Open UCDA Board of Director Positions
UCDA Board of Directors
The UCDA Board of Directors serves in partnership with the Executive Director to provide leadership and governance of UCDA, a national nonprofit professional organization 501c6, to uphold the mission and purpose of serving its members and adhere to the organization's ethical, legal, and financial standards and management. View the detailed UCDA Board of Directors role description: https://www.ucda.com/board-member/
Current Open UCDA Board Positions
Co-Programming Director
Term: Two years (Beginning January 1, 2026)
Application: Self-Nomination
Appointment: The UCDA Board and Executive Director review and approve candidates based on qualifications. The board may vote to appoint a nominee or bring multiple candidates to the organization's membership for a vote.
The Co-Programming Director leads successful planning, management, and execution of quality and profitable programming relevant to our membership—working with all board members to plan the organization’s annual calendar of events, activities and programs that reflect UCDA’s strategic goals and objectives.
An ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills, including writing, editing, and content creation
- Strategic thinking skills
- Self-motivated
- Service-oriented
- Willingness to learn and collaborate
- Experience working with a committee or other similar team environment
- Able to lead and execute effective cross-channel communications
- Superb project management skills
- Ability to engage and motivate members, event chairs, volunteers, committee members and other stakeholders
- Experience working on a board is preferred, but not required
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead in producing successful programs in collaboration with event chair, co-chair, coordinator, fellow board members, and volunteers.
- These programs include the annual in-person Design Conference, annual virtual Creative Summit, monthly Creative Conversations, annual Design Awards competition, and periodic webinars and workshops. The Co-Programming Directors will also work with the Education Director and chair/co-chair/volunteers to assist as needed with planning the annual in-person Design Education Summit.
- Work closely with fellow board members.
- Identify and appoint a chairperson, co-chairperson, or coordinator for each event.
- Oversee, direct, and work with event chairs, coordinators, and committees.
- Work with the treasurer to develop and oversee event-related budgets.
- Assist in securing speakers, sponsors and venues when needed.
- Guiding the direction of the events through an understanding of trends in the industry and the interests and needs of the membership.
- Develop and maintain the event schedule and calendar for the year.
- Lead and moderate programming committee and programming team meetings.
- Create an event summary for each event.
- Work with Co-Digital Content Directors on pre-event promotion and registration, and post-event wrap and communications, including social media, email, and advertising campaigns.
- Completes and assists with any and all post-event punch list items.
- Present a programming report at each board meeting
Co-Director Structure
The two Co-Programming Directors will collaborate to fulfill the responsibilities listed above. Directors may divide tasks based on individual strengths, preferences, and availability. The recommended structure is to divide programming responsibilities into Virtual and In-Person areas of focus.
- Virtual Focus: Includes planning and execution of our virtual events — Creative Summit, periodic webinars, monthly Creative Conversations, and UCDA Design Awards. You’ll collaborate with fellow board members to design engaging, accessible programming that connects and inspires our members wherever they are.
- In-Person Focus: Includes planning in-person events, including the annual Design Conference and the Design Education Summit (in collaboratoin with the Education Director). You’ll work closely with event chairs, sponsors, and volunteers to deliver meaningful, high-impact experiences for our community.
More information on Board Roles
Role will remain open until a qualified candidate is selected.