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NBCUniversal

Coordinator, Programming

Miami, FL · Hybrid

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and ... Serves as a liaison with internal departments to ensure schedule accuracy across all distribution ...

NBCUniversal

Coordinator, Programming

Miami, FL · Hybrid

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and ... Serves as a liaison with internal departments to ensure schedule accuracy across all distribution ...

NBCUniversal

Coordinator, Programming

Miami, FL · Hybrid

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and ... Serves as a liaison with internal departments to ensure schedule accuracy across all distribution ...

Together Group

Events Coordinator

New York, NY

LaunchMetrics invitation and list creation, invitation distribution, RSVP tracking and inbox ... Knowledge of film/tv, fashion and influencer talent, pop culture and current industry trends, and ...

Together Group

Events Coordinator

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$40K - $45K/yr

... invitation distribution, RSVP tracking and inbox management. • Use of software platforms ... film/tv, fashion and influencer talent, pop culture and current industry trends, and the ability to ...

NEON Rated

Physical Media Coordinator

New York, NY · Hybrid

$65K/yr

The NEON Digital Distribution Team is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive Physical Media Coordinator. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about film, appreciates ...

NEON Rated

Physical Media Coordinator

Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid

$65K/yr

The NEON Digital Distribution Team is seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive Physical Media Coordinator. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about film, appreciates ...

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How much do film distribution coordinator jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 8, 2026, the average hourly pay for film distribution coordinator in the United States is $20.42, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $17.31 and $22.12 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Film Distribution Coordinator vs Film Marketing Coordinator?

AspectFilm Distribution CoordinatorFilm Marketing Coordinator
Primary FocusManaging film release logistics, distribution channels, and rights managementPlanning and executing marketing campaigns, promotional activities, and audience engagement
Required SkillsDistribution agreements, industry contacts, negotiation skillsMarketing strategies, branding, social media, advertising
Work EnvironmentDistribution companies, studios, film festivalsMarketing agencies, studios, media firms
Common UsageUsed by companies handling film releases and rightsUsed by marketing teams promoting films to audiences

The main difference is that a Film Distribution Coordinator focuses on the logistics and rights management of releasing films, while a Film Marketing Coordinator concentrates on promoting films to attract viewers. Both roles require industry knowledge but serve different stages of the film release process.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a film distribution coordinator?

To thrive as a Film Distribution Coordinator, you need a solid understanding of film distribution processes, logistics, and market trends, often supported by a degree in film, business, or communications. Familiarity with distribution management software, rights management systems, and digital delivery platforms is typically required. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and effective communication set standout candidates apart in this role. These skills are crucial to successfully managing film releases, maintaining relationships with distributors, and ensuring timely delivery across multiple platforms.

What are some typical challenges faced by a film distribution coordinator, and how can they be managed effectively?

Film Distribution Coordinators often manage complex logistics and tight deadlines, coordinating with multiple partners such as studios, exhibitors, and streaming platforms. Common challenges include handling last-minute schedule changes, ensuring content delivery across various formats and territories, and keeping up with evolving distribution technologies. Effective communication, strong organizational skills, and adaptability are key to overcoming these hurdles. Building solid relationships with stakeholders and staying updated on industry standards can help prevent and resolve many distribution issues.

What does a film distribution coordinator do?

A Film Distribution Coordinator is responsible for organizing and managing the distribution of films to theaters, streaming platforms, and other outlets. They handle logistics such as scheduling release dates, coordinating with marketing teams, preparing materials for exhibitors, and ensuring compliance with contracts. Their role is critical in making sure a film reaches its intended audience efficiently and on time. They often work closely with sales agents, distributors, and production companies to maximize a film’s reach and profitability.
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Film + Media Arts Program Assistant

