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01 Account Coordinator

Assistant Director

Advertising Specialist Advertising Specialists are responsible for organizing an advertising agency campaign by and serving as a liaison with clients. You will be adept in pitching new accounts, managing projects, and communicating ideas to creative teams.

Art PA An Art or Runner assists the on set to help decorate sets and arrange props and art pieces. You do what it takes to design and support the artistic vision of a story on screen. Boom

Business Owner

Camera Operator, , Video, and

Casting Assistant

Communications Specialist Communications Specialists help businesses by managing all internal and external communication of a company and represent the company to the outside world. You draft media statements, answer media inquiries, compile publications, plan events and press conferences.

Creative Director Creative Directors lead and guide the creative process to ensure copywriters, designers, and others achieve main goals and enhance branding through . You bring designs to life. Film and Marketing Owner

02 Film and Video Editor

Freelance Videographer

Gaffer

Grip

Line Producer

Location Manager or Location Scout

Marketing Specialist/Coordinator As a Marketing Specialist/Coordinator, you market products by developing and implementing marketing and advertising campaigns. You can track sales data, maintain promotional materials inventory, plan meetings and trade shows, maintain databases, and prepare reports. Motion Graphics Designer

Producer

Production Assistant and A Production Assistant or Coordinator handles a variety of duties across departments. You gain experience with a full array of production personnel, including directors, camera operators, costume designers, etc. You can help prepare the set with lights, props, equipment etc., print and distribute daily paperwork (e.g. scripts, call sheets), or help with answering phones, assisting with information, and is ideal for you if you are organized, friendly, enthusiastic, and like variety each day.

Props Master

03 Sales Representa tive As a Sales Representative, you are responsible for selling a company's products by identifying leads, educating prospects on products through calls, trainings, and presentations, and providing existing customers with exceptional support.

Screenwriter The Digital Skills Workforce Gap: 75 MILLION JOBS WILL BE DISPLACED, 133 MILLION NEW, DIGITAL ROLES WILL EMERGE Screenwriters prepare their in a way that enables readers to envisage the setting, emotion, and the way it will work on screen. You collaborate with producers, directors, and Just in time is a… to draft and redraft their script, often working to tight deadlines. …Double-Major Intensive Digital Film and Marketing Degree and Diploma Program Jobs in the are there for those who network, are resource and are focused, inspirational, leaders. Once a lm or a TV show job ends, a person who is equally trained in digital marketing production as they are in lm production can use their skills to create long-term, on-going marketing jobs that use similar creative and storytelling talents. Social Media Specialist The Digital Skills Workforce Gap requires diverse talents among adaptable workers. In between lms and TV projects, a graduate of The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. can demonstrate their equal talent in marketing production.

It is why The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. is dedicated to Teaching Dreamers to Create F.I.L.M.S. F.I.L.M.S. are not just Movies. F.I.L.M.S. are Focused Inspirational Leaders of Marketing, Movies, and Storytelling. Special Effects Coordinator

Job listings on June 1, 2021:

UI/UX Designer April 16, 2021 10,356 vacancies for Digital Marketing Jobs in Miami, FL, on jooble.org UX-UI Designers are generally responsible for collecting, researching, investigating, and evaluating user requirements. You will be responsible for delivering the best online user 9,939 vacancies for Digital Marketing experience, which makes your role extremely important for our success and ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty. Jobs in Tampa, FL, on jooble.org

Unit Production Coordinator Landing your first job in 2021 8,754 vacancies for Digital Marketing requires flexibility. The outlook is positive. Jobs in For Lauderdale, FL, on

