You should: ■■ explain why you are interested ■■ describe your qualifications ■■ argue why you are the perfect candidate Write around 250 words. Festival Assistant Soundtracks is looking for a festival assistant for the Summer Festival at LANDESTHEATER BREGENZ from 4–24 AUGUST 20__ You will assist the festival organisers and liaise between the performing artists and the Soundtracks team. Essential skills: good people skills, ability to work in a team and under pressure; awareness of the needs of performers, staff, customers Additional qualifications: IT skills, understanding of social media, office work, excellent English other European language desirable The successful candidate will receive hands-on experience in a festival environment, free board and lodging and a salary of €650. If you are interested in working with us, please send us your letter of application, including a CV. Soundtracks – 9 North Great George’s Street, Dublin 1, Ireland – contact@soundtracks.ie Sample email / letter Linking words to structure text No contractions, no question tags or colloquial expressions Formal and polite Working as a Festival Assistant at Soundtracks Dear Sir or Madam, As a big fan of Soundtracks (and visitor to all your music festivals and online events), your advertisement for the position of a festival assistant immediately caught my eye. In the future, I would like to combine my love of music with my knowledge of business administration – ideally working internationally, which is why the prospect of supporting the Soundtracks festival is so appealing. Moreover, a friend of mine has done an internship at your Salzburg-based office and highly recommended your organisation as a place where I could both participate in the planning of a music festival and gain backstage experience. I have a personal interest in music having played the clarinet from the age of ten and founded my own band three years ago (enclosed please find a link to a recent band video). Regarding my qualifications, I am going to graduate from the Vienna Business School in May. At school I have acquired good computer skills and a sound knowledge of business administration and marketing. I speak English fluently and have a working knowledge of Spanish. As an intern at Jugend in Wien, where I worked last summer, my main duties included office work and basic accounting. I wrote short contributions for their website and did some photo editing. Enclosed please find my CV and samples of two texts I wrote for my last employer. If you have any further questions or require additional documents, please feel free to contact me. I could start working immediately after my final exams, i.e. at the beginning of June. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Max Müller Max Müller Encl.: CV, 2 text samples, video link Short, clear subject line Formal salutation and closing: Dear Sir or Madam, Yours faithfully Dear Mr / Ms XY Yours sincerely, Kind regards Capital letter after salutation Paragraphs to organise information: Use neutral, factual language; formal register Why are you writing? What relevant details can you provide? What future actions are you planning? Writing coach Closing Signature Enclosures 205 W Writing guide Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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