Seeking Coordinator for Los Angeles Songsalive! Chapter
VOLUNTEER POSITION. If you are looking for a paid job, this is not for you.
We are looking for a new Los Angeles Coordinator / Leader for Songsalive!, an international non profit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide.
If you are interested in volunteering for a non-profit organization supporting songwriters, we would love to hear from you. Quite a few benefits go with it.
The position calls for someone who is interested in being involved as a key leader in a nonprofit organization with over 20 chapters around the globe. We not only develop, support, and promote songwriters and composers but are also involved in philanthropic initiatives in the local community.
As the Leader/Coordinator of the Los Angeles Songsalive Chapter you will manage the membership, programs, events, and team for the greater Los Angeles area. You will be the visible ambassador for Songsalive! You will represent us at local music industry conferences and events. You will heighten our presence in the community and will be charged with maintaining and growing a vibrant membership. You will also manage a team of volunteers that carry out specific roles.
You must be a team player, and an ideas person and creative, who is happy to contribute to our non-profit organization on a part-time voluntary basis. We are looking for someone who wants to be part of a growing community; No short termers please.
Minimum one (1) year involvement, with the ability to replace yourself (and train someone) if you do move on. There must also be no conflict of interest with your own personal or business agendas, and ALL our work, development is confidential and must not be shared outside our organization. You will be signing a non-disclosure agreement and coordinator Agreement of work, if you decide to work with us.
MAIN LA COORDINATOR Duties:
- Supervise and coordinate the various Songsalive events and programs in the greater Los Angeles region - this includes the Los Angeles Workshop (3rd Sundays of the month in North Hollywood), our showcase (currently on hiatus), and develop new events for the area. (We have coordinators for the actual events but you would oversee them and their events to ensure the proper function and support for our members.)
- Activities include the timely submission of press releases and monthly reports, booking artists for showcases, and speaker confirmations and bios.
- Be responsible for the continued development of the Los Angeles Chapter team with volunteers who are dependable and positive people who are committed to our mission and vision. You would be the chapter leader with the team working with you on our current goals; communicate and coordinate and run regular team meetings; Continually encourage new volunteers to sign up for the team.
- Develop a Los Angeles regional membership drive in coordination with the global managers of Songsalive to grow our membership base. This could range from special incentives and promotions to special local events and establishing booths and tables at local events.
- Ensure that the public web pages for the Los Angeles Chapter are up to date and active - this includes the LA Chapter Meetup group, www.meetup.com/songsalive (where we take RSVPs for our events).
- Represent Songsalive in the greater Los Angeles community - this includes COSMO (an organization representing music non profits), local arts and music events, and music industry conferences at our exhibition booths, and continually look for opportunities for Songsalive! to represent in the music community.
This is an ongoing volunteer job.
What you receive, if you can carry out this role,
The feeling of contribution to a non profit community filled with talented artists
Kudos for your efforts within the community, as a leader.
Be a person that is respected within the music industry.
Build your resume as a leader of an international non profit company.
Access music events that you may not have been able to before.
Potential renumeration if you can create that through your role through grants and funding
Make a difference for songwriters and composers.
Opportunities to travel
get full Songsalive! membership benefits
And so much more.
HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST
CONTACT: Mary Lemanski, Director Of Operations: mary@songsalive.org with your resume, and a cover letter indicating how you feel you are the right candidate for this position, and how your experience will benefit our organization. Please tell us about any experiences in working with songwriters and also in organizing public programs and managing teams.
Songsalive!® is a non-profit organization, since 1997, dedicated to nurturing, support, education and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide.* Songsalive! is run by volunteer songwriters for songwriters. Through our grassroots international efforts, we’ve put a stamp on what “global community” truly is and it’s the type of community that is definitely needed in this ever changing music business where songwriting can be a very isolating experience and career. We provide a “home”, a family, for songwriters and composers through our programs, resources, community and support, all focused on the art and business of songwriting. It acts as an epicentre, a heart of the international songwriting community and music markets, bridging the gaps, tapping songwriters into the pulse of the business and at the same time giving them and their music the support they deserve. Through Songsalive!, songs and songwriters can be accessed by the whole world and when the hunt is on, Songsalive! is a one-stop song shop! Songsalive! gives life to songs, provides opportunities for collaboration, creates awareness about original music, promotes and educates through an amazing network of programs providing access between songwriters and music business professionals. Publishing companies, record companies, venues, managers, producers, schools, the wider media and music associations are always teaming up with us to create the chain of support and networking. We run our own programs, support, and events for songwriters and composers, and also act as an umbrella, or a link in the chain, for songwriters to know and find out other events, resources and support centers for them, globally. More at www.songsalive.org
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