ONA will host a virtual Career Day on June 21, 12–3 p.m. EDT (16:00–19:00 UTC), the day before ONA21 begins. This event will feature opportunities both for career conversations in group settings and more personal one-on-one overviews, in addition to a limited number of programming sessions around career development.
All job seekers will be welcomed to join this event at no cost. Recruiters and Career Day sponsors will have access to the ONA21 Career Day resume database to reach out to eligible job and fellowship seekers in advance and set up interview and conversations, opportunities to post on ONA’s Career Center and will be included in all Career Day promotion leading up to the event.
For information about combining your group’s participation with ONA Career Day and other ONA21 sponsorship opportunities, please contact Jessica Strelitz.
NEW! Career Day Programming Opportunities: Your experience working with people seeking new opportunities — new jobs, upward mobility, academic growth, experiential learning, and more — gives you a unique insight that could benefit others in transition. We invite you to share your knowledge at the ONA21 Career Day. Email Hanaa Rifaey to discuss your big idea.
Support 20 scholarships to ONA21 for students and new professionals, designed for journalists with 5 or fewer years of professional experience in digital journalism. Host a 30-min networking event during the ONA21 Career Fair on June 21, focused on this community, with the opportunity to welcome attendees. ONA will work with Sponsor to host the event on ONA’s event platform for a seamless attendee experience. ONA would promote the session as an official event across our channels with your branding. Branding would also be included on each scholarship application page. Sponsor access to reach out to scholarship applicants in this category is included in this package.
Benefits also include:
- Logo/Name included in ONA21 Career Day promotion, including but not limited to ONA Career Center, ONA21 newsletters (opt-in audience 13,000+, with an average 48% open rate during ONA20) and emails targeting early career and job seekers
- Opportunity to pitch ONA21 Career Day programming
- 5 ONA Career Center listings, to be used within one year
- 5 ONA21 conference passes, each including a one-year ONA membership
- Silver level listing on ONA’s Midway Center (alphabetical order, after Gold), with ability to make connections with attendees/schedule appointments/host video meetings
- Inclusion in pre-event e-newsletter promotion
- Rotating digital ad, ONA21 blog network
- Name listed on ONA21 digital sponsor signage
- Name listed in general ONA21 conference e-mail newsletters (opt-in audience 13,000+, with an average 48% open rate during ONA20)
- Eligibility to apply for Midway Programming.
- ONA Industry Directory Listing (1 year past current expiration date)
Benefits include:
- 1 ONA Career Center listing (with ability to add additional listings at the discounted conference rate of $150 each).
- Logo/Name included in ONA21 Career Day promotion, including but not limited to ONA Career Center, ONA21 newsletters (opt-in audience 13,000+, with an average 48% open rate during ONA20) and emails targeting early career and job seekers
- Bronze level listing on ONA’s Midway Center (alphabetical order, after Silver), with ability to make connections with attendees/schedule appointments/host video meetings
- Opportunity to pitch ONA21 Career Day programming (details forthcoming)
- 2 ONA21 conference passes, each including a one-year ONA membership, allowing access to the full virtual conference taking place June 22-25
- Eligibility to apply for Midway Programming.
- Rotating digital ad, ONA21 blog network
- Name listed on ONA21 digital sponsor signage
- Name listed in conference email newsletters (opt-in audience 13,000+, with an average 48% open rate during ONA20)
- ONA Industry Directory Listing (1 year past current expiration date)
Benefits include:
- 1 ONA Career Center listing (with ability to add additional listings at the discounted conference rate of $150 each).
- Logo/Name included in ONA21 Career Day promotion, including but not limited to ONA Career Center, ONA21 newsletters (opt-in audience 13,000+, with an average 48% open rate during ONA20) and emails targeting early career and job seekers
- Bronze level listing on ONA’s Midway Center (alphabetical order, after Silver), with ability to make connections with attendees/schedule appointments/host video meetings
- Opportunity to pitch ONA21 Career Day programming (details forthcoming)
- Rotating digital ad, ONA21 blog network
- Name listed on ONA21 digital sponsor signage
- ONA Industry Directory Listing (1 year past current expiration date)
Dedicated ad space between June 15 – July 15, 2021 on the ONA Career Center, and 5 job listings to be used anytime within a year.
Add-on options are available only alongside any ONA21 sponsor package. There are no additional benefits associated with these options.
Discounted rate for one 30-day ONA Career Center listing, to be used within one year. Sponsors may choose to add multiple listings to their package at the reduced $150 rate. (Outside of ONA21, the rate-per-listing is $200 for members and $300 for nonmembers.)
Add-on options are available only alongside any ONA21 sponsor package. There are no additional benefits associated with these options.