Call for Social Media Volunteer
QGCon is looking for social media help!
If you’re a rad, queer person interested in weird games and you want to help us grow our social media reach and raise funds for travel grants to the next QGCon, we want to hear from you!
If you think you’re a good fit to volunteer, fill out our interest form.
Read on for a little more info and context.
Who we are
The QGCon Collective is a volunteer-run, registered non-profit organization based in Quebec, Canada, best known for organizing the Queerness and Games Conference. We bring together academic researchers, game industry workers, artists, and students to share knowledge, engage in critical conversations, and build community, all in the context of approaching games through a queer lens.
Our events are free and open to the public. We began in 2013 at UC Berkeley as a ragtag group of queer game artists and emerging scholars. After three events in Berkeley, we moved to Los Angeles in 2017, and then to Montréal in 2018. The next QGCon will take place once again in Montréal, in 2025.
We take an intersectional approach to queerness. We believe that the struggles—and the victories!—of we who play from the margins are interconnected. We invite attention to race, gender, body type, ability, class, and culture in all our work.
What we’re looking for
As you probably know, 2025 has been an immensely challenging year for fundraising around the world. Our primary current goal is to raise enough additional funds so that we can offer travel grants to QGCon 2025 presenters in need of aid.
Your role would be to manage our social media presence during our fundraising campaigns. We have not had a dedicated social media manager since the lockdown and we believe that connecting with our audience is going to be a key factor in securing the funds our presenters need.
We require no prior experience in event organizing—we’re happy to train you and to give you the space to learn whatever you’re interested in learning. However, none of us are social media experts so we are relying on you to bring expertise in that area. If you also happen to have expertise in fundraising, that’s even better!
This campaign is urgent and we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running! After the campaign regardless of outcome, we hope you’ll be interested in staying on and working with us throughout the conference and beyond.
What we expect
We have weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 7 PM Eastern Time. Meetings typically last an hour and are voice-only on Discord.
Outside of meetings, organizers do between 1 and 5 hours of work per week, sometimes more in the lead-up to events. Our next event will take place in Montréal, Canada, but you do not need to be located there—our organizers live around the world and collaborate remotely.
We are a non-hierarchical organization that prioritizes our organizers’ interests and wellbeing above all else. Events organizing can be exhausting, but the last thing we want is for QGCon to be draining for you. So we’re happy to work with you to figure out a sustainable workload.
What to do next
If you think you’re a good fit, fill out our interest form. We’ll get back to you by June 18th. If we’re interested in moving forward, we’ll schedule a short call for the following week to talk more about our needs and your goals.
Thank you, and please share this message with anyone who you think might be interested!