Camp Stewards
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Orientation Coordinator: Jinky Jiver Contact: [email protected] Develops curriculum and provides oversight and leadership for welcoming campers into the Camp Contact community for the week. Trains other orientation leaders and coordinates with other staff to learn the essence of what is important to convey to our community members as a part of the orientation. |
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Orientation Coordinator: Jesse Contact: [email protected] Develops curriculum and provides oversight and leadership for welcoming campers into the Camp Contact community for the week. Trains other orientation leaders and coordinates with other staff to learn the essence of what is important to convey to our community members as a part of the orientation. |
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Orientation Coordinator: Joy Contact: [email protected] Develops curriculum and provides oversight and leadership for welcoming campers into the Camp Contact community for the week. Trains other orientation leaders and coordinates with other staff to learn the essence of what is important to convey to our community members as a part of the orientation. |
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Orientation Coordinator: Rascal Contact: [email protected] Develops curriculum and provides oversight and leadership for welcoming campers into the Camp Contact community for the week. Trains other orientation leaders and coordinates with other staff to learn the essence of what is important to convey to our community members as a part of the orientation. |
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Bike Repairperson: Tarzan Contact: [email protected] Repairs Bikes |
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Storm Watcher aka "The Crows Nest":  - Apply Here to express interest in this role.A mostly passive position for someone that is really jazzed about Meteorology. This person will assist build and strike crews by keeping an eye on the weather and letting us know if a storm is coming (doppler radar or visually seeing it) and the severity of the storm. |
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Sound Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Handles getting the sound system set up and complying with sound issues. Also responsible for the lineup of DJs and musicians. |
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Bike Repairperson: Couscous Contact: [email protected] Repairs Bikes |
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Troubleshooter: Eva Contact: [email protected] The Troubleshooter Steward serves as Camp Contact’s systems analyst, anticipating challenging situations and coordination failures before they arise. They identify emerging needs, recommend better practices for camp leadership, and help ensure campers have the information they need to participate successfully. Think of this role as our Nostradamus of Moloch: spotting the conditions that could create unnecessary friction and helping design them out of the system before they become problems. Their work supports the smooth flow of camp operations so that the best parts of Camp Contact can emerge with greater grace and ease. The Troubleshooter Steward also maintains and improves the Camp FAQs and Steward Role Descriptions and serves as our camp ombudsperson—a trusted point of contact for concerns, feedback, systemic issues, and opportunities to make Camp Contact work better for everyone. |
Pre-Event, Enroute, Build, Burn, Strike, Post-Burn, Camper Arrival | ||||
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Juice Bar Coordinator: Sunny D. Contact: [email protected] Oversee setup and function of juice bar at camp. Organize other individuals involved with any shifts and those involved in food procurement. |
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Wifi Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Are you tech savvy? Do you have a penchant towards all things wifi oriented? We need you! If you have the skills to give us the ability to send messages over the Black Rock hills, then apply today! |
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The Sound CoordinatEAR: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. What? I can't hear you because the person that filled this role is AMAZING at sound placement and maintenance. They will head the sound sector of camp with their team. We hope to bring in a few people on the same wavelength... ;-) The lead of this group will be someone that is excellent at disseminating information, specifically on troubleshooting our sound equipment (speakers, wires, microphones). |
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The "General Store" Lead: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Forget batteries? Need a bandaid? We have a General Store to assist our campers with general needs at camp. What we don't have is someone to lead this space! A good person for this role is someone that likes to keep track of items and is proficient with spreadsheets. Other skills include being able to think outside the box of what someone might forget/need. |
Pre-Event, Build, Burn, Strike | |||||
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Tent Placement Lead: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Simply put, these leads (2 people) work together to place our tent wielding campers in a cohesive way. |
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Source Keeper: B0LTh Contact: [email protected] Someone who keeps the vision and mission for camp to offer its best to the rest of camp, and to the world. All of us shall do some of this! |
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Photographer: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. This person photographs and documents all aspects of our camp life! Build time, Play time, Dance Time, and more! |
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Parking Lead/ "The Car Tzar": - Apply Here to express interest in this role. A clever camp thinks about the cars arriving not just because they bring people, but because they also act as wind blocks. The "Car Tzar" will oversee the parking team to ensure everyone is on the same page when it comes to placing our automotive friends. A good person for this role is someone that is comfortable in a "no ifs/ands/or butts [this is not a typo ;-)] about it" role. |
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Massage/Healing Spaces Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Arranges our bodywork area and altar and other spaces for healing and growth. Coordinates with our Ambiance leader and bodyworkers to create a great space to offer our gifts. |
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Juice Bar Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Oversee setup and function of juice bar at camp. Organize other individuals involved with any shifts and those involved in food procurement. |
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Jester/Town Crier/Announcements Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. This person entertains our community, collects all the announcements that need to be made each night before dinner and makes the announcements at dinner. They often will have others stand in for them and coordinate others to make the announcements, you can find others in camp to fill in for you any night you want a break. |
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Emotional Support Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Heart Squad Leader. The creatrix of the blanket of love and safety that we all need from time to time so we can process our emotions. This role is for someone that can guide a team in best practices for holding space emotionally for our camp mates. (2 positions Build/Event and Event/Strike) The coordinators would also be a space holder specifically for the Emotional Support team to allow them to process their experiences in the role. |
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Ecstatic Dance Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Coordinates Ecstatic Dance |
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Cross Country Driver: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. |
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Cross Country Driver: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. |
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Cross Country Driver: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. |
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Cross Country Driver: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. |
