Techies, bookworms, and arts lovers, this one’s for you!

We are looking for two interns to join our internship program at Medrar. You will get to be part of the arts & culture scene in Cairo and develop your skills within a supportive environment. If you’re a fresh graduate or a senior in university with organizational and/or technical skills, apply below!

Archiving Internship

The Archiving Intern will learn how Medrar’s physical and digital assets – content that is stored digitally, like photographs and videos – are managed and associated with programs and exhibitions. The intern will work directly with both the Technical Manager and Communications Officer to help store, manage, distribute, retrieve, and archive Medrar’s physical and digital assets. 

Medrar has a wide range of archive material specialized in publications related to arts and culture events since the early beginning of the millennium. The physical archive includes flyers, catalogs and brochures documenting various events and festivals in the different disciplines of visual arts that have occurred in Egypt, but also more broadly in the region since the early 2000s. The intern will research publication information and history and archive. Moreover, Medrar has an audio-visual archive of events from the same time period, being progressively made available on Medrar TV, which the intern will work closely with.

Hence, this internship will allow you to have access and closely explore extensive contemporary art experiences, events and practices in Egypt and the region that remain undocumented and unknown outside of Medrar’s archive. You will learn simple and practical archiving methods and you will witness, as well as take part in, discussions which are anchored by 3 main questions: Why is archiving important? How can it be useful? And what are the different possibilities offered by this practice?

If you ever dreamt of working with publications, have an interest in working at museums or festivals with large archives, and have a vested interest in exploring the arts scene and its productions in Cairo, this is the internship for you!

Job Description

• Watch & view different locally archived documentation videos across the years and add tags & categories.
• Add credited artists/curators/project managers/institutions data for documented events.
• For Medrar.TV Youtube channel, add virtual tags in google sheets for published videos to create youtube playlist for similar tagged events or for the different editions of same main event (ex. exhibition and events that tackle the perception of body, DCAF 1,2,3,4 …., Cairo Video Festival 8th 9th 10th … etc.).
• Filter through archived raw video material.
• Data Entry for CVF Website (Artists & artworks names, participating organizations & countries).
• Gather data about artworks submitted to CVF (ex. #techniques used #inspiring artistic movements #topics discussed).
• Organize Submissions info sheets for different CVF editions.
• Categorize & label available books & publications in Medrar’s Library.
• Add digital data for publications in the library.
• Research book and publication information and background.
• Organize the physical books & publications in a user-friendly manner.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Fresh Graduate or Graduating Senior.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Detail-oriented and organized, with excellent time management skills.
• Excellent research skills and knowledge. Research-based majors will be considered a plus.
• Decent knowledge of Google Workspace tools (sheets, docs, forms, …).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative, team-oriented, and willing to learn.
• Interest in arts, archiving, multimedia content, publication, and library sciences.

Internship Learnings Points:

• Being in close contact with a huge amount of events & interviews associated with various arts & culture institutions and artists from different backgrounds.
• Gaining access to terabytes of submitted video artworks from all over the world & looking into a rich collection of publications.
• Learning some advanced archiving techniques using software tools (WordPress, SQL Databases, etc.). No technical background is required.

Media Lab Internship Program

For the tech aficionados, our Media Lab Internship awaits you! 

The Media Lab intern will work closely with the Technical Manager of the multimedia lab and provide support in maintaining equipment and related technical activities, as well as the implementation phases of upcoming exhibitions technical setups. The intern will also work on organizing & collecting data about the device components, equipment state & usage frequency in the inventory. They will learn to efficiently and effectively organize different formats of exhibitions that require a diverse set of skills and they will be encouraged to innovate by proposing novel or creative strategies in setting up the screenings and artworks. Interns will discover and work with a very wide and rich scope of equipment. They will learn their different usages, setups, the possibilities they offer as well as the different challenges they can cause. Interns will gain hands-on technical experience that could benefit them later on in a variety of professional and casual contexts. If you are eager to drown in a sea of cables, gadgets and computers and figure out different ways to manage and utilize these assets, this is for you!

