LFF venue coordinators (x3)

Salary: £31,554 per annum

Fixed Term Contract: 28 September 2026 – 18 October 2026

Location: London, BFI Southbank

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 17 August 2026

Play a key role behind the scenes at the BFI London Film Festival, supporting venues, filmmakers and festival activity.

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.

We are looking for 2x Venue Coordinators (Royal Festival Hall) and1x Hotel Venue Coordinator to act as the central point of contact on-site for all filmmaker/programme related Festival activity for BFI staff and partner cinema management or our partner hotel.

What you’ll do

• To act as one of two central points of contact on-site for all Festival activity for BFI staff and Southbank Centre management, or be the sole contact for Festival Guests and LFF staff our partner hotel.
• Acting as face of the festival at your assigned LFF partner venue for cinema management and staff, maintain good relationships with the venues.

Please see individual job descriptions for a full breakdown of roles and responsibilities for each role.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrable and significant previous administrative and operational experience gained within a cultural organisation in a similar role.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills with the ability to liaise effectively with other departments and with external clients/partners and service providers.
• Ability to build effective relationships with key contacts across BFI and stakeholder organisations, and to communicate effectively and tactfully with stakeholders at all levels

Please see individual job descriptions for a full breakdown of the minimum requirements for each role..

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year
• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs
• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave
• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events
• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI merchandise, and film tickets

Plus more!

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 place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

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