StudentAmbassadors/ExecutiveBoard/Roles

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Who are the FSA Executive Board?

The FSA Executive Board is a dedicated collection of Mozilla Reps and passionate community volunteers who serve as leaders in the Student Ambassador program and help determine its goals, structure, activities, and yearly plan. Think of them as the Global Team, working together to bring new opportunities for the FSAs! The FSA E-Board, due to being newly created in August 2014, is flexible and rapidly adapting. Duties listed below may change throughout the weeks. All FSA E-Board members are subject to the following:

• A term one year (current timeline beginning August 2015-August 2016)
• The decision to continue on for a second term or nominate a candidate to takeover his or her position
• The ability to have mentees (if needed) working with them

Ambassador Impact Lead - Faye Tandog

Responsibilities

Faye has previously been the Club Development Lead for a whole term. She is now building out a new role focused on ambassador impact. This role is new and responsibilities will be updated to reflect any new changes.

• Creating training initiatives and programs that support ambassador growth in knowledge and skills
• Devising strategic solutions to increasing student retention
• Leading motivational campaigns that demonstrate Ambassador's impact to organization goals

Club Development Lead - Bala Subramaniyan

Responsibilities

• Lead and advise the development of Club Lead Training
• Actively communicate with Firefox Club Leads from all regions
• Making sure new Club Leads are properly equipped with the correct resources to launching their organization
• Provide RALs or any other FSA members with guidance in any Firefox Club-related questions
• Update E-Board during meetings on progress and high-level items of Firefox Clubs

Marketing Lead - Mayur Patil

Responsibilities

• Manager of all FSA social media channels including blog, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Youtube. In charge of tweeting, posting, and sharing on them
• Create monthly social media calendar to keep track of postings and plan out content
• Find students hashtagging #FirefoxStudents to retweet, reshare, and highlight on our own social media outlets
• Devise a way for students to submit blog posts and/or other creations including graphics and videos to feature on the FSA blog
• Brainstorm and execute creative online activities to support high-level marketing campaigns and improve FSA engagement online

Tech Lead - Santosh Viswanatham

Responsibilities

• In charge of setting up tech-related contests and activities including App Contest
• Brainstorm and execute creative activities to encourage more tech-oriented students to participate in the FSA Program
• Work with community and staff to bring participatory opportunities in tech for both technical and nontechnical Ambassadors

Recognition Lead - Biraj Karmakar

Responsibilities

• Determine best practices for recognizing FSAs and Firefox Clubs
• In charge of managing the distribution of certificates, swag, OpenBadges, and other recognition items with the Community Manager
• Responsible for the growth and management of our recognition system, selecting and nurturing Trainees, Juniors, and Seniors

Communications Lead - Tanay Pant

Responsibilities

• Updating and managing the Student Ambassadors Blog with program announcements, monthly updates, and sharing any FSA-related stories/guest blogs.
• Work closely with VP of Marketing to ensure campaign messaging are correct and shared from top to bottom of program structure.
• Answer emails that are sent to the program asking for more information or forward to the respective person.
• Update E-Board during meetings with the topics, themes, and questions that are commonly asked by FSA.
• Brainstorm and execute ideas to improving internal communication between contributors and external communication between community and the program.

Past E-Board Members

We had the pleasure of working with fantastic community members from 2014-2015. Please see who they were and what they did here.