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As an official intern and/or marketing intern at our Festival, you will be under the direct supervision of the Executive Director and the Operations Coordinator. The Festival Interns will be responsible for supporting Festival staff to help ensure the successful execution of the 25th annual Saskatchewan Festival of Words in Moose Jaw.
Tasks will include, but not be limited to:
Assisting with reviewing graphic design work, developing promotional materials, and distribution
Acting as Festival Ambassadors in our community
Assisting public and presenter relations during the Festival
Administrative duties: newsletters, issue receipts, update databases, and other duties
Mostly work from home helping with virtual Festival development and implementation
Website updating, moderating of events through YouTube
Assisting Operations Coordinator with live-streaming
Possibly some work from office (if safe to do so and staff is comfortable)
Note: The interns will be required to keep accurate computerized transaction records, and submit a written progress report and self-evaluation to the government funders upon completion of the program.
Required qualifications:
second year (or higher) registered post-secondary student returning to full-time studies in the fall
strong oral and written communication skills
interest and/or experience in promotions, event planning, marketing, creative writing, arts
enjoys and may have experience working with a variety of people of all age groups
pays careful attention to detail
possesses basic computer literacy and knowledge of social media (Mac experience an asset)
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not applicable