Communications
Communications and Social Media
Team Size: 1-3
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with other teams (program, opportunity grants, diversity and outreach, visas, venue, volunteer) to communicate necessary updates to conference attendees, proposal submitters, speakers, sponsors, etc.
- Manage the X (formerly Twitter) account at @djangocon
- Manage the Facebook account at facebook.com/djangoconus
- Ensure that emails to hello@djangocon.us receive a response
- Write, or assist with writing, blog posts, emails, any other written communications. Be the team red pen.
- Manage Mailchimp email campaigns
- Help teams publicize items at appropriate times
- Write, review, and/or edit website copy
- Manage social media accounts during the conference
- Create this year's conference attendee Slack channel
- Write post-conference wrap up and coordinate with sponsors to make sure DSF, PSF, and DEFNA receive the post (as requested when they sponsor)
| Site | Handle |
|---|---|
| X (formerly Twitter) | @djangocon |
| Bluesky | @djangocon.us |
| Mastodon | @djangocon@fosstodon.org |
| djangocon | |
| djangoconus | |
| YouTube | DjangoCon US |
| GitHub | djangocon (Not just US) |
| Flickr | DjangoCon US |
Notes
For standard announcements (CFP open, tickets on sale, keynote announcements), we have prior year's announcements that can be used as templates.
Resources
- Pablo for adding text and logos to images
- Flickr for photos of past DjangoCon US's
- Unsplash for free "generic" photos
- Mailchimp for mailing lists; ask to be added to our group
- Buffer for scheduling social media posts
- Awesome acceptance letter
- Happiness Packets