9 Reasons Why You Should Become The Office Social Director

Ever thought your company or office needed a bit of fun to enhance the employee experience? Why not step out with your ideas and become the company’s social director. Many companies have employees that are solely hired to ensure the employee experience is one that promotes the company culture in a laid-back, productive way, with happy hour events, social groups and other company get-togethers.

If your company needs an event to liven things up but doesn’t have a person to organize it, express your thoughts, plan it out and take the initiative. There are many reasons why each company needs a social director, and why it will benefit you to be that employee.

Networking opportunities

One of the best reasons to take the lead on being the office’s social director and plan great events for your fellow employees is the networking opportunities available. You are able to get various departments together and meet new and older employees who have various connections among themselves. Everyone will want to meet the person throwing the hot party.

Leadership opportunity

Taking the initiative to create social events within your company shows your leadership skills and ability to take the reigns on a project that enhances the employee experience in the company. Expressing your ideas for a great company event unrelated to the workload and doing the research to get it together from conception to completion shows your supervisor and fellow co-workers that you are willing to take the lead on a major project that benefits them all. It becomes a microcosm for your overall abilities.

Fun for the office

The most obvious reason to take it upon yourself to create outlets for your fellow employees outside of projects and the regular workload during the day is creating fun in the office, making it a place employees are proud to come to work. Try activities like a fantasy football league for employees or a women-in-business program that meets after work and get co-workers engaged with who’s in their company circle in a fun, new way!

Improves the company culture

All companies have room for improvement in their work culture, especially demanding industries and fields that are very structured. By taking the initiative as social director in charge of creating events for employees, you are able to improve the culture of the company, making it a better place for employees to work and enjoy working at.

Bridging the gap between upper and lower level executives

One great reason becoming the social director of the office pays off is being a bridge between lower level employees and upper level management. Invite both to your next scheduled happy hour, mentoring event or company-wide competition and watch the hierarchy work more in sync with each other on a daily basis.

Improve your ability to get work done

Creating great happy hour events, raffles and more activities for your co-workers can open the door to put you in connection with the other departments in your office. This could be an advantage to you when trying to connect and establish working relationships with other co-workers you wouldn’t normally work with. This also opens the door for more effective communication between departments when work between the different departments needs to get done. When people recognize your name in their inbox, they’re more likely to respond quickly.

Shows initiative in the workplace

Stepping up to get the department or office together for fun events shows initiative, especially if you are the only employee that has stepped up to the plate to achieve this. This shows your supervisor that you are invested in the company and wish to create a better culture for all.

Gives you a reprieve from boring tasks

Who wouldn’t like to look up great bars for company happy hours, team-building activities and lunch time hangouts for the department during their regular work day? There are plenty of other mundane tasks you could be doing during your 9-to-5, but by being the social director of your workplace, this allows you to split up your duties to plan fun events for the company.

Creating a relaxing atmosphere to give co-workers a voice

By creating company get-togethers and more, you are able to create a relaxing atmosphere that encourages co-workers to voice their ideas and concerns about the company. Many employees are looking for this type of atmosphere where their voice is heard but in a more subtle way.