Jobs at Sundance Institute

Provides onsite festival technology support, including inventory management, workstation setup and testing, cable and network equipment deployment, hardware and software repairs, help desk ticket resolution, patching, and volunteer coordination. The temporary full-time role requires extended hours, onsite work in Boulder, physical lifting, basic Windows and macOS knowledge, troubleshooting skills, and a valid driver’s license.

Leads Sundance Institute’s communications, media relations, reputation, executive, crisis, and issues communications strategies. Advises senior leaders, manages the Associate Director of Communications, oversees budgets and agencies, approves high-visibility messaging, develops media relationships, and coordinates cross-functional communications. The role requires strategic leadership, exceptional writing and judgment, people management, and onsite collaboration during the film festival and other events.

Supports installation, configuration, performance, security, and troubleshooting of festival LAN, WAN, WiFi, and internet services. Sets up networks across festival venues, responds to outages, evaluates network hardware and services, maintains technical documentation, and supports related technology systems. Coordinates projects, provides user support, and works onsite in a hybrid capacity with extended hours, weekends, holidays, and on-call coverage during the temporary festival period.

Executes Sundance Institute’s Festival social media strategy by creating daily content, captions, videos, and live event coverage. Monitors community conversations, manages user-generated content, supports sponsored campaigns, maintains social calendars, and collaborates with marketing, communications, creative, and Festival teams. The role also supports customer inquiries, content quality control, filmmaker research, social listening, and real-time posting across major platforms.