Videographer & Photo Editor Intern

 

 

Silk Screen Asian Arts organization is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to promote  cross-cultural education of the Asian Arts  through entertainment: film, music and  dance performances. 

The main event of Silk Screen is a 10day festival of Asian and Asian American films with over 20 screenings in Pittsburgh. The next festival will be Friday May 6-Sunday May 15, 2011.  Silk Screen also produces year- round programming at partner locations in the areas of music, dance and cultural events.

NOTE: Interns are expected to be available throughout the entire festival May 6-15, 2011. Heavy concentration of duties will be April and May with some weekend time and evening hours likely.

Videographer, Editing, and Photo Updates Intern: This candidate will be working directly with the film programming assistant and the executive director, recording all year-round Silk Screen events and editing them for the Silk Screen website

·      Report to Silk Screen office for all duties

·      Attend Silk Screen events as ambassador to the organization with the goal of capturing quality video of participants, event activities, and attendees

·      Attend all Silk Screen Events and record all performers, activities, speeches, etc

·      Acquire names of performers, speakers, and guests in video and photos

·      Edit video for website using Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent

·      Communicate with the web team on a weekly basis

·      Work with festival director to ensure music copyright safety

·      Accurately represent Silk Screen, community partners, performers, and visitors

·      Meet with events coordinator, operations director, and festival director

·      Distribution of all marketing materials to partner locations, libraries, schools, universities, restaurants, theaters

·      General office support for all necessary forms, folders, event/ theater supplies to support all key teams (technology, volunteer, programming, gala, marketing

 

Hours: in Silk Screen Office, 10-16 hours a week starting in Fall 2010

 

**The candidate will be expected to assist with all other office/ administrative tasks including: general office duties (phone/ fax/ copies), database updates, flyer/poster distribution, general marketing and publicity of the festival, sharing the good word of Silk Screen to all!