Print Traffic Coordinator

Salary: £4000 fee

Alchemy Film & Arts seek an attentive, detail-oriented Print Traffic Coordinator to support the production and delivery of the fifteenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (1 – 4 May 2025).

Role details:

• 3 months fixed-term (3 February – 5 May 2025)
• Freelance contract
• Reports to the Festival Producer

Role responsibilities:

• Liaising with filmmakers and distributors to ensure timely delivery of film screening copies and digital stills
• Liaising with descriptive subtitlers to ensure the timely delivery of descriptive subtitles
• Maintaining a database of films due for delivery, with filmmaker/distributor contacts and their status
• Ensuring all selected films for all strands of the Festival are received well in advance of screen-testing
• Downloading and transferring films from online services (Dropbox, WeTransfer) to Alchemy’s master hard drives
• Handling delivery of 16mm prints where appropriate
• Checking all screening copies by watching both pre- and post-captioning
• Delivering screening copies to venue projectionist for transfer to DCP
• Attending test screenings at Alchemy’s screening venue(s) in Hawick
• Maintain regular communication with Alchemy’s Producer
• Managing the cinema auditorium for all screenings during the Festival
• Additional duties or duties different from those described above, related to the core activities of delivering the Festival, may also be required, unless other arrangements are made

Person specifications:

• Demonstrably substantial experience in an equivalent role
• Excellent data collation and management skills
• Highly organised with forensic attention to detail
• Exemplary communication skills both written and oral
• Highly capable of problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Fluency in media file types and film screening formats
• Fluency in file compression, bitrates, codecs, framerates, and media export settings
• Experience of working independently and as part of a team
• Experience in navigating a high-pressure environment
• Professional experience in handling 16mm film (desirable)
• Experience of working in a small festival team (desirable)
• Knowledge of experimental film and artists’ moving image (desirable)

How to apply:

For full details, click here to see Alchemy’s full job description

To apply for the role of Print Traffic Coordinator, please submit the following to Michael Pattison, michael@alchemyfilmandarts.org.uk, by 5pm on Monday 25 November:

• CV summarising skills and experience
• Cover Letter demonstrating how your skills and experience match the role requirements. This can be submitted as a PDF (one side of A4 suggested), as a Word document or equivalent, or as a video recording (no more than two minutes in length).
• Contact details of two referees

Please include ‘Print Traffic’ in your email subject and include your name in the title of all attached files.

NOTIFICATION OF INTERVIEW
Wednesday 27 November 2024

INTERVIEWS
Interviews for this role will take place on Thursday 5 December 2024. We will provide interview questions in advance and will inform interviewees of who will be present on the panel.

We can provide additional support in terms of access provision—please notify us of access measures you require.

The closing date for this position is 25/11/2024 at 17:00