ShanghaiPRIDE 2016 Volunteer Recruitment Starts Now

ShanghaiPRIDE Volunteer Team Introduction
ShanghaiPRIDE is an annual week-long festival that has been celebrating diversity since 2009. It is the first LGBTQ festival in Mainland China. It is organized entirely by volunteers with the support of businesses, individuals, and foreign consulates. Our aim is to create awareness, promote visibility and tolerance for the LGBTQ community through various sports, cultural, and social activities. As a non-profit festival, ShanghaiPRIDE supports local grassroots development and fundraises for projects related to diversity issues. ShanghaiPRIDE promotes cross-cultural exchange locally as well as with LGBTQ festivals across Asia.

Over the past seven years, ShanghaiPRIDE has trained outstanding volunteers who come from all over the world to help and participate in this festival. All of the core organizing members of the festival are from the volunteer team.

We represent diversity and inclusion. Our volunteers share the concept of social improvement, community establishment, and social innovation – ShanghaiPRIDE is a platform to promote the visibility of the LGBTQ community.

Whether you are heterosexual, gay, bisexual or transgender, wherever you come from, whatever your age, education or occupation is, ShanghaiPRIDE welcomes anyone who wants to contribute in building a diverse and tolerant society.

We invite you and your friends to join us. During your volunteering, you will:
1. Help society and charity
2. Make new friends who are diverse and progressive
3. Share your experience and learning to the community
4. Enhance your understanding on LGBTQ awareness, community, and self-recognition
5. Have free access to certain paid events

Volunteers Task Requirement
1. Responsible, efficient, calm, dedicated, careful, proactive, creative, thoughtful
2. Flexible to work at least 2-3 hours a week, willing to support various events
3. Good communication in Chinese or English, bilingual speaker preferred, multi-lingual is a plus
4. Excel in certain skills (eg. translation, video-shooting and post production, design, sales, writing, etc.)
5. Experienced in complex or outdoor event planning

Volunteer Task Description
1. Raffle and merchandise sales
2. Event planning and execution *
3. On-site event support *
4. Creative design
5. Photography & Videography
6. Translation (written translation, event interpretation)
7. IT & Tech Support
8. Copywriting
9. Social & Online Media

* Events include Art Exhibition, Pride Run, Pink Picnic, Rainbow Bike Ride, ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival, ShanghaiPRIDE Theatre Festival, Panel Discussions, Parties, etc.

-These are some of our volunteer tasks, Find out more about volunteering and apply to be a volunteer at shpride.com/volunteer.

Join us to help create awareness and visibility for the LGBTQ community and at the same time, make new friends and develop your skills.