Project coordinator

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2026 at 10.00am

Salary: £500 per week (3-day week)

Contract: w/b 12th January – 20th March

Location: Home or office based (London, occasional other travel required)

Interviews: 7–8th January 2026

Do you believe everyone should have a fair opportunity to work in and on film?

Creative Diversity Network (CDN), in partnership with BAFTA Media Technology, has been awarded a BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund to tackle one of the biggest challenges in the UK film industry: collecting meaningful, trustworthy diversity data.

We’re looking for an organised, people-focused project coordinator to help deliver a series of research sessions, stakeholder meetings and focus groups with funders, production companies, industry bodies, and film cast & crew across the UK. This is a hands-on role at the heart of an innovative research & development project — perfect for someone who thrives in a creative, collaborative environment and is research-driven.

Creative Diversity Network is the cross-industry body leading the work to increase diversity on and off-screen in UK television. For the last eight years, we’ve provided benchmark reports on UK television’s diversity landscape, influencing strategic thinking of industry leaders with the help of over 7.5 million contributions from the freelance community. By joining this project, you’ll be part of innovative research and development work that will help to build a more inclusive, representative UK film industry.


Responsibilities

You’ll play a key role in keeping this ambitious project running smoothly by:

• Making meetings, workshops and events happen — in person, online and hybrid
• Being the friendly first point of contact for participants
• Keeping diaries, logistics and timelines running smoothly
• Capturing detailed notes, quotes, actions, and insight summaries from sessions
• Preparing agendas, briefings and key project materials
• Supporting research and pitching in across the project as needed

Knowledge, skills & experience

You’ll bring experience, confidence and care to everything you do. We’re looking for someone who has:

Essential

• Strong proven experience in coordination roles in film, TV, arts and/or creative environments, including event delivery skil
• Confident taking detailed notes, capturing actions and producing research summaries
• Highly organised, with great attention to detail
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders
• Proficient in Office 365 and familiar with task or project management tools
• Committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Desirable

• Experience of film production or film funding
• Customer research, or social or academic research experience
• Knowledge of data protection and ethical handling of sensitive data
• Presentation skills (PowerPoint, Canva or similar)
• Experience working in small, fast-moving teams

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

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.