Theater Manager for French Film Festival

Freelance Job
Theater Manager for COLCOA Film Festival 2021 starting October 25th, 2021 and ending November 7th 2021.
Services include:
Before the festival October 25th - October 30th, Part Time - Location: Remote:
- Organize volunteers (they will already be recruited) to make sure all shifts/ screenings are covered at DGA for the week of the festival Nov 1 - Nov 7 2021
- Attend volunteers orientation on October 30th at the Directors Guild of America
During the festival November 1 - November 7th, Full Time - Location: DGA Los Angeles:
- Oversee Theater 1 and Theater 2 during the festival, make announcements to audience when necessary.
- Oversee and organize around 30 volunteers to make sure:
o Lines to the theaters and to the VIP lounge are controlled and smooth going.
o Flow between VIP lounge and theaters is
o Proper amount of VIP seats in theaters are blocked off for each screening, this is especially important for Opening Night on November 1st
- Create and maintain volunteer schedule; tracking volunteer hours.
- Maintain effective communication with all volunteers via email, phone, and social networking sites
- Enforce sanitary requirements TBD with volunteers and audience.

Fee: Theater Manager will be compensated at a flat rate of $2,000.00.
Prior experience in theater management preferred but not indispensable if candidate has strong communication and organizational skills.
We will consider all applicants who are vaccinated against Covid.

Skills:
- Communication skills essential
- Excellent organizational skills
- Teamwork
- Attention to detail
- Creative problem-solving
- Work well under pressure and is able to gently and politely - and firmly - push back on unreasonable requests