Iffo Festival and Media Assistant

2 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Canadian Film Institute Full time

**Summary**: The International Film Festival of Ottawa is Ottawa’s newest film festival hosted by the Canadian Film Institute featuring Ottawa premieres of films found on the screens of such festivals as Cannes, Berlin, and TIFF. The Festival includes 30+ film screenings, filmmaker talks, and industry events Screen Summit and Save As. The IFFO Festival and Media Assistant will assist the CFI Communications Manager with IFFO and coordinate the European Union Short Film Festival (EUSFF).

Work Schedule: Full Time - 4 business days (32 hours per week)

**Office Location **:Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. Ottawa

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist the CFI Communications Manager with IFFO and EUSFF planning; scheduling social media content, basic graphic design, basic website maintenance, copywriting;
- Assist the CFI Communications Manager during IFFO; capturing photo and video content;
- Plan the EUSFF; scheduling, box office management, volunteer management, website maintenance,
- Assist the Film Operations department with EUSFF film traffic; communicate with the EU Delegation; gather and organize film information;
- Supervise volunteers and provide customer service at the three EUSFF screenings

**Skills and Abilities**
- Excellent communication and people skills (verbal and written)
- Good organizational skills and initiative
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- French language fluency (verbal and written) is an asset
- Experience in event and project management is an asset
- Experience working in customer service is an asset
- Experience capturing and editing content for social media is an asset
- Able to consistently meet deadlines
- Strong computer skills: ability to quickly learn new programs/platforms and take initiative to troubleshoot
- **Eligible to participate in Ontario’s Job Creation Partnership (JCP) program** by meeting the following criteria:

- An unemployed job seeker or those employed less than 20 hours per week (part-time students and graduates may apply)
- Live in Ontario
- Legally authorized to work in Canada
- Have one, or both, of the following criteria:

- Established an Employment Insurance (EI) benefit claim (regular or maternity/parental benefits ONLY))
- Paid employee payroll premiums, i.e., employed in Canada, in five of any of the last ten years.

**Learning Opportunities and Additional Benefits**
- Learn every aspect of what it takes to run a small film festival
- Learn and/or level up your proficiency with platforms like Eventive, Airtable, Hootsuite, Meta Creator Studio, Canva, and more
- Dedicated in-house seminars to learn about all aspects of event management.
- Meet people within the local, Canadian, and international film industry

**Remuneration**:$620 (gross) per week for 32 hours ($19.275 average per hour) provided by the Province of Ontario.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: $620.00 per week

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 2023-01-09


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