About Slow Food Nations:

Slow Food Nations is a major international food festival hosted in Denver, CO. This year, we explore Where Tradition Meets Innovation. 

It is a festival of flavor, culture, and exploration. From the Taste Marketplace and outdoor street cafes, to workshops and family fun, we’re taking over Larimer Square in downtown Denver. Come connect with farmers and artisans, chefs and eaters to share our stories and shape the future of food.

The festival is free and open to the public, with select ticketed events.

About Slow Food USA:
We inspire individuals and communities to change the world through food that is good, clean and fair for all. As the Slow Food movement grows, we stay true to these core values for all:

• Believe that delicious nutrition is a right for everyday life
• Cultivate joyful connections to community and place
• Advocate for diversity in ecosystems and societies

• Protect natural resources for future generations
• Help people and the environment depend on each other
• Promote food that is local, seasonal, and sustainably grown

• Build local cooperation and global collaboration while respecting all laws
• Require no prerequisite or credential for participation
• Fight for dignity of labor from field to fork

Slow Food USA is part of the global Slow Food movement creating dramatic change in more than 160 countries. In the US, there are more than 150 local chapters and 6,000 members. Join us to connect the pleasures of the table with a commitment to the communities, cultures, knowledge, and environment that make this pleasure possible.

Slow Food USA gathers likely and unlikely allies to transform the way we produce, consume, and enjoy food.

From grassroots activists to policymakers, from farm to table, we are gathering a vast network for a common good. We gather both in online communities and in local, national, and international events.

• Find a local chapter
• Slow Food Nations in Denver, CO
• Terra Madre 2018, in Turin, Italy
• Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email

Together around specific issues, we campaign to make cultural shifts for food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Join us!

• School Gardens: We educate and grow the next generation of food-aware individuals.
• Slow Meat: We work to improve animal welfare and reduce the impact of eating meat on the environment.
• Biodiversity: We promote sustainable agriculture, support small-scale food producers, and preserve traditional foods and knowledge, through our Ark of Taste and Presidia (groups of artisan producers).

We build momentum through strategic partnerships. Slow Food began as a grassroots movement of concerned individuals changing the world. As our movement matures, we are increasingly connecting the foodies and the activists and other local and “slowcal” heroes with each other and with food-forward influencers, consumer groups, and policymakers.

• Chefs Alliance
• Slow Food Youth Network

Slow Food USA, a 501c3 non-profit, is proud to present Slow Food Nations again in Denver this July 19-21, 2019 with an overall theme of ‘Where Tradition Meets Innovation’. Inspired by Slow Food International biennial Terra Madre gathering in Turin, Italy, Slow Food Nations is a festival of flavor, culture, and exploration.

Job Overview: Slow Food Nations seeks a focused, outgoing individual to join us in our Denver office as a Partner + Sponsor Intern.  The Festival would not be possible without the support of our sponsors and partners. This position requires data entry and record management, follow up communication with partners and sponsors, and on-site management of sponsor activations and the Sponsor Lounge during the festival, July 19 -21. This role is fast paced and involves staying organized.  You will work directly with the Partners + Sponsors team for guidance and support.

Accountabilities:

• Assist with final contract activation tracking.  Entering all program activations, marketing and benefits, and ticketing needs into database (Airtable)
• Track and organize sponsor documents and folders in Google Drive.
• Research and reach out to new and potential sponsors and partners that align with Slow Food and the mission of the organization
• Help to manage and track in-kind donations, coordinating with the appropriate team members
• Create and coordinate on-site schedules and agendas for Partners during the Festival
• Be present on-site during entire festival, July 19 - 21 to support management of sponsors and partners
• Responsible for direct oversight of Sponsor Lounge

Assets:

• Strong interest, experience, and/or education in food and agriculture, climate and sustainability, and nonprofit management and engagement
• Ability and comfort in speaking to people on the phone and in-person, with a positive presence
• Event experience,  leading and managing tasks
• Self-sufficient and proactive in taking initiative
• Never afraid to ask questions and learn as much as possible
• Knowledge of and ability to use G Suite
• Excellent communicator and listener
• All hands on deck attitude

Perks:

• Full access to the Festival and ability to attend events
• Transportation Reimbursement
• Occasional ability to work remote
• Academic credit

Time Requirements:

• May 2019 – August 2019
• May, June, and August at 5- 15 hours a week with the ability to work 30 -35 hours in July
• Must be available to work festival week, July 16 - 22, 2019