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Contact Improv Class Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Coordinates Contact Improvisation Dance Classes |
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Charging Station Coordinator : - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Oversees set up and maintenance of charging station for cell phones, portable batteries and other devices for CC members |
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Build Team Lead: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Responsible for ensuring that the camp gets built. |
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Ambiance and Atmosphere Curator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Creates a space that feels comfortable, invigorating, and inspirational through decorations, lighting, and clearings. (There are 2 positions for the Curator, one is for Build and one is for Strike) |
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Authentic Relating Events Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Coordinates Authentic Relating Games, Circling and other related event offerings |
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Bicycles (Bike) Coordinator: Jeff Contact: [email protected] This person supports campers getting and repairing bicycles. |
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Acro Yoga Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Coordinates Acro Yoga events (classes and jams) for camp! |
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Accomodations Coordinator: Praying Samtis Contact: [email protected] This person does an inventory of the sleeping bags and tents that we have left over at the end of the week and takes photos of them and then accommodates requests for them for the following year. |
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Electricity Coordinator: Journey Weaver Contact: [email protected] The Electricity coordinator ensures that the electrical systems for the camp are working well. This role coordinates with the infrastructure team, plumbing coordinator, and lighting coordinator to bring the camp alive. |
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Decompression Coordinator - Burning Man: Fabulous Contact: [email protected] The person in this role shares decompression venue options and supports post-burn decompression gathering, typically at Sierra Hot Springs. |
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Water Infrastructure Lead: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Coordinates all things involving water - fresh water, gray-water, plumbing, pumping. Works with the infrastructure team to bring the camp alive, including the steambath, showers, kitchen, and coolers. |
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Strike Team Leader: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Leads up taking down the camp and storing it away for the next event. |
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Strike Team Chef: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Handles Food throughout the week into Strike |
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RV & Trailer Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. The RV & Trailer Coordinator tracks campers who have Recreational Vehicles, Camper Trailers, & Camper Vans. They handle any coordination with the event required for approving a given vehicle and issuing a pass to the camper for the vehicle. They may also layout the various mobile housing that campers bring to stay in while at the event on the camp map. This role confirms that we have room for a given vehicle & ensures that the various units are placed to accommodate the campers' needs for space, access, and community. This role coordinates with the Infrastructure Lead, and other infrastructure leads to make camping with Camp Contact incredibly hygge. |
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Orientation Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Develops curriculum and provides oversight and leadership for welcoming campers into the Camp Contact community for the week. Trains other orientation leaders and coordinates with other staff to learn the essence of what is important to convey to our community members as a part of the orientation. |
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Leave No Trace Coordinator: Fabulous Contact: [email protected] Ensures that our waste is packaged and transported off of playa, as well as that our land is MOOP swept before we leave. Separate from this is the Sparkle team leader which works to keep our public spaces cleaned throughout the week. |
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Kitchen Manager: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Finds Lead chefs for each meal, and gets a list of food items needed based on their Menu. Arranges orders for food based on menus provided by lead chefs. |
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Kitchen Infrastructure Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Responsible for layout and organization of the Kitchen and Pantry and chill boxes. This person will be a part of the build team and will arrive on Monday or Tuesday. This person should have a strong spacial sense, and be good with receiving feedback and incorporating it into the design and layout of the kitchen. This role involves considering the various stations that are set up in the kitchen including meat prep stove, veggie prep stove, fridges, hand washing stations, dish washing station, juicing station, rice cooking station, and others. |
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Hexayurt Coordinator: East Contact: [email protected] Confirms Hexayurts and ensures the people who want them have them. Provides coaching for assembly as needed. |
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Food Ordering: Lady M Contact: [email protected] Places orders for food and ensures it gets picked up. |
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Food Logistician: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Overseeing menu creation and food ordering for build, event, and strike. |
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Events Coordinator: Rio Contact: [email protected] Responsible for collecting event descriptions, scheduling events and ensuring that event leaders have what they need to lead the events, workshops. Further, this role coordinates other aspects of the program offering, such as entering data into the burn's What Where When guide. |
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Content Creator/ SM Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. We are in the digital age and looking for someone to mitigate all the potential content created for Camp Contact! Ideally, this person will work directly with our photographer, internal events, and external events teams to collect content of our camp as well as our workshops. This could also potentially be a pre-playa position to help with our Social Media account. |
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Chef & Food Manager: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. responsible for ensuring that the chefs have what they need and ensure that all meals have chefs lined up to lead the preparation of the meals. |
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Compost Coordinator: - Apply Here to express interest in this role. Sets up the compost station and coordinates shifts for taking compost away. |
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Build Chef: MamaRacq Contact: [email protected] Leads up food for the build team from Monday through Saturday |
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Mapmaker: Eva Contact: [email protected] The Map maker coordinates with the camp lead and build team and the rest of camp to lay out the camp and situate RVs structures, etc. The mapmaker may then work to lay out the site and put out flags/ tape to show where various items belong. |
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AC/ Grey Water/ Plumbing Angel: Nemo Contact: [email protected] Having an operating grey water system is a very important on playa. As steward of this system you and your team will maintain and ensure its smooth operation for burn week. Some of the needs this system will require are inspecting for leaks, ensuring pumps are operating and monitoring levels in the holding tanks and ensuring that We will also work with camp assistants to get our swamp cooler system working well for our domes. We will further maintain and enhance the pumping system for our water distribution system from our 3000 gallon bladder. |
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Instigator: B0LTh Contact: [email protected] Responsible for convening the camp. |