Call for AI Song Contest 2022 Community Volunteers

[Hendrik Vincent Koops]

Dear AI Song Contest friends,

Please forward to whoever might be interested.

We hope you are all well. This years’ AI Song Contest was a great
success: with guest judges such as the artist Imogen Heap and professors
from Berklee College of Music and CalArts, we grew from a small first
edition all the way to 38 entries with teams and individuals from 20
countries working at the nexus of music and A.I., whether in music
production, data science or both. The contest was featured on the front
page of the international edition of the New York Times.

The AI Song Contest team is already busy with planning next year’s
edition, and we could use some help. To be able to manage the growth of
the AI Song Contest and create an even better edition next year, we
need more volunteers. Helping out with organizing the next AI Song
Contest comes with guidance from an experienced team, and will provide
you with the opportunity to be part of one the largest AI music
contests in the world.

If you are interested in volunteering for one of the roles below, please
reach out to aisong...@gmail.com with your contact information and
resume. If you want to be part of the team but you don’t see your ideal
role below, please reach out and let us know! Some of us are also at
ISMIR, please come and say hello!

In addition to reaching out to us via email, we are organizing
community calls. Everyone who is interested in helping out with
the AI Song Contest is welcome to join the calls. The community
calls will take place on Monday November 8th, 2021 @ 20:00 CEST
(https://meet.google.com/pjn-hgpq-oig) Friday November 12th, 2021
@ 13:00 CEST (https://meet.google.com/pjn-hgpq-oig)

We are looking for help with the following:

Communication (5 positions available) Communications manager: owns
branding documents and makes sure things are on message. Directs the
communication team. Communication officer (participants): manages the
communications with the public, handles slack/email communication to
make sure participants are aware of deadlines, resources, events, etc.
Communication officer (press): assist in drafting press releases,
messaging, working with managers. Responds to inbound requests. Assists
in emailing reporters. Communication/marketing officer (audience,
newsletter) Social media specialist: setup/maintain messaging of
messages and cadence across various platforms. Promotes and makes sure
steady stream of content

Website/content (6 positions available) Content manager Developer/front-
end and back-end: create engaging team-music discovery on the website
Graphic designer: Create and manage the style/brand and keep it
consistent across all sites/messages Web editor:: creates web texts,
images, interviews and extra content to put up content on website. Video
editor: Edit short clips like interview with winners, bits of songs, and
compilations

Partnerships (2 positions available) Partnerships coordinator:
coordinate with sponsors, organize prizes. Figures out how to highlight
and advocate for outside parties (participants, judges, sponsors)
Fundraiser

Conference (4 positions available) Programmer (head of content): finding
keynote speakers, panels, award ceremony, jury debrief panel etc.
coordinating, host, awards ceremony Producer of the award show
Organizer/coordinator of the academic program

Legal (2 positions available) Accountant Legal and ethical adviser

Artist in Residency program (1 position available) Help with running the
program, resources

The AI Song Contest Team, Hendrik Vincent Koops Anna Huang Ryan Groves
Rujing Huang Carol E. Reiley Rebecca Leger