Lead Technical Manager

Salary: £36,000

Picturehouse Cinemas is looking for a new Lead Technical Manager at their Central cinema, supporting the General Manager to strategise and deliver the technical operations.

The successful candidate will drive a small technical team to deliver unbeatable projection solutions for Picturehouse’s multitude of mediums such as traditional screenings, in-house events and film festivals.

Role details

• Full-time
• Permanent
• For full details, please see the Lead Technical Manager job description

Role responsibilities

• Managing a small team of 4 technical team members, driving best practices & processes to empower them to consistently deliver a high standard of technical cinema production; whether that is for a film festival, small industry event or traditional cinema.
• Work closely with the General Manager to plan and strategise technical operations in line with the cinema and events schedules. Collaboration with the events team will also be required.
• Maintain a relationship with the NOC & field engineering teams in the case that their onsite support is needed to solve any urgent technical issues.
• Carry out general maintenance and upkeep of cinema equipment, and areas of operation and ensure a safe working environment.

Person specifications

• You must have demonstrable experience in technical cinema roles delivering 35mm & 70mm film. This would preferably be as a Projectionist or similar position within Digital Cinema operations which has rapid turnover of content across a variety of mediums such as events, festivals and traditional cinema.
• You need to have strong demonstrable experience of managing teams, someone that can galvanise a team and get them all working to a common goal. Having experience building and implementing best practices or processes is highly desirable.
• You are someone that can work at speed and consistently deliver the highest quality of cinema production.
• You will be a great fit, if our values resonate with you: We Create, We Perform, We Inspire. Read more about them here –  About us –  Picturehouse; Our People, Our Purpose

How to apply

To apply, go to Picturehouse’s online jobs portal and complete an application form.

Do you feel like you don’t have all the experience listed but would love to explore a career at Cineworld? Please still contact careers@cineworld.co.uk. We understand that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and we wouldn’t want this to prevent us from meeting you.

The closing date for this position is 13/12/2024 at 23:59