Overview
Adelaide Film Festival is looking for a Marketing Coordinator with ready to go social media platform experience to join our team ASAP through 12 December 2025 (with the opportunity to renew for AFF 2026!).
Be part of South Australia’s premiere screen event as we prepare for AFF25 (15–26 October 2025). This is an Adelaide-based role (not remote) and will involve some out-of-hours work during the festival. If you’re passionate about film, culture, and creativity, and ready to help shape an unforgettable festival, we’d love to hear from you!
Role purpose
The Marketing Department is responsible for management of Adelaide Film Festival’s brand, audience development, strategic communications, advertising campaigns and digital activities.
In consultation with the Marketing Manager, the Marketing Coordinator is responsible for implementation of the marketing strategy, including advertising, digital marketing, direct promotion, media partnerships and more.
Responsibilities
- Website, email, and social media marketing
- Assist with the planning, implementation and monitoring of digital and social media strategies, including website content management, email newsletter creation, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, X, Letterboxd, You Tube, Linked In and more.
- Content creation, including writing copy and basic design.
- Assist with film, event, guest and audience data entry to ensure that data will flow from databases to the website and app.
- Marketing partnerships, publicity, and direct promotion
- Liaising with media partners in relation to content and festival promotion.
- Liaising with cinemas and printers in relation to signage production and delivery.
- Liaising with the publicity team on news items.
- Assisting with the direct marketing program: contacting local audiences, filmmakers and organisations.
- Other duties as required
- Coordination of marketing interns, volunteers, and contractors.
- Assisting with screenings and red-carpet events.
Key relationships
- Brand Agency
- Photographers and Videographers
- Programming, Box Office, Development and Events teams
Technical
- Knowledge in marketing and communications theory and methodology across different media.
- Advanced computing and data skills: demonstrated knowledge of applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Google Workspace, Mailchimp, Meta Business Suite and other content management systems.
- Effective social media use and creativity.
- Advanced copy writing, grammar, and punctuation.
- Research and critical thinking skills, preferably in relation to films and the film industry.
Personal
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Passionate about film and the delivery of successful, impactful events, that can change lives, touch hearts, build community engagement and entertain.
- Personal qualities of energy, initiative, commitment to teamwork and collaboration and respect for others.
- Demonstrates judgment to make sound decisions based on business needs, acting to ensure results meet organisational expectations and measures.
- Positive, energetic team member.
- A quick learner with a good eye for detail.
- Efficient and patient.
- Excellent time management and problem-solving skills, enjoys a challenge.
- Punctual and reliable.
- Ability to think strategically, conceptually, creatively, and analyse and resolve technical problems.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and meet competing deadlines.
Experience
- Experience assisting with strategic planning, management, execution and reporting on integrated marketing communications campaigns.
- A proven ability to build collaborative relationships with a wide range of internal and external partners and contributors.
- Experience working and making decisions in high pressure and busy environments with competing deadlines.
- Experience working in a festival or arts environment is desirable.
- Experience, understanding and a passion for films and the film industry is desirable.
Qualifications
- Optional: degree qualifications in Marketing, Communications, Media, Arts, Film or equivalent.
Working conditions
- Out of hours work will be required.
- Flexibility in respect of working hours, especially in the lead up to and during the festival.
- Comply with all internal office procedures, including purchase orders, budget monitoring and management, work health safety, and administration processes.
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📌 Marketing Coordinator, Adelaide Film Festival
🏢 Adelaide Film Festival - AFF
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