Volunteer

The festival would not be possible without the help of our amazing volunteers – thank you for your interest!
We will be looking for enthusiastic people in the following areas: Venue Management, Sidewalk Parties, A/V – Technical, Merchandise, Marketing, Transportation, Volunteer Headquarters, Ticketing, Balloting, Event Production, Guerrilla Marketing, and Hospitality.

AMIA Volunteer Service Levels and Perks – 2013

• Volunteer t-shirt
• Weekend Pass (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
• 2 party passes (volunteer’s choice of Kick-off/Opening Night Pre/Saturday Night, 1 of 2 or 2 of 1)
• Invitation to the volunteer thank you party
• Listing on the festival website and in printed program

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• 2 Volunteer t-shirts
• All access credentials
• 2 party passes (committee head’s choice of Kick-off/Opening Night Pre/Saturday Night, 1 of 2 or 2 of 1)
• Invitation to the volunteer thank you party
• Listing on the festival website and in the festival program

Venues

Line Directors will ensure that all attendees are in the proper line (VIP Pass line, Day Pass line and Single Ticket line), and manage traffic flow into the venue.
Venue Assistants will assist Venue Managers with ticket taking, ushering, distributing ballots and counting attendees.

Counters are stationed at Volunteer Headquarters and count the audience ballots that come in. Runners are dispatched to the venues to collect the ballots.

 Festival Signage

We need volunteers as Floaters, Handlers, Lanyard Pickup and Lounge Manager. Volunteers do a lot of clean-up and set-up. They work with our VIPs, which includes filmmakers.

Volunteers work all around the festival, but mostly traveling back and forth from our venues delivering supplies and delivering and picking up movies!

 Merchandise

Volunteers will sell Sidewalk merchandise, usually t-shirts, at Sidewalk Merchandise Booth.

Parties

Sidetalks are panel discussions and we may need somebody to help move chairs or fetch water. This is similar to being a venue assistant.

 Sidewalk Central – Double Hours

Volunteers work outside putting up tents, moving tables and chairs. They also assist our vendors get set-up. They may also help get our stage ready.

 Ticketing – Double Hours

Volunteers must attend at least one pre-festival training session. Responsible for ticket/armband inventory and cash “starts” provided at the outset of their shift and will be required to “count-down” with the Sidewalk accountant at the close of their shift.

Volunteers are stationed at Volunteer Headquarters and will assist the ticketing back office manager with cash and inventory reconciliation and management. Check box office volunteers in and out.

Volunteers drive VIPs, to and from the airport. If our VIP has a need to leave the festival footprint, our drivers will make that trip. Volunteer must provide valid license and insurance information. Shifts start early and end late.

 Volunteer Headquarters

Volunteers check in volunteers and give them their name tag, perks package, a t-shirt and answer any questions they may have. Saturday morning deliver snacks and drinks to the venues for our volunteers. Occasionally requested from another committee to back-fill for one of their volunteers.