Next Défi sportif April 29 to May 3, 2009
25 years of challenges. Click for more information.
Snapshots of athletes. Click to access photo section.
2008 National Bank Champions. Click to see Francis Vallée.

Positions offered

Communications

Chief-Editor – Volunteers' Newsletter

·Planning the daily newsletter's content
·Writing and proofreading texts
·Coordinating journalists' work
·Doing the layout
·Contacts with people in charge of distribution

Qualities :

·Available all five days of event
·Conscientious
·Autonomous
·Writing skills
·Excellent French
·Knowledge of Publisher, an asset

Journalist – Volunteers Newsletter

·Writing concise accounts of daily activities
·Writing short interviews and first-hand reports
·Proofreading documents before printing

Qualities :

- Interpersonal skills
- Pro-active
- Bilingual
- Conscientious
- Available for all 5 days of event
- Writing skills
- Good spelling
- Knowledge of Publisher, an asset

Photographer Attendant

- Following a photographer during a given period of time
- Taking note of photo number and subject (name of team, athlete, dignitary, etc)
- Keeping an eye on photographer's equipment

Qualities :

- Consciencious - Attentive - Clear writing - Work fast - Good tempered - Sociable

Pressroom assistant

·Greeting visitors at pressroom entrance
·Guiding visitors towards appropriate person
·Informing visitors on availability of results
·Communicating information in written form or on the phone
·Keeping the pressroom clean ·Buying and reading dailies, preparing press clippings, posting up news about Défi sportif
·Variety of tasks: photocopies, assembly, document distribution, room decoration, updating schedule and activities on board, etc

Qualities :

- Patience
- Sociable and welcoming
- Pro-active
- Bilingual
- Conscientious
- Autonomous

Sign Language Interpreter

Sign language interpreter for athletes with a hearing disability

Qualities :

Good knowledge of Québec sign language (LSQ)
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