Junior Festival Coordinator bij Amsterdam Dance Event

Banenbingo; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 28,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Physical workplace in Amsterdam Noord

Market-based compensation

4–6 month project

Job summary

Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation is seeking a Freelance Junior Festival Coordinator to contribute to a flexible yet tightly organized Festival program in Amsterdam. You’ll maintain contacts with venues, partners, labels and promoters to promote the program and ensure smooth collaboration.

You’ll work 12 hours per week initially, building to 36 hours, for a 4–6 month project. You’ll engage with ADE’s venues and marketing teams, while living in or near Amsterdam and supporting a diverse team in a

Qualifications

• Proactive team player with ability to work independently.
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the ADE Festival program across venues and partners.
• Maintain contacts with locations, labels, managers, clubs and promoters.
• Manage agreements between ADE and clubs/promoters and ensure promotions.
• Oversee event management across locations, production, customer relations and municipality.
• Liaise between marketers, clubs, promoters and ADE marketing for campaigns.
• Streamline administrative processing of the ADE Festival.

Skills

Proactive team player

Independent worker

Networking / relationship building

Organizational skills

Stress resilience

Multitasking

English & Dutch communication

Affinity with electronic music

Residence in Amsterdam

Job description

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the most upfront, influential and educational gathering for electronic music and its industry. With its conference, festival and educational breeding ground, ADE is able to create not only the biggest yearly industry tent-pole moment, but also a solid foundation for future generations of electronic music professionals. The event attracts a total of more than 1,200 events in nearly 300 locations across its multidisciplinary program; for five days and nights, the city of Amsterdam truly breathes electronic music.

For its upcoming edition the Amsterdam Dance Event foundation is looking for a Freelance Junior Festival Coordinator.

The job:

As a Junior Festival Coordinator you’ll contribute to a flexible though tightly organized Festival program. You’ll maintain contact with locations, partners, labels and promoters and ensure the correct promotion of the program.

• Contribute to the coordination of hundreds of events during the ADE Festival;
• Maintain contacts with locations, labels, managers, clubs and (media) partners;
• Relationship management with all relevant stages, clubs and promoters;
• Care for the implementation of all agreements between ADE and the selected clubs / promoters;
• Responsible for Event Management of ADE Festival, where you have to switch between locations, ADE’s production and customer relations departments and the municipality;
• Proactive switching between marketers of clubs and promoters and the marketing department of ADE for the purpose of the campaign;
• Streamline the administrative processing of the ADE Festival.

Your profile:

• You are a proactive team player who can also work independently;
• You know your way around Amsterdam’s night life;
• You easily make and maintain contacts;
• You have strong organizational skills;
• You are stress resistant:
• You can quickly switch between tasks and don’t get deterred easily;
• You are able to look further than individual interests;
• You have great communication skills in English and Dutch;
• Affinity with electronic music and all of its (sub)genres is a must;
• You live in or near Amsterdam.

We offer:

• A diverse assignment within an enthusiastic team that varies from 10 to 25 employees;
• A project of 4-6 months, starting with 12 hours per week building up to 36 hours toward October;
• A large network within the electronic music industry;
• A physical workplace in Amsterdam Noord;
• A market-based compensation.

Diversity & Inclusion

Night culture and dance originated from a need for freedom among communities that didn’t feel represented in mainstream culture. Inclusivity is at ADE’s core, and we actively strive for diversity within our team, partners, programming, and audience. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.