Temporary Grassroots Coordinator
Full-time / Internship
Los Angeles, CA, US
$20/h - $24/h
About the job
A24 is seeking a Temporary Grassroots Coordinator to join our Los Angeles Grassroots Marketing and Publicity team for at least 6-months. This person will be a motivated self-starter skilled in multitasking, communication, and organization with 2+ years of professional experience in film and/or television PR at a major studio, streamer, network, or agency. This role is based out of West Hollywood office.
Initial Responsibilities:
- Support Grassroots Marketing and Publicity Director in grassroots, publicity and partnership efforts
- Participate in brainstorm sessions with Director and Manager to set grassroots strategy across targeted audiences, multicultural press outlets, content creators and digital influencers, as well as potential media partners and brands
- Participate in and meaningfully contribute to meetings with external partners, consultants, agencies
- Conduct extensive research to worldbuild and track in Google Suite docs
- Steward relationships with specialty journalists, content creators and grassroots organizations alongside Director and Manager
- Create and maintain grassroots status reports that will be shared with broader internal teams and filmmakers
- Manage grassroots, journalist, creator contact lists alongside interns
- Keep a pulse on cultural conversations that will impact film releases (Film Twitter, TikTok etc.)
- Manage logistics for grassroots screening, including print requests and material delivery
- Compile, track, and blast grassroots/partnership press breaks, reviews, and reactions to appropriate distribution lists
- Compile and track grassroots/partnership social posts and screenshots/video pulldown
- Track screener links, DVDs, and DCP shipments with Print Traffic Team
- Track RSVPs for grassroots screenings
- Administrative tasks including organizing meeting notes, calendaring for Director, maintaining film folders, docs, film status updates, etc
- Staff related events as needed including but not limited to special screenings, grassroots screenings, press days/interviews.. This includes after-hours and weekend events
Ideal Candidate:
- 2+ years of professional work experience, preferably in Public Relations & Marketing
- Excels in multitasking, communication, time management and strong organizational skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication for both internal and external partners
- Highly skilled in managing multiple projects, reports, documents
- Reliable, communicative and proactive
- Extreme attention to detail
- Accountable and solution oriented
- Personable, social, and enthusiastic
- A love of films and a passion about Public Relations and Grassroots Campaigns
- Culturally literate, engaged with a knack for research
- Humble, diligent and resourceful
We are looking for diverse perspectives. A24 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all kinds of candidates.
This role is a temporary, W-2 position, working at least 40 hours per week. Our target hourly pay for this position is between $20 and $24 per hour. Actual starting hourly rate within the range will depend on various considerations, including: work experience, skills, specializations, and training.
A24 is an acclaimed global entertainment company known for producing and distributing films, television series, documentaries, music, publishing, and consumer products. Established in New York in 2012, A24 has cultivated a library of over 150 films and 50 TV series, earning critical and commercial acclaim with more than 21 Oscars, 18 Golden Globes, and 18 Emmys. Renowned for groundbreaking hits like Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Uncut Gems, as well as television successes such as Euphoria, Beef, and Ramy, A24 has developed a passionate fanbase and expanded into ventures like Half Magic and the Cherry Lane theater. Upcoming projects include Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow, The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt, Materialists starring Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal and Dakota Johnson, and Eddington starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone, among others.