Job Description:

• Maintain & Setup the equipment needed for each of Medrar’s current activities & exhibitions (VR headsets, Cameras, Sound Systems, Projection, Screencasting, Attached Digitronic Devices, Media Streaming…).
• Get familiar with newly purchased equipment & installed softwares. (Ex: wireless HDMI transmitters, laser projectors, sound cards, 5.1 speakers, htc vive cosmos headset, cutting plotter …).
• Manage storage: inventory count & stocktaking of available equipment, devices, and accessories.
• Perform data tracking & reporting for rented equipment, most used/unused devices.
• Conduct research into new equipment and technologies for possible future needs.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Fresh Graduate or Graduating Senior.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Huge learning capacity, especially when facing new equipment & softwares.
• Ability to organize different types of assets (digital & physical).
• Acquainted with the digital scene of used & trending technologies.
• Decent knowledge of Google Workspace tools (sheets, docs, forms, …).
• Technical know-how (adept at using various technologies and equipment).

Internship Learning Points:

• The intern will gain hands-on technical experience.
• The intern will discover and work with a very wide and rich scope of equipment. They will learn their different usages, setups, the possibilities they offer as well as the different challenges they can cause.
• The intern will learn to efficiently and effectively organize different formats of exhibitions that require a diverse set of skills.

The internships will start October 1st, 2023, and will last for 1 month (with possible renewal). You must be available 20-24 hours a week. The internship will be paid. If you have any questions, please email mona@medrar.org.

If you are interested in applying for either internship, please fill in THE FORM by Saturday, September 23rd, 2023.

Medrar is looking for a creative, enthusiastic and organized part-time Social Media Intern.

Working Hours: Full-time 

Internship Period: 1 month, renewable.

Paid Internship.

Deadline for applications: November 30

Training topics

• Handle day to day social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok and YouTube, adapting content to suit different channels.
• Plan and deliver content across different platforms.
• Work on identifying, reaching and expanding audiences based on marketing criteria and target groups demographics.
• Create engaging multimedia content. 
• Facilitate social media communities by responding to social media posts , private inquiries and developing discussions.
• Recommend improvements to increase performance.
• Develop and send monthly newsletters.
• Update Medrar’s website regularly.
• Liaise with staff to assemble and follow up on posts visual and written content.
• The intern will work in coordination with the program coordinator.

Skills and Qualifications

• Fluency in English and Arabic.
• Experienced in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere,
• Illustrator and InDesign are a plus
• Proficiency with Photography and Videography for Documentation purposes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player.
• Interested in online marketing and social media.

Deadline for applications: November 30

Application Form: https://forms.gle/mpfSe1iAWaAafrhR7

Thank you for taking the time in applying for this position. 

Applicants will be notified by December 2nd.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

 PROGRAM COORDINATOR 

We are looking for an ambitious, highly organized person to join our team as a Program Coordinator. The position is full-time and flexible working hours are necessary.

We prefer candidates with two years of work experience in an administrative position. Candidates should have an excellent command of written and spoken Arabic and English.

 Working Hours: Full time job, Sundays to Thursdays, 8 hours between 11am and 7pm. Longer shifts might be asked on events days.   

Contract Period: 12 months, renewable.

 Qualifications 

• 1-3 years of professional experience in the field of management or administration. 
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic is mandatory.
• Previous experience or involvement in the arts and culture field is a plus.

 Main Duties 

• Manage activities and operations at the office and exhibition space.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments.

• Maintain and update event and workshop schedules.
• Maintain an updated archive of Medrar’s projects and programs.

• Draft contracts, letters of invitation, letters of agreement and application forms.
• Process applications received through calls.
• Liaise with publicity designer, assembling material, following up on proofreads, and underseeing printing and distribution. 
• Managing and updating Medrar’s website and social media platforms and responding to enquiries. 
• Maintaining a regularly updated mailing list.
• Creating and sending monthly newsletters.

 Required skills 

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal relations and teamwork
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Excellent social media marketing skills 
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach to project management
• Ability to take initiative, proposes ideas, and add to the already inspiring and dynamic team.
• Flexibility and ability to work independently, and among teams
• Ability to work with multi-stakeholders and partners

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We highly appreciate your time and interest invested in applying for this position.  

We will inform you of the selection results within three days after the deadline, and expect us to call you personally if you are shortlisted

Applications are only valid through filling out the application form here before 31 October 2022.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

Vacancy at Medrar for Contemporary Art 
PROGRAM MANAGER 

Deadline: Wednesday, 4 May 2022 

We are looking for an ambitious, highly organized person to join our team as a Program Manager. The position is full-time and flexible working hours are necessary.

