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16 Days left CLOSING DATE: 03/06/2014

Stramash

Graduate Filmmaker

Undergraduate Degree, Postgraduate Degree

Closing Date:: 03/06/2014
Skill:: Marketing market research and PR
Region:: Argyll and the Islands
Salary: £18,000 to £20,000 per annum
Length:: 12 months
Ref code: KBVYZWLSJA

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Placement summary

Stramash, an award winning social enterprise based in Oban, is recruiting for a graduate for an exciting 12 month filmmaking role. The successful graduate will be required to make a range of films about the organisation and its work to use for marketing, publicity and general awareness raising.

Job description

Project Description

Stramash uses the outdoors for all of its different areas of work. The outdoors is a very visual place and sometimes the outcomes and impacts of the work of the organisation can be hard to quantify on paper and to portray to the general public and potential clients.

The graduate will plan, film, edit, produce and publish a broad range of short films. The subject content will be varied and will include:

• The story of Stramash

• The team

• The different activities

• The projects

• The outcomes

• The benefits

• The opportunities

The project will:

• Identify and research the different films to be made

• Provide detailed storyboards for each film

• Carry out the filming

• Edit and produce the film

• Create a bank of films that can be used in different situations by the organisation

• Leave a legacy by training Stramash staff to film in the outdoors and to edit and produce films

At the end of the project, Stramash will have a series of films that can be used to communicate the different services that the organisation offers. This will contribute significantly to the marketing of the organisation and raise the profile of Stramash, particularly via social media. As a result of the project, Stramash expects to see a significant increase in traded income. Stramash will also increase profitability considerably as the films will result in greater awareness and understanding by clients of what Stramash offers.

For informal enquiries regarding this position please contact:
Niall Urquhart, CEO; 01631 566080; [email protected]

This position is part funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund.

Qualifications

Degree in filmmaking or relevant discipline

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• Ability to shoot good quality films on location outdoors

• Skills to create storyboards or equivalent for making films

• Creative thinking

• Ability to see the whole story and what the intended outcomes are and then to tell the story

• Skills to implement all stages of producing a film

• Editing skills and ability to use Adobe editing software

• Excellent planning skills

• Ability to teach others about filming, filmmaking and editing

• Experience of shooting, editing and producing films in a range of different genres

• Experience of working as part of a diverse team

• Experience of working to a range of set outcomes and of telling the story through film to achieve these outcomes

• Experience of planning own work schedule and plan

• Experience of working with Adobe editing software

• Good interpersonal skills

• Ability to represent the organisation in a professional manner

• Ability to build internal and external relationships

• Attention to detail

• Well organised

• Capacity to multi-task across a number of simultaneous work streams

• Adaptable team player

• Quality focussed

Desirable Skills

• Ability to move around effectively and safely on rocks, on water and off-path in the outdoors

• Ability to produce graphics for use on films

• Experience of preparing people for being interviewed on camera

• Experience of selecting suitable music for different situations

• Sympathetic to the aims of social enterprise and specifically the aims of Stramash

• Enjoyment of the outdoors

Benefits

Placement benefits

As part of this ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the candidate will benefit from support from a team within Highlands and Islands Enterprise and also access a four day residential course focussed on employability and business skills.

Additional information

Location: Oban, Argyll

Preferred start date: 07/07/2014