Taylor University

Upland, IN • On-site

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Posted 3 days ago

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Job description

Location : Upland
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: 202500725
Area: School of Arts and Humanities (HABS)
Department: Film + Media
Opening Date: 08/04/2026
Summary
Position Summary
This position provides assistance to the Film & Media Arts faculty, including 4 full-time faculty, 2-3 adjunct faculty, one full-time engineer and one part-time engineer. The person will have strong interpersonal skills, critical thinking/problem solving skills, word processing and computer skills, internet research skills, bookkeeping and budget experience, and an eye for detail and accuracy. He/she will also speak accurately and clearly and use correct grammar. Ideally, the person also has experience with event coordination, social media and basic graphic design. Knowledge of film, television, the entertainment industry and film festivals will be considered a bonus.
Mission and Commitment
Taylor's mission is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.
As a community, Taylor faculty, staff, and students commit to living out Christ's love and truth in the here and now. We worship together, serve one another, and grow in faith as we learn in the classroom, on the field, at chapel, and anywhere else we're doing Life Together.
Duties and Responsibilities
This position is primarily responsible to:
  • Testify to personal experience of salvation in Jesus Christ, affirm belief in the University's Statement of Faith, abide by and practice our Life Together Covenant, and both personally agree with and support the Foundational Documents of Taylor University.
  • Faculty Support
    • Attend department faculty meetings and record minutes
    • Assist in the copying and distribution of syllabi, handouts, exams, faculty schedules, classroom schedules and routing these to the proper offices
    • Occasional proctoring of exams in classroom or one-on-one
    • Periodic grading of objective quiz and test items
    • Curate, with John Bruner, a database of available actor headshots and resumes for use by Narrative Filmmaking students
  • Manage departmental office
    • Respond to walk-up questions and requests from faculty and students
    • Serve as receptionist (answer phones and speak with visitors)
    • Organize and maintain department files
    • Sort and distribute department mail
    • Oversee petty cash and disbursements
    • Maintain copy machine and printers, contacting IT for repairs
    • Order and stock office supplies for department and faculty offices
    • Create schedules for faculty office doors, collect faculty syllabi and forward to academic dean, schedule meetings
    • Recommend improvements in office methods and procedures
    • Address issues with office area appearance, requesting assistance from maintenance, housekeeping, etc. as needed
  • Student workers
    • Enter contractual information for WTUR workers and Envision Productions staff
    • Recruit, schedule, and manage student workers if needed
    • Approve timesheets of student workers if needed
  • Archiving
    • Responsible for archiving annual documents such as production photos, course materials and production binders
    • Record weekly minutes at department meetings for archival purposes
    • Collect and archive syllabi each semester
  • Course materials and fees
    • Update course fees each semester in communication with faculty and ensure that fees are collected for relevant class sections
    • Order materials as requested for courses
    • Assist chair in processing course fee forms and route through Academic Affairs and the Business office by deadlines
  • Assist Chair with curriculum guides/course scheduling/registration/scholarships
    • Assist Chair in plotting all course/faculty/room schedules throughout Horne using iChair
    • Identify population swells or downturns, forecasting how those will affect section enrollment
    • Avoid conflicts for students by orchestrating the timing of various courses.
    • Maintain curriculum guides for BA and BS.
    • Prepare reports of various kinds to provide data for decision making (E$3, AIP, AlumniConnect, etc.)
  • Budget Assistance
    • Work with budget manager (John Bruner) in the following areas:
      1. Review charges to find and address errors (wrong charges from other departments, wrong line or org charged) in FMA's seven budget orgs
      2. Process purchase orders and invoices to business office as needed
      3. Collect receipts and process credit card statements for faculty and staff. Verify lines to be charged with budget manager and enter information into business office credit entry system, assigning each charge to the appropriate line and entering charge descriptions.
      4. Assist with vendor relationships and payments where appropriate
      5. Remediate credit card problems
      6. Meet with budget manager regularly
    • Working with budget manager, oversee student purchases for projects, process petty cash and reimbursements for upper division production courses. This involves working directly with 4-12 student producers each semester in FMA430 Producing for Clients, FMA420 Documentary Filmmaking, FMA314 Film Workshop and FMA440 Narrative Filmmaking
  • Adjunct faculty
    • Create Requests-to-Hire for adjunct faculty
    • Verify that adjuncts have access to TU technology, systems, and office supplies as they begin a new semester
  • Travel/Trip Support
    • Trip planning and flight/car/hotel arrangements (as needed) for NAB/BEA, UFVA, Sundance trip, international trips, Envision guests and TUHIP internship visits, tracking professional development funds.
    • Coordinate travel arrangements, ticket purchases and scheduling for field trips.
    • Assist with travel arrangements for travel courses such as Sundance and International Production (serve as general travel agent-airline and transit tickets, accommodations for large groups of students and faculty, food budgets, tickets for exhibitions and performances, etc.)
    • Providing support to teams traveling (travel forms, release forms, orientation catering, per diem cash disbursements, etc.)
    • Process faculty professional development expense reports, reimbursements.
    • Prepare employee expense reports post-travel
  • Marketing, recruiting
    • Act as liaison to print shop for posters/prints for marketing purposes
    • Supervise student workers updating student film posters with award recognitions
    • Assist chair in providing updated information for TU website
    • Verify that building TV monitors are functional and feeding correct promotional images. Report issues to Josh Taylor
  • Job placement, alumni engagement
    • Serve as clearinghouse for and distributor of internship information and job listings
    • Send occasional mailings, invitations and surveys to alumni
  • Coordinate usage of Film and Media spaces in the Horne Academic Center
    • Field daily building issues from faculty. These will be related to the quirks of the new facility at first and over time, will relate more to upkeep
    • Submit and track work orders to Maintenance and Housekeeping. Communicate to faculty about disruptive repair processes
    • Coordinate key access with Key Control
    • Coordinate building access and security with Campus Police
    • Coordinate building access and door lock automation with IT
    • Field classroom AV problems, calling Media Services for assistance
    • Field requests for use of media spaces within the Horne Academic Center, using both 25Live and the department's internal Cheqroom, in coordination with faculty
    • Assist summer conference attendees when in the building
  • Special Events
    • Events include JohnFest fall picnic, film screening/receptions, Envision Film Festival, guest filmmaker visits, Accepted Student visit day lunches, Senior Show, Senior Brunch and others as needed
    • Handle logistics of visiting filmmakers
    • Book campus facilities (such as Rediger) via 25Live, including Media Services requests for mics, lights, tables, etc.
    • Purchase food and beverage for receptions following Documentary Screening (Dec), Red Eye Film Frenzy 24-hour film festival (Jan), Narrative Screening (May) and other screening events hosted by alumni and guests
    • Host