Festival Operations Manager

5 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Box Full time
About the Role

We are looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented Festival Operations Manager to join our team at Box in London. As a Festival Operations Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the festival, including managing staff, leading a team, and ensuring the smooth running of events.

Your duties will include acting as venue manager at the Festival Hub for the duration of the festival, working with the venue staff to ensure the successful delivery of events. You will also work with the Marketing and venue teams to oversee production design and signage at the Festival Hub.

You will assist with hiring and managing external Venue Coordinators, organizing pre-festival briefings and meetings between the Venue Coordinator and the managers at their assigned cinema venue. You will manage the Volunteer Coordinator and provide all necessary information for scheduling volunteers.

In addition, you will support the exhibition Curators and ExR Technical Producer on the design and production of the expanded realities exhibition, produce daily schedules and contact lists for team members, and produce procedure sheets for all screenings, talks, and other live events.

You will work closely with the Festival Producer to ensure the smooth delivery of festival parties and social events, and work with the Volunteer Coordinator to ensure events are adequately staffed by volunteers.

The salary for this position is £45,000 - £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.



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