Social media support

You will be attending and providing live coverage on talks and workshops for our social media channels. Get familiar with the speaker and topic of the Track/room assigned to you by checking descriptions on the WCEU site and reading slides, which will be provided. A document with example tweets and speaker/company Twitter handles have been prepared as guidance that you can revise and/or use to inform your own material and ideas.

If you’re good at listening and posting on social media at the same time, this job for you!

Specs

Skills required

  • Ability to listen and post at the same time
  • Ability to use multiple tools for sharing
  • Understanding of and written skills in English
  • Good at extracting highlights from talks and sharing immediately
  • Friendly and caring
  • Sensitive to the WCEU brand and capable of conversing with this tone of voice

Physical load

  • Typing fast
  • Sitting

Responsible for

  • Manage WordCamp Europe accounts on social media, primarily Twitter, but also Facebook and Instagram if we decide to work on those channels
  • Interact with attendees and other interested people on social media
  • Promote event, speakers and talks

Reporting to

Communication Team

Shift length

Full day

Preparation needed

Before the event:

  • Read the Code of Conduct
  • Familiarise yourself with the WCEU tone of voice by reviewing past tweets and social media posts – we also use UK English, celsius, metric and the European way of writing dates
  • the accompanying documents explaining everything in details
  • Charge your device(s)
  • Bring a charger and a jackery, if you have one

Before your shift:

  • Ensure you have login credentials and test that they work