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	Collection Management and Archiving Internship Marketing and Membership Internship Exhibition Planning Job or Internship
	Collection Management and Archiving Internship iotaCenter, Los Angeles, California Job Description: Catalog and maintain film and video collection of major artists in the abstract experimental film movement. Work with film lab and the Motion Picture Academy on preservation projects and video transfers. . This job will require use of a car for travel between the iotaCenter office in West Los Angeles and the Academy in Hollywood. Tasks: Help the iota Director and Business Director to: 1. Review database to date. 2. Log and inspect individual films. 3. Create study center material such as video dubs and DVDs 4. Learn how to write a grant for this project’s funding. 5. Plan a series of exhibition related events, such as artist’s visit and talk, presentations on related themes. 1. Excellent written and oral communication 2. Fluent in MS Office Suite Products, especially excel 3. Training in Cinema Studies and film vocabulary 4. Enthusiasm 5. Knowledge of archival practices in handling film materials 6. Sense of humor Skills that would be very useful: 1. Graphics software 2. Tape dubbing and DVD burning 3. Writing for the web 4. Working Knowledge of Access Database 5. Knowledge of abstract experimental animation 6. Interest in experimental abstract film & visual music Available: Immediately. Apply to: info@iotacenter.org With resume and cover note explaining the match of your background with the above skills. We look forward to meeting you.
	Marketing and Membership Internship iotaCenter, Los Angeles, California Job Description: Maintain membership and donor files for a nonprofit film foundation that has spent the past decade preserving rare films in the field of abstract experimental animation. We have more than 400 discussion group members and an online store and are looking to build our community as we move into our second decade of operations Tasks: Help the iota Director and Store Manager to: 1. Identify possible advertising choices 2. Create copy for website 3. Develop Membership Benefit Programs 4. Build a consistent and useable database to support regular mailings Skills required: 1. Excellent written and oral communication 2. Fluent in MS Office Suite Products 3. Enthusiasm 4. Ability to work independently but with close collaboration 5. Sense of humor Skills that would be very useful: 1. Powerpoint expertise 2. FileMaker Pro or MS Access experience 3. Knowledge of or interest in abstract experimental animation & visual music 4. Interest in artist communities 5. Experience in advertising or marketing Available: Immediately. Apply to: info@iotacenter.org With resume and cover note explaining the match of your background with the above skills. We look forward to meeting you.
	Exhibition Planning Job or Internship iotaCenter, Los Angeles, California Job Description: Set up a Museum-level special installation show. One of our artists created a special 5 screen installation at ZMK in Germany this past year and we would like to find a local museum to mount a similar installation. There are five synched DVD projectors and the work is both very moving and disturbing. Program notes would need to be created. We have the diagrams of the setup from the artist. There is a single screen version, which we plan to release as a DVD, along with a documentary on the artist and “making of” this installation. Tasks: Help the iota Director and Business Director to: 1. Identify possible venues. 2. Create a program description and help pitch to the museums. 3. Create a budget for mounting the exhibit 4. Learn how to write a grant for this project’s funding. 5. Plan a series of exhibition related events, such as artist’s visit and talk, presentations on related themes. Skills required: 1. Excellent written and oral communication 2. Fluent in MS Office Suite Products 3. Training in Cinema Studies and film vocabulary 4. Meticulous follow-up on tasks 5. Enthusiasm 6. Ability to work independently but with close collaboration 7. Sense of humor Skills that would be very useful: 1. Powerpoint expertise 2. Grant-writing training 3. Museum background 4. Budgeting experience 5. Knowledge of abstract experimental animation & visual music 6. Interest in cross-cultural themes Available: Immediately. Apply to: info@iotacenter.org With resume and cover note explaining the match of your background with the above skills. We look forward to meeting you.