Internship Length: February - May 2024
About the festival: The Tri-Co Film Festival showcases exemplary film and media work by students at Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore colleges. Highlighting the diversity of media production within the Tri-Co, the program seeks work that demonstrates creativity, craft, and intentionality across a variety of genres and aesthetics. This year, the festival will be in-person hosted at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. The in-person festival includes a live screening, a panel discussion, and awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The program will be available for virtual viewing at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute website after the fest.
Internship description: As an intern, you will be responsible for learning the details of the Tri-Co Film Festival in order to assist with social media and campus outreach across the Tri-Co community at large. During the ceremony, you will have event management responsibilities. Depending on your qualifications and interests, the position includes optional film editing support and graphic design. Strong communication skills and knowledge of Google Drive while reporting to the Festival Directors is a must.
This internship is a great opportunity to gain experience with film festival administration and marketing. You will emerge from the program with strengthened skills to show future organizations/employers. Over the course of the spring semester, this internship is estimated to take 20-60 hours, depending on interest and engagement. Up to 3 interns will be selected.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Social media support 鈥 You will be responsible for inviting current students to like and follow Tri-Co Film Festival social media pages.
Festival support 鈥 You will be responsible for supporting event prep and take-down, helping attendees get seated, handing out programs, and collecting and counting audience member votes.
Graphic design 鈥 You will have the option to assist with the creation of flyers and other promotional materials.
Film editing support (optional) 鈥 We will be creating a 鈥渉ighlights鈥 film reel to share on Instagram/TikTok leading up to the live event, and you will have the option to assist in the creating and editing of this reel.
Eligibility: Any student within the Tri-Co is eligible to apply for this internship position. Your position as an intern would not limit you from submitting your work to the festival.
Compensation: $14 per hour minimum, depending on experience.
Please submit no later than Friday, February 9th at 11:59pm. Feel free to send any questions to tricofilmfest@gmail.com.