Toronto Youth Shorts is Ontario's largest youth-focused film festival, run by a volunteer force of savvy young professionals with a passion for the arts and visual storytelling.
The festival is currently recruiting volunteers to join our team to mount the 12th season of the festival, taking place on August 14-15, 2020. Volunteers will have a chance to learn from one another, engage experienced working professionals in the entertainment and media industry, while taking a proactive role in the planning and execution of one of Toronto's longest running film festivals. If you have a high level of enthusiasm for the arts and an interest in applying your skills to a small but growing film festival celebrated by the community, this is a great opportunity for you. Students in post-secondary and recent graduates welcome to apply.
Roles being considered are:
Marketing
How to apply
Interested parties should contact Henry Wong, the Festival Director, at torontoyouthshorts [at] gmail.com with "2020 Festival Executive" in the subject line and include a resume plus statement on what role you would like to be considered for and why you wish to join the committee. Please include phone contact in your application.
The festival is currently recruiting volunteers to join our team to mount the 12th season of the festival, taking place on August 14-15, 2020. Volunteers will have a chance to learn from one another, engage experienced working professionals in the entertainment and media industry, while taking a proactive role in the planning and execution of one of Toronto's longest running film festivals. If you have a high level of enthusiasm for the arts and an interest in applying your skills to a small but growing film festival celebrated by the community, this is a great opportunity for you. Students in post-secondary and recent graduates welcome to apply.
Roles being considered are:
Marketing
- Take lead in curation of social media and web content
- Research opportunities in outbound advertising, including public event postings
- Connect with potential promotional partners across the GTA
- Assist Events team with on-site execution of events
- Outreach to press and local film writers to raise awareness of programming and event
- Knowledge of film festivals a great asset
- Knowledge of Toronto events and social scene a great asset
- Experience with public relations, ad agencies, a really great asset
- Take lead on-site for execution of all events, including screenings, after parties, and receptions
- Act as point of contact for all operation and logistics personnel for venues
- Recruit and manage volunteers for events
- Experience in Volunteer Management a great asset
- Experience in volunteering for film festivals an asset
- Knowledge of Toronto's event venues an asset
- Review over 40 hours of film content over the period of one month, providing detailed notes on why a title should or should not be considered for festival screening
- Attend screenings hosted by the community, including year-end film school screenings and industry presentations
- Assist in drafting programming statements for marketing materials
- Conduct Q&As with filmmakers at festival
- Knowledge of film festivals a great asset
- Some film or art curation experience a great asset
How to apply
Interested parties should contact Henry Wong, the Festival Director, at torontoyouthshorts [at] gmail.com with "2020 Festival Executive" in the subject line and include a resume plus statement on what role you would like to be considered for and why you wish to join the committee. Please include phone contact in your application.