Landing your first job in 2021 requires flexibility. The outlook is positive. jooble.org April 16, 2021, Joel Brown “There are definitely pockets in the market that are extremely strong right now,” says Scott Singer, founder and president of‚Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching in 7, 938 vacancies for Digital Marketing Hallandale Beach, Fla. “Marketing is doing well. Even sales. Jobs in Orlando, FL, on jooble.org Anything associated with a core business’s mission, helping it become more profitable. “Especially with a lot of companies where they’ve had to be more creative over the last year,” Singer says, “people that can think creatively outside the box and contribute in a meaningful 7,117 vacancies for remote Digital Video Technician way” are in demand. Marketing jobs on indeed.com Overall, the jobs market is very good, Singer says, and will continue to improve. Anyone (June 1, 2021). Video Technicians are crucial for live productions. You maintain and operate video “involved in helping a business operate more efficiently, more cost-effectively, and deliver a return, they’re going to find themselves in demand.”‚ production equipment under the supervision of a . The equipment may 5,082 vacancies for Digital Marketing include video cameras, screens, projectors, media servers, and the kit. Last month, in contrast, the nation added 916,000 jobs, the third consecutive month of Jobs in Jacksonville, FL, on jooble.org Audio Video (AV) Technicians set up and operate the video, audio, and lighting equipment to accelerated hiring, and unemployment, at 6 percent, was less than half what it was a year ago. enhance live events. You assemble , mix sound boards, coordinate graphics, operate spotlights, manage video recordings, and provide technical support. Companies hiring Digital Marketing Small Businesses Get Creative to Survive During the Pandemic: Innovations adopted during the crisis drive revenue and generate new opportunities. professionals include: Web Designer Web Designers plan, create, and code internet sites and web pages, many of which combine text with sounds, pictures, graphics, and video clips. You are responsible for creating Kathy Gurchiek. September 19, 2020 the design and layout of a website or web pages. It and can mean working on a brand- One example: Moriarty’s Gem Art, a family owned new website or updating an already existing site. jewelry business, created a livestreamed gem show through YouTube using YouTube Studio software. The company advertised the A Career in Less Than a Year for You. Where Do you Want to Go? livestreams through its website, by e-mail and via social media. More than 1,000 people now Film & Marketing Leaders Start Here watch the two-hour show that airs every other Wednesday in additional to selling gems online and from far away. Revenue is up. …and Many Small, Medium, and Large Businesses

04 05 The Digital Skills Workforce Gap: 75 MILLION JOBS WILL BE DISPLACED, 133 MILLION NEW, DIGITAL ROLES WILL EMERGE Just in time is a… …Double-Major Intensive Digital Film and Marketing Degree and Diploma Program

Jobs in the Film Industry are there for those who network, are resource and are focused, inspirational, leaders. Once a lm or a TV show job ends, a person who is equally trained in digital marketing production as they are in lm production can use their skills to create long-term, on-going marketing jobs that use similar creative and storytelling talents. The Digital Skills Workforce Gap requires diverse talents among adaptable workers. In between lms and TV projects, a graduate of The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. can demonstrate their equal talent in marketing production.

It is why The Institute of F.I.L.M.S. is dedicated to Teaching Dreamers to Create F.I.L.M.S. F.I.L.M.S. are not just Movies. F.I.L.M.S. are Focused Inspirational Leaders of Marketing, Movies, and Storytelling.

Job listings on June 1, 2021:

April 16, 2021 10,356 vacancies for Digital Marketing Jobs in Miami, FL, on jooble.org

9,939 vacancies for Digital Marketing Jobs in Tampa, FL, on jooble.org

Landing your first job in 2021 8,754 vacancies for Digital Marketing requires flexibility. The outlook is positive. Jobs in For Lauderdale, FL, on

Landing your first job in 2021 requires flexibility. The outlook is positive. jooble.org April 16, 2021, Joel Brown “There are definitely pockets in the market that are extremely strong right now,” says Scott Singer, founder and president of‚Insider Career Strategies Resume Writing & Career Coaching in 7, 938 vacancies for Digital Marketing Hallandale Beach, Fla. “Marketing is doing well. Even sales. Jobs in Orlando, FL, on jooble.org Anything associated with a core business’s mission, helping it become more profitable. “Especially with a lot of companies where they’ve had to be more creative over the last year,” Singer says, “people that can think creatively outside the box and contribute in a meaningful 7,117 vacancies for remote Digital way” are in demand. Marketing jobs on indeed.com

Overall, the jobs market is very good, Singer says, and will continue to improve. Anyone (June 1, 2021). “involved in helping a business operate more efficiently, more cost-effectively, and deliver a return, they’re going to find themselves in demand.”‚ 5,082 vacancies for Digital Marketing Last month, in contrast, the nation added 916,000 jobs, the third consecutive month of Jobs in Jacksonville, FL, on jooble.org accelerated hiring, and unemployment, at 6 percent, was less than half what it was a year ago.

