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About the CourseApplications for this course have now closed.
This course will show you:
- How to find and target new audiences for ambitious projects
- Where you should be spending your marketing money online (and where you’re wasting it!)
- The marketing approaches top cultural organisations are using
- What data you NEED to be collecting from your audiences
This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund with contributions from UK film productions. ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries.
About the course
You will leave this course with a clear idea about what data you should be measuring, what marketing approaches will bring more people to see your films and how you can achieve bigger and more engaged audiences, whatever the film.
Among many other practical topics, we will cover:
- How to turn website traffic into sales
- How to gather data without being intrusive
- The implications of GDPR for how you collect and store data
- Making more of your databases and box office systems
- How to improve advance sales
- Making the most of your social media channels
- The value of cinema loyalty and membership schemes
Who is this course taught by?
The course is taught by experts in digital marketing and audience analytics; experts from within the film industry who will be able to give you genuine case studies of approaches that work (and help you find them too), as well as figures from across the arts who will share exciting developments that you can use.
The course leaders are the Independent Cinema Office’s David Sin and Catharine Des Forges, both of whom have decades of knowledge in what makes a difference in venue marketing.
Sessions and speakers confirmed so far include:
- From data to insight – some principles
Sarah Boiling, Independent Audience Consultant - Getting the most from your box office data and GDPR: Where are we now?
Oliver Mantell, Director of Policy Research, The Audience Agency - Case study – How venues use data to inform marketing
Stewart Terry, Director of Marketing and Communications, Broadway - How is audience behaviour changing? The national picture
Sean Perkins, Freelance Research Consultant - How distributors use data to inform their marketing strategies
Jamie McHale, Head of Theatrical Marketing, StudioCanal and Martin Ash, Senior Client Director, Metrixlab - Data and theatrical forecasting
Delphine Lievens, Box Office Analyst, Gower Street Analytics - Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Katy Raines, Partner, Indigo - Digital and social analytics
Katie Moffat, Head of Digital, The Audience Agency
Who is this course for?
We are looking for marketing team members at cinemas, film festivals and distribution companies who are excited about finding new approaches to reach audiences. You should be in a position to drive real change in your organisation and be making decisions about the way marketing budgets are spent.
How is the course taught?
The course is split between taught sessions designed to increase your knowledge of approaches to analytics and digital marketing, and workshops where you can learn how to identify, find and use data to help you improve your marketing and reach more audiences.
When and where will the course run?
The course will run at the Phoenix in Leicester over three days, from 10am – 6pm starting Tuesday 21 January, ending Thursday 23 January 2020.
This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund with contributions from UK film productions
