Head of Marketing, Media and Design

[docomm]

If you're interested in taking over the position of Director of Communications (which has the new spangly title above), then we're taking applications. Duties include : design of publicity for all Association events, departments, campaigns; design and administration of the website; control and editorship of the Vine magazine; responsibility for all PreSesh material, including societies directory, alternative prospectus, as well as all the other stuff in the packs; control of all marketing aspects of the Association; and anything else that may need doing, such as the information screens, advertising within the building, emails etc.

For more info look at www.yourunion.net under 'jobs', or email me at docomm.

Deadline is Monday 19th April.

[someone]

Bump for Nicola.

[Al]

Is it her birthday?

[hr]Life is too important to be taken seriously.

[sheerbrillance]

Is Nicola struggling to find some one to take over from her? I wonder if thats why she's pushing hugely....wonder what would happen if no one applied?

[The Bigot's Bigot]

I think she just wants to give everyone the chance to apply. if she did no do that then there would be the inevitable moaning accusations of the appointment having been an 'inside job'.

[addiction]

sorry for being ignorant, but is it a sabbatical?

[Biitchboy]

[s]addiction wrote on 16:03, 15th Apr 2004:
sorry for being ignorant, but is it a sabbatical?


Yes it is.

[ever_nocturnal]

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[docomm]

There will be no election on this position - hence why it wasn't up for election in March. The new person will be decided on by merit through an application and interview process not cross-campus election, and will therefore not have a vote on many committees. Any questions to docomm...

[ever_nocturnal]

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[niall]

[s]ever_nocturnal wrote on 19:41, 15th Apr 2004:
Although perhaps wise to get someone with qualifications in on the job.


that, i believe, is the main reason behind the change


[hr]
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[La Jouissance]

Sorry to be a bit of a wet blanket on this, but does anyone remember the unmitigated failure the last time this kind of thing was tried.

I forget the job title then, as well as the chap who was in the job, but I remember it didn't last very long before he got the boot/left?

[Marco Biagi]

I forget the job title then, as well as the chap who was in the job, but I remember it didn't last very long before he got the boot/left?

You might be thinking of the Ents Manager (but that was a *long* time ago). That was a disaster, but the same thing wouldn't be so much of a problem this time because the person appointed would only be on a one-year contract.


[hr]
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[La Jouissance]

Marco, *Long* time ago?!?!?!

I'm not that old...

[Bryn]

[s]niall wrote on 19:52, 15th Apr 2004:
that, i believe, is the main reason behind the change

Very much so. It was felt that since the job requires a huge amount of skill, it is probably best that the position be appointed, and applicants demonstrate their ability beforehand. The role really has nothing to do with politics any more, so doesn't need a vote.

[hr]
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[docomm]

As Bryn says, the post of DoC is a tricky one in that it needs someone of creative ability to do the job properly. You don't necessarily need 'qualifications' to apply for the position, just be able to demonstrate creativity - if you can use the relevant software, great! but it's not a necessity - you can pick it up as you go along.
Another problem that has come out from this has been the impact of a lack of support for the DoC from their relevant sabbatical team, which is why these positions (Marketing, Trading etc) are no longer up for election, allowing interested people to put themselves forward to be decided upon by merit.

As for the not having a vote - that wasn't intended as my answer 'why' we're not electing, but as a pointer that this is what will now happen. It's not that the opinions of the DoC are not trusted (the DoC was elected by the student body to represent them, so obviously their opinions are those of the students), but legally, a student can only have a vote on committees such as SRC and SSC if they have been elected cross campus to represent the students.

Hope this clears some issues up.

[ever_nocturnal]

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[Intolerant Bastard]

You really are a nasty little tit. Piss off.

[Al]

I don't think it is reasonable to hold the fact that someone - save for running against RON - was elected unopposed. *That* - at the very least - is not the successful candidate's fault.

[hr]Life is too important to be taken seriously.

[Amanda]

meow. are you a stooge of the doc put there to just back them up and not comment on the points being made?

i agree his arguments could be put a little more nicely, but to be honest, he and others have got a point. just because someone was elected doesn't mean that their opinions are those of the studets, it just means that they got a majority vote. which, with regard to recent elections, doesn't necessarily mean a substantial amount of people.

also, the comments about the website and the work done may have a point - it's a tad irritating to receive emails advertising 'tuesday...this happens' on the wednesday afternoon, and as for the website, well it's not looking great, it's out of date, and it's not very user friendly.