We prefer candidates with at least two years of work experience in an administrative position. Candidates should have an excellent command of written and spoken Arabic and English.

Working Hours: Full-time job, Sundays to Thursdays, 8 hours between 11 am and 7pm. Longer shifts might be asked on events days. 

Contract Period: 3-month paid trial followed by a 12-month renewable contract 

Qualifications:

• Previous experience or involvement in the arts and culture field is a must.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in the field of management or administration. 
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic is mandatory.
• B.A. or equivalent in Business, Management, Administration, or related fields is a plus.

 Main Duties 

•  Implement and oversee strategies for the organisation long-term sustainability 
• Manage fundraising and reporting by communicating with relevant partners, establishing and developing existing and new partnerships, writing detailed program budgets, project proposals, timelines, as well as projects narrative and financial reports 
• Coordinate and oversee Medrar’s projects and programs, by acting as the main contact persons for artists, donors and funding agencies and institutions.
• Foster the development of good relations with other cultural organizations 
• Manage activities and operations at the office and exhibition space.
• Maintain and update detailed program schedules.
• Oversee projects curation 
• Oversee and coordinate insourced and outsourced personnel 
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments.
• Coordinate with Medrar’s accountant relevant financial and accounting requirements 

• Draft contracts, letters of invitation, letters of agreement, letters of support, and application forms.
• Process applications received through open calls.
• Liaise with publicity designer, assembling material, following up on proofreads, and underseeing printing and distribution.
• Attend all events organized by and/or in collaboration with Medrar 

 Required skills 

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal relations and teamwork
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach to project management
• Ability to take initiative, propose ideas, and add to the already inspiring and dynamic team.
• Flexibility and ability to work independently, and among teams
• Ability to work with multi-stakeholders and partners

We highly appreciate your time and interest invested in applying for this position. Due to logistic reasons, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Salary is commensurate with experience. 
We will inform you of the selection results by Wednesday 4 May 2022 by email. 
Applications are only valid by filling out the application form here before Wednesday 4 May 2022. 

https://forms.gle/kLjA3joEDwBpKUGZA

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

Archiving  Internship

The Imaging Resources Intern will learn how Medrar’s physical and digital assets – content that is stored digitally, like photographs and videos – are managed and associated with programs and exhibitions. The intern will work directly with the Lab Coordinator at Medrar to help store, manage, distribute, retrieve, and archive its physical and digital assets.

Medrar has a wide range of archive material specialized in publications related to arts and culture events since the early beginning of the millennium. The physical archive includes flyers, catalogs and brochures documenting various events and festivals in the different disciplines of visual arts that have occurred in Egypt, but also more broadly in the region since the early 2000s. Moreover, Medrar has an audio-visual archive of events from the same time period, which is progressively made available on Medrar TV. Medrar is also keen on preserving traces of all the editions of the Cairo Video Festival since 2005 and is in the process of developing a platform documenting all the past editions. 

Hence, this internship will allow you to have access and closely explore extensive contemporary art experiences, events and practices in Egypt and the region that remain undocumented and unknown outside of Medra’s archive. You will learn simple and practical archiving methods and you will witness as well as take part in discussions which are anchored by 3 main questions: Why is archiving important? How can it be useful? And What are the different possibilities offered by this practice?

A successful candidate is detail oriented, possesses computer fluency (and interest), and has excellent organizational skills.

Tasks Description

• Medrar.TV

• Youtube Channel: Add virtual tags in google sheets for published videos to create youtube playlist for similar tagged events or for the different editions of same main event (ex. exhibition and events that tackle the perception of body, DCAF 1,2,3,4 …., Cairo Video Festival 8th 9th 10th … etc.)
• Watch & view different locally archived documentation videos across the years and add tags & categories.
• Add credited artists/curators/project managers/institutions data for the documented event.
• Filter through raw video material archived.
• CVF

• Data Entry for CVF Website (Artists & artworks names, participating organizations & countries)
• Gather data about artworks submitted (ex. #techniques used #inspiring artistic movements #topics discussed)
• Organize Submissions info sheets for different editions
• Library

• Categorize & Label available books & publications
• Add digital data for the library
• Organize the physical books & publications in a friendly

Internship Learnings Points

• Being in close contact with a huge amount of events & interviews associated with various arts & culture institutions and artists from different backgrounds.
• Gaining access to terabytes of submitted video artworks from all over the world & looking to a rich collection of publications..
• Learning some advanced archiving techniques using software tools (WordPress, SQL Databases…) (No technical background is required).

