Team Stupid tells climate activists: Get a Job

Date 14th Apr 2009
Submitted by Leo Murray on 14 April 2009 - 6:58pm
Team Stupid hard at work strategising
Team Stupid hard at work strategising
Who could resist getting involved with a dedicated team that is capable of this kind of high-level strategising? Well, now is your chance to get in on the act as two incredibly exciting job opportunities have opened up at Stupid Towers - a PA for Lizzie and Franny and a Project Leader for the Not Stupid campaign...
 
JOB OFFER: Web-minded Project Leader for Not Stupid campaign
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We're looking for a technically-minded and highly strategic project leader to keep our super-creative but slightly deadline-shy team on track. You will be overseeing the on-time delivery of a range of revolutionary (no, really) web projects over the year across our four sites  - ageofstupid.net, notstupid.org, spannerfilms.net, indie-screenings.net -  including our Indie Screenings software (let's anyone anywhere buy a bespoke license to hold their own screening), the Matchmaker (hooking up inspired viewers with suitable action groups), The Copenhagen Sprint (layperson's guide to the Copenhagen climate summit), Stupid Certificates (funny awards for people doing bad stuff) and loads of other absurdly ambitious projects. There's also a vast number of non-web-based projects that will be vying for your attention.
Working closely with the Campaign Director, Franny Armstrong, and Campaign Coordinator, Daniel Vockins, you will manage a full-time team of two and a half web boys and two campaigners, plus numerous volunteers and interns bought in to work on specific projects, as well as liasing with various outside companies who provide specific web services. Plus you'll be responsible for overseeing the maintenance of our mailing lists, domains, server, back-ups and all the rest of it. But, don't worry, you won't need to reconfigure the DNS yourself, just understand what it is, why it's not working and who should fix it.
You will be primarily working from our office in Camden, London, alongside the other five members of the core team. Plus there will no doubt be a fair bit of travelling: definitely to Copenhagen in December and possibly to New York in Sept/Oct.
Required Skills
- Project management, leadership, self-discipline and humour in the face of absurd amounts of work
Useful skills
- In-depth knowledge of climate change an advantage
- Experience in a small campaigning organisation and/or small production company very handy
- Missing a right back for our 5-a-side football team...
Job Details
- Contract: Eight months, fixed term contract, with a one month trial on both sides
- Full time
- Starting: Three months ago would have been ideal.... so as soon as possible.
- Ending: Probably Dec 31st 2009, though we may extend the campaign for another year
- Salary: 30,000 UK pounds inc tax
- Own fast laptop essential.
More Info
- The film: www.ageofstupid.net
- The UK People's Premiere:  Channel 4 news (video), Sky News (video), The Guardian (photo gallery), Evening Standard (photo gallery), Reuters (article).
- The campaign: www.notstupid.org
- The revolutionary distribution system: www.indie-screenings.net
To apply
- Send cover letter and CV to job@spannerfilms.net, along with:
-->> a description of the most complicated project you have delivered on time and on budget
- Deadline: 30th April
- Please don't call
 

 

JOB OFFER: Assistant to the producer and director of The Age of Stupid
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We are looking for a super enthusiastic and ridiculously organised assistant to help dig us out of the avalanche we're currently buried inside. In this support role, you will be helping director Franny Armstrong and producer Lizzie Gillett over the next eight months as they promote The Age of Stupid, run the social action campaign, Not Stupid, and help persuade the world's Governments to make the right deal at the Copenhagen climate summit in December.
There's so much stuff happening, we can barely keep up ourselves, but here's a few examples: the launch of our "Indie Screenings" revolutionary distribution model in May with a high profile event streamed on the net; the Global Premiere from a solar-powered cinema tent in Paris in July, beamed by satellite to 30+ countries; the US premiere in October, hopefully to 500 cinemas; the Australia/New Zealand premiere in July; the TV series; the book; the UK DVD; the 30-language international DVD; the "Copenhagen Sprint"; the schools' resource pack; international TV broadcasts; the festival tour; the soundtrack album and on and on.
 
We are looking for someone who genuinely wants an assistant job and will be happy doing admin on a fulltime basis. Please do not apply if you are a wannabe filmmaker as we're not making any more movies for the foreseeable future and we wouldn't want to make you miserable. The main ongoing jobs will be filtering thousands of emails, taking phonecalls, booking meetings & travel, managing diaries and deflecting unwanted attention.
You will be primarily working from our office in Camden, London, alongside the other five members of the core team. Plus there will no doubt be a fair bit of travelling: definitely to Copenhagen in December and possibly to New York in Sept/Oct.
Required Skills
- Admin: Very strong skills in all areas and ability to work fast without mistakes
- Computer: All the usual, especially excel and word.
- Writing & talking: Very strong communication skills as you'll be dealing with about 150 emails and 30 phone calls per day
- Stamina: Exceptional stamina as there are always late nights and long weekends.
- Self-discipline: Franny & Lizzie will be away for portions of the year so it's also essential you can work on your own, managing your own time.
Useful skills
- Experience as a personal assistant an advantage
- In-depth knowledge of climate change an advantage
- Experience in a small campaigning organisation and/or small production company very handy
- Missing a right back for our 5-a-side football team...
Job Details
- Contract: Eight months, fixed term contract, with a one month trial on both sides
- Full time
- Starting: May 11 2009 or soon after
- Ending: Probably Dec 31st 2009, though we may extend the campaign for another year
- Salary: 18,000 UK pounds inc tax
- Own fast laptop essential.
More Info
- The film: www.ageofstupid.net
- The UK People's Premiere:  Channel 4 news (video), Sky News (video), The Guardian (photo gallery), Evening Standard (photo gallery), Reuters (article).
- The campaign: www.notstupid.org
- The revolutionary distribution system: www.indie-screenings.net
To apply
- Send cover letter and CV to job@spannerfilms.net, along with:
-->> reference from someone you've worked with detailing why your personality is suited to this job
-->> a description of the most complicated event you have managed
- Deadline: 20th April
- Please don't call