Festival Volunteers

Salary: Expenses Only

Native Spirit Festival are seeking reliable, conscientious Volunteers to promote Native-produced works and ensure this year’s festival runs smoothly.

Native Spirit Festival of Indigenous Film is looking for Volunteers for immediate start. The volunteer team will be key to promoting Native-produced works and ensuring this year’s festival runs smoothly.

Role details

• Minimum 8hr p/week
• Start date: As soon as possible, with shifts available until 12 December
• For more information, please email nativespiritfilms@gmail.com 

Role responsibilities

Various roles are available, including:

• Promo & Marketing — Social media content creation and scheduling (70 films) Instagram, FB, YouTube. Newsletters (Mailchimp). Mailing list management.
• General / Stewarding — Stewarding, ushering and invigilation of festival events.
• Reception/Info Desk — The first point of contact for Public and Guests. Ability to work calmly under pressure and remain professional at all times. We’re looking for those with good communication skills, and passion for Indigenous film and Independent film festivals.
• Events Production / Runner — Screenings & events set-up & take-down, food runs.
• Marketing, Promotion & Data Capture — Promotional support, e-marketing, social media support, distribution of marketing materials, requesting audience feedback, audience data analysis. (Eventbrite, YouTube, Mailchimp, Instagram, Twitter, FB, Survey Monkey).
• Photography / Video Documentation — Documenting events.
• Admin — Assisting festival organisers with general festival admin including mail-outs, inputting data and collating information. (gdocs & spreadsheets).
• Hospitality — Looking after guests and sponsors on arrival, registering them and providing all information they may require. You need to be friendly, approachable and calm under pressure.

Person specifications

Ideal candidates are discrete, with personal / professional knowledge and awareness of Indigenous communities (artistic, cultural, social). Speakers of other, or Indigenous languages, including Welsh, Irish, Scottish or Manx are likely to relate to the revitalisation of languages impacted by colonisation and featured in many films.

How to apply

Please complete application Form https://forms.gle/bkFvMXaShe4XQMy96

The closing date for this position is 01/12/2025 at 23:59