Jobs
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2008 Recruitment:
Recruitment for the paid positions will start in October 2007 and volunteer applications will commence in January 2008. All of the job information will be available right here.
EIFF doesn't happen by magic. We rely on the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of 200 temporary workers every year. We have 80 paid, 9 placement (or internship) positions and over 120 volunteer posts to choose from.
Very important information:
- Please appreciate that to be a strong candidate for paid work you need to have at least two years experience under your belt in work that is relevant to your application.
- We get a lot of applications and so if yours is unsuccessful please forgive the fact that we can only reply to those with whom we wish to start discussions.
- Non-UK nationals must have, and be able to show proof of, a relevant visa to work in the UK if applying for paid work.
- Salaries range from £215 - £350 a week.
The non-financial rewards available are:
- The chance to see EIFF films and events. Six tickets, subject to availability, are yours for choosing, and all the rest are available to you on a stand-by basis (for when you're not working of course).
- Access to EIFF's Delegate Centre with cafe/bar and a videotheque.
- A learning experience.
- A working environment with lots of colleagues who are into films.
- Getting EIFF onto your CV.
What The Staff Say:
"I think the fest is the best place I've ever worked. great people, great atmosphere. everyone passionate, everyone dedicated. that seems to me, to be a recipe for whole-hearted success."
Publications Co-ordinator
"You were all fabulous, thanks so so much and I'll hopefully see you again next year. Email me your wonderfully exciting updates to cheer me up when I'm sitting in the library looking at my hotmail instead of learning about genes."
Audience Awards Team Co-ordinator
"Generally EIFF is the easiest festival to work for - everyone is very friendly and professional, and even consultants based abroad like me are made to feel part of the EIFF family."
Programme Consultant
"I loved every minute of it. It was great making so many new friends and I'll have stories for years to come of the people I drove, especially of those who are going to be very famous. My daughters loved me being a guest driver they would tell all their friends I had the coolest job ever."
Guest Driver
"There were several situations this year that demanded steely nerves from Print Traffic. One example is when we had to juggle three different prints of JINDABYNE between Australia, Telluride, NYC, and Edinburgh - over a Saturday and Sunday - to ensure delivery of a non-subtitled print in time for our Tuesday 09:00 show. Another tricky situation involved re-exporting a print of ZIDANE to a rural location in Iceland, under enormous time pressure, three days before our own screenings - we then had to move another print inward from Paris by hand carriage the day before our screening, under all the heightened security of the recent airport scares. Situations like these require a level head."
Head of Screenings
"Lots of patience, organisational skills, or more importantly an ability to see the potential order while the mess is piling up on your desk."
Information Co-ordinator on what skills the job requires
"Typesetting, good knowledge of DTP software, experience in producing substantial documents, full production cycle from raw data to print, eye for design, masochistic streak."
Publications Co-ordinator on what skills the job requires
"There is not really any time to socialise, especially in the last two weeks of the job, but the fact that you can then spend the entire festival watching movies more than makes up for that."
Catalogue Editor on their work schedule
"Heavy. We start early and finish last. We are on call 24 hours a day, work the parties, start at 7am."
Drivers' Co-ordinator on their work schedule
