AddressSalary: £65,000 to £68,000
MUBI is recruiting for a new fixed-term Distribution & MUBI GO Director, UK
About MUBI
MUBI was founded to build the biggest community of film lovers, anywhere.
MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. To make this possible, MUBI creates, curates, acquires and champions visionary films, bringing them to audiences all over the world. The organisation has a team of brilliant, ambitious and passionate individuals to help bring their mission to life. From London to New York, Istanbul to Paris, and Berlin to Mexico – they work together to realise MUBI’s vision.
That’s where you come in! Join MUBI’s global team and help make great cinema accessible to everyone, everywhere.
About the role
This is a pivotal role in driving the company’s growth and success, and will develop and execute comprehensive distribution strategies. You will be looking after MUBI’s theatrical distribution and MUBI GO in UK/IE, in addition to occasional support in other EMEA territories.
You will be leading a performance-driven team and be responsible for driving revenue growth, establishing partnerships and expanding the organisation’s reach throughout the stated territories. You will ensure theatrical distribution strategies are aligned across the group in order to optimise and deliver against our cinema performance targets.
This role is a full-time, fixed term maternity cover role for 12 months, based in MUBI’s London office.
You will focus on:
- Strategy and execution of MUBI’s theatrical film slate across cinemas in the UK/IE, and on occasion other EMEA countries, in close collaboration with LATAM and US groups
- Delivering on internal targets for box office and MUBI GO growth
- Providing support for existing teams within UK/IE on a daily basis
- Collaborating with wider MUBI teams to deliver on targets
- Synchronising with other MUBI teams for dating films for theatrical/platform releases
- Driving sales efforts with exhibition in the UK/IE
- Providing ad-hoc support across additional EMEA territories as required
You will bring:
- Strong commercial knowledge, understanding and experience within distribution and exhibition across key markets
- Significant experience (ideally a minimum seven years) within a theatrical sales environment, with a proven track record of box office accomplishment
- Strong management and communication skills along with the ability to lead and work cross-functionally across distribution departments to coordinate timelines across territories
- A goal-orientated mindset with a strong eye for detail and the ability to forecast and model box office scenarios
- An enthusiastic and passionate attitude with a positive and collaborative approach
- Confidence in working with team members of varying levels of seniority
- The ability to work and thrive under pressure
MUBI Equal Opportunities
Research shows that men apply to jobs if they meet ~60% of criteria, but women and those in marginalised communities tend to apply only if they check all the boxes.
If you feel you’ve got what it takes but don’t meet all the requirements we’ve listed above, we’d still love to see your application!
We want to make cinema accessible to everyone. We believe people from different backgrounds bring different ideas that foster innovation and engagement, allowing us to attract great people to develop the best experience for our users.
MUBI Group Companies are committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. That means it’s our responsibility to ensure that all candidates are not discriminated against in our hiring processes and our employment decisions based on their race, colour, religion, nationality or ethnic origin, age, gender identity or expression, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, family or parental status, or any other applicable characteristic.
Full details & apply
Please fill out the online application form.
Please email jobs@mubi.com with any questions.
The closing date for this position is 31/08/2024 at 23:59
