TeenHacks LI

About TeenHacks LI

TeenHacks LI is Long Island’s only active 24-hour high school hackathon, by students, for students. We have a mission to build a community of student programmers here on Long Island, with an emphasis placed on innovation and entrepreneurship. Our first event ran in September 2018 with over 60 participants from all over New York and even some from as far as Maryland. Next, we ran our second event in May 2019, with over 200 participants from as far as Michigan!

In Fall 2019, we plan to have a bigger and better hackathon with even more participants. This means we also need a passionate team of organizers to help make this possible. We need help with everything such as: student outreach, media relations, sponsorship outreach, speaker/mentor recruitment, general logistics, marketing, web design, and much more.

We're looking for:

• Students passionate about CS and hackathons.
• Organizers diligent and highly motivated ready to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Leaders who want to build a hacker community on Long Island.

Roles and Responsiblities

We are looking for both committee directors and committee members. You can find committee responsibilities here.

• Committee directors are expected to have on average 5 hours of work a week.
• Committee members are expected to have on average 1-3 hours of work a week.
• Work will begin immediately once you're onboarded (mid-July), and continue until about two weeks after the event (end of fall).
• Majority of work is done digitally, with exceptions for venue tours/team meetups.
• Weekly check-ins w/ directors and occasional team wide calls are mandatory.

Eligibility

• Must be a high school student for 2019-20 school year
• Must have attended at least one hackathon
• Preferred: prior experience in organizing events/CS club
• Preferred: located on Long Island, NY (most organizing is done digitally, so not mandatory)