Staffing
Made Possible By You
AnthrOhio is made possible by a team of dedicated individuals—members of the community, just like you!
If you’re interested in contributing, consider joining our staff. It’s a great way to get involved in the community, meet new friends, and help make AnthrOhio the best convention ever!
What does it take to be a staff member?
AnthrOhio staff volunteer a significant amount of time before and after the convention to ensure that the convention is a success.
They attend monthly meetings online, and are expected to attend the convention unless other arrangements are made.
Few staff positions require previous experience, or deep knowledge of any one subject.
Generally, AnthrOhio needs staff members with the following attributes:
- Sufficient free time to devote to staff meetings, the convention itself, and duties related to the convention
- Enthusiasm for contributing their best to the convention
- Well organized and able to keep on track with convention tasks
We have a few role-specific needs, so please review the listings below to see if there are any that seem like a good fit for you. We would love for anyone to apply to help with the convention, so if none of the below match, click here to apply for staff.
Open Positions
ADA Coordinator
We are looking for an ADA Coordinator that can make sure the public entity they work for meets its Title II responsibilities. They will be the lead resource for accessibility and disability nondiscrimination regulations and will work with the various departments of the convention to verify they comply with all Title II requirements.
Administrative Assistant
We are looking for an administrative assistant for AnthrOhio that can be a dedicated note taker for any AnthrOhio meetings. This role has the duties of taking meeting notes, reviewing these notes later and meeting recordings to compile a list of action items for Board and Leads.
Archivist
The Archivist maintains records, documents, photographs, and historical artifacts relating to the convention going back its roots as Morphicon Zero in 2003. Duties for this role are researching and collecting additional documentation and photography from missing convention information as well as attaining the permission to utilize this information in our records.
Auxiliary Events Co-Coordinator
We like to host multiple events per year outside of the convention and we are looking for a Co-Coordinator to help with these events. As a co-coordinator, you would be assisting in the scheduling, managing, and running the events as well as working with the Web, Art, and Social Media teams for visibility for these events.
Con Store Manager
We are looking for someone who can manage our con store to be responsible for leading a team of Sales Associates to assist customers in their shopping needs. The duties involved with role are hiring and training employees, taking inventory, placing orders and helping Sales Associates handle customer questions or complaints.
Con Store Assistant Manager
The Con Store Assistant Manager provides supervision and guidance to individual team members while supporting the manager in their duties. Duties for this role could include training employees, managing the workflow of the store and enforcing policies and procedures.
Con Store Sales Associate
Con Store Sales Associates assist customers and congoers through the buying and obtaining process for merchandise. Duties involved are greeting customers, helping them find specific products and processing purchases through a point-of-sale process as well as getting congoers their merchandise that they get through higher tiers of membership.
Dealers’ Den Assistant
Dealer’s Den staff are expected to monitor the Den during open hours, communicate with vendors, and provide support where needed for den needs that come up during the con weekend.
Treasurer
Got a knack for finances? Join AnthrOhio’s Finance team and help us balance our books as Treasurer.
Social Media Manager
We are looking for a person that can answer questions, interact with people and post on behalf of the convention on multiple social media platforms. These duties also entail scheduling posts for the future, keeping content plans on schedule with other teams of the convention, and watching metrics across the various social media platforms.
Videographer
We are looking for a videographer that can work on a variety of projects such as corporate videos, marketing materials for events, documentaries and even films. The duties involved with this role are capturing, editing, producing video content which entails planning shoots, operating cameras, managing lighting and editing the footage.