Board Chair - Marketing

About Us:

The Class Consulting Group is a boutique management consulting firm headquartered in SFO-Bay Area that provides consulting services to senior management and Board of Directors of nonprofit/philanthropic organizations. It also offers community leadership opportunities to professionals. CLASS collaborates with its clients - the Non-Profit Organizations to help them realize their mission and create tangible value. CLASS offers business consulting services in Marketing, Strategy, Human Resources/ Organization, Finance, and IT.

We are looking for motivated and committed individuals to join our volunteer-driven teams.

Position Type: Volunteering (All volunteering positions at Class Consulting Group are unpaid).

Location: Remote

Apply:

If you are interested in this opportunity or any other opportunities within CLASS, please apply on our website’s Career section using the following link: Careers | The Class Consulting Group. Once we receive your request, our recruitment team would contact you to set up a call with you.

General Responsibilities:

• Creation and implementation of integrated marketing & communications strategies and tactics.
• Maintenance and development of content (multi-media and editorial) for website, social media, email marketing, and promotional materials including:
  • News, blogs, press releases, educational materials, etc.
  • Edit and upload event photos/videos, and tweet during events.
  • Regularly maintain and update social networks with news and resources.
  • Cross-promote with members, sponsors, and partners.
• Communications and outreach efforts targeting clients, volunteers, program participants, sponsors, media and other interest groups for the purposes of recruitment, program messaging, fundraising, awareness, and branding.
• Email marketing, including maintaining mailing lists, member and media contacts.
• Curate and send out monthly newsletters to build on current CLASS brand and develop creative market outreach programs that will drive new business growth.
• Development of presentations, surveys and organizational reports, including analytics reports as required for email marketing, web and social media o Ensure consistent branding & design of collateral & promotional materials.
• Maintain and build relationships with key industry partners and members of the press in conjunction with team’s efforts.
• Evaluate effectiveness of marketing initiatives both internally and externally and provide support to the Client Relations and HR team as needed.
• Identify key speaking engagements for Board Members and community to help market and brand the organization.

Board Responsibilities:

• Responsible for growth and sound governing the organization.
• Ensure Fulfillment of the mission of the organization.
• Strongly believes in and advocates organizational values.
• Set strategic direction and overall policy.
• Oversee and give final approval and evaluate the organization’s progress toward strategic goals and ensure sufficient resources.
• Act as ambassador for the organization.
• Promote the organization’s image and public standing.
• To establish an organizational culture that embraces strategic planning and sets clearly defined goals.
• Help promote diversity.
• Report to the Board President.
• Report to full Board regarding committee decisions and recommendations.
• Work closely with the Team Director and other volunteers.
• Assign work to the committee members, set the agenda, run regular meetings and distribute meeting minutes.
• Initiate and lead team evaluation and KPI.

Requirements:

Educationand Experience

• Master’s degree in Business/Marketing/ Communications from a reputed business school.
• 15+ years of experience in the area of expertise with 8+ years of prior leadership background.

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment and taking initiative.
• Desire to play role in CLASS’s growth strategy.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in meetings and task forces seen as a leader.
• Fulfill required time commitment.
• Demonstrated interest/passion in the non-profit/social responsibility sector.
• Willing and able to make asks on CLASS’s behalf [ambassadors].
• Visionary future orientation.
• Good communication skills, open minded and articulate.
• Strong team builder and team member.
• Leadership skills.
• Self-confident and outgoing personality.

Commitment:

• Attend monthly board meetings.
• Attend twice a month team meetings - Virtual [MS Teams]
• Estimated time commitment: 10-15 hours/ month depending on the need.
• Minimum commitment requirement is 1 Term [3 years]

Benefits:

• Leadership development opportunities.
• Networking opportunities.
• Group based learning.
• Satisfactory volunteering experience.