Spring 2012 Internship Learning Contract
General Information
-NAME: Andrew DeVitre
-INTERNSHIP HOURS (PER WEEK): 9 hrs/week
-INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT: Rhode Island International Film Festival
-INTERNSHIP SUPERVISOR: Joanne Arnold
-INTERNSHIP JOB TITLE: Event Management Intern
Background
The RIIFF internship was one that was resurrected from my past. I had spent a brief amount of time working with their two summer’s ago, and was so impressed I decided to re-apply as a part time intern. My mother is a close friend of the founder, and introduced us two (he having no idea about my passion for the art’s and film). Eventually, we spoke about my interests and he offered me a small amount time to come and view what it is a film festival does on a day-to-day basis. I was so impressed with the amount of time and effort the office put into developing their annual summer festival, that I knew this was something that would suit my abilities quite well. Event planning, marketing, organizing, viewing thousands of film entries (AKA watching films) all in one place seemed almost like my dream job. I knew almost immediately that RIIFF was the place for me, and selected this as my spring 2012 internship placement.
Personal Objectives with Activities/Resources, and Evidence
· This internship allows for the opportunity to work for a non-profit organization. Additionally, the company is art-associated which enables interaction with various people from the film industry. The primary objective is to review, accept and place films (adequately in time slots and locations) for the many occurring festivals that occur with RIIFF.
· In relation to my major (communications), the objective of this internship is to strengthen my skills as a writer and ultimately as a communicator. The objective will be to learn to handle people professionally and appropriately, as well as get a front row seat perspective on the many elements that are required in order to make a film festival a success.
· I also plan on fine-tuning my organization skills. This is a personal objective I feel will not only better my work-ethic and ability to manage myself well at work with various projects, but allow me the opportunity to really ensure every component of whatever project I am working on is done thoroughly and perfectly (as I am a perfectionist). I plan to improve these skills by taking on various office responsibilities, keeping labels and tabs on all files/assignments, and micro-managing our Oscar Night America events (overseeing the catering, volunteers & guests all at the same time),
Objective: Work cooperatively in a team setting.
-Activities/Resources:
- Interact heavily with my fellow interns & management team
- Organize and find a number of volunteers to work festivals/events
- Share assigned tasks with others
- When other interns/management isn’t in the office, figure out what hasn’t been completed of theirs and pick up where they left off
-Evidence:
- Include assigned tasks/sponsors lists via email, spreadsheet, boards & print outs
Objective: Seek to generate press for as many film outlets as possible.
-Activities/Resources:
- Interact with local newspapers, magazines, television networks, radio programs, blogger’s etc.
- Spread and build as much hype as possible about the companies upcoming events
- Contact film/media outlets from those states & countries in which guests attend our events from
-Evidence:
- Provide local news coverage about RIIFF’s events that were uploaded online or televised
- Provide confirmation statements stating that we will receive press from certain outlets
Objective: Building awareness of the festival (which may be my key objective).
-Activities/Resources:
- Outside of media publicity, really connecting with the Rhode Island state and opening our doors to a great evening at the movies
- Exposing artistic films & their original film makers
- Utilizing our social media outlets to spread the work to our younger demographics (i.e. Facebook & Twitter accounts)
-Evidence:
- Links to the companies Facebook & Twitter accounts
- Provide images of local letters or campaigns to alert the Rhode Island area about our festivals
Internship Details
Internship Duties:
- Promoting upcoming RIIFF events through various media outlets
- Tracking account and contacts via MS excel/word documents
- Create and edit promotional materials
- Log in film reviews
- Review film submissions
- Collect press materials/RIIFF featured press materials for PR tracking
- Collecting donations
- Put together two marketing plans/proposals to pitch to my supervisor & company boss
1. A layout of their annual Halloween Festival which takes place in October
2. A fundraiser in the spring to promote the annual summer festival
Internship Evaluation Methods:
- My supervisor will overlook each and every task I am assigned
- At the end of each work day, I will report to her my completed tasks for that day
- I will be in constant contact with all my co-interns and management team about everything
Internship work days/hours:
- Every Tuesday/Thursdayà 10:00AM-2:30PM
- 4.5 hours/day
- 9 hours/week
