency, etc). Outside of general meetings, Communication leads should have the time flexibility to work on busier event posting weeks.

Time Commitment

Time commitment of Communications leads is on average 2 hours per week, possibly 3 hours for fall quarter major outreach (this includes general meetings and 1-on-1 attendance). Time commitment varies throughout the quarter, but below is a sample average breakdown of weekly time commitment:

  • [5 min] Caption creation
  • [20 min] Design or create post
  • [10 min] Stand up
  • [5 min] Check the pages
  • [10 min] Outreach/emailing
  • [15 mins] 1-on-1 with Co-Chair
  • [20 mins] Connecting with teams for any respective posts (i.e. communicating with the Education Team for post info logistics)
  • [1 hr 30 mins] Attendance to weekly general meetings