Welcome aboard to the NixOS Marketing Team! We're thrilled to have you join us in promoting and advocating for NixOS. This README serves as a guide to help you get started and understand your role within the marketing team.
As a member of the NixOS Marketing Team, our primary objectives include:
- Increasing awareness of Nix among developers, sysadmins, and the broader tech community.
- Communicating the unique features and advantages of Nix over traditional Linux distributions.
- Advertise events conventions and community events centered around Nix.
- Growing the Nix user base and fostering a vibrant community around the platform.
- Supporting the adoption of Nix in industry and open-source projects.
The current members can be found on the Marketing team page on the NixOS site.
Team members in these roles are not responsible for doing all the work themselves; they are responsible for ensuring the work is completed effectively. Members taking on these roles should feel empowered to make decisions and coordinate resources as needed.
- Define the team’s objectives and ensure alignment with the overall mission of NixOS.
- Guide and motivate the team to meet these objectives.
- Ensure team members have the resources, support, and information necessary to succeed.
- Serve as the primary point of coordination with other teams, the Steering Committee (SC), and the NixOS Foundation Board.
- Oversee the maintenance and upkeep of the NixOS homepage.
- Select and manage the build tools used for the website.
- Establish the overall design and visual identity of the website.
- Develop and maintain a clear contribution guide for website contributors.
- Implement and maintain continuous integration (CI) and pipeline tooling for the website.
- Manage the organization’s social media presence and external communications.
- Create and schedule social media posts to promote events, updates, and community initiatives.
- Manage accounts on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Mastodon, and LinkedIn (future consideration for platforms like Bluesky).
- Oversee the creation and distribution of the NixOS blog and newsletter content.
- Organize and manage the yearly community survey and other periodic surveys.
- Process survey results and share findings with the community via Discourse posts.
- Collect, analyze, and maintain key metrics to evaluate the impact of marketing initiatives and community engagement.
We meet regularly every other week. You can see our meeting times on this calendar.
If you have a time sensitve marketing need, reach out on Matrix.
We currently promote on the following platforms:
