2025 ELECTIONS ANNOUNCEMENT

The European Social Marketing Association (ESMA) is pleased to announce the launch of elections for six new additional Board members who will be joining the Board. This is a great opportunity to work with colleagues to support the development and activities of the social marketing community and field.

We invite you to put your name forward as a future board member, if you are up for the following set of tasks. The ESMA Board main responsibilities are:

  • support the growth of ESMA as a globally recognised professional organisation for European social marketing
  • increase awareness of social marketing methods, research, practice and evidence among academics, practitioners, and policy makers
  • enhance knowledge sharing among members
  • seek affiliation with appropriate partner organisations
  • secure funding and financial integrity of the organisation
  • organise a biennial European Social Marketing conference
  • attend the ESMA board meetings and actively participate in the ESMA projects.

Eligibility:

We encourage and hope for wide participation among our members and all ESMA members who are based in Europe are eligible to apply. If you are not a member yet, you can join through the Membership section on our website.

An important goal of the election is to ensure representation on the Board from throughout Europe and we are particularly keen to increase representation from Southern, Eastern, and Northern Europe. We also encourage applications from members with diverse backgrounds, practitioners, and early career social marketers.

The Board reserves the right to reject applications from candidates whose affiliation relationship may pose a risk to ESMA’s reputation and their organisation’s aims and operations are not consistent with the ESMA aims and standards.

About the Board:

The ESMA Board will comprise up to 10 members. The Board positions include: Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Chairs. After the elections, the Board will hold an internal election to divide roles and responsibilities amongst themselves to meet the requirements set out above. Currently the Board has four committees: ESMA Representatives and Volunteers Committee; Membership Committee; Communications Committee; Learning and Development Committee.

How to apply

Registered ESMA members* are entitled to run for a position on the Board. If you wish to apply, please send a personal statement describing why you want to be a Board member of ESMA, what you can contribute to the Association (maximum 250 words, you can also indicate whether you have a preference for a specific Board position and what you could contribute to that) plus a standard CV (pdf), (maximum 4 pages) including disclosure of roles and affiliations with other organisations (boards) to info@europeansocialmarketing.org by 24th March 2025.

*Please refer to the membership section on our website for details and to sign up as a member, if you aren’t already part of our growing community.

We will collect candidate’s profiles and post the 250-word statement on our website in the upcoming weeks. All members will receive an email with an invitation to vote.

Important dates

  • 24 February 2025: Announcement of elections & invitation to apply.
  • 24 March 2025: Candidate application process closes. Please submit your application by then.
  • 28 March 2025: Candidate profiles will be posted on our website. You will receive a note.
  • 4 April 2025: Online voting opens. We’ll send personalised links to members to vote.
  • 27 April 2025 Online voting closes. Last chance to have your say who will be on the ESMA Board for the next four years.
  • 5 May 2025 Announcement of ESMA’s elected members on the Board.

This is your chance to make a difference in a young and developing organisation. Run for a position on the ESMA elected Board and help create a European hub for behaviour and social change professionals!

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