Summer Intern

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

Rooftop Films is seeking interns for Summer 2011. A great opportunity for film, arts administration and nonprofit management students as well as young filmmakers: learn how a nonprofit film festival works and see hundreds of great movies. Internships are not paid, but can be done for school credit. Find out your school’s internship or field work credit requirements and we will work with you to accommodate them.

Our offices are on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus, near the R, F, M and G trains in Brooklyn, so please apply only if you will be able to handle that commute. We welcome graduate students and applicants finishing their 1st year of college (or age equivalent) or older.

FESTIVAL INTERNSHIP (5 positions available):
Help with all aspects of planning and managing a film festival.
Internship tasks can include:
Organizing film screenings (including on-site show setup and breakdown)
Volunteer coordination
Audio and video tech work
Marketing, promotions and community outreach
Contacting, corresponding and hosting filmmakers
Organizing and maintaining film databases
Fundraising and development
General office and festival work
Anything else you might be interested in—we want you to see how we work

Candidates should have good experience working with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and experience with Filemaker, HTML, design programs or video editing software is a plus.

Festival Internship candidates would be expected to average at least two days a week and one show per weekend, but generally the more time you can commit the better.

Applications are due no later than April 15, 2011. If you are interested, please send a cover letter and resume and include “Festival Internship” in the subject line of your email.

EDITING INTERNSHIP (1 position available):
Rooftop seeks a detail oriented and organized Editing Intern to help cut together a series of short film programs and promos for our summer film series.

The candidate should have:
Final Cut Pro editing experience
Photoshop and titling skills
Be comfortable with capturing footage (from DVD, mini dv) and assembling sequences
knowledge of DVD duplication (iDVD) is a plus

In addition to the above, internship tasks may include:
Assist with filmmaker relations, correspondence and tape traffic (coordination of tape delivery)
Organizing our tape library
General office and festival work

Candidates would be expected to average at least three days a week in the office (preferably M, T, W), but generally the more time you can commit the better.

Applications are due no later than April 15, 2011. If you are interested, please send a cover letter and resume and include “Editing Internship” in the subject line of your email.