- Employment
- Scope: 80% annualized
- Duration: permanent, start 1st of July TBD
- Place of Service: Nyon
- Position within the Festival: relates to Artistic Director; supervises Industry collaborators
VdR-Industry
Dedicated to film professionals, VdR–Industry and its activities offer a springboard for future films to find support and meet partners in every stage of their production. For 15 years, our Industry activities have aimed to underline and stimulate the variety and richness of creative documentary filmmaking while providing relevant networking opportunities. In particular, our goal is to facilitate both national and international collaborations and partnerships between the projects’ representatives and the professionals attending the industry events, today and in the years to come.
Mission and objectives
The Head of Industry:
- Elaborates and implements the objectives and general editorial strategy, in collaboration with the Artistic director, to position Visions du Réel’s Industry both nationally and internationally in the festival landscape
- Directs and organizes the Industry and all its activities: the projects’ selection and presentations, talks, one-on-one meetings, and all the other specific events and collaborations
- Proposes new projects allowing the Festival and its Industry to further develop itself, both nationally and internationally, both in terms of network and activities
- Takes part in the projects’ selection process
- Takes part in international industry platforms and festivals
In order for this happens, the Head of Industry, in collaboration with the Artistic director and supervising the Industry collaborators:
- Creates a working structure and organization for the people related to the Industry (advisors, selection committee members etc.) to be able to work together in an efficient manner
- Supervises the general organization of the department, the coordinator and assistants and the partners of the concerned events
- Supervises all the Industry activities: VdR-Pitching, VdR-Work in Progress, VdR-Rough Cut Lab, Prix RTS: Perspectives d’un doc, Switzerland Meets…, VdR-Industry Talks, etc.
Qualification requirements
- You have a deep knowledge of the film industry and of documentary cinema
- You have some experience in management
- You have a strong International and ideally Swiss network in the film industry
- You are interested in developing the strategy of the platform and are sensitive to the business aspects related to it
- You are interested in developing a network of partners to further enhance the platform and its reach
- You are an innovative and communicative person and have the charisma to create a stimulating environment both inside the institution and with the outside world, whilst being good at team building
- You have a university or equivalent level of qualification and speak fluently French and English, German is advantage
Application deadline : 18th of March
If you are interested by this offer, please send your application for the position in a full dossier including your application letter and your curriculum vitae, no later than the 18th of March 2022, to Emilie Bujès, Artistic director, with the mail subject “Head of Industry”.
Mailbox: rh@visionsdureel.ch
For further informations, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Festival team by email, rh@visionsdureel.ch