Join Our Team!

We invite you to join TEDxABQ and become part of a vibrant community where ideas change everything. As a volunteer, you’ll expand your professional network, develop valuable skills, and build curiosity through engaging with diverse perspectives. Together, we’re building a better future and we need your passion to make it happen.

TEN REASONS YOU SHOULD JOIN US:

  1. Expand Your Network – Connect with diverse, passionate individuals and build meaningful relationships.
  2. Develop Professional Skills – Gain hands-on experience that transfer to any career path. You don’t have to be an expert or know much to try out something new!
  3. Build Curiosity – Immerse yourself in an environment that constantly explores new ideas, challenges assumptions, and fosters growth and wonder.
  4. Create Community Impact – Contribute directly to our State by helping surface diverse local voices and stories.
  5. Join a Supportive Team – Experience a volunteer journey designed with care!
  6. Grow as a Leader – Take on responsibilities that challenge you in a supportive environment.
  7. Express Your Creativity – TEDxABQ values innovative approaches to everything from community engagement, resource generation, and event production.
  8. Help Create Something Meaningful – Help create sustainable systems that will benefit the organization and community for years to come.
  9. Access Learning Opportunities – Engage with thought leaders, innovative thinkers, and experts across various disciplines.
  10. Be Part of a Global Movement – Connect local efforts to the worldwide TED community that believes “ideas change everything” and is dedicated to spreading transformative thinking across cultures and borders.

Volunteer Needs

Board Position - Volunteer Cultivator

Board Position Summary

As the Volunteer Cultivator for TEDxABQ, you will be responsible for creating a meaningful and collective volunteer experience. This key leadership role on our OrganiXer Board focuses on curating the complete volunteer journey while ensuring that each person’s talents are matched with organizational needs and their contributions are recognized and celebrated.

Time Commitment

  • Participation in OrganiXing Board meetings up to once per week (typically Fridays, 2:30-4:00 PM, though timing can be negotiated)
  • Flexible additional hours for volunteer management, recruitment, and community-building activities

Key Responsibilities

  • Design comprehensive volunteer journeys from recruitment through alumni status
  • Develop and maintain effective volunteer onboarding, training, and offboarding practices
  • Ensure volunteers are well-informed and uphold team agreements and expectations in alignment with our strategy and values
  • Represent volunteer perspectives and on-the-ground insights to the OrganiXer team
  • Build systems for skills development, recognition, celebration, and community among volunteers
  • Organize and execute the annual Volunteer Thank You Party
  • Implement care practices to ensure volunteer wellbeing and prevent burnout
  • Match volunteer talents with organizational needs and growth opportunities
  • Build and nurture a sub-team as desired to ensure all responsibilities are effectively fulfilled

Decision Authorities

  • Final authority on volunteer journey design (recruitment to alumni status)
  • Approve onboarding, training, and offboarding practices for volunteers
  • Decide on systems for volunteer skill development, recognition, and community-building
  • Implement wellbeing and burnout prevention practices
  • Structure and manage your sub-team as needed

Ideal Candidate

  • Experience in volunteer management or team leadership
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Empathetic and people-oriented approach
  • Organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Ability to recognize individual strengths and match them to appropriate roles
  • Passion for creating community and fostering belonging
  • Share our love for ideas and curiosity
  • Self-motivated with the ability to lead others

Benefits

  • Help build a thriving volunteer community at the heart of TEDxABQ
  • Develop leadership and people management skills
  • Create systems that enhance the volunteer experience
  • Build relationships with diverse community members
  • Be part of spreading innovative ideas in our community

How to Apply

Apply by sending an email  with your qualifications and interest to alex@tedxabq.com

TEDxABQ values diversity and encourages applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Social Media Lead

TEDxABQ is looking for a Social Media Lead to help us build hype and connect our community online. You’ll own our voice across platforms, plan content calendars tied to our events and speaker announcements, and bring our brand to life through posts, stories, and reels. If you love storytelling, know what makes an audience stop scrolling, and want your work seen by thousands, this role is for you.

Apply by sending an email  with your qualifications and interest to alex@tedxabq.com

Media Relations Coordinator

TEDxABQ needs a Media Relations Coordinator to help us tell our story beyond our own channels. You’ll build relationships with local press, pitch our speakers and events, and help make sure Albuquerque and surrounding areas know about the ideas happening right here at home. If you’re a natural connector who knows how to craft a pitch and land coverage, this is your seat at the table.

Apply by sending an email  with your qualifications and interest to alex@tedxabq.com

Artist in Residence - Graphic Designer

We’re seeking a Graphic Designer to serve as our Artist in Residence, shaping the visual identity of TEDxABQ across event branding, speaker materials, social graphics, and stage design. This is a chance to leave your creative fingerprint on TEDxABQ, translating big ideas into visuals and emotions. If you think in color, type, and composition and want a portfolio piece with real reach, we’d love to see your work.

Apply by sending an email  with your qualifications and interest to alex@tedxabq.com