SGP Office, 3Rd Floor of the Reitz Union, Room 306B

Spring 2013

Staff Applications

Please return by Friday August 31th, 2012, 5 pm.

SGP Office, 3rd Floor of the Reitz Union, Room 306B

Office: (352)273-4430

PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION (Please print):

Name: ______

Last First

Cell Phone Number: ( ) ______E-mail Address: ______

Do you live in a Dorm? If so, which: ______

PART II –POSITIONS APPLYING FOR:

Position(s): 1. ______2. ______3. ______

*Available Positions: please see attached form for a breakdown of position responsibilities.

**If applying for VC of Marketing, VC of Public Relations, VC of Co-Sponsorships, or a Street Team Leader call backs for interviews later in the week will be on Tuesday Sept. 4**

PART III - APPLICATION PACKET

Please include the following in your application packet in this order.

1. This form
2. Resume
3. Question Response Page (Must be TYPED, complete, and limited to 1 page)

PART IV- VERIFICATION (Please check one of the lines below)

____I authorize Student Government staff to verify my qualifications for the position that I am applying for to become a member of Student Government. I further understand that any misrepresentation on my part will result in my disqualification for this position. I hereby certify that I meet the minimum requirements to hold this position and all of the information contained in this application is correct and true to the best of my knowledge.

* Please initial one of two choices below:

____I, the undersigned, consent to the release of the material in this application, as well as my attached resume, with the exception of my home address, GPA, and student id number, to any SG official with a valid email address, for purposes of inspection. I understand that I have the legal right to refuse to consent to this release without penalty.

____I, the undersigned, do NOT consent to the release of the material in this application, as well as my attached resume, with the exception of my home address, GPA, and student id number, to any SG official with a valid email address, for purposes of inspection. I understand that I have the legal right to refuse to consent to this release without penalty.

Signature:______Date:______

****GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS ****

This year SGP is focusing on accountability and work ethic. We are all one big team therefore SGP has come up with general requirements for all staff members:

Attend every monthly staff meeting. Miss 2 general staff meeting and you will lose your position. Initial _____

Must sign up and ATTEND at least 3 one hour shifts per show or promotional push (estimated 6 per semester) Initial _____

Announce twice a semester to fraternities/sororities/organizational and/or General Body meetings Initial _____

Application Questions

1)Please write down a list of 3 goals and objectives for your position and ways you would like to accomplish them if given this position. (answer question only pertaining to 1st choice)

2)Please elaborate on any past involvement or employment experiences that you have had that pertains to the position you are applying for and why.

3)How would you have SGP creatively reach out to 9,000 freshman at UF?

4)If you could bring any artist to campus who would it be and why? (pick 3 artists for 3 hypothetical shows)

5)Best concert you’ve ever been to and why?

Student GovernmentProductionsLeadershipPositions

The staff is dividedintosixdifferentteamseachwith atailoredpurpose.Alldirector reporttothe respectivevice chair and are expectedto attend between 1-2 scheduledmeetings per month.

****All directors have assistant directors working with them. Apply for directorships but may be assigned as Assistant Director if selected for staff****

Chief of Staff

Facilitate all communication between SGP executive board (Chairman, Comptroller and Vice Chairs) and SGP staff members

Take attendance and minutes at every SGP meeting

Enforce general staff requirements

Book all meeting rooms and file all permits for SGP meetings and events

Promotions Team

Vice-Chair of Promotions

***Required to hold a separate meeting with street team leaders 3 weeks before each show***

In charge of distributing all hard media (flyers, posters, promotional items)

Ensure every promotional staff member fulfills requirements

Assign Street Team Leaders different areas of promotion for each show and provide list of business to go to

Pre determine which businesses in each area will assist SGP in promotions

Street Team Leader (Director)

***Required to attend a separate meeting with VC of Promotions 3 weeks before each show***

Manage a small group of General Street Team members, ensuring they fulfill their requirements

Poster/flyering a specific area of Gainesville (ex: Midtown, Turlington, Santa Fe)

Director of Announcing

Organize groups of all staff members for announcing to Organizations and General Body meetings (ex: Fraternities, Sororities, BSU, IRHA, ASU...)

