The AIGA NY Board of Directors is a volunteer leadership team made up of dedicated professionals committed to supporting and advancing New York’s design community. Each board position comes with specific responsibilities—from programming and mentorship to fundraising and community outreach—with all roles focused on collaboration, innovation, and service. Board members are expected to actively contribute their time, expertise, and creativity to shape the chapter’s initiatives, build meaningful connections, and support AIGA NY’s mission Championing the Future of Design for All.
The AIGA NY Education Workgroup is responsible for developing and improving our close relationship with schools in the NY and TriState area that offer graphic design courses or majors. You will focus on the needs of educators, students, and their potential employers, developing programming specifically for AIGA NY student members and interested non-member students. You will be supported in these efforts by the exec board, the executive director, and associated AIGA NY board members in your workgroup.
What will you do?
- Develop and execute Student and Education strategy and associated programming and initiatives
- Maintain legacy programming of Job Fair, Portfolio Review, and Fresh Grad
- Maintain the resources section on AIGA NY Design Directory
- Identify and manage student liaisons to work with AIGA NY on relevant initiatives
- Identify and manage any potential partners to support the workgroup
- Report and document learnings; maintain and/or create templates to scale work from year to year.
The AIGA NY Growth Workgroup is responsible for supporting and improving our two current mentorship cohort initiatives. You will focus on the needs of mentors and mentees, maintaining the current format of the programs and providing. You will be supported in these efforts by the exec board, executive director, and associated workgroup board members.
What will you do?
- Coordinate and update the two annual cohorts, including
- Communications regarding the upcoming cohort
- Outreach to potential mentors
- Reviewing and matching applicants
- Coordinate programming and mixers
- Identify and manage any potential partners to support the programs
- Report and document learnings; create templates to scale work from year to year.
The AIGA NY Programming Workgroup is responsible for coordinating the events and programs of the chapter. You will ensure that programming elevates the chapter and provides new and interesting opportunities to connect with members and the design community. You will be supported in these efforts by the exec board, the executive director, and associated AIGA NY board members in your workgroup.
What will you do?
- Develop a cohesive programming calendar to amplify each of AIGA NY’s workgroups
- Work with the board and members to ensure a variety of programming
- Manage the annual fundraiser
- Develop templatized event to-do list
- Develop compelling and relevant content
- Recommend and reach out to speakers
- Write event copy
- Design invitations
- Create event timelines and templates
- Identify and manage any potential partners or sponsors to support our events
- Report and document learnings; create templates to scale work from year to year.
- Be a member of AIGA
- Follow the AIGA NY bylaws
- Understand AIGA NY’s goals, mission statement, initiatives, and be an active contributor in realizing them
- Understand the budget, process, financial health of the chapter, and assuring we maintain good credit and financial standing
- Attend at least 70% of the board meetings
- Contribute to board meeting agendas, and actively participate at meetings
- Attend weekly workgroup meetings
- Attend the annual chapter all-day onboarding meeting
- Encouraged to attend chapter-led events to support fellow board members
- Be familiar with chapter programming and chapter policy and economic issues
- Be available to members and non-members in the design community
- Avoid conflicts of interest
- Question policies and practices that you don’t understand or cause concern.