EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Position Title: Program Assistant (Bilingual)

Application deadline: Friday,  May 23, 2025
Send applications to: director@freezeframeonline.org

Duration:  June 23, 2025 - August 15, 2025 (8 weeks). Note: There is some flexibility in the start date.

Location: 244-340 Provencher Blvd and various locations in Winnipeg
Hours: 35 hrs/week
Hourly wage: $15.80 hr. + 4% vacation pay

Freeze Frame offers summer education programming for children and youth at child care centres, libraries, and camps. The programming includes workshops in stop-motion animation, live action video production and optical toys.

JOB DESCRIPTION 

The bilingual Program Assistant works with Workshop Facilitators to instruct students and complete tasks. Their duties include assisting students with assignments individually or in small groups and implementing lesson plans. 

In addition, the Program Assistant updates the website and promotes Freeze Frame’s education programs through creating social media posts on Freeze Frame’s platforms. The position reports directly to the Executive Director.

Specific duties include:

• prepare the classroom by setting up equipment and making sure student have the equipment or materials that they need

• assist with explaining or demonstrating how to use equipment

• keep workshop room neat, clean and organized

• photo document workshops following the client organization’s guidelines 

• unpack and clean equipment after workshop, charging batteries as needed

• create Freeze Frame social media posts once per week

• update Freeze Frame website as needed

• assist with other Freeze Frame administrative projects, as needed

Qualifications:

• speaks English and French

• video production education background and/or equivalent experience

• experience working with children or youth

• excellent written and verbal communication skills

• organizational and time management skills

• able to solve problems and adapt to unexpected situations

• friendly, patient and able to interact with people of all backgrounds
  

Mandatory requirements:

• 15-29 year of age 

• Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada and meets the requirements of Canada Summer Jobs program.

Freeze Frame welcomes all qualified applicants to apply. Qualified persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and Indigenous candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. 

This position is funded through the Canada Summer Jobs program.

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Position title: Video Workshop Facilitator 

Duration: Contract assignments 

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba and surrounding communities

Languages required: French

Pay rate: $30/hour

Apply by: June 1, 2025 or until filled

Apply to: director@freezeframeonline.org

The candidate will assist youth in schools, daycare centers and drop-in programs in the province to create animated or live action films. These workshops will take place in person.

Tasks:

• The facilitator will travel to the site of the workshop. The facilitator will be responsible for transportation, as well as the use and maintenance of equipment at the workshop. Equipment is provided by Freeze Frame.

• The facilitator will use age-appropriate instruction methods to teach about
  cinematography, animation, editing or other filmmaking techniques.

• During workshops, the facilitator will guide the students through all the stages of the creative process (script, filming and editing) which contribute to the creation of a film. The facilitator will help participants to overcome technical difficulties but will not make the film for the participants.

• The facilitator will ensure that all participants are actively involved in the project and have the opportunity to express themselves freely during the creation of the videos.

• The facilitator will work in collaboration with the educational team responsible for the participants.
  

The selected candidate will:

• possess basic knowledge of the audiovisual field, including using a DSLR camera, using video editing software, etc. It is important to note that Freeze Frame also offers technical training to selected candidates.

• possess a good knowledge of cinema and have an interest in children's films and animated cinema. The candidate should have an interest in the arts in general.

• have a basic knowledge of teaching methods and practice

• be sensitive to social issues and seek to create the conditions for inclusivity during their workshops.

• apply for a Child Abuse Registry Check  and for a Winnipeg Police Criminal Record Check. 

• speak French fluently

Required experience:

Any experience in film production, visual arts, teaching or working with children or youth will be taken into account. Additionally, the candidate must be dynamic and resourceful and demonstrate a real desire to learn and integrate into a small team.

About Freeze Frame:

Freeze Frame is Manitoba’s Media Arts Centre for Young People. The centre is a non-profit organization that has been providing unique opportunities for young people to explore the art of film production and multimedia for 29 years. We present the International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages each spring and offer year-round workshops in a multicultural and bilingual environment.