Period of internship: 1 month (extendable).
Paid Internship

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2022

Medrar is looking for a Distributor! 

Medrar has a rich archive of videos and films spanning the early 2000s documenting arts and culture events, festivals and exhibitions in Egypt and the region, which is partly made available on Medrar TV. Moreover, Medrar has preserved throughout the last 16 years its extended archive of all the Cairo Video Festival (CVF) editions and produced its very own audio-visual artworks. To ensure the sustainability and spread of this rare and valuable material, Medrar is looking for a distributor to organize, manage, curate and distribute both its archive and productions!

Deadline: 10 January 2022

We will get in touch with shortlisted candidates only to schedule interviews (by the 10th of February latest).

 Tasks and Responsibilities 

1- Manage and Distribute MedrarTV and CVF Archive

• Curate material from CVF and MedrarTV 
• Update CVF and Medrar TV strategies and marketing plans 
• Clear Copyrights for MedrarTV and CVF content
  • Establish contracts for individuals (for CVF single-artist works)
  • Establish waivers and/or contracts for multiple people (for event documentation)

2- Manage and Distribute Medrar audio-visual productions

3- Build Distribution Structure: 

• Elaborate a distribution strategy 
• Write and Implement a policy for distribution (pricing, media formats, terms of use…)
• Elaborate and Curate programs from Medrar’s productions and archive
• Responsible for supervising potential commissions
• Manage in coordination with the Medrar team the digital and physical marketing plans of relevant productions.
• Outreach to international institutions (target professors with relevant publications, museums, universities …)
• Network for promoting artists’ work; establish and maintain strategic partnerships with festivals, curators, etc.

Application Form: https://forms.gle/5QxG1HtGZMvRVgD68

Vacancy at Medrar for Contemporary Art 

Program Coordinator

We are looking for an ambitious, highly organized person to join our team as a Program Coordinator. The position is full-time and flexible working hours are necessary.

We prefer candidates with two years of work experience in an administrative position. Candidates should have an excellent command of written and spoken Arabic and English.

 Working Hours: Full time job, Sundays to Thursdays, 8 hours between 10 am and 6 pm. Longer shifts might be asked on events days.   

Contract Period: 12 months, renewable.

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of professional experience in the field of management or administration. 
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic is mandatory.
• Previous experience or involvement in the arts and culture field is a plus.

 Main Duties:

• Maintain and update event and workshop schedules.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings and appointments.
• Maintain an updated archive of Medrar’s projects and programs.

• Manage activities and operations at the office and exhibition space.
• Draft contracts, letters of invitation, letters of agreement and application forms.
• Process applications received through calls.
• Liaise with publicity designer, assembling material, following up on proofreads, and underseeing printing and distribution. 
• Managing and updating Medrar’s website and social media platforms and responding to enquiries. 
• Maintaining a regularly updated mailing list.
• Creating and sending monthly newsletters.

Required skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal relations and teamwork
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Excellent social media marketing skills 
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach to project management
• Ability to take initiative, proposes ideas, and add to the already inspiring and dynamic team.
• Flexibility and ability to work independently, and among teams
• Ability to work with multi-stakeholders and partners

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We highly appreciate your time and interest invested in applying for this position.  

We will inform you of the selection results within three days after the deadline, and expect us to call you personally if you are shortlisted

Applications are only valid through filling out the application form here, before 7 April 2021.

Update

Applications are only valid through filling out the application form here, before 3 July 2021.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

Job Vacancy: Accountancy Officer

Deadline: 31 October 2018

Part-time, 5 days per week, 10 am to 2 pm

Contract one year, renewable, to start immediately

Medrar for Contemporary Art is looking for an attentive, highly organized and careful accountant to join its team. We appreciate applicants with previous experience in the field of culture and development, not for profit initiatives.

