Short Term Employment Opportunity

Charles Street Video
Short Term Employment Opportunity
Assistant Equipment/Programming Coordinator 

Application deadline: Monday, September 28, 2020 (midnight). Pay Rate: $15 pe hour
Hours/week: 21 hours per week x 13 weeks
Start time: Oct 7, 2020

Please go to the link below to submit your application:
Submission link


Detail Job Description

Charles Street Video (CSV) is a non-profit, membership-based artist centre located in downtown Toronto. Our mandate is to provide media artists with opportunities for production and to foster an environment for the advancement of media arts practices, experimentation, and the creation of community. 

CSV rents editing stations and production gear. We host resident artists, provide workshops and equipment orientations, and co-host many youth development projects, among other activities. Ours is a busy, active centre for making media art work, however you may conceive of it!
The person hired for this position would be someone interested in pursuing a career in the arts. This position will provide the assistant with valuable experience and knowledge about the contemporary media arts community in Toronto, along with the skills needed to work in an artist-run centre, contacts to pursue an independent artistic career, and training on professional video equipment.
The employee will become familiar with professional video/digital cinema equipment and practice, as they will be assisting working media artists, so some contemporary art familiarity will be considered an asset. They will also be helping with the various administration functions of a busy arts organization.

Responsibilities:

Programming duties:
● assist with the curation of an on-line exhibition and/or artist talk;
● assist with program and event planning for 2020/21;
● assist with set-up of community educational programs for youth and other
community groups (including Indigenous people, members of visible
minorities, and persons who are homeless or street-involved);
● assist with grant-writing;
● assist with content creation for social media and CSV website.

Equipment duties:
● assist with the testing and implementation of a new, on-line booking system;
● assist with professional video equipment booking, check-in and check-out;
● assist with equipment inventory organizing;
● assist with technical support to diverse membership;
● assist with updating equipment database and equipment repair reports;
● assist with preparation of video and photos for uploading to CSV website and
booking system.

Ideal Qualifications:
● all youth between the ages of 20 and 30-years-old who are legally entitled to work in Canada may apply; the program is not restricted to students;
● candidate is pursuing studies in film/video/media production, arts administration, contemporary art, or related studies or has working experience within these fields;
● excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;
● excellent interpersonal skills;
● demonstrated administrative background;
● experience with invoicing and point-of-sale systems;
● self-directed, proactive, ability to work independently at home.

Benefits:
● The successful applicant may attend Charles Street Video workshops at no charge. This is a professional development opportunity where students will acquire employable skills within the field of media art.
● Charles Street Video one-year membership.

Charles Street Video is committed to equitable hiring practices. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and specifically those from historically marginalized communities. We invite Black and Indigenous people, people of colour, disabled people, women, LGBTQ2S people, members of ethnic minorities, and immigrant newcomers.

 28 September 2020