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Coproduction Office is looking forward to welcome an

Company coordinator

who is globally minded, result-oriented, with organizational skills, and has an interest in culture, to complete our team of twenty people working in Berlin in a dynamic and international environment.

• Start date: To be defined
• Position based in: Berlin
• Remuneration: 2100 brutto per month

COMPANY PROFILE:

Based in Paris and Berlin, Coproduction Office is an international distributor and producer of bold, award-winning films. Coproduction Office’s CEO and founder Philippe Bober has worked with prominent ground-breaking directors* from early on in their careers and has produced thirty-two films to date. The majority of these films were selected for the main competitions in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, where they have received many major prizes, most notably the Venice Golden Lion in 2014 for Roy Andersson’s A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE, and the Palme d’Or in 2017 and 2022 for THE SQUARE and TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund.

Coproduction Office’s international sales division distributes a catalogue composed of films produced by Philippe Bober as well as acquired titles and restored classics, including Roberto Rossellini’s key films. The catalogue is unique for its artistic strength, with films that have an individual and distinctive cinematic language, and often daring content.

The number of staff has tripled in the past four years and Coproduction Office continues to grow as it diversifies its activities (which include a cinema and gastronomy project in Berlin, and increasing its restoration of heritage works). At the forefront of arthouse cinema in Europe, Coproduction Office is an international, dynamic, and motivational workplace which offers its employees support, responsibility, and career progression. At Coproduction Office you will have the opportunity to work closely with films by some of Europe’s most exciting and accomplished directors.

*Lars von Trier, Roy Andersson, Ulrich Seidl, Jessica Hausner, Lou Ye, Kornél Mundruczó, Cristi Puiu, Michelangelo Frammartino, Carlos Reygadas, Ruben Östlund.

JOB OUTLINE

You will work in collaboration with our CEO and be responsible for the following tasks:

Support our teams (from onboarding of newcomers to ensuring a pleasant working atmosphere)
Assist our CEO Philippe Bober as required (managing bookings and assisting with travel research and documents, scheduling meetings and keeping calendars up to date, assisting in event organisation when required, assisting in daily tasks, transcribing memos).
Maintaining IT infrastructure in collaboration with our advisors and suppliers
Oversee and support all administrative duties in the office and ensure that the office is operating smoothly
Be the point of contact for suppliers (including property management, service providers, cleaning staff, technicians…), manage office supplies inventory and place orders as necessary
Allocate incoming mail and deliveries, and manage outgoing mail
Nurture office policies and procedures
Assist with office layout planning
Manage office budget
Identify opportunities for process and office management improvements, and design and implement new systems
Provide other administrative support as necessary, including scheduling group meetings, maintaining calendars, doing research, and creating reports
YOU ARE:

A native or fully-fluent German-speaker with an excellent command of English and French (Italian is a plus)
A culture lover
Able to demonstrate previous experience in an administrative/office management role, preferably in a fast-growing company
A perfectionist, with attention to detail and meeting deadlines
A creative-thinker with a talent for finding outside-the-box solutions
Excellent at organization, communication and time management, with the ability to prioritize
Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces
YOU WILL:

Work directly with Philippe Bober and gain an oversight on different aspects of the company, including production and finance.
Work in a multi-lingual environment, in a friendly and motivational atmosphere with engaged and international colleagues who bring commitment and camaraderie to their work
Obtain valuable experience from working in a fast-growing environment
Learn from the scope of other activities, including the cinema and gastronomy projects
We look forward to receiving your full application with a cover letter in English at staff@coproductionoffice.eu. (NB Applications without cover letter will not be considered.)

Coproduction Office is an international label that produces and sells bold and award-winning films. Its sister company Briefmarken Weine is one of Berlin’s best wine bars, focusing on artisanal and natural wines paired with authentic Italian bistro cuisine, , also importing Italian “vin d’auteur” to Germany. Film producer Philippe Bober is the founder of both companies and has produced forty films to date with twelve of these having been selected to screen in Competition in Cannes, winning two Golden Palms: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022) and THE SQUARE (2017) both by Ruben Östlund.

Coproduction Office is now connecting its know-how in both fields in a unique project: a premium cultural space combining a three-screen arthouse cinema, an exhibition venue, ambitious restaurants and a wine bar. Located in Berlin’s city centre in an iconic listed building. it is to open its doors to the public in 2025.

We are looking for a future colleague starting as an intern, with the potential of a full-time position as a proactive coordinator for this pioneering interdisciplinary project. The working languages are German and English, in which full working proficiency is required, further languages are beneficial, in particular French and Italian.

You Are:

Cosmopolitan, problem-solving, lateral thinking, culture, film- and/or wine-loving, and have a positive working attitude. Organisational and analytical skills are appreciated, as well as precision regarding timelines, grammar, numbers and spreadsheets. Your background can be either in wine, food, cinema, the film industry, art, real estate development, business administration, computer sciences or marketing.

You may undertake and be responsible for several of the following duties:
– Coordination of financing applications, follow-up with funds, financiers, projects and clients.
– Analysis of processes and suggestions on how to optimise them
– Preparing a marketing plan and materials.
– Contribute to building up Briefmarken Weine’s team, brand and management
– Contribute to developing the exhibition space
– Researching new suppliers and communicating with existing ones.
– Compiling documents, in particular spreadsheets and presentations.
– Coordinating tasks and deadlines, meetings with consultants and stakeholders
– Direct communication with external project coordinators, architects, construction managers, specialist planners and other people involved in the project
– Organizing media relations and support for the project.
– General assistance

Benefits:

– Working as part of an international and multilingual team, in a friendly and motivational atmosphere with engaged colleagues who bring commitment and camaraderie to their work.
– Obtaining valuable experience from working with our managers as well as with our founder Philippe Bober on a unique project.
– Gaining an overview of different aspects of the company (management, wine bar, film production and film sales).
– The internship is full time, remunerated with 1000 – 1200€ brutto / month (est. netto 950 € / month) and can lead to further employment.

Please send your application (including CV and cover letter) to: staffspl@coproductionoffice.eu. Please also indicate where you saw this post. If shortlisted, interviews will take place either in Berlin, Paris or on Skype. The position is based in Berlin (Mitte / Friedrichshain) and with a start date according to availability.

Drehzeitraum:
Montag, 12.12.

Drehort: Berlin

Spielalter: 18 – 60

Für den No-Budget Horror Genrefilm „House of Rooms“ (90min) suchen wir dringend Komparsen für einige Office Szenen.

Da wir eine No-Budget Produktion sind, kann leider keine Gage gezahlt werden, aber dafür gibt es Catering, eine sympatische Crew und hoffentlich einen spannenden Dreh.

Bei Interesse melde dich gerne unter der Mailadresse leonie.renner@gmx.de

Wir freuen uns von dir zu hören!
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Drehzeitraum:
Montag, 12.12.

Drehort: Berlin

Spielalter: 18 – 60

Für den No-Budget Horror Genrefilm „House of Rooms“ (90min) suchen wir dringend Komparsen für einige Office Szenen.

Da wir eine No-Budget Produktion sind, kann leider keine Gage gezahlt werden, aber dafür gibt es Catering, eine sympatische Crew und hoffentlich einen spannenden Dreh.

Bei Interesse melde dich gerne unter der Mailadresse leonie.renner@gmx.de

Wir freuen uns von dir zu hören!