Freelance Sponsorships Manager

Salary: fixed fee £175 to £200 per day (negotiable depending on experience) plus 10% commission

Doc ‘N Roll Film Festival are looking for a Freelance Sponsorships Manager, passionate about left-of-field music, independent film and championing the UK’s underground subcultures. 

Period of work: Immediate start until mid November (3 days per week and approx. 24 days
of work)
Festival dates: 27th October to 13th November
Job Location: work remotely, this is not a role that needs to be based in London, all
communications with the festival directors via zoom or phone calls.

About Doc’n Roll

Doc’n Roll is a female-led film agency that platforms and champions marginal voices in the
music industry; we are passionate about independent film and music of all genres. Our
mission is to celebrate music subcultures by providing a unique platform to support creative,
compelling and unforgettable documentaries that celebrate the performers, labels, scenes
and stories.

Doc’n Roll began life in 2013, when we launched the UK’s Music Documentary Film Festival
as a music discovery film fest, convinced it was time to show some love to under-the-radar
indie music documentaries and subcultures that were all too often ignored by risk-averse
film programmers.

Eight years on, via our now UK-wide annual festival, one-off events and special screenings,
we provide our audience with the opportunity to watch these killer documentaries in ace
cinemas, as they were designed to be watched.

In 2017, owing to strong demand from both filmmakers and audiences, Doc’n Roll expanded
to include a boutique UK event cinema, distribution, and world sales service. We excel in
finding theatrical, non-theatrical and direct-to-consumer routes to market for independent
music documentaries across the UK and Europe.

In 2019, we launched another UK first, Doc’n Roll TV, our worldwide on-demand streaming
platform that allows us to present a host of new and classic music documentaries to viewers
at home across 37 countries, and counting.

About you

Passionate about left-of-field music, independent film and championing the UK’s
underground subcultures.

Required Skills

● Track record leveraging successful partnerships, funding or sponsorship for creative
programmes and events.
● Strategic approach to partnership development over a multi-year project, and
seasonal festivals.
● Excellent personal and presentational skills
● Familiarity with current and emerging business networks and opportunities.
● Understanding the needs of corporate sponsorship partnerships.
● Experience dealing with special guests and prominent figures.
● Desirable experience working in the music/film industry.
● Excellent organisational and communication skills with good attention to detail.
● You will need to mostly work alone, remotely, and therefore be able to motivate
yourself.
● Tact and discretion.

Responsibilities

● Be Doc’n Roll Film Festival’s Sponsorship spokesperson
● Work with the directors of the festival to secure sponsorship from corporate, SMEs
and individual donors to sustain and expand the delivery of the festival and all yearround activities/screening events.
● Provide structure and guidance on sponsorship sourcing, sponsorship deck creation,
sponsorship contracts and the maintenance of relationships with sponsors.

Equality and Diversity Policy

● It is Doc’n Roll’s foundational policy to strongly encourage applications from UK-wide
disadvantaged and/or underrepresented communities in the music and film industries and
those who identify as working-class.
This role is made possible by funding from the BFI/National Lottery.

To apply

Please send your current cv, with a cover letter and your daily rate, stating in the subject line
the role you are applying for, to: info@docnrollfestival.com

We will reply to your email within 3 days unless otherwise stated.

The closing date for this position is 15/09/2022 at 12:00