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Duties
- Formulate scripts for all festival MCs
- Assist festival coordinator in gathering information packages
- Ensure the entertainment for Motif Multicultural Festival runs smoothly
- Follow the pre-determined entertainment schedule, ensuring performers are ready and on time
- Communicate any problems or difficulties to coordinator, and MC if necessary.
- Help the festival coordinator in preparing the entertainment schedule and/or with park deliveries in the days leading up to the festival
- Help the festival coordinator in the take down of the festival
Skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Comfortable with multitasking
- Ability to follow direction
- Ability to problem solve quickly and effectively
Experience
- Experience working in a team setting and ability to work independently
- Experience public speaking considered an asset
- Knowledge of basic computer software (MS Suite)
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
- Not applicable
Type Of Experience
- Special events
Planning and Management Skills
- Research and develop profiles on speakers and other participants
Main Responsibility
- Co-ordination
Number of Participants and Length of Activity
- Over 400 participants
- Over 5 days
Coordination Skills
- Coordinate set-ups, staging, seating, parking, communication systems and other details for special events
- Arrange for shipping, receiving and storage
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Windows
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software