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Opportunities at JBFC
Posted March 5, 2010
Summer @ the Lab Staff
- Setting-up and cleaning-up classroom studios
- Coordinating class equipment, space, and material needs
- Administering attendance
- Working hands-on with students
- Providing general support as needed for the lead instructor
- Accompanying students on out-of-class shoots
Applicants should demonstrate the following:
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Passion for working with youth
- Interest in film and/or arts education
- Ability to multitask
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Experience in film production and/or film studies
- Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a creative team
Salaries are hourly and begin at $7.75/hour.
The Jacob Burns Film Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer, encouraging people of any race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age and ability to apply for positions.
Posted February 24, 2010
Membership/Website Assistant
We currently seek a Full-Time Membership/Website Assistant to be part of our Membership/Marketing team. The position requires a highly computer-literate individual to handle all data entry for our membership database and provide website support to our webmaster. Job includes associated membership administrative tasks and ongoing database and membership department projects. Position will also provide customer support to our large membership base.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Process memberships from start to finish; sort, process payments, data entry, card/letter mailing
- Field customer inquiries and resolve issues, following through on any associated tasks and additional communications with accuracy and courtesy
- Complete other database tasks as needed, to create and update records, maintain mailing lists, revise information, pull simple reports
- Manage day-to-day administrative membership department activities
- Assist with marketing and tracking of promotions, fulfillment of various benefits programs, including coordination of invitation screenings and renewal and other mailings
- Manage and track donations to other local nonprofit organizations
- Assist Website Manager with the production of website and e-marketing content ensuring general accuracy and consistency
- Review, edit, proof, and publish content created by various departments to maintain webpages
- Format and publish weekly ebulletins, using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Constant Contact
- Coordinate publication of website event notes, banners, logos, other graphics and videos
- Prioritize projects according to deadline to get tasks done within appropriate timeline, with flexibility to adjust as deadlines and information changes
Qualifications:
- Computer literacy, experience in Raiser’s Edge or similar database program, familiarity with Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Must be extremely detail-oriented with a keen eye for accuracy, proofing, spelling, and errors
- Requires excellent grammar and writing ability
- Requires strong interpersonal skills with customer service experience and/or the ability to interact with our sophisticated customers in a courteous, articulate manner by phone and email
- Helpful if candidate is familiar with Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop
- Additional training can be provided for the right computer-oriented person
The ideal candidate will:
- Be highly computer-literate; familiar with database entry and use, Microsoft Office
- Be highly detail-oriented and accurate, with excellent writing, proofing and grammar
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills within a team setting
- Have the ability to work independently and collaboratively
This is a full time position – occasional help with evening events. The position offers medical benefits and an employee-funded retirement plan, as well as opportunities to attend exciting special events.
Start date: March 15, 2010
Salary Range: $27-30,000, commensurate with experience.
Please send resume, cover letter, and three references via email only to jobs@burnsfilmcenter.org with “Membership/Website Assistant 10” in the subject line of your email. No phone calls please.
The Jacob Burns Film Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer, encouraging people of any race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age and ability to apply for positions.
Posted February 5, 2010
Technical Director, Media Arts Lab
The Jacob Burns Film Center is a leader in the international movement to raise a generation of students equipped and inspired to express themselves using visual and aural media. We offer classes for students of all ages at our Media Arts Lab. The Media Arts Lab houses an animation suite, a 1,000 sq. ft. sound stage, recording studio, 60-seat screening room, 16 editing suites and a workshop space.
We currently seek a Technical Director to be part of our four-person Technology Department in our Media Arts Lab. The Technical Director is responsible for oversight of operations and implementation of the systems and policies involving education and events at the Media Arts Lab.
We are looking for an energetic and hard working individual who can lead a team while interacting with faculty and students on a daily basis. They must be able to multi-task and maintain a high level of self-management under the supervision of the Director of Technology. The Technical Director is expected to manage the day to day operations of the Lab with or without the Director of Technology present.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Director of Technology to organize schedules of training, events, equipment updates and maintenance
- Oversee and provide work assignments to equipment staff
- Oversee inventory, and ensure the good quality working condition of all audio visual equipment
- Schedule equipment staff and freelance technical consultants
- Act as liaison to faculty for technical and equipment needs
- Expedite and communicate needs of faculty and students to administrative staff
- Manage front and back end of media and student databases
- Be the first point of contact to troubleshoot technical issues
- Have the flexibility to work shifts as equipment personnel when needed
- Enforce and comply with policies set forth by the organization
- Coordinate and maintain relationships with equipment vendors for repairs, troubleshooting and purchase of supplies
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience in a technical field
- Experience in an educational or school setting is highly desired, but not required
- Production management and/or stage management experience a plus
- Should have exposure and experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Video - shooting, editing, production
- Audio - recording, post-production, mixing
- Computers - networking, hardware and software installation, programming
- Mac proficiency is required
The ideal candidate will:
- Exhibit strong leadership and problem solving skills
- Be highly organized with the ability to prioritize projects
- Be able to troubleshoot under pressure
- Be able to work diligently and effectively in a fast paced environment
- Possess a flexible schedule for availability in urgent situations
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills within a team setting
This is a full time position with day, evening and weekend shifts. Flexibility is a must!
Start date: Immediately
Salary Range: $33-37,000
Rate will be commensurate with experience.
Please send resume, cover letter, and references via email only to jobs@burnsfilmcenter.org with “Technical Director, LAB 09” in the subject line of your email. No phone calls please.
The Jacob Burns Film Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer, encouraging people of any race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age and ability to apply for positions.