Sundance Institute

Community Manager

• Support the execution and coordination of the AI Literacy Initiative.
• Maintain the Filmmaker Toolkit and Grants & Resources sections of the site.
• Coordinate the Community Leaders program, while providing support.
• Support community moderation efforts by upholding the Community Agreement and Code of Conduct.
• Track and report on community engagement trends, preparing reports for leadership review.
• Help coordinate relationships and communications with academic institutions and partners.
• Manage the Collab support and course inboxes, ensuring a solution-oriented approach.
• Help triage support requests and document recurring issues.

Temporary Coordinator, Collab Community & Partners

Content Marketing Manager

• Oversee the daily execution and optimization of Sundance Collabs digital products.
• Serve as a key liaison across Sundance Collab, supporting team operations, contractor coordination, content management, and technical workflows.
• Ensure continuity of operations during a period of organizational planning.
• Manage institutional records and organization for all activity on Sundance Collab, including overseeing the Video Library.
• Manage daily operations for digital event delivery (courses, webinars, master classes), and oversee post-production activities for self-paced courses.
• Ensure products are delivered to spec and that technical support staff are trained on new processes.
• Administer and maintain Sundance Collab platform content and operational workflows including QA/testing support and coordination with developers on issue resolution and feature rollouts.
• Conduct routine reporting and assessments of digital projects.
• Manage the process for setting up instructor contracts and processing invoices for payment, ensuring all administrative back-end tasks are completed on time.
• Drive the implementation of scalable support systems, including automation and knowledge base development, to improve response efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for workflow optimization, automation, and operational efficiency improvements across Collab systems and processes.
• Support the platforms digital analytics strategy by tracking performance indicators and preparing department update decks.
• Support the Marketing team with various related duties.

Temporary Manager – Collab Content, Operations

Software Engineer

• Evaluating and curating short film submissions for the Sundance Film Festival.
• Watching and evaluating Sundance Film Festival short film submissions including providing coverage, writing notes assessing appropriateness for further consideration, and assigning a final rating to each film.
• Making determinations regarding advancement, rejection, and second reviews based on artistic merit, originality, and alignment with programming goals.
• Screening between 1200 and 1600 short films in both the first as well as the second and final round of submissions.
• Identifying strong short films as well as emerging talent to support.
• Performing outreach to the global filmmaking community in order to solicit works of short film to be considered for selection into the Festival.
• Actively participating in the selection of films and the structure of the Festival Short Film program.
• Supporting with preparing written materials as needed, including proofreading copy and film still selection.
• Supporting with notifying filmmakers of acceptance or rejection and collecting supporting materials for accepted filmmakers as needed.
• Traveling to other Festivals to participate on juries or panels as needed.

Temporary Coordinator, Collab Community & Partners

Temporary Manager – Collab Content, Operations

Festival Short Film Programmer