Our Mandate
Building Equality in Architecture: Prairies (BEAP) is an initiative that promotes equity and diversity in the city-building professions.
Our organization aims to support, celebrate, and connect practitioners working in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, construction, engineering, and interior design across the prairies.
BEAP is looking for a student currently studying in one of the six city building professions to fill a part-time summer role in our organization, related to our upcoming BEAP “Doors Open” event, to be held Oct 3-4, 2024, and associated research.
About the Position
Term: Must be based in Winnipeg between May-October.
Honorarium: $2000.
Location: Work from Home.
Reporting to the BEAP Executive.
Expected Outcomes
BEAP "Doors Open" Event Planning:
Prepare and issue a call to all firms in Winnipeg, MB across all 6 city building professions.
Coordinate with and provide event information to interested firms and support them in their participation.
Prepare a BEAP web page dedicated to the event.
Design a programming map of all office participants in digital and print format.
Design, coordinate, and print poster boards showcasing work for each of the participating offices.
Design and print event media, such as: posters/postcards for advertisement, poster boards for offices, programs for attendees, BEAP banners with sponsorship recognition, wayfinding as well as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) statistics/ information.
Coordinate all logistics for the event, including accessible access and facilities at all participating venues.
Promote the event across social media platforms.
DEI Research:
Help to develop and distribute an online DEI Survey.
Provide recommendations and assist in writing a DEI Report.
Create DEI infographics based on data collected.
Qualifications
Student from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba.
Proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, ideally in the creation of mapping and infographics.
Experience with website management (WIX).
Experience in performing research, including data collection (surveys), organizing, analyzing, and synthesizing data into digestible outcomes.
Strong report writing skills.
Experience with producing content and postings for social media.
Event planning experience, coordinating logistics and communication through email, calls, and in-person with firms, print shops, etc.
How to Apply
Please send your cover letter, CV, and work samples (with applicable content to the items stated under qualifications) via email to beaprairies@gmail.com.
Last date for applications: April 30, 2024
Only those selected for interviews will receive responses. We thank you for your interest in BEAP.