Volunteers

LA Chapter Volunteers Wanted!

LA ACM SIGGRAPH meetings are fun, educational and great opportunities to mingle with your peers in the industry, but they do not run themselves. Dedicated volunteers make it happen, and we need YOU to be one of those volunteers! Benefits of volunteering include:

  • Free one-year membership in the LA ACM SIGGRAPH chapter when you volunteer for 1 meeting or 5 hours in one calendar year.
  • An opportunity to meet people in SIGGRAPH-related industries, including Media/Entertainment, Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Visual Effects, Computer Software, Information Systems, Scientific Imaging, and Biotechnology.
  • Improved leadership and people skills. Raise your EQ!
  • Increased face recognition among SIGGRAPH attendees: helpful for business contacts, job searches, and networking.
  • Learning about the latest techniques, methods, hardware and software involved in all  SIGGRAPH-related industries and meeting the people who make it happen.

 

Current Volunteer Opportunities:
Leadership

  • Co-Secretary: Assist the Secretary with duties as necessary, including: Attending the Executive Council meetings and taking minutes, sending thank you notes to the presenters, and other duties as assigned by the Secretary or chapter Chair.
    Duties of the Secretary
    Commitment: 2 - 4 hours per month
     
  • Co-Volunteer Chair: Assist the Volunteer Chair as necessary, including: Sending out a quarterly chapter Volunteer Newsletter, helping behind the scenes at virtual events, and directing volunteers at in-person events.
    Commitment: 2 - 4 hours per month
     
  • Social Media Lead: Take on oversight of the Chapter's social media presence. The Chapter has a presence on LinkedIn, Meetup, X/Twitter, and Facebook. This person should have knowledge or be quick to learn how to promote an organization and its events. The person does not need to be able to use all of the social media assets, but be capable of overseeing others who contribute to the overall social media presence of LA ACM SIGGRAPH.
    Commitment: 2 - 4 hours per month

Event Production

  • Producers: Produce all aspects of a chapter event. Make your cool graphics-focused event idea happen. Your primary responsibility is the content of the event. The Executive Council (EC) will provide assistance in promotion, food, and volunteers. The EC will provide resources for the content aspects of the event. Please contact the Chair (chair at la-siggraph.org) for more information.
    Commitment: 10 hours per month until a month after the event has taken place.
     
  • Catering Lead: Manage our catering services for our in-person meetings, which involves:
    • organizing food and drinks for each event including sourcing catering or grocery stores, coordinating with the Volunteer Chair for volunteers, and
    • transporting food & drink, and
    • setting up or directing the set up,.
  • Commitment: 1-2 hours prep time before each in-person event,  and 1.5 hours prior to and a .5 hours after each meeting.
     
  • Production Assistants: PAs will be assigned to specific events to aid the event Producers in whatever tasks they deem necessary to help organize the event.
    Commitment: 2 - 4 hours over the 8 - 12 weeks prior to the event.
     

Member / Entry level

  • Membership Committee Members: Help the Membership Chair keep track of members. Help run a membership drive. Assist in running membership social events. Answer members questions. Assist in greeting and checking in members at in-person events.
    Commitment: 2 -3 hours per month
     
  • Production Assistants: PAs will be assigned to specific events to aid the event Producers in whatever tasks they deem necessary to help organize the event.
    Commitment: 2 - 4 hours over the 8 - 12 weeks prior to the event.
     
  • Monthly Meetings Volunteers - In Person: We need 4 - 5 people to help with directing traffic, assisting with registration, and setting up the food.
    Commitment: 1.5 hours prior to and a .5 hours after each meeting.
     
  • Monthly Meetings Volunteers - Virtual: We need 1 - 2 people to help with behind the scenes at our virtual meetings by attending tech checks and at the meeting, greeting folks and helping with Q&A during the meeting.
    Commitment: 1.5 - 1 hour for Tech Check (usually the week before the Meeting), and .5 hours before the meeting and behind the scenes during the meeting.

As in most organizations, the more you put into Los Angeles SIGGRAPH, the more you will get out of it. We hope to see you there!

Interested in helping? Contact Volunteer Chair - Fran Zandonella Benjamin (volunteers at la-siggraph.org)