Cinema technician

Closing date: 2nd October 2024

Salary: £31,236 to £34,461 per annum

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Location: London - BFI Southbank

Bring stories to life as a technician at one of the UK’s most iconic cultural venues

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

We are seeking a Cinema Technician to work as a member of the projection and events shift team undertaking all operational tasks across all theatres and other Technical areas at BFI Southbank and, where required, external venues.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of a team, to prepare and show a large & diverse programme of film, digital and audiovisual content across all spaces within the venue.
• To operate theatre lighting and sound equipment on a wide variety of live events within the venue.
• To provide operational reports as required by management including maintenance, screening and condition reports.
• Be an ambassador for the BFI and maintain a professional approach at all times

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience in all matters of film projection systems, film make up processes, theatre lighting systems, theatre P.A., audio mixing and sound desks.
• Good working knowledge, and experience in the operation of digital cinema equipment, digital library systems and video projection systems.
• Good working knowledge of all aspects of video screening media, including all video and audio codecs, video, disc and tape formats, framerates, subtitling and aspect ratios.
• A proven track record of promoting and supporting diversity and inclusion.
• Good team player with an understanding of the complexities and challenges of large-scale organisations.
• A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.

First interviews will be held on Tuesday 22 October & Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Second interviews will be held on Monday 28 October 2024 (including a practical test).

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.