Society News
13 Jan
New Appointment to the DHS Executive Committee: Conference Liaison Officer
The Design History Society seeks a new appointment to the Executive Committee for the position of Conference Liaison Officer, for the period 2012 - 2015.
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13 Jan
New Appointment to the DHS Executive Committee: Communications Officer
The Design History Society seeks a new appointment to the Executive Committee for the position of Communications Officer, for the period 2012 - 2015.
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29 Nov
Change to DHS Executive Committee Members
Changes of office on the Design History Society Executive Committee, following elections in September 2011.
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New Appointment to the DHS Executive Committee: Communications Officer
January 13th 2012
Communications officer, Design History Society
The communications officer serves on the executive committee to represent the interests of those studying the history of design at all levels of higher education.
Job Description
Key responsibilities:
• Administrator of the Society's website.
• Editor of the Society's website (through a content management system).
• Administrator and Editor of the Design History JISC electronic mailing list.
• Administrator of social networking pages on Facebook, etc.
• Editor of quarterly newsletter, with responsibilities including:
o Drafting plan of contents
o Liaising with authors
o Sourcing design historical relevant news and events
o Sub-editing articles
o Sourcing relevant imagery
o Laying out newsletter using DTP package
o Liaising with designers about artwork
o Proofing
o Management of distribution
• Responsible for all advertising and promotional activities for both the Society and for third parties wishing to promote to Society members.
• Ensuring visual identity coherence of all Design History Society communication material.
• Consulting with other Committee members about the promotion of individual activities of the Society.
• Needs some knowledge of print and web design, with basic HTML skills (for the website) as well as intermediary or advanced DTP skills. (Also needs a copy of InDesign and Photoshop to put together the newsletter).
Applicants are requested to fill in and submit the attached nomination form to the DHS secretary, Charlotte Nicklas (charlottenicklas@hotmail.com) by Monday, 23 January 2012. The new postholders will be selected by the DHS Executive Committee at the Executive Committee meeting on 28 January 2012. The Executive Committee meets four times a year, with the following meeting scheduled for April 2012.For further information, please contact the Society's Chair, Dipti Bhagat (d.bhagat@londonmet.ac.uk).