LFF Expanded production manager

Closing date for applications: Monday 07 April 2025 at 11.59pm

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 14 April 2025

Salary: £42,480 per annum

Fixed-term contract: 19 May 2025 – 07 November 2025

An incredible opportunity to help plan and deliver LFF Expanded – the BFI's programme of immersive art, extended reality (XR) and gaming works.

We are looking for an Expanded Production Manager who, working closely with the Director of Festivals Business and Production and XR and Immersive Programme Lead, will manage and oversee production planning and logistical delivery of the BFI London Film Festival Broader Screen programme across both public-facing and industry-facing components.

BFI London Film Festival (LFF) runs an Industry & Professional Programme of screenings, events, networking and informal marketplace for around 3,500 film industry professionals alongside the main public festival.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead on the delivery of the festival’s public-facing XR, Immersive Art and videogames installations, through design, build and live event, in close collaboration with the Director of Festivals, Business and Production, XR and Immersive Programme Lead, partner venues and production partners.
• Lead on the delivery of the festival’s industry facing activity for broader screen, including showcases, talks, and networking events, working in collaboration with Director of Festivals, Business and Production, XR and Immersive Programme Lead, and the Industry Programme Manager.
• Liaise with artists to ensure their works are presented to the highest of standards, taking consideration for any special requirements and ensuring these are communicated and factored into the overall design of installations.
• Manage centralised production, resource and team deployment planning for the Festival’s LFF Expanded Programme.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Extensive demonstrable experience in a similar role within a large festival, event or cultural exhibition environment.
• Demonstrable experience of producing high-profile XR, Immersive Art or Videogames exhibitions or events.
• A passion for, and working knowledge of, storytelling through immersive and/or gaming technology.
• Expert knowledge in a broad range of studios, creators and artists working in the field of immersive technologies.
• Excellent project management skills required to ensure the project milestones are met and progress is kept on track.

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description via the Apply button

About the BFI

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.