Part-Time Film Relationship Manager
Job Description
The Team:
Come and join the British Council’s Film team as a Film Relationship Manager!
This is a rare opportunity to join the British Council’s Film Team helping create a bridge between the UK’s Film sector and its international peers. We’re looking for two people to join us part time, each working with us for 3 days per week, ideally combining this role alongside an existing portfolio working elsewhere in the industry.
We have a broad Film programme, delivering it all in partnership with key industry organisations ranging from BFI, BAFTA and Reclaim the Frame, to We Are Parable, Scottish Documentary Institute and Into Film. In our programme:
• We stage Selector Screenings for Film Festivals searching for UK feature films
• We offer a large New Talent programme including Travel Grants supporting filmmakers and VR creatives to attend Labs and Film Festivals
• We have a broad focus on digital programming including staging our annual Five Films For Freedom LGBTQIA+ campaign, alongside a portfolio of digital resources for the UK and international film community
We’re now looking for two specialists to join us as Film Relationship Managers to help develop relationships with the UK film sector, to design a programme that supports UK Film to have an international outlook and encourages creative collaboration with international peers.
The Role
These roles will:
• Manage our Touring Film programme, working with partners to curate an international showcase of UK film.
• Contribute to our digital platforms (our external website, our internal colleague information site, and our various information resources from annual catalogues highlighting features, shorts, docs and animation, to our Short Film Toolkit).
• Work with our network of colleagues in over 100 countries to develop partnership projects which use Film as a tool for cultural relations.
• Build and maintains effective relationships with internal partners and stakeholders, to ensure effective, integrated and joined-up delivery of portfolio goals in a complex matrix environment.
• Actively works to mainstream EDI and become anti-racist in our cultures and practices within our organisation and in our programmes.
This is a very broad slate – you’ll support international programme ideas working with colleagues in over 100 countries. That might mean helping to bring delegations and programmes from Ukraine or Sudan to Sheffield DocFest; or overseeing a workshop programme to train community leaders in Cuba or Nepal to use film with young people, or to help displaced Syrian documentary makers build skills to help them tell authenticate stories about their lives. You might connect international film archivists in Vietnam with UK film and music specialists; produce public webinars to match-make UK and international film organisations; or enable international colleagues to find the right UK film for their local partner’s outdoor screening.
Requirements of the role:
• You’ll need in-depth knowledge of the contemporary UK film landscape, the ability to make critical judgements across different genres, and the enthusiasm to help international colleagues understand how to use Film in their programmes.
• You’ll also need a commitment to championing film from under-represented voices and those from across the whole of the UK.
• You’ll have current experience perhaps in exhibition, distribution or film journalism; an in-depth knowledge in your chosen field which may be in documentary, short film, animation, exhibition or audience engagement.
• You’ll have an excellent network of current contacts across the UK film sector; and a track record of delivering film projects at varying scales, ideally internationally.
Salary of £26,934 – £33,774 per annum (Full time equivalent). This salary would be pro’rata to 3 days per week. Plus excellent benefits.
The role can be based in London, Cardiff, Manchester or Edinburgh.
Closing Date: Applications will close on 20th August 2023 at 23:59 UK Time.
How to Apply
To apply, please use this link: https://careers.britishcouncil.org/job-invite/38654/ Or you can go directly to the Careers Site on the British Council website. All applications need to be submitted through the careers page. We are unable to accept CV's emailed directly and they will not be considered. Closing date: Sunday 20th August 2023 at 23:59 UK Time. You must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. We are unable to support with relocation and sponsorship.60 total views, 0 today