Careers

Department: Cinema 
Job Type: Fixed term maternity cover (up to 12 months), full time
Grade: D
Salary Range: £41,360 - £46,050 (inclusive of Inner London Weighting) per annum depending on experience/performance

About us
The Barbican aims to be London’s creative catalyst for curiosity, arts and enterprise. We aim to spark creative possibilities and transformation for artists, audiences, and communities. We strive to be inclusive and sustainable, championing equity and opportunity, connected to our communities, daring in our approach to arts and education.

Cinema 
We are Barbican Cinema. Our aim is to connect audiences with a curated programme of international films; from celebrated filmmakers to ground-breaking and underheard voices. Our programme ranges from thematic seasons to new releases films, ScreenTalks, film festivals, family screenings, collaborations with our colleagues in different artistic disciplines and event cinema, such as live theatre and music broadcasts.

We strive to be inclusive in everything we do, by providing platforms for the widest possible range of filmmakers, and ensuring we are an open, welcoming and accessible venue for all our audiences.

The role
We are looking for an experienced cinema curator to join our team as maternity cover for our curation of new releases programme and manage special events with visiting talent.

This is an exciting opportunity to programme at an independent cinema committed to international cinema and gifted filmmakers, to wide access and inclusion and to diverse audiences.

You’ll programme films and events and produce parts of our new releases programme. You’ll build strong relationships with distributors and work closely together with the rest of the cinema team. You’ll manage the new release holdovers bookings at the beginning of every week, negotiating with distributors to ensure an exciting and diverse cinema programme. You’ll also manage special one-off events with visiting talent.

To be successful, you’ll need:
•    Experience of curating cinema especially in relation to the first run and performance cinema programme, including experience of working on the weekly holdovers bookings process.
•    Strong working knowledge of the UK cinema exhibition sector
•    Experience of managing cinema events with visiting talent. 
•    Highly organised, an excellent communicator 
•    Able to identify practical and creative solutions to make sure the cinema programme is delivered smoothly.

To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of employee benefits, including flexible working, annual pay progression and an annual pay review, a generous pension scheme, season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes, free access to museums and galleries, discounts on retail, healthcare and on-site cafes and restaurants. You will have access to Employee Assistance Programme, trained Mental Health First aiders and City of London employee networks.
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone can thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable. We are committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay across the whole organisation and against external sectors.

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you can meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.  
We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.