ANTI Festival in Kuopio seeks a Project Coordinator with skills in communication
Media release 11.11.2021
ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival ry seeks a Project Coordinator for two different projects.
We seek a project coordinator who is able to work independently and understands the idiosyncrasies and challenges of national and international collaborative projects. The job description is broad and includes tasks from the projects’ practical realisation to follow-ups and reports. The Kulkue project includes working with three different festivals. The Festivals’ Path project aims to develop ANTI Festival’s communication and marketing, and the project coordinator will be responsible for implementing both.
About the projects
Kulkue – A development project for Finland’s most prominent performing arts festivals for promoting co-productions, touring, and accessibility 2022-2024
In Kulkue project, three of the most prominent festivals of the Finnish performing arts field – ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (Kuopio), Hangö Teaterträff (Hanko), and Baltic Circle (Helsinki) – join their resources and knowledge in order to produce an extensive series of Finnish co-productions that will reach new audiences and tour all three festivals. One of the project’s main goals is to promote the festivals’ accessibility.
Festivals’ Path – An ecologically sustainable model for the implementation of cultural tourism and international art productions in the festival context 2021-2023
The Festivals’ Path project aims to curate travel connections with programming for audiences travelling to the festival by land to promote cultural tourism to Finland and the Baltic countries in collaboration with the Latvian Homo Novus Festival. The project will also explore how international co-productions and related tours can be realised ecologically and sustainably. The project will be used to promote the attractiveness and accessibility of the ANTI Festival by developing the festival’s online marketing to respond to the needs of audience members diverse in terms of their functional capacity as well as audiences coming from outside Kuopio, Finland.
Duration of contract and Salary
The contract is fixed-term. Full-time work 15 January 2022 – 31 December 2023 and 50% of full-time work 1 January – 31 December 2024. Full-time work in 2024 might also be possible depending on our funding. Possibility to negotiate on the start date in January 2022.
Salary: €2600/month for full-time work
Other
The project coordinator’s workplace is situated in Kuopio at the ANTI Festival office, but the job also entails some travel (e.g. Hanko and Helsinki). Working languages are Finnish and English.
ANTI is a discrimination-free organisation and event, and all festival employers must commit to following our safer space guidelines: antifestival.com/en/safer-space
Application instructions and Schedule
Apply for the position through this link: https://forms.gle/TuugiQiDk7cDLcd69
Answer the two questions below in Finnish and attach your CV.
All applications must be submitted by 2 December 2021, 23.59 EET.
Question 1: What is an example of a collaborative project you have worked on? What kind of practices and processes does a project with several people require in order to succeed? (1000 characters including spaces)
Question 2: What is an example of communication (e.g. a campaign, procedure or website) that has successfully taken into account the accessibility of art/culture? The example does not need to be your own work. (1000 characters including spaces)
The interviews will be held on 9–10 December online or at ANTI’s office (Nahkurinkatu 1, Kuopio).
Inquiries
Emails and phone calls will be answered on
Thu 18 November at 9-12
Wed 24 November at 9-12
Mon 29 November at 12-15
ANTI Festival Manager Elisa Itkonen, elisa@antifestival.com / +358 50 305 2005