IABC Waterloo 2024-2025 Board of Directors

Interested in joining the IABC Waterloo Board of Directors? We’d love to have you! Below are the descriptions for some of the great positions available for the 2024-2025 board. As a member of the board, you’ll be responsible for your chosen portfolio and ensuring its supporting our members. We meet once a month from September to June and have one or two Board socials throughout the year. All Board members must be IABC members in good standing. We have fun, but we work hard, so we want strategic thinkers who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, just fill out our application form. Have questions before you apply? Feel free to contact us at presidents@iabcwaterloo.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

social media Director

You’re a social media junkie. Maybe social media is part of your job, or maybe it’s something you’d like to be part of your job and want a little practice. Maybe you live your life in 280 characters or maybe you let gifs do the talking. Our Social Media Director promotes everything from chapter events to international webinars via our social channels, engaging members and non-members to keep them up-to-date on what we have planned. Live social chatter for all of our events is pretty essential. You’ll work closely with the Communications Director to make sure all our online messaging is cohesive. You’ll know all our metrics and will be responsible for setting up the content calendar by pulling content from other portfolios, International and anywhere else you find info our members might want to know.

Professional Development Director

When some people think of event planning, they think about the Party Planning Committee from The Office. When you think of events, you think about meeting new people, learning new skills and all of the logistics. We’re looking for a fantastic team of Professional Development Directors to lead our PD program for the year. Using member survey data and one-on-one feedback, you’ll bring engaging events to life that bring value to our members. We made the pivot to virtual events in 2021, so you’ll build on what we’ve done to offer even more great programming both online and in-person.

Communications Director

Mailchimp? Love her. Holistic messages across digital marketing? Yes please. We need someone to draft, edit, and distribute member communications - think event invitations, newsletters, and those all-important job postings. You’ll work closely with the Social Media Director to make sure all our online messaging is cohesive, will keep an eye on our email marketing metrics, and always be on the lookout for new content opportunities.

Student engagement Director

IABC Waterloo is SO lucky to be surrounded by several post-secondary institutions and, if we do say so ourselves, some of the best communications/PR/marketing students around! In this new role, we’re looking for a Student Engagement Director to work with board members and lead Student Ambassadors to engage students on- and off-campus. The goal? Align IABC Waterloo’s work in professional development with the needs of local students, all while building a community network of student members.

executive administrator

Every good team has someone who keeps them in order. That’s you. We need someone to organize our monthly meetings, manage the website job board and when things get hectic, we might need you to step in and help with other portfolios. You’ll get to experience a little of everything this year. This position is ideal for a student or recent graduate new to the field and looking for some board experience. With everything you’ll learn this year, you’ll be ready to take on a portfolio of your own next year.