Sales & Distribution Assistant (Fluent French)

Salary: £23,000

Park Circus is recruiting for a full-time Sales & Distribution Assistant to join their team in Glasgow.

About Park Circus

Park Circus is a global film distributor with offices in Glasgow, London, Los Angeles and Paris, with a sales presence in Australia, Germany and Japan.

We specialise in distributing over 25,000 back catalogue titles from the libraries of the biggest Hollywood and British film studios as well as many independent rights holders. We also selectively distribute contemporary films on behalf of studio and independent partners.

We facilitate screenings in over 100 countries around the world each year. From single-screen community cinemas to international multiplex chains, from rooftops to pop-ups and for festivals big and small, we license retrospectives, reissues, 4K restorations, one-off repertory screenings, special events and cinematic celebrations on behalf of our studio partners. Park Circus also provides worldwide home media, television, digital and ancillary sales for classic films.

If you are enthusiastic about film, have the experience required and would like to join our passionate team, we would be delighted to hear from you!

About the role

Park Circus is recruiting for a full-time Sales & Distribution Assistant, offering a rarely available position in Scotland that provides an opportunity to work within the international film industry, gaining invaluable experience in film distribution. We are looking for highly motivated applicants, preferably with experience of working in a Sales and/or Distribution role in a high-volume fast-paced environment but we are open to candidates with transferable skills for this entry-level position in the industry.

The role will involve reporting to and working closely with our Sales Managers and the rest of the Sales team, primarily responding to and processing sales enquiries from cinemas and festivals in France along with ensuring the material delivery for the French office to its clients.

This role is open to applicants who can join the team in our Glasgow office. We offer hybrid working but at least initially the successful candidate would be required to be office-based for a training period working closely with the team.

Duties & responsibilities

• Reporting to Sales Manager, you will respond to and process sales enquiries by email and phone (in French and English) from cinemas and film festivals across France and other territories as required.
• Processing and invoicing clients’ bookings by accurately entering data into the company’s rights management and booking system.
• For the Park Circus French Operation, you will manage film transport; sending 35mm prints, DCPs and KDMs; liaising with French labs/inventories and cinemas to ensure an efficient, well organised logistics process.
• A range of other general tasks to support the Park Circus Sales team and its senior members.

Skills, attributes & experience required

• MUST be a fluent in French. Candidates without this requirement will NOT be considered.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service and communication skills in both English and French by email, telephone and face-to-face.
• Have strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Show high level of attention to detail and good organisational skills, noting a key responsibility in managing film deliveries that must be sent on time, processing license agreements and invoices.
• Work well on their own, under pressure and in a small team within a fast-paced work environment.

Skills, attributes & experience preferred

• Experience in a relevant Sales and/or Distribution role.
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems at an early stage.
• Have a positive attitude, show a good sense of initiative and happy to ask questions.
• Have an interest in cinema!

What we offer you

• A rare-to-find, entry-level position to work within the international film industry at a growing Scottish company with a great culture.
• Generous annual leave entitlement (25 days plus bank holidays for full time employees)
• Additional leave awarded based on length of service
• Your birthday off
• Enhanced pay for parental leave (subject to eligibility and length of service)
• Employee social events, including staff screenings (in our own cinema room in Glasgow)
• Company incentive plans

We truly value our team and understand the importance of flexibility as part of a high-performance work culture, so we are flexible around core working hours and offer the opportunity of working from home and the office on a hybrid basis, subject to agreement with your manager.

Equal opportunities

At Park Circus we value diverse ideas and perspectives, and we are committed to offering an environment of respect and equal employment opportunities to applicants from all backgrounds and demographics. Inclusion and accessibility are essential to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and support talented individuals from a diversity of backgrounds.

Please let us know if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process to enable you to participate.

How to apply

To apply please submit your CV along with a covering letter to hr@parkcircus.com stating in the subject line the job you are applying for. Closing date is Friday 6 October by 5pm with interviews to be arranged shortly thereafter.

Interviews will take place in our Glasgow office for successful candidates.

The closing date for this position is 06/10/2023 at 17:00