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Executive Director Career Opportunity:

Nearly a decade after The Room to Write began to support and connect writers, Founder, Colleen Getty will be stepping down as Executive Director on May 23, 2025 in hopes that new leadership will pick up where she left off.

The Room to Write is seeking to fill the position of Executive Director. The currently unpaid, voluntary position requires a commitment of 15-20 hours per week, most of which can be performed remotely with a goal of funding the position going forward. The ideal candidate is passionate about writing and is willing, and able, to devote themselves to building community, collaborating with local organizations, and creating innovative programming. Dedication, and the ability to advance the mission of The Room to Write is required.

Candidate must be able to manage daily operations which include, but are not limited to, financial data input and oversight; resource development; logistical coordination; general administrative duties; programming creation and implementation; community outreach; and website and newsletter content creation.

If you enjoy connecting with people and collaborating, this position will utilize and build upon those skills. Time and energy will be channeled into maintaining established relationships as well as creating new connections with local organizations, businesses, and creative individuals. Serving in this role provides a rare opportunity to be fully immersed into a local, diverse writing community.

Please submit a one-page Letter of Interest to introduce yourself, why you are interested in the position, relative experience and skills, and the best way to contact you. Email Letter of Interest to careers@theroomtowrite.org.

About Our Mission:

We work to provide those who want to write, love to write, and need to write with a quiet, communal and supportive space within which they are able to write.

The Room to Write connects and supports writers of all ages, abilities and means by providing physical space where writers are able to work and build community along with the structured programming and support individuals need in order to express themselves more effectively for academic, professional and creative purposes.

Board of Directors: (Left to Right: Front Row: Ellen Holtzman, Colleen Getty & Em Sheeran; Back Row: Kerri Leonard & Emily Seward)

The Board:

The Room to Write is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2016 by Colleen Getty and governed by a Board of Directors who care deeply for the mission and the community of writers and illustrators they work to serve. Board of Directors (in alpha order): Colleen Getty (President/Founder), Ellen Holtzman, Kerri Leonard (Treasurer), Emily Seward (Vice President) and Em Sheeran (Secretary).

Left: We are grateful for the past service of Elizabeth Christopher: 2023-2024

(left) and Tim O'Leary: 2023-2024 (right).

Above: We are grateful for the past service of Jeanette Murray:

2018-2021 (middle) and Brian McCoubrey: 2019-2023 (right).

Below: Our founding board members: Emily Seward, Colleen Getty,

Roberta Hung and Jeanette Murray.

We are grateful for the past service of

Roberta Hung: 2018-2022 (above)

and Rose Giglio: 2021-2023 (below, left).

The Room:

The Room to Write was organized out of the need for a local space in which writers and illustrators can work creatively and with the goal of providing a supportive community from which individuals can draw inspiration, develop professionally and stay motivated. Writers of all ages, abilities and means will have the opportunity to create individually but not in isolation.

In the current location the Boys & Girls Club of Wakefield is sharing with TRtW the initial focus is on space that offers evening hours for members to work their craft as well as meet with other writers and illustrators for purposes of critiquing work and participating in professional development opportunities.

There is one room designated as "quiet" and one room designated as "not-so-quiet" in which to meet. Click on the following links to find out more about TRtW Membership and TRtW Hours.

To Write:

Writing is and should be messy. It is ok to write outside of the box; the box that is your home, school, or physical workplace. This can also be the box which is the often stiff and other times stifling expectation of what writing should look like. The vision is for you and your thoughts to work among other artists who will lend you as much or as little support as you prefer.

Let's write on our own but not in isolation, with the opportunity for collaboration and the advantage of a little room to write.

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