Must have sign up sheet of at least 15 members for announcing to each organization filled out 2 weeks prior to every concert

General Street Team Member

***Easiest way to get in SGP and work your way up***

Work with respective Street Team Leader to Poster/Flyer assigned area

Required to do 1 additional hour of promotional tabling/flyering per show/promotional push (totaling 4 hours per show)

Director of Freshman Dorm Promotions (directors of each area)

Each dorm area will have 1 director of postering/flyering in their respective areas

Work with IRHA to get promotional materials in each dorm area

Marketing Team

Vice Chair of Marketing

Responsible for overseeing all marketing efforts of SGP

Will be given his or her own sizable budget (usually 10% of artist fee) to develop entire SGP marketing plan for each show

Analyze most effective marketing tactics to get best value for SGP

Must have marketing plan completed 1 month prior to each show with ordering dates

Specifically oversee Director of Social Media and Director of Promotional Items to continue communication with UF student body

Director of Promotional Items

Deliver all tents and promotional items to Turlington and the Reitz Union at 10:30am each weekday for 2 weeks prior to each show

Pick up tents and remaining promotional items from Turlington and the Reitz Union at 2:30pm each day for 2 weeks prior to each show

Main say in selecting and designing all new promotional items being purchased

Will be a team of 3 to 4 directors

DirectorofSocial Media

Make at least 1 post per day from the official SGP Facebook page and Twitter

Manage all social media promotional ticket/meet and greet give aways

Brainstorm new ways to get Facebook likes and Twitter followers to connect with students through social media

Facilitate all music content suggestions for SGP FB/Twitter from SGP staff

Personally research new music content for official SGP Facebook page

Create music playlist of incoming artists (ex. Spotify, Grooveshark, Mixpod, etc...) to help advertise for upcoming SGP shows 2 weeks prior to every show

Director of Social Media Events

Must create a Facebook event for every show SGP is involved in

Write creative and informative descriptions for each event.

Organize entire SGP staff in inviting guests to SGP events

DirectorofWebsiteDevelopment

Completely redevelop sg.ufl.edu/sgp

Upload old and new content (videos, pictures, etc.)

Director of Graphic Design

****include in application some of your portfolio****

Create all posters and flyers for upcoming SGP shows

Make designs for promotional items

DirectorofCinematography/Photography

Film every SGP show and take pictures

Must have your own equipment

Create Promotional videos for Youtube/Facebook 2 weeks before each show

Operations Team

ViceChairof Operations

Head of day of show operations

SGP liaison to catering, police and O’Dome’s productions staff on the day of show

Manage show runners

Organize VIP for seated shows

Director of Artist Reception (Runner)

Must be warm and friendly yet hardworking, dedicated, and most importantly professional

Will be in minimal contact with O’Dome production staff along with artist/entourage to fulfill any reasonable requests

Must be able to make small credit card charges on the day of show. Will be reimbursed within the week

Director of Hospitality

Manages small budget to order food for SGP staff at certain shows

Public Relations

Vice Chair of Public Relations

****if possible, include press releases you have done****

Press releases to all viable media outlets (ex: Newspapers, Radio Stations, TV)

Make connection between SGP and every prominent student organization to facilitate synergy through co-sponsorships (ex: BSU, ASU, Pride, Fraternities, Sororities, IRHA, SG...)

Must contact every viable organization 1 month prior to each show with co-sponsorship opportunity

Must find 1 responsible representative from every organization to inform SGP about general body meetings and to facilitate promotions and ticket blocks

Write 2 promotional emails for each show to be sent to organization representative to be sent over listserves

Solicitations

Vice Chair of Solicitations

Work towards a major corporate sponsorship for SwampFest 2013

Workout smaller cross promotional deals with local business to get benefits for SGP staff members

SGP Records “Student Talent”

Vice Chair of SGP Records

Oversees all mock record label function with the purpose of increasing awareness of UF student music of any genre

Finds live performance opportunities for student acts at SGP shows

Director of Artist and Repertoire

Head of student talent scouting

Work closely with SGP Records Vice Chair to create best ways to expose student music

Director of Talent Development

Offers insight to student acts in press kit development (experience necessary)

Reaches out to media outlets to find press opportunities

Director of Videography (Recordings)

Must be able to work well behind the lens and edit video

Will create SGP Recordings media with band profiles/ interviews/ recruitment ads