AIGA Charlotte board members are volunteers elected by our membership to lead and direct our Chapter, plan and implement events, communicate with and grow our membership and build an active creative community. Director positions serve two-year terms and comprise our Executive Board. Coordinator positions serve one-year terms.
The President oversees and guides the development of the Chapter, ensuring that Chapter activities are in alignment with the AIGA mission. He/she provides leadership for the Board of Directors and the membership at large. The president supervises the daily administration of the Chapter including financial and communications management and interface with the national office.
The Communications Director is responsible for keeping our membership and local media informed about the happenings of the Chapter and maintains our eblasts, e-newsletter and blog. The Vice President of Events relies heavily on the Communications Director to properly promote upcoming Chapter events.
The Finance Director provides oversight for all financial related material for the Chapter. He/she works closely with the President and with the Events Director to develop feasible budgets for our events and initiative. He/she also oversees our Partnership Coordinator to develop reciprocal relationships with area businesses supporting AIGA.
The Membership Director oversees the growth of our Chapter’s thriving membership. He/she is responsible for encouraging new memberships, increasing the participation of existing members, communicating benefits to our membership, managing the checkin table at our events and overseeing our Volunteer Coordinator.
The Education Director initiates and assists in organizing programs that are beneficial to student members, helps design students supplement their education through our speaker events, networking opportunities and student chapters, and acts as a liaison with area universities, colleges and student groups to communicate and champion their interests and needs.
The Internet Director is responsible for managing and maintaining our Chapter’s highly trafficked website and overseeing all of the Chapter’s electronic tools such as Board of Directors email accounts, Basecamp and electronic calendars. He is also charged with keeping AIGA Charlotte educated on the latest electronic trends.
Bi-annually AIGA Carolinas put on a dual state awards competition called BOOM!. This year and into 2009 AIGA Charlotte will be hosting the competition. The BOOM! Event Director is responsible for planning and implementing the competition, judging, promotion, show book publication and awards show event.
An active Board of Directors calls for streamlined communication and organization. The Secretary is responsible for managing communication within our Board, recording minutes at monthly meetings, sending bi-weekly updates to all Board members, maintaining our Basecamp postings and overseeing the internal administration of the Chapter.
The Partnership Coordinator is responsible for developing and maintaining partnerships with area businesses. The partnerships he/she creates strengthen our Chapter, the greater design community and our local businesses.
We are very lucky to have so many members eager to volunteer their time to AIGA. The Volunteer Coordinator oversees our enthusiastic volunteers and working closely with our Event Coordinators, also connects them with opportunities for involvement within our Events Team.
The Lecture Events Coordinator is charged with planning and executing our Talk About lecture series. Talk About is the chapter’s marquee event series where we bring in nationally known designers to share their work, their challenges and their inspiration with our membership.
The Local Speaker Coordinator is charged with planning and executing our events that feature local speakers. These events are created to give our membership an inside look at the design industry in Charlotte. Currently these events include: Design Unplugged and Meet Your Neighbor.
The Programming Events Coordinator is charge of planning and executing our membership interactive programs. These are programs where our membership gets to meet and discuss various design related topics with one another. Currently these events include: Meet Market, Buzz, and By the Book.
The Workshops Coordinator is charged with planning and executing our membership workshops. These are workshops are design to teach our membership and about new techniques and best practices in the design industry. Currently these events include: Top 10 and Adobe Workshops.
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