Public Relations & Branding Assistant (Marketing Events)
Are you looking for a fun and exciting new role to kick-start your career?
Would you like to be involved in a company working with meaningful charities?
Maybe you would like the extra income while adding some awesome skills to your resume?
Arete has been selected by a local Non-Profit Organization to represent them at a number of pop-up events across the Chicago region. As a result, we are looking for Public Relations & Branding Assistants to join our team who have a passion for helping others, a great personality, and the ability to have fun whilst you work. This role will involve learning aspects of our business from the ground up so applicants are expected to be hands-on!
No previous experience is required as long as you’re a people person, over 18, willing to learn basic product knowledge, able to maintain a positive attitude, and take pride in your achievements.
Some Perks & Benefits available to all within Arete:
- Easy commute to our central head office
- Great weekly paid compensation
- Friendly and fun work environment
- Team days out and visiting local sites and restaurants
- Opportunity to top up your earnings with bonuses
Public Relations & Branding Assistant Responsibilities and Duties:
As a Public Relations & Branding Assistant, you will be interacting with the public in person, to promote a non-profit organization’s mission, values, and vision. You’ll be providing a high level of customer service, sharing success stories, and registering new donors throughout the day. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Representing a specific charity or NPO with integrity and enthusiasm at one of our private site events across the Chicago region
- Raising awareness of the organization’s mission and successes through face-to-face interactions
- Engaging with customers at pop-ups, street events, trade shows, etc.
- Providing customers with important information about the organization and their mission with a view to gaining new, long-term donors who are excited about making a change
- Collecting relevant details from new sponsors and donors including personal details, always maintaining privacy
- Setting up, maintaining, and breaking down branded kiosks where applicable
Ideally, all Public Relations & Branding Assistants will:
- Take every experience as an opportunity to learn
- Have awesome communications skills
- Have a friendly outgoing demeanor
- Be an idea generator capable of expressing themselves
- Be able to solve problems on the fly and
- Utilize resources and ask for help when needed
- Be self-reliant and driven to succeed
- Effectively prioritize and manage their time
Requirements / Recommendations:
- You’ll need to be 18+ years of age and eligible to work in the USA
- No specific experience is required, but you should be comfortable striking up a conversation and keeping it going
- We’re ideally looking for people that can work full time hours for 6 weeks or more
- The ability to commute to our office in Downtown Chicago – this is an in-person role
- Degrees are welcome, but not a requirement. However, we are looking for people that are interested in learning new skills and can retain a fair amount of information
Apply today for immediate consideration!
Take the next step towards a more personally rewarding career today… apply now for immediate consideration!
We are looking to find our new Public Relations & Branding Assistant within 1-2 weeks. To ensure that we can keep you up to date with your application’s progress, please include an up-to-date contact number and email address. To speed up the process, please keep an eye out for any communication and get back to us as soon as possible with any additional information that we may need.
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Job Description
A student short film production is seeking passionate and dedicated crew members to join an upcoming project filming in Palo Alto. This paid opportunity is ideal for creatives looking to gain hands-on experience in a collaborative filmmaking environment. The project explores emotional storytelling and is perfect for individuals eager to contribute their skills to a meaningful and visually compelling film.
Job Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the director and production team to execute the film
- Support on-set operations within your assigned crew role
- Assist with setup, filming, and breakdown during shoot days
- Maintain professionalism and teamwork throughout production
- Contribute creatively to bring the story to life
Requirements
- Open to individuals with experience or strong interest in film production
- Available for multiple shoot days
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Reliable and able to follow direction on set
- Interest in storytelling and independent film projects
Compensation
- Paid student film opportunity
- Valuable on-set experience and networking
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Assistant Videographer/Editor position requires skills in a high-volume production environment specializing in the final storytelling of a project. This position is primarily responsible for assisting in the filming and editing process for company video projects. This position requires a diverse knowledge of industry standard types of cameras and production equipment along with basic Avid editing skills. They will work closely with the Producers, Videographers and Editors on staff to ensure projects are completed on time and with the highest technical and aesthetic standards. They are responsible for maintaining the company’s production assets and working with the department production calendar so that equipment is ready for each project.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Support production staff with variety of projects using production gear including various models of cameras, lenses, tripods, and other gear related to shooting.
- Work with Production team to build sets for production needs.
- Assist with general duties.
- Maintaining production equipment before and after projects.
- Coordinate the tracking of all production assets.
- Assist with research and ordering of equipment.
- Support with reporting and tracking maintenance and repairs of production equipment.
- Ingest media into company’s archiving system and prepare media for Editors.
- Log footage and edit basic to intermediate level projects.
- Operate additional cameras as needed for production needs including live events.
- ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Degree Required: Minimum college or trade school experience in production or similar field..
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years of practical field experience working in multiple aspects of film and video production.
- Color grading at intermediate level.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY:
- Thorough understanding of fishing, hunting, and other outdoor skills as required to best work with production team in outdoor recreation company.
- Strong work ethic. Outgoing personality with ability to interact within group of creative individuals in a dynamic and constantly changing environment. Willingness to react with short notice to changes in daily routine.
- Willing to travel as required – often locations require extensive driving and multiple night stays with early and late hours.
- Strong communication skills – able to understand direction and make themselves understood when communicating objectives for accomplishing story lines or goals of a production.
- Thorough knowledge of Avid non-linear editing systems, specifically the Avid Media Composer or similar.
- Strong working knowledge of various codecs, containers and file types used in today’s media environment.
- Able to work within a team environment including in the field or studio and in the post process, editing and finishing.
- Able to lift and carry heavy equipment in variety of terrain and conditions from very hot to very cold.
- Good driving record, able to secure Missouri Operator’s License Class E.
- Good organizational skills: able to keep multiple projects balanced at any one time
- Strong video resume required. This resume should demonstrate samples from all of the areas mentioned above.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- 25-30%
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Regularly performs computer work and sits.
- Occasionally walks and stands.
- Seldom/never lifts up to 50lbs.
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT:
- Performs duties within scope of general company policies, procedures, and objectives. Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments. Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result. Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices. Makes recommendations that affect policies, procedures, and practices.
Full Time Benefits Summary:
Enjoy discounts on retail merchandise, our restaurants, world-class resorts and conservation attractions!
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Voluntary benefits
- 401k Retirement Savings
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- Bass Pro Cares Fund
- And more!
Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Qualified individuals with known disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws.
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