Companies hiring Digital Marketing Small Businesses Get Creative to Survive During the Pandemic: Innovations adopted during the crisis drive revenue and generate new opportunities. professionals include:

Kathy Gurchiek. September 19, 2020 One example: Moriarty’s Gem Art, a family owned jewelry business, created a livestreamed gem show through YouTube using YouTube Studio software. The company advertised the livestreams through its website, by e-mail and via social media. More than 1,000 people now watch the two-hour show that airs every other Wednesday in additional to selling gems online and from far away. Revenue is up. …and Many Small, Medium, and Large Businesses

05 , March 22, 2021

Brad Hall, president of Entertain- mentCareers.Net, says that as of February “we are back to the exact same job flow we had one year prior (to the pandemic).”

Some say the COVID era has reaffirmed their commitment to making it. “In some ways, it strengthened me as a person. I’m more resilient,” says Thomas Jankowski, who picked up gigs doing uniquely pandemic-era work, including tech support for online screenings and as a production assistant charged with driving and sanitizing equipment; he also recently landed a full-time role as an agency assistant.

And while her pilot may be on ice, Diana Romero, a screenwriter, has recently written for a web series and is looking to be staffed on a show: “This pandemic did actually show me that this is exactly where I want to be.”

Businessweek, May 26, 2021

Now, though, more than a year into a pandemic, the future of entertainment seems clearer. Pop culture has moved online—for everyone.

Streaming services, already a major priority, fast became the only way most people got their film and TV fixes. Inc. added 26 million customers in the first half of 2020, a record for new subscribers. And so media companies set aside legacy businesses and learned how to stream.

The globalization of the movie business is a sign of what’s to come for TV as well. International markets contributed 83% of Netflix’s new sign-ups in 2020 and now account for more than 60% of its user base. It will be only another year or two before African, European, and Middle Eastern customers outnumber those in the U.S. and Canada. Disney+, HBO Max, and Amazon.com Inc. are expanding their international streaming operations as well. India already accounts for a third of Disney+ subscribers, thanks in large part to the unique inclusion there of cricket, a national obsession. Disney is hoping to use its formula in India—a mix of sports, original series, and low prices—to expand its reach across South Asia.

As American media companies look abroad for growth, they’re also bringing the stories they make there back home. Netflix is investing billions of dollars in programming in more than a dozen languages, and consumption of these shows is soaring everywhere.

06 MovieMaker magazine, January 2021

While NY and are consistently ranked high among cities, three other cities in Florida and Georgia are also listed. St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg pulled in 15 feature in the last year, most with budgets under a million. Two bigger projects in the area were Lady of the Manor, starring , , and , and Fear of Rain, which starred Harry Connick Jr. and Katherine Heigl and filmed downtown.

Since Florida lacks a film incentive program, the St. Pete Clearwater Film Commission smartly devised a cash rebate incentive in 2005. The program, which has helped more than 1,800 production companies, pays up to 10% on qualified expenditures in Pinellas County’s 24 municipalities.

The region has some of the most gorgeous beaches in the country, and with 361 days of sunshine, you’ll have ample opportunity to enjoy them. It also offers skilled crews and plenty of production facilities and equipment rental houses. And its embrace of film includes the forward- thinking, worldly Sunscreen Film Festival, which celebrated its 15th year in 2020.

Another positive: The state’s nonprofit industry agency, Film FL, requires all productions applying for a permit in the region to read and adhere as closely as possible to its recommendations for clean and healthy sets.

Miami, FL Miami is the home of 2020’s top-grossing film, Bad Boys for Life. Okay, 2020 was not a normal year, but Miami’s reputation as a vibrant film center spans decades. Endlessly photogenic, with gorgeous weather almost always, Florida is just a few rich tax incentives away from posing a major challenge to neighboring Georgia.

The state currently has a two-tiered grant system with a maximum of $100,000 for Miami- Dade County projects of $1 million or more and $50,000 for projects of $500,000 to $1 million. And FilMiami smooths the permitting process with a one-stop system across several jurisdictions.

“Miami has been a playground for indie filmmakers for a few simple reasons. In a city less saturated with productions, people tend to be generous with their venues, rentals, excite- ment, and tolerance for filmmakers,’” says Miami-born artist-moviemaker Jillian Mayer. Miami-Dade County has a wide array of locations, but also a kind of light — especially in 2017 Best Picture winner Moonlight — that you can’t capture anywhere else in America.

Atlanta A 30% tax credit, great weather, excellent crews and a slew of blockbusters have made Atlanta a force for years. But the home of The Walking Dead, Watchmen, and much of the Marvel and DC cinematic universes is also an innovator when it comes to the industry’s fight against COVID-19.