Job Brief:

Administer financial services for projects organized by or hosted in Medrar for Contemporary Art, as well as external collaborations. The position is primarily targeted to maintaining the internal financial system and liaising with the core team. The Accountant is fully responsible for all communications and procedures related to the bank, tax authorities, monthly documentation, and other legal/official tasks.

Main responsibilities

Structural workflow

• Carry on all withdrawal and payment actions.
• Main responsible of office safe box and internal cash balance.
• Manage all operational payrolls, utility bills and electronic payments.
• Execute salary and fee payments to staff and freelancers.
• Collecting and issuing invoices and receipts.
• Keep track of incoming transactions, reporting deadlines and exchange rates.
• Review contracts and schedule of installments.  
• Review purchase or rental of supplies, and repair of equipment.
• Regular review of assets and inventory lists.
• Keep up with financial policies, regulation and legislation of Egyptian LLC status.

Budgeting

• Create and maintain monthly and annual budget of operational costs.
• Follow up budgeting of projects and HR, with project managers.
• Create templates and review outgoing budget proposals.

Reporting

• Internal monthly overall reports.
• Day to day project expenditure reports.
• Annual evaluation reports.
• External finance reports per project closure.
• Report to legal accountant and taxation authorities.  
• Auditing all reports and comparing budget plans.
• Attend to weekly meetings for evaluation and updates.

Documentation and archiving

• Registering all financial data.
• Create budget templates and archive all hard financial documents.
• Keep regular digital scanning of all legal and transaction files.
• Maintain filing system and access to database.

Requirements:

• Experience with accounting, not less than two years.
• Experience with Legal finance systems and taxing authorities.
• Knowledge of accountancy for non-profit organizations.
• Strong attention to detail and time bounds.
• Organized and skilled with budgeting in different structures.
• Ready to release reports upon urgent demands.
• Excellent user of spreadsheets and familiar with common table formats.
• Must have strong command of Arabic, spoken and written.
• Excellent command of written communications in English.  

For application, please fill this form

Only applications received through this form will be considered.

We highly appreciate your time and interest invested in applying for this position.  

We will inform you of the selection results within three days after the deadline, and expect us to call you personally if you are shortlisted.

(The application form has been closed, we would like to thank  all applicants)

Would you like to join Medrar’s staff? We are looking for volunteers to work with us as social media editor, we prefer if you have an experience with facebook, twitter, instagram and photos/media, Arabic and English writing skills.

Deadline for application 15 February 2016

Position: Financial Accountant

Part-time daily from 10 AM to 2 PM 5 days a week

Contract period: 1 year – renewable

Main responsibilities:

• Recording all financial transactions in an organized and accurate manner according to applicable law and standards, and what constitutes knowledge is the clear and comprehensive commitment of management.
• Saving, reviewing, and recording bank account statements on the accounting program
• Follow directly the event and cash movement of deposit and disbursement.
• Preparing, preserving and reviewing all financial accounting files, both paper and digital, such as the originals of all orders, permissions for disbursement, contracts, receipts, invoices, etc., and periodically copying copies of the invoice and securities.
• Register all devices, machines and furniture of the institutional office in the assets devices as soon as possible
• Analyze and examine the recorded financial information, ensure its integrity and accuracy, and sources of revenues and expenses on a regular basis, and alert management in the event of deviation from estimated adjustments in the budget.
• Preparing and issuing various budgets and periodic reports specialized in the location, accountant, partners or its component partners.
• Do the best efforts for the entire company, including payments, invoices, wages, claims, taxes and other contracts, accurately and within the agreed upon time frame.
• Dealing with the registered accountant, voluntarily absorbing him and adhering to him, and providing him with the files required for my period, especially if he does not accept the preparation of the tax return.

Functional requirements:

• Proficiency in Arabic and experience working in English
• At least two years of experience in accounting work
• Ability to manage budgets, supervise purchases, and follow up on expenses
• Experience in issuing financial reports for various entities
• High ability to work under pressure and according to a tight schedule
• It is preferable to have a high school diploma in accounting
• Knowledge of Quickbooks accounting software is preferred

Note:
Please fill in the following form: Deadline for application 15 February 2016.

You will be notified of your acceptance and the date of the meeting no later than 29 February.
Application form is closed