Arts Council Seeks Welcome Race Fans Street Team

The Arts Council of Indianapolis is looking for energetic, and outgoing individuals to join our Welcome Race Fans Project Street Team.

This is a part-time, temporary, paid position.

Duties and Responsibilities: 
Street team members will be responsible for engaging with businesses, organizations, and the public on a personal basis in order to promote the Welcome Race Fans project, a collaboration between the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Arts Council of Indianapolis to incorporate Indiana artists and original artwork into the 103rd running of the Indy 500. Five Indiana artists were commissioned to do their own take on the iconic “Welcome Race Fans” signs that blanket the city during the month of May. Street team members will handle the coordination and distribution of posters and other print material around Indianapolis leading up to the Indianapolis 500.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Spreading project awareness through word-of-mouth and social media marketing techniques
Transporting and distributing posters, stickers, and other print materials to various locations throughout the city
Attending weekly check-in meetings with Welcome Race Fans street team and project manager
Regular communication with project manager
Taking inventory of print materials when needed.
Documenting distribution of materials via photography and social media

Responsibilities may include:

Receiving and responding to incoming telephone calls, responds to routine questions and requests.
Executing phone calls for logistical planning
Attending relevant events

Minimum Qualifications for Consideration: 

Requires working knowledge of Word, Excel, and email
Requires ability to comprehend and write recap summaries of daily deliveries and activities.
Requires a valid Indiana Driver’s License and proof of insurance.
Requires good verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Additional Skills/interests Beneficial to the Street Team:

Experience with customer service/talking to people
Interest in photography
Interest in the intersection of the arts and sports

Schedule and Compensation:

Flexible schedule, but requires availability during Arts Council of Indianapolis business hours (M – F, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m). 10 hours per week. $10 – $13 per hour for 40-45 hours to be worked over the course of four weeks from April 29 – May 24, 2019.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 + pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

If interested, please send resume to llord@indyarts.org by Friday, April 12th. Please put “WRF Street Team” in the subject line of your email.