Intern with The Possible Futures Film Contest

We are looking for interns to support The Possible Futures Film Contest. You will work with a talented, fun, and excited team out of The Pachamama Alliance‘s office in San Francisco, CA.

Internship Role: Screen Short Films, Editing and Communications for Online Film Contest
Location: San Francisco, CA or remotely
Date: Begin immediately through May 2011

Description of Role

The Pachamama Alliance is launching a new online initiative, The Possible Futures Film Contest this Spring. The project launches globally with submissions being accepted March 8th through May 24. A team is being formed to screen all submissions, in four categories, to insure relevance, content and guidelines are met before work goes live online. Filmmakers, novice and experienced will upload short films and all work must be vetted before emerging on the web. This team will be responsible for editing synopsis and reviewing filmmaker profiles to ensure the information is understood and clear.

This Contest Screening Team will be an Online, Content, and Filmmaker Support team and will play a critical role in supporting the blossoming global program by engaging in a variety of tasks to expand, engage, and communicate with our global online emerging communities for the Possible Futures Film Contest.

Details

Hours: 5 to 15 hours per week at minimum
Location: 1009 General Kennedy 2nd Floor Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129 (We prefer for interns to work out of our office in San Francisco, CA, but we are open to interns working remotely)
Duration: A three (3) month commitment at least is preferred, but is not a deciding factor
Start date: Immediately
Payment: These are unpaid volunteer positions

Responsibilities

Following and insuring guidelines of contest are met
Communicate quickly and well in verbal and written form in English
Performing daily routines to engage and grow contests online social communities
Authoring and implementing content for the contest
Assisting with the assembling of email communications
Screening films as needed daily and reviewing all content, each frame without exception before posting content to web

Skills needed

This is an educational internship, so you will learn valuable online marketing and communications skills during the duration of the internship. You will also learn best practices for non-profit online presence, and you will learn basic web support skills. You are not expected to have prior online marketing experience or website building experience. The following skills are preferred:

Basic knowledge of online social communities
Strong communication skills
Ability to tailor messaging to target audiences
Proficiency with computers and internet
Desire to take initiative and work independently

How To Apply

Please send your resume and a note of interest: [email protected]. Please send the email with the subject line “Possible Futures Team - your name”.