PROOF Film Festival InternshipAt — PROOF Film Festival powered by the American Cinematheque

PROOF Film Festival is seeking an intern for the fall semester. This position with be hybrid and focusing primarily on the marketing and industry outreach leading up to the fall film festival. 

We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented intern to support the festival’s digital presence and community engagement efforts. This role will focus on social platforms, research into the film industry, and building awareness of the PROOF Film Festival through outreach. The ideal candidate is passionate about film, social media, and fostering community connections.

Tasks:

- Posting on social channels
- Pitch social media engagement ideas
- Help to manage the PROOF social calendar
- Help cultivate a PROOF online presence
- Responding to DMs and inquiries
- Outreach to organizations to build awareness for the festival
- Watch all PROOF selected films
- Attend the festival and assist in gathering social media content on the red carpet - interview style questions

Training:

- Weekly meetings and check-ins
- Tour of the theater space
- Attend a volunteer training
- A review of how to critically watch a film to be best prepared to watch the selected films
- How to host and moderate a q&a training
- daily check-ins via email and slack
- introductions over coffee
- wrap up meeting after the festival lunch celebration for feedback

Learning Outcome:

- Devise a marketing calendar to promote an event and ticket sales
- Critically think about film and art and its impact on audiences
- A fuller understanding of the current film industry landscape from the perspective of independent film and studio film
- Pitch creative ideas for marketing
- Understanding on how different aspects come together for a large scale event