Guest-related roles

Roles

• Car service (Closed)

  IFFR’s Car Service provides the transport for the festival’s guests, in case the public transport is not sufficient. Driving one of our festival cars, you’ll be going back and forth between festival locations, hotels, and the airport, making sure our guests get to the right place at the right time.

  Profile:

  • Valid and clean driving licence;
  • 3 Years of driving experience;
  • Flexibility;
  • Familiar with Rotterdam;
  • Friendly attitude.

  Working hours:

  • Part-time (before and) during the festival;
  • Occasional early morning & late evening shifts.

  Extra: To be considered for this role, you will need to have a second interview and sign a contract confirming your safe and responsible driving.

• Guest assistants (Closed)

  Your role as a guest assistant is to accompany and assist our festival guests. You’ll be their host in Rotterdam and will inform them on all IFFR has to offer. Additionally, you’ll keep a close eye on their schedule and make sure they arrive at their appointments on time.

  Profile:

  • Knowledge of languages corresponding to our guests;
  • Know your way around Rotterdam;
  • Be familiar with IFFR & its programme;
  • Strong communication skills;
  • Friendly & helpful attitude;
  • Flexible & dynamic.

  Working hours:

  Part-time, with a lot of flexibility and availability for the duration of the festival.

  Extra: Please keep in mind that due to the nature of the role, we’ll require you to take part in a second interview with our guest team as part of the selection process. The selection for this role is based on the requirements of the guests per festival edition, so it can be different every year and the request is often very specific to the knowledge of certain languages. Therefore we recommend thinking well about your second choice when applying as a volunteer.

• Guest desk (Closed)

  In your role as a Guest desk volunteer, you will give our guests a warm welcome and provide them with their festival accreditation. You will work at the Guest desk in De Doelen, ready to answer any questions and provide relevant information to visiting filmmakers, artists, and other guests.

  Profile:

  • Friendly and helpful attitude;
  • Strong (English) communication skills;
  • Attention to detail;
  • Knowledge of IFFR.

  Working hours:

  Part-time during the festival.

  Extra: Please keep in mind that due to the nature of the role we’ll require you to take part in a second interview with our guest team as part of the selection process.

• Press desk (Closed)

  As a volunteer at the Press Desk, you will be responsible for providing all press with their festival accreditation. Also, you will have the responsibility of planning interviews with filmmakers, producers, and other festival guests, together with the Press Team. This role involves precision, accuracy, and excellent communication skills, as it is of the utmost importance that appointments are carefully scheduled and well communicated. The Press desk welcomes both international and Dutch journalists.

  Profile:

  • Excellent (English) communication skills;
  • Supervision skills;
  • Helpful and friendly attitude;
  • Accuracy;
  • Able to work with our film festival database system
  • Good sense of responsibility.

  Working hours:

  Part-time during the festival.

  Extra: Please keep in mind that due to the nature of the role we require you to take part in a second interview with our press team as part of the selection process.