BACKGROUND
Established in 1974, the Winnipeg Film Group is a charitable, artist-run media arts centre dedicated to promoting the art of cinema. Our organization has three distinct operating wings – a Cinematheque, a Distribution Centre and a Production Centre. The Winnipeg Film Group as a whole has an operating budget of $800,000, with the Production Centre maintaining a $350,000 departmental budget.
Our Production Centre serves as a resource centre for Manitoba filmmakers working in all media and forms, providing access to affordable training, mentorship, production funding, experimentation opportunities, and production and post production equipment, facilities and services.
Serving as the staff leader of the Production Centre wing of our organization, the Production Centre Director reports to the Winnipeg Film Group’s Executive Director and oversees membership, training, technical and equipment resource areas within the department through the management of staff.
The Production Centre Director supports the development of and executes general organizational and artistic goals connected to the provision of programs and services to support the development, production, creation and experimentation of independent filmmakers working in all forms and media, within a financially and administratively responsible manner.
Salary and benefits: $32,000 to $34,000, commensurate with experience; the Winnipeg Film Group also offers an extended health and dental benefits package, a matching RRSP contributions program, staff production centre credits, and a commitment to support ongoing professional development.
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent written and verbal English skills; added proficiency in French would be an asset;
- Excellent budgeting and project management skills, with strong financial acumen and proposal writing skills;
- A minimum of three years working in a leadership position within the artist run media arts sector;or an equivalent combination of board level work and professional management experience;
- A minimum of five years working as an independent filmmaker with a history of professional presentations; a university degree in film production or a related area would be an asset;
- Experience working as a camera assistant, DMT and / or editor would be an asset;
- Proficiency working within both PC and Mac computer systems; proficiency in MS office software,including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint and Outlook; experience working within Quickbooks accounting software would be an asset;
- Proficiency with digital editing software such as Final Cut Pro or Premiere; experience with design software such as Photoshop and web platforms such as Wordpress would be an asset.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Serving as the staff leader of the Production Centre wing of our organization, the Production Centre Director supports the development of and executes general organizational and artistic goals, as well as related human resource and budget management, connected to the provision of programs and services designed to support the development, production, creation and experimentation of filmmakers working in all media and forms.
To this end, the Production Centre Director is responsible for developing and managing all Production Centre operations, including:
- Production and post production training, master class series and other professional development programming for independent filmmakers;
- Peer committee assessed funding and mentorship programs, including the Production Fund, the First Film Fund, the Manitoba Hothouse Award and the Mosaic Women’s Film Project;
- Specialized programming development and delivery to support the Production Centre’s strategic area of focus to develop and support Aboriginal, culturally diverse and Francophone filmmakers;
- Production Centre membership, membership networking and membership development programs and services, including the member premieres series;
- Production equipment rentals programs and related production and post production support services.
The Production Centre Director is responsible for managing, supervising, coaching and assessing all other staff who work within the Production Centre, as well as occasional contract and temporary staff.
The Production Centre Director additionally supports the organizational, artistic and financial management and development of the Winnipeg Film Group as a whole and works within an organizational staff leadership team that also includes the Cinematheque Programming Director and Distribution Services Manager, as well as the Executive Director.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested parties are requested to submit a cover letter, resume and two professional references by Friday, February 7, 2014, to:
Cecilia Araneda
Executive Director
Winnipeg Film Group
304 – 100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg MB R3B 1H3
or via email
cecilia@winnipegfilmgroup.com
Subject: Production Director Position