Tyler Perry was one of the first high-profile moviemakers to prove that filming could safely resume when he quarantined cast and crew this past summer, and even used private flights to ensure safe travel to his own Tyler Perry Studios. The Georgia Film Office also issues a short, jargon-free guide to shooting safely.

Atlanta has continued to thrive as a film center during COVID-19 — and even grow. In fact, Pinewood Atlanta Studios rebranded in 2020 as Trilith, a location that includes a small town with its own homes, restaurants, parks, and schools — as well as production facilities within walking distance. Atlanta isn’t just home to big productions, but indie ones, too — and Film Impact Georgia provides a twice-a-year grant program for making shorts.

07 Elliott Grove, Raindance, December 2020

Filmmakers are always looking for work. The challenge of how to find work during COVID in the challenge of 2020. Here are some ideas of what you can do. At the bottom of this page you will see an A-Z of twenty-seven different websites where you can look for film work! Work from home There are many jobs that filmmakers can do from home, and get paid: Editing:People are always looking for an editor Sound and :Do you have the ability to create excellent ? Animation:There are various roles you can do remotely. Writing: Copywriting, script editing, blogging , research and translation services are just 4 of the paid jobs you can do from home. But what of script writing for commercials? Many were written this past year remotely.

It’s a great exercise to analyze what kind of work you are looking for. Then you need to prepare your resume and reel. Don’t forget to clean up your social media too! Companies these days will check out your social profiles, often before they read your resume. These are various places you can look for film work:

Arts Hubis a rolling database of jobs and events in the Creative Circle: If you’re looking for a full-time job (we arts world. It also regularly publishes articles with careers know, health insurance is expensive), you might consider news and advice. using a staffing agency such as Creative Circle that matches you with companies. You can apply for jobs Artjobs:a range of job opportunities within the art and through their site or meet with a recruiter who can help culture sector. find opportunities for you.

Behance: Abode’s platform, Behance,allows you to show- Creative Cow Career Center: If you work in post-produc- case your work and apply to both full-time and short-term tion, Creative Cow is good for applying to editing, VFX creative jobs. Companies can also view your work and and animation jobs. Most of the jobs are based in Canada contact you directly. but they have listings all over the world.

Craigslist:Despite its reputation,Craigslisthas loads of CrewsControl: focuses on matching their clients with the independent film-related posts on here, with good genui- perfect crew, anywhere in the world. They also require ne people and cool projects. Just don’t get lost in its their DPs have a minimum of 10 years of experience and antiques section or the fascinating depths of itsmissed own their own broadcast-level camera package–but once connectionspage. you get in you’ll be working in no time! It’s free to apply to be a DP for Crews Control, however they take a “15% Creative Access: Creative job opportunities from paid Crews Control commission” from your standard rate on intern to full time. any job you get through them.

