Assistant - Marketing - Focus Features

CITY: Universal City

STATE: California

COUNTRY: USA

Essential Functions (Responsibilities):


In this position your responsibilities will be:


Provide general administrative duties in working with the Head of Marketing (including assisting with filmmaker memos, marketing campaign updates, coordinating expenses reimbursement and travel, trafficking creative materials and information)
Liaise between Head of Marketing and department, senior staff, filmmakers, and colleagues
Provide creative input and help implement production of marketing campaigns, including newspaper, print, a/v, national and regional promotional components, etc.
Communicate to advertising agency/vendors in implementing creative notes on newspaper, print, trade ad and a/v campaigns
Assist VP, Print Creative and Head of Marketing in putting together any necessary creative materials for advertising campaigns
Contribute to concept sheets for Focus titles and creative discussions regarding positioning statements, marketing plans, distribution plans, etc.
Coordinate updates on marketing efforts and the traffic of campaign materials to filmmakers
Work with field publicity and NY office to distribute reviews on opening day
Help to create strategic trade ad schedule
Provide assistance in setting up screenings in Los Angeles for Focus staff, promotional partners, soundtrack partners, etc., while also arranging billing and processing of payment
Help publicity with staffing at screenings including Academy, premieres, special events, promotional and on-lot screenings
Work LA press junkets and press days




Qualifications/Requirements:


Qualifications:


Minimum 2 years of experience working in an administrative capacity
Proven proficiency working with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint in an office environment
Minimum 1 year previous experience in entertainment or marketing in an employee or intern capacity


Eligibility requirements:


Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Must be willing to take drug test and submit to a background investigation
No relocation available




Desired:


4 year degree preferred
Previous experience working in Entertainment working on a high volume desk preferred
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks
Outgoing personality




General:


The specialty films unit of Universal Pictures, Focus Features (www.focusfeatures.com) is a motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from the world's most innovative filmmakers. Focus has quickly emerged as the premier specialized film company worldwide, with Academy Award-winning movies including Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener, Roman Polanski's The Pianist, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries.


NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We develop, produce and market entertainment, news and information to a global market. NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.


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