Assembly Development Lab Coordinator

Salary: £5500 fixed fee

• Dates: June – mid September
• Reports to: Festival Director
• Responsible for: Event Producer

Open City Documentary Festival is currently looking for a Coordinator to join the team delivering Assembly, a new development lab for creative documentaries which will take place in September 2019.

Roles and responsibilities

• Assist with shortlisting process for projects including collating materials and tracking comments from selection committee
• Act as liaison with the selected filmmakers attending the lab for all logistics in advance and during the workshop and festival
• Support Delegate Services Manager with booking travel, accommodation, airport transfers and accreditation for attending filmmakers
• Assist with collation of materials for the Assembly booklet and liaising with designers
• Lead on production of the four-day workshop (31st August – 3rd September) including venue hire, technical support, running sheets and catering
• Assist with the content of the workshop programme including researching mentors and speakers, sending speaker invites and collating all relevant materials
• Support delivery of the workshop, overseeing an event producer to ensure smooth running of all events across the four days
• Assist with delivery of all networking and social events associated with Assembly including dinners during the workshop and a drinks reception during Open City Documentary Festival
• Produce and deliver the Assembly closed pitch during Open City Documentary Festival including briefing judges, working with technical manager and event producing on the day
• Assist with any other relevant tasks related to Assembly
• Evaluation/debrief, thank you’s and tidy-up paperwork in week after festival
• To be an ambassador for Assembly and Open City Documentary Festival at any events attended

Person specification

• Experience working in festivals/events ideally with a background in industry focused events or development projects
• A keen interest in creative documentary with the ability to engage with current non-fiction practices
• Excellent time management skills with great communication and ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Attention to detail with both admin and creative tasks

For full details including how to apply, click here.

The closing date for this position is 24/04/2019 at 17:00