08 Entertainment Careers: The membership fee for Entertain- ScreenSkills: has loads of advice on those wanting to ment Careers starts at $9.95 monthly and includes early start out in the (creative media) industry, plus plenty of access to job posts, application tracking and customized job opportunities and learning courses. email alerts. Note that many of the jobs here can also be Elliott Grove, Raindance, December 2020 found on free sites, but some are members only. Shooting People: This website, founded by a group of independent filmmakers, offers connections for cast and Facebook:Its job-search function is a great place to find crew, funding, scripts and more. They also host a short job vacancy adverts. Many top companies now use film competition which could give your career a nice Facebook to advertise their vacancies. Production kick-start. Freelancers is one of many groups too. One of the most popular film job sites out Flare Studio: On Flare Studio, brands post briefs for there, Staff Me Up, offers a free version as well as a paid content they want created and you can respond to the version and is great for applying to freelance gigs. The brief by uploading your work with the chance to get paid. free version limits you to five job applications per month, Filmmakers are always looking for work. The challenge The only downside is it’s competition based, so you have but if you’re willing to spend a few bucks you can easily of how to find work during COVID in the challenge of to upload your completed work before you find out if you apply to unlimited jobs, add cover letters, and see your are selected. status for each application. 2020. Here are some ideas of what you can do. At the bottom of this page you will see an A-Z of Gumtree: Another “everything” website like Craigslist. 32: Stage 32 advertises as a social network and twenty-seven different websites where you can look You can find anythingon here from cheap film equip- educational hub for film and television, or “Lynda meets for film work! ment to a desperate director looking for someone just LinkedIn.” In addition to job listings they offer virtual Work from home like you! classes, discussion boards and feedback for . Pricing varies, but it’s free to create a profile. There are many jobs that filmmakers can do from home, and get paid: Editing: posts jobs from remote startups, softwa- People are always looking for an editor Storyhunter: Sound and sound design:Do you have the ability to create excellent foley? re companies, agencies, and ecommerce businesses. is free to join and when you work as a Animation:There are various roles you can do remotely. Once you create a freelancer profile, companies can freelancer on Storyhunter, you don’t pay any fees–the Writing: Copywriting, script editing, blogging , research and translation contact you directly for work and you can apply to jobs. whole thing is entirely free! You need to be vetted by services are just 4 of the paid jobs you can do from home. This is great if you’re an editor and can work remotely. their pros but once you are you’ll be able to browse projects and apply to any you like! But what of script writing for commercials? Indeed: Not specific to film, Indeed is great for applying Many were written this past year remotely. to full-time staff positions. You can easily upload your UpWork: allows freelancers to search for projects and resume and include cover letters for each job. send proposals to clients. It’s free to join, but freelancers are charged a sliding fee based on their earnings. The fee KFTV:is a great internationalsearch engineand forum for the first $500 you earn is 20% and decreases to 10% hub for finding fellow creatives, equipment rental, pre and after that. post-production services, broadcasting facilities and anything else you can think of. Zip Recruiter: allows you to apply to full-time jobs with one click once you’ve uploaded your resume and you can The Knowledge:is a database of over 20,000 production even request info about the salary if it’s not listed. They’ll suppliers within and outside of the UK. It doesn’t require also email you with recommended jobs in your field. Like registration, but if you do you get freebies! the above two sites, it’s not specific to film production, but there are some hidden gems to be found, particularly Launching Films (Film Distributors’ Association): It’s a great exercise to analyze what kind of work you are looking for. Then you need to prepare your resume and reel. if you are staff positions at larger media companies. Don’t forget to clean up your social media too! Companies these days will check out your social profiles, often before looking forknowledge of more business- focused aspects they read your resume. These are various places you can look for film work: of film, and includes job listings. Linkedin.com:A great place to find work. ‘Nuff said. COMPANIES HIRING: Mandy: Arts Hubis a rolling database of jobs and events in the Creative Circle: If you’re looking for a full-time job (we  One of the main media job-posting boards. arts world. It also regularly publishes articles with careers know, health insurance is expensive), you might consider Check it outfor all your cast and crew needs. news and advice. using a staffing agency such as Creative Circle that POP: matches you with companies. You can apply for jobs A great place to look for work on film sets, both in Artjobs:a range of job opportunities within the art and through their site or meet with a recruiter who can help front of and behind the camera. culture sector. find opportunities for you. ProductionBeast: allows freelancers to apply to unlimited Behance: Abode’s platform, Behance,allows you to show- Creative Cow Career Center: If you work in post-produc- jobs, set their availability and show off their work for free. case your work and apply to both full-time and short-term tion, Creative Cow is good for applying to editing, VFX If you work in multiple cities, you can sign up for a starter creative jobs. Companies can also view your work and and animation jobs. Most of the jobs are based in Canada profile for $3.99 a month and appear in crew listings for contact you directly. but they have listings all over the world. up to three cities, so it’s great for anyone bi-coastal. Production Hub: Craigslist:Despite its reputation,Craigslisthas loads of CrewsControl: focuses on matching their clients with the This huballows you to create and explo- independent film-related posts on here, with good genui- perfect crew, anywhere in the world. They also require re profiles whether you want to offer up your production ne people and cool projects. Just don’t get lost in its their DPs have a minimum of 10 years of experience and skills or scout people for your own project. antiques section or the fascinating depths of itsmissed own their own broadcast-level camera package–but once RadarMusic: connectionspage. you get in you’ll be working in no time! It’s free to apply Into film AND the music industry?This site to be a DP for Crews Control, however they take a “15% is perfect for getting a directing gig on a music video. Creative Access: Creative job opportunities from paid Crews Control commission” from your standard rate on ScreenDaily.com: intern to full time. any job you get through them.  This website mainly offers film news Many Independent Studios! and reviews of new releases, but also features a film industryjobs hub.

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