The annual CTM Festival presents a comprehensive overview of outstanding, current international productions of electronic and experimental music in a mixture of concerts, live performances and club events. A supporting program of discussion rounds, workshops, presentations, video screenings and art installations is dedicated to technological, social and artistic issues within music culture. CTM focuses on the artistic aspects of current music production and the social role of music in the context of electronic and digital culture. Our team works on an equal footing with each other and adapts to the strengths and experience of team members to create a good and constantly evolving workflow. In order to get the next festival edition off the ground, we look forward to music and art enthusiastic applicants who are willing to get involved in our team and want to learn how an international yet community-oriented festival comes about.
We are currently looking for interns to support us with festival production and festival administration for the CTM 2024. The CTM 2024 events will take place in the core period from January 26th to February 4th, 2024. Internships span a maximum duration of October 2023 to March 2024. Applications can be sent until 31 July. This call is aimed at students that must complete an internship as part of their degree requirements. Due to the fact that the internship requires a strong command of German, the internship call is provided in German only. If applicants need feedback before September, we ask that you mention this in your cover letter - we will try to do our best to do so.
The CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music and Art is looking for interns for a diverse range of activities in production, organization and administration for the festival edition CTM 2024.
Main responsibilities:
Communication with the artists and agencies
Support in the creation of overall schedules, production plans and coordination of the festival
Support in personnel and budget planning
Assistance with travel and hotel bookings
Assistance in drafting contracts
Assisting in grant applications
Artist support during the festival
Creation of overviews and lists as a basis for all trades
Solicitation of offers and invoice verification
Creation of proof of use of subsidies
Essential Qualifications
Organizational skills and willingness to communicate
Enjoy working with artists
Knowledge in the field of event organization and implementation (these are helpful but not a requirement)
Very good knowledge of Office (especially Word, Excel) and internet research
Confident handling of the German language, as well as good knowledge of English
Flexibility and willingness to work in a team
structured working
Accuracy in gathering and processing information
Keen interest in contemporary music, media and visual artsThe applicants should ideally (not necessarily) study culture or event management, culture, music or media sciences or similar or complete an apprenticeship in this field. Studies and training are treated as equal.
The internship offers the opportunity
to acquire in-depth knowledge of the various areas of event organization
to get an insight into the production processes of a festival
for exchange and contact with international artists
To obtain knowledge regarding the use of grant funds and their accounting
to contribute your own ideas, to develop, expand and implement independence and responsibility in a small team
Remuneration: A monthly remuneration of €450.00 is paid. The workload is on average 4 days a week, full time after Christmas up to and during the festival period.
Application deadline is July 31, 2023.
Please send applications by email to: internship@ctm-festival.de
It is important to us to reflect the diversity of society not only in our program but also in our team and to promote encounters between people with different biographies, interests and perspectives. We would therefore particularly like to invite people with experience of discrimination to apply to us