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Position: Outfest Los Angeles Production Coordinator Status: Temporary / Full Time
Reports to: Production Manager
Supervises: Senior Volunteers

Job Summary: The Outfest Los Angeles Production Coordinator serves as a seasonal member of Outfest’s Operations Team. This position will assist Outfest’s Production Manager to help maintain the day-to-day operations leading up to and during the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival (OFLA). He/she/they will also coordinate deliveries and work with a variety of venues and vendors throughout Los Angeles. The Production Coordinator will also lead major marketing initiatives surrounding Pride Month, particularly Outfest’s booth and presence during CSW West Hollywood Pride in June.

NOTE: This position will require the candidate to work some nights and weekends prior to the Festival, including but not limited to Long Beach Pride, West Hollywood Pride, and various Volunteer Trainings and Major Donor events.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Venue Operations · Serve as the primary venue manager for one or more Outfest theaters during OFLA
· Coordinate pickups and deliveries for a variety of vendors throughout Los Angeles
· Create and order all Festival signage for Operations Department
· Coordinate all parking reservations for OFLA, including auxiliary venue parking, talent and staff

Receptions and Special Events · Produce Outfest’s presence at West Hollywood Pride and other events during Pride Month, with support from Production Manager
· Coordinate all special events during OFLA and lead a senior team of Special Events Volunteers
· Assist with coordination and check-in during the OFLA Launch Party in June
· Coordinate orders and deliveries during OFLA special events
· Attend walk throughs at various party venues to help in the assistance of party layout
· Maintain beverage and food logistics and order additional product for all festival receptions
· Coordinate production of all festival awards
· Hire volunteer bartenders and maintain festival bars
· Obtain all necessary food and beverage permits and licenses

Communications · Coordinate rentals and check out/in system of walkie talkies with festival staff
· Create staff and vendor contact list to be distributed and included in full Production Manual
· Coordinate the production of final Production Manual and assist Production Manager and Programming with the development of theater bibles

Qualifications
· Experience managing schedules and overseeing staff required
· Experience driving a U-Haul cargo van or similarly sized vehicle required
· Detail-oriented and demonstrated attention to accuracy
· Ability to work well in a team and independently
· Ability to work long hours and under tight deadlines
· Strong knowledge and skill using MS Office Suite (Excel, Word), Google Apps (Gmail, Google Drive, etc.)
· Familiarity with, and sensitivity to, diverse issues surrounding the LGBT community
· Valid CA Driver’s License and access to personal vehicle required

Outfest is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fostering diversity within its staff.
Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical/physical/mental condition, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical condition, age, marital status, or veteran status.

Qualified applicants should send resume and cover letter (as PDF) to: hiring@outfest.org mailto:outfest@outfest.org:
Subject: OFLA Production Coordinator
Applications received until April 10, 2015

Mission: Outfest protects our past, showcases our present and nurtures our future by fostering artistic expression of gender, sexuality and LGBTQ culture and its transformative social impact on the world.

Outfest is a 33 year-old media arts organization dedicated to the creation, exhibition and preservation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) moving image. We believe our work is part of an ongoing effort to build a vibrant, affirming, and sustainable LGBT community in Southern California and beyond. Audiences rely on Outfest as a mirror and a megaphone – reflecting and affirming LGBT experiences as well as conveying the rich diversity of our lives to mainstream observers. Our four programs include Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival (the oldest film festival in Los Angeles), Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival (the only one of its kind), Outfest Forward (our education and mentoring program) and the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project (protecting LGBT film history for future generations).

For more information please go to our website www.outfest.org http://www.outfest.org.