Role specifications for Film Appreciation Society Committee

President
The Presidents role is to act as the figurehead of Film Appreciation Society. The President
will oversee and organise all the workings of the society as well as organising and chairing
meetings of the committee. They serve as the point of call for all enquiries which do not fall
under the other positions. Despite being developed collectively between committee
members, the President will have the final say on programming including themes for
certain months. The President will be aided closely in their role by the Vice President.
The President must generally ensure that there is cohesiveness in the committee and
oversee all the actions of Film Appreciation Society as a whole.
Vice President
The Vice President will work closely with the President and the rest of the committee on
the day-to-day running of the society. This can range from everything from working on
programming ideas to sourcing DVDs for upcoming screenings; in the case of the
President being unavailable, they will work as the overseer of the committees actions. The
Vice President will be in charge of organising room bookings for regular screenings on
campus, as well as working with the Liaison Officer(s) with regards to organising events
and finding venues off campus. The Vice President will also manage the societys
finances, meaning ensuring that the accounts are kept in shape with the Students Union,
and that committee members are reimbursed out of the societys account when
appropriate, as well as helping to manage and organise any potential fundraising events
the society decides to hold.
Liaison Officer(s)
The Liaison Officer(s) role is to act as an intermediary between Film Appreciation Society
and other socieites/bodies with whom we hope to collaborate. This can be for specific days
or perhaps for a month-long theme run in tandem with another society (such as our Black
History Month and LGBTQ History Months seasons). Equally, the Liaison Officer(s) can
organise joint screenings of one-off films, with organisational duties split between two
societies or bodies and with collaborative introductions, for example. The Liaison officer
must:
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Establish which events the society would like to collaborate with others for
Arrange these events very much in advance
Work with the societies themselves to sensitively establish mutual agreement over the
programming. Discussions surrounding programming will also take place within our
committee
Notify the committee well in advance of confirmed collaborations for room-bookings to be
organised
It will be the Liaison Officer(s) responsibility to try and organise new and original kinds of
screenings with the help of others, such as late night cult film screenings or off-campus
events.

Advertising and Design Officer

The Advertising and Design Officers role is to make creative and visually exciting
advertisements for our screenings. These advertisements will initially take the form of
posters which will be placed around campus as well as uploaded to our social media
platforms. The posters must contain the films we will be screening that month as well as
the times and locations of the screenings. The Advertising and Design Officer must work in
tandem with the rest of the committee (specifically the Vice President) to ensure that this
information is consolidated in time for the creation of the posters. The Liaison Officer may
wish to use the Advertising and Design Officer to help publicise our joint screenings. If
funding is to be obtained to promote our screenings, the Advertising and Design Officer will
be responsible for getting posters/flyers printed and organising their distribution.
Social Media Officers
The Social Media Officers role is to maintain Film Appreciation Societys various social
media platforms including Facebook (the page and not the now-defunct group), Twitter,
Tumblr, Instagram, and email.
If there are several Social Media Officers, the various responsibilities will be divided up,
but all will need to maintain the Facebook page together, as this will be our primary site of
engagement with our members.
The role involves:
Ensuring that our social media platforms are up to date with information about the
screenings to come and ensuring that this information is posted well in advance
Maintaining the appearance of our social media platforms so that they look professional
and uncluttered
Engaging with FilmSoc members in a polite and professional way on social media
platforms. This includes replying to wall posts and emails and behaving judiciously with
what they have to say (e.g. not making programming promises we cannot keep)
Polling FilmSoc members when we have a members choice screening. This will be a
key feature of Film Appreciation Societys work - previous years have had run one
members choice screening a month
Working in tandem with the Advertising and Design Officer to ensure that posters/images
being used to advertise our events are uploaded and displayed in advance of our
screenings
Working in tandem with the Liaison Officer(s) to create Facebook events for joint
screenings and ensuring they are publicised on our our social media