Sales & Audience Engagement Executive

Salary: €500 per week

The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival is seeking a Sales and Audience Engagement Executive to assist in bringing new audiences to the festival and creating a strong customer focused marketing and sales platform.

Taking place 3 – 14 March 2021, the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival is Ireland’s premier film festival event. The Festival curates and presents the best in emerging international and Irish film for a wide audience through its annual festival. In 2021, the Festival will present a hybrid festival with films screened in cinemas, outdoors and online.

Job: Sales & Audience Engagement Executive

Reports to: Head of Development & Marketing

Start Date: January 7 2020

End Date: March 19  2021

Salary: €500 per week

Job Description

Assist the Head of Development and Marketing in bringing new audiences to the festival and creating a strong customer focused marketing and sales platform.

Liaise with: Digital Festival Manager, Marketing Executives, Accounts, Administrator, Production, Publicity.

Responsibilities

• Drive ticket sales and maximize opportunities with audience development and sales initiatives, including group and international sales and recruitment and conversion of passes
• Assist with inputting all film content for Eventive
• Uploading all images and links in consultation with the Digital Festival Manager
• Input programme with attention to data input and report generation
• Devise multi-layered pricing structures to create a strong customer focused offering
• Working with the Marketing team identify key audiences and sales avenues
• Sets up Eventive ticket sales for opening on February 3 2021
• Manage all satellite box offices should this be required for festival
• Roster all sales staff according to hours of business
• Manage the onsite sales teams wherever necessary
• Ensure all DIFF team are trained to sell tickets and review purchases for customers
• Process the Sponsor allocations, in association with the Festival Administrator
• Daily sales reports and target reporting to senior management

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of Audience Development campaigns
• Effective budget management
• Sales focused
• Ability to work to targets and KPI’s
• Experience of staff rostering and reporting structures
• Excellent customer service and communication skills in an arts environment
• Good understanding of GDPR and its application to both customer and company data

How to apply

Send a CV and cover letter outlining your experience for the role to jobs@diff.ie. Deadline for applications is 12 noon, 11 December.

Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and ethnicities.

The closing date for this position is 11/12/2020 at 12:00