Youth and Media Intern

European Cultural Foundation – Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands 

Job Description

• Do you have a background in media, journalism, documentary or film?
• Want experience in a European cultural organization?
• Want to get involved with event and festival production?
• Are you a pro-active all-rounder with an interest in media and young people?

The European Cultural Foundation (ECF at www.eurocult.org) is an independent organisation which helps the arts contribute to a strong, united and diverse Europe built on shared cultural values. We have a special commitment to the new generation of Europeans and to the European Neighbourhood. Many of our activities are geared towards bringing out the creativity in young people of all backgrounds and towards empowering cultural actors of change. ECF is both a grant-making and operational foundation.

The Internship
The ECF Youth and Media Programme and its core partnership scheme called Doc Next Network (www.docnextnetwork.org), we are looking for an intern to assist at various levels of the programme activities, specifically the following:

• Assisting in the roll-out of ECF’s collaboration project with the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam, in November 2012 (http://www.idfa.nl/nl.aspx)
• Assisting with the production of European Souvenirs (part of ECF’s Imagining Europe event at De Balie in Amsterdam)
• Working on the internal media collection: updating, editing, handling 3 rd party request and preparing pitches to potentially interested parties. The tasks on the internship are flexible but will provide work experience within an international organisation relevant to the candidate’s education.

Please see this PDF for more information.

How to Apply

For all enquiries regarding job opportunities, please contact Gillian Wijnhoven, HR Officer, gwijnhoven[@]eurocult.org.