Title: President
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee the day to day functions of business
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each vice president
- Work with Finance to develop a budget for each semester and future projections
- Approve changes regarding website, hosting, and information technology
- Facilitate monthly organizational meetings in conjunction with the VP of HR
- Monitor monthly sales figures as they compare to goals and projections
- Attend departmental meetings at least once a month
- Attend weekly VP and administrative meetings
- Attend meetings every two weeks with organization’s advisors
Qualifications:
- Strong organizational skills and a understanding of organizational structure
- Clear ability to communicate with students, faculty, and staff on various issues
- Strong ability to provide direction, guidance, and goals for the organization and its members
- Time management skills for balancing various commitments
- Willingness to reach out to advisors and other resources for help
Hours: 5 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Editor-in-Chief
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Publish content onto the website
- Create a draft list of articles to be written and assign them to staff writers in conjunction with the Vice President of Editing
- Facilitate each writers’ preparation for articles including interviews, “news angle,” and contacts
- Communicate with the President regarding overall function of business
- Responsible for physical layout and coordination of all print issues and online issues
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the content staff
- Attend weekly VP and administrative meetings
- Attend meetings every two weeks with organization’s advisors
Qualifications:
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Ability to clearly communicate tasks and deadlines to writing staff
- Creative ability to generate article ideas and layout design
- Organized and capable of meeting deadlines
Hours: 5 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of Editing
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Create a draft list of articles to be written and assign them to staff writers in conjunction with the Editor-in-Chief
- Edit each article and communicate any changes to the writer in a timely manner
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the Content Department
- Upload each article to the website so that in can be published by the Editor-in-Chief
- Responsible for attending regular meetings with the content staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
Qualifications:
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to communicate with both the Editor-in-Chief and the writers regarding articles
- Strong ability to provide direction and guidance for the articles
- Willingness to reach out to writing resources center and other areas for help
- Attract new viewers to site which may include advertising, running contests, commercials, etc.
- Work to ensure other campus organizations are using the calendar, site, Daily Log, and other technologies provided by the organization
- Determine the effectiveness of the various marketing tactics
- Attend events on campus to help market the organization
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the Marketing Department
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the marketing staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to communicate the organization’s objectives and image clearly
- Creative and art skills to be incorporated into promotional material
- Understanding of marketing concepts and strategies
- Oversees the sales of all advertising space online and in print
- Work closely with MediaMate (current media agency) to gather advertising material for print issues
- Coordinate all outreach to families and coordination of the graduation issue
- Work closely with external businesses to foster reliable working relationships
- Coordinate sales events, media kits, and other promotional material and opportunities
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the Sales Department
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the Sales staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to communicate with potential clients for the sale of ad space
- Willingness to reach out to local area businesses and on campus groups for help
- Understanding of sales concepts and strategies
- Responsible for website maintenance and troubleshooting of IT related issues
- Generate announcements, event list, and Daily Log each week day to be sent to UGrads at 7:30am. Generate the Sunday Log with a list of events for the whole week to be sent to UGrads at 12:00pm.
- Responsible for editing and posting all multimedia in conjunction with the members of the IT staff
- Work closely with Editor-in-Chief to place all content online
- Update calendar on a weekly basis to include the most current information
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the IT Department
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the IT staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to communicate with all members of the organization regarding troubleshooting
- Willingness to reach out to faculty, staff, and alumni for help or advice
- Understanding of IT concepts and web design
- Manage all financial transactions of the business and keep records of financial progress in current accounting system
- Generate weekly pulse report of current finances and potential concerns
- Investigate potential grant options
- Track all sales paperwork including receipts, invoices, contracts, etc.
- Maintain a relationship with current p-card holder or account manager
- Manages budgets for all aspects of the business including departmental spending
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the Finance Department
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the Finance staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
- Strong organizational skills and ability to track all transactions within the organization
- Strong time management skills and ability to set deadlines and goals
- Willingness to reach out to faculty, staff, and alumni for help or advice
- Understanding of the sales cycle and ability to work with the VP of Sales
- Understanding of finance concepts and accounting
- Keep records of all former and current employees
- Manage payroll, timecards, and necessary eligibility paperwork in conjunction with Babson HR staff
- Plan monthly all-company meeting
- Assist in the hiring, firing, and conflict resolution processes
- Plan individual meetings with every member of the organization twice a semester
- Enforce constitutional by-laws and uphold FREEPress mission statement and codes of conduct
- Create a weekly task list designating due dates and assignments for each member of the HR Department
- Responsible for holding regular meetings with the HR staff
- Attend weekly VP meetings
- Strong organizational skills and ability to communicate clearly with the Babson HR staff and student workers
- Strong time management skills and ability to set deadlines and goals
- Willingness to reach out to the President of FREEPress and the Babson HR staff
- Understanding of HR concepts and employee relations
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of Marketing
Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours: 4 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of Sales
Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours: 4 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of IT
Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours: 4 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of Finance
Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours: 4 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
Title: Vice President of Human Resources
Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Hours: 4 per week
Hourly Pay Rate: $9.00
