Conference Coordinator
Cold Waters: Symposium & Media Arts Festival
North Bay, June 12–15, 2019
Deadline for applications 6:00PM Monday March 18, 2019
The North Bay Conference Coordinator will work with staff at the Media Arts Network of Ontario and Near North Mobile Media Lab to ensure the logistics and hospitality at the Cold Waters: Symposium and Media Arts Festival run smoothly. This is a short term contract from April 1 to June 23, 2019 with compensation of $5,000. The Conference Coordinator will work part-time flexible hours in the months of April to early June, but will need to be available full time from June 10th to 16th, inclusive.
The Cold Waters: Symposium and Media Arts Festival is Ontario’s biennial conference of Media Arts and Artist Run-Centres. It will feature panels, workshops, artist talks, studio visits, screenings, performances, installations, and a variety of avenues for networking and collaboration.
Responsibilities Include:
-Organize delegate and artist accommodations, food, travel, attendee badges & welcome packages, registration list, venue signage
-Manage registration table, provide attendees with packages, collect any money owing, answer questions about programming, etc.
-Coordinate Festival logistics including room bookings, schedule of activities, technical & space needs, local equipment rentals, catering of meals and snacks, etc
-Recruit, train and manage event volunteers, including front of house ushers for ticketed events, monitoring capacity, safety, set-up and clean up of spaces, etc
-Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
-Previous experience working in a conference, festival, or film production environment
-Knowledge of the North Bay hospitality industry
-Excellent organizational and time management skills
-Problem solving skills, ability to think on your feet
-Ability to work with a team of organizers remotely as everyone is located in different parts of the Province
-Driver’s licence and access to own vehicle are an asset
Deadline for applications 6:00PM Monday March 18, 2019
Apply to symposium@mano-ramo.ca with cover letter and CV as one pdf document.
About MANO & N2M2L
The Media Arts Network of Ontario/Réseau des arts médiatiques de l’Ontario (MANO/RAMO) is Ontario’s only arts service organization exclusively dedicated to furthering the work of media arts organizations and the independent artists they represent. MANO/RAMO is focused on developing responsive, innovative and proactive initiatives that create meaningful opportunities for media artists and organizations.
Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L) provides the tools media artists, students, filmmakers, and audiences in Northern Ontario need to produce, present, and enjoy contemporary media arts in all its forms.