We're looking for a number of additional volunteers to join the Exilian team! Our small core team, currently comprising four members (Chair/Exec, Treasurer, Tech officer, and Tribune) is urgently in need of additional support to keep Exilian running.
All of the available roles will come with the best support we can give: we're happy to train people in their roles, and have a strong ethos of supporting our volunteer officers and ensuring help is at hand. For all roles, there will be volunteers around with experience in the role who can help with any problems or queries. If you have any questions about any of the posts and what they entail, please leave a comment below.
The roles are as follows, with the information on how to apply in the post below.
Social Media Officer
Key roles
The Social Media officer will help promote Exilian and our members' creative projects across our social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, and Mastodon). This role is subject to regular ratification votes by the voting members. A formal title choice of "despot" or "heteriarch" may be made by the successful applicant.
Important powers/functions
- Managing & building up Exilian's social media accounts
- Recruiting new members for the site
- Promoting Exilian's content
- Feeding back to the rest of staff on public perception of our activities
Regular tasks
- Schedule regular social media posts
- Engage & chat with interested parties on social media
- Find optimal audiences for specific pieces of content
- Directly message and invite creators to the website
Content Editor
Key roles
The Content Editor will be responsible for two significant areas: the Exilian Articles section, and the monthly newsletter Updates from the Forge. This is a wide role that involves commissioning and editing/formatting articles, as well as keeping an eye on news from across Exilian's activities. This role is subject to regular ratification votes by the voting members. A formal title choice of "despot" or "heteriarch" may be made by the successful applicant.
Important powers/functions
- Editorial control of Exilian's main front-end "voice" via our newsletters
- Commissioning & engaging with article writers
- Representing the needs of the content section in staff meetings
Regular tasks
- Editing & helping write "Updates from the Forge", our monthly newsletter, and getting it released on schedule
- Finding news items from across Exilian's activities that can go into the newsletter
- Finding volunteers to write weekly articles for the articles section
- Editing and formatting the articles and posting them on time
Membership Development Officer/Forum Admin
Key roles
The Membership Development officer is a more classical "forum admin" role. The holder of this post will be there to engage with and support creative project managers across the site. This role is subject to regular ratification votes by the voting members. A formal title choice of "despot" or "heteriarch" may be made by the successful applicant.
Important powers/functions
- Works with Exilian's creators and users to support their use of our website and other systems
- Wide-ranging remit to improve forum structures & functionality to help users
- Feeds back to other staff on how regular members & creative team leads are finding the website
- Responsible for keeping & updating our email list and getting monthly emails out to members
Regular tasks
- Greet new members, discuss projects with game developers and writers and be willing to engage with their work
- Get project developers settled into the site, creating new subforums for them where necessary
- Let developers and new members know about Exilian's democratic features/system and help enable them to take part
- Running creative competitions and/or game jams for the site
- Putting a brief email out once a month with links to our recent newsletter and announcements of other important upcoming events or similar
SEBASTOKRATOR (Voting Members' Officer)
Key roles
The Sebastokrator runs the democratic processes of Exilian, and engages with its citizens (voting members) in helping them use our democratic functions to shape Exilian. Their role is primarily that of representing the views of the citizens and carrying out the instructions of the Plaza. This role is usually elected in open elections every six months.
Important powers/functions
- Manages the plaza and is in a strong position to push forward legislation
- Provides casting vote on judicial matters as a tie-breaker
- Represents the views of the citizens on the administrative council
Regular tasks
- Checking out all new legislation in the Plaza and ensuring that the votes are conducted correctly as per the constitution
- Moving completed votes to the completed votes section
- Enacting the results of Plaza decisions (if the plaza decides a new subforum needs making, that's the Seb's job as per constitution clause 3c)
- Providing the casting vote in legal cases where the Tribunes disagree
- Asking for Plaza opinions on major site matters to take to the admin council
- Send PMs to welcome new citizens and take responsibility for upgrading them
- Keep citizen register up to date (joint role with Tribunes)
SPATHARIOS (Senior Moderator)
Key roles
The Spatharios is Exilian's senior moderator; their role is to maintain order, welcome people to the site, and act as the face of staff across the site. This role is usually elected in open elections every six months.
Important powers/functions
- Banning spambots and unruly users
- Implementing the terms of service
- Moving threads posted in the wrong area
Regular tasks
- Checking new topics have been posted in the right place
- Warning members whose posting is not compatible with the Terms of Service
- Banning spambots or particularly problematic members
- Welcoming new members to the site
- Being visible across the site