Communications Intern

Please note: Chicken & Egg Pictures is not a production company.

Chicken & Egg Pictures is a nonprofit organization that champions women and gender-expansive documentary filmmakers with funding, mentorship, and access so they can change the world with their stories.

We seek a Communications Intern to join our team in advancing this meaningful work. The internship will offer unique access to the global documentary ecosystem–how it works, who its major players are, and what it takes to influence change toward equity and inclusion. The communications intern will help the organization express its voice and communicate to its constituents in service of our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan.

https://chickeneggpics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Chicken-Egg-Pictures_Strategic-Plan-2023-2025.pdf

More About Us

Chicken & Egg Pictures champions women and gender-expansive documentary filmmakers with funding, mentorship, and access so they can change the world with their stories. We match strategically-timed grants with creative guidance, peer community-building, and industry connections. This support system is tailored to meet the unique needs women and gender-expansive people experience in their filmmaking and career trajectories.

As of 2024, we have provided over $14 million in grants and thousands of hours of creative mentorship to over 500 filmmakers from across the globe. Films supported by our work have been nationally and internationally recognized with critical accolades, including Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, and Peabody Awards.

Recipient of honors including the Social Impact Media Awards Vanguard Award and the International Documentary Association’s Amicus Award, Chicken & Egg Pictures was first founded in 2005 to address the “chicken or egg” inequities women filmmakers faced. We’ve since evolved our eligibility criteria to support all filmmakers impacted by gender bias.

For additional information please visit chickeneggpics.org.

What You’ll Do

The intern will assist our communications department on various tasks to gain experience in both the documentary film and nonprofit communications fields. Those may include:

Digital Communications

• Proofread and fact-check communications materials
• Support in the creation of promotional materials, such as e-blasts, postcards, blog posts, etc.
• Execute social media campaigns and monitor social media channels
• Build our monthly newsletter in our email marketing platform
• Photograph film screenings for our digital communications
• Create and edit graphic materials including GIFS, collages, and headshots
• Develop new and update existing web pages

Research

• Routinely track documentary film news and summarize key takeaways for sharing with team
• Monitor filmmakers’ work by tracking Google alerts and reviewing festival lineups
• Contribute ideas to the editorial calendar

Administration

• Support the department’s project management in Notion and Google Drive
• Archive digital media assets in Google Drive
• Assist in maintaining and updating the communication's contact database

Who You Are

The ideal candidates will be:

• Detail-oriented;
• Proactive;
• A great listener and communicator (visual, oral, and writing);
• Social media savvy
• Familiar with design software (Adobe Creative Suite, etc.) and other software (Google Suite, etc.);
• Enthusiastic about documentaries and/or storytelling for social change

What Else You Should Know

Internship Period: November 2024 - February 2025, with the possibility of extension.

Time Commitment: Approximately 16 hours per week. The exact number of hours per week will vary and a flexible schedule is possible.

Compensation: The compensation for this role is $18 per hour. This is a non-exempt position that is eligible for overtime. This part-time position is not eligible for benefits except those mandated by law.

Deadline: Applications submitted by October 14, 2024 will be reviewed by the hiring team. Applications submitted after this deadline will continue to be accepted but may not be guaranteed review. First round interviews will take place in mid late October/early November.

Application Process: If your application moves forward, we will schedule an interview to be held in person if possible. Applicants who advance past the interview stage will be asked to complete a paid at-home exercise.

Location and Hybrid Work Policy: This position is based in NYC. Staff are working a hybrid schedule with a standard schedule of at least two days a week in our Brooklyn office.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Chicken & Egg Pictures is an at-will and equal opportunity employer. As such, we strongly encourage and seek applications from all backgrounds, including but not limited to women and gender expansive individuals, people of color, bilingual and multicultural individuals, people with working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

We take great pride in providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, genetics, protected veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or familial status, arrest or conviction record, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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