Job Announcement

FESTIVAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSOCIATE
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TERM: February 16, 2010 – May 14, 2010
PAY: $700.00 per month (Half-time, Full-time during festival, exempt, temporary, no benefits)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 29, 2010

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Festival Community Outreach Associate will work with the Executive Producer and Festival Co-Director to implement outreach efforts to community partners for the 26th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, April 29 through May 8, 2010.  The Community Outreach Associate will research community and university partnerships and coordinate Film Festival co-presentations with partner organizations.  He/she will also assist with providing editorial and advertising content for print and online Festival promotional materials; and will report to the Executive Producer and Festival Co-Directors.

If applicable, academic credit is offered in addition to financial compensation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•    Work with the Festival Co-Director and Development Director to research and identify outreach strategies
•    Solicit community presenting partnerships, direct outreach to various student and community organizations

•   Coordinate and provide Visual Communications presence at community events and school/organization functions
•    Coordinate speaker schedules for community collaborator screenings at the festival
•    Execute effective field promotions: disseminating program calendars and flyers to community sites, placement of environmental signage and one-sheet posters, distribution of artists’ postcards and flyers
•    Work with festival staff to coordinate community partner thank-you event
•    Complete post-Festival activities: evaluation, manual, and thank-you letters to co-presenters
•    Other related duties and activities, to be determined in collaboration with the Festival Executive Producer and Co-Director


QUALIFICATIONS:
•    Possess a valid California driver’s license and automobile insurance
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•    Attention to detail; strong organizational skills
•    Proficiency with Macintosh-based programs: Microsoft Word and Excel, FilemakerPro, e-mail clients, and social networking sites
•    Working knowledge of local Asian Pacific American arts, social service, civic and youth organizations; and local APA businesses
•    Ability to work with (and learn from) diverse ethnic communities and individual personalities


TO APPLY:
Please send a resume and cover letter by January 29, 2010 (RECEIPT Date) to:
Shinae Yoon, Executive Director, VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
120 Judge John Aiso St., Basement Level, Los Angeles, CA  90012 or
via email to shinae@vconline.org. No phone calls, please.

 ABOUT VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
Founded in 1970, Visual Communications is a full-service media arts center dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayals of Asian Pacific American peoples, communities and heritage through the media arts. Our mission is to promote intercultural understanding through the creation, presentation, preservation and support of media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Visual Communications is the presenter of The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Southern California’s premier showcase for Asian Pacific American and Asian international cinema.  Visual Communications is an equal opportunity employer.

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