Public Programming Assistant (San Francisco and Oakland)

Summary

Major Responsibilities

• Manage logistics for public programs in San Francisco and Oakland, including speaker communication, scheduling day-of management 
• Act as the main point of contact between the SPUR audience and the organization’s public programs.
• Publicize programs through social media as needed on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram, as needed
• Run pre-registration and on-site of SPUR members and non-members and field questions about the program and organization.
• Fulfill post-program requirements, including the recording of detailed attendance and membership numbers and the uploading of digital content to our speaker presentations to event page for future circulation 

• Collaborate with Public Programming Manager and Policy Directors to plan and schedule public programs.
• Create and/or source necessary content for the SPUR website, including representative imagery, event pages and shopping cart items.
• Assist with copy-editing and writing program descriptions.
• Maintain the digital components of SPUR’s programming work, including internal and external calendars. 

• Use SPUR’s database to track engagement at public programs and suggest how programming can better align with the needs and desires of our audience.
• Track detailed information for each program to be used in an annual, in-depth analysis of program operation, including member and non-member attendance, membership money, drink sales, etc. and compare that information to prior years’ trends to discover opportunities for more successful programming.

• Research other events held by other organizations and experiment with new program typologies
• Explore ideas for how to engage a K-12 audience and engage the Young Urbanist programming
• Engage with the Yerba Buena Community Benefit Alliance by attending monthly meetings
• Manage the Culture for Community relationship with SoMA museums to participate in Third Thursdays when possible

• Support our advocacy work by writing blogs about our public programs and other work, with direction from the Editorial Director and Publications and Communications Director 

• Assist the development of grant, sponsorship, and funding opportunities to support the programming work, as directed by the Foundation Relations Manager and other staff. 

• Train ambassadors on exhibition display if applicable
• Involve ambassadors in the day-of event needs in San Francisco and Oakland, as needed
• Identify one ambassador per cycle to serve as public engagement lead; they would be the point person for support with website/salesforce tasks, researching new event typologies, distribution of event calendar in the Yerba Buena neighborhood, and other tasks on an as-needed basis

Minimum Qualifications

• Interest in cities, public policy and urban issues
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Highly organized
• Friendly and social professional
• Flexible and adaptable leader
• A/V knowledge and ability to learn on the spot
• Familiarity with Word, Excel, HTML and MacOS
• Volunteer management or other supervision experience preferred
• Willingness to work a sporadic schedule, with occasional evenings

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