Jobs at Sundance Institute

Supports Sundance Institute’s Communications and Media Relations teams by monitoring festival coverage across press, web, and social media; entering and auditing coverage; preparing daily press clip and aggregated data reports; tracking trade announcements; and contributing to end-of-festival and wrap reports. The temporary, fully remote role requires strong organization, communication, research, Excel, database, and media monitoring skills, with extended hours during peak periods.

Manages technology projects from planning through implementation, coordinating stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, requirements, timelines, risks, testing, and rollout activities. Supports enterprise systems such as CRM, financial platforms, NetSuite, Airtable, and other internal tools. The role also facilitates process improvement, change management, training, adoption, and clear communication across technical and non-technical teams.

Coordinates Festival Lost and Found operations, including inventory tracking, database updates, patron communications, item collection, shipment, donation of unclaimed items, and volunteer support. Develops and follows venue procedures, responds to inquiries, manages confidential information, and prepares a post-Festival report. This temporary onsite role requires extended hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call support.

Coordinates full-cycle recruiting and hiring for seasonal Sundance Film Festival employees. Supports candidate communications, inclusive and compliant hiring practices, onboarding, offboarding, employee records, orientations, training, paperwork, surveys, performance procedures, HR inquiries, and administrative scheduling. The role requires onsite availability near Boulder, Colorado, with extended hours during key festival periods.

Creates and publishes daily social media content for the Sundance Film Festival, including captions, short-form video, photography, live event coverage, user-generated content, and community monitoring. The role supports audience growth, engagement, program awareness, and online community development across major social platforms. It is fully onsite in Boulder for a temporary January 2027 assignment, with required evening and weekend hours.

Provides executive-level administrative, operational, and project coordination support to the Chief Marketing, Brand, and Communications Officer. Responsibilities include calendar and meeting management, communications, confidential information handling, budget and expense tracking, vendor documentation, reporting, project tracking, leadership meeting preparation, departmental records, onboarding, and process improvement. The temporary full-time role requires extended hours and proximity to Boulder, Colorado.

Provides onsite festival technology support, including inventory management, workstation setup and testing, cable and network equipment deployment, hardware and software repairs, help desk ticket resolution, patching, and volunteer coordination. The temporary full-time role requires extended hours, onsite work in Boulder, physical lifting, basic Windows and macOS knowledge, troubleshooting skills, and a valid driver’s license.

Leads Sundance Institute’s communications, media relations, reputation, executive, crisis, and issues communications strategies. Advises senior leaders, manages the Associate Director of Communications, oversees budgets and agencies, approves high-visibility messaging, develops media relationships, and coordinates cross-functional communications. The role requires strategic leadership, exceptional writing and judgment, people management, and onsite collaboration during the film festival and other events.

Supports installation, configuration, performance, security, and troubleshooting of festival LAN, WAN, WiFi, and internet services. Sets up networks across festival venues, responds to outages, evaluates network hardware and services, maintains technical documentation, and supports related technology systems. Coordinates projects, provides user support, and works onsite in a hybrid capacity with extended hours, weekends, holidays, and on-call coverage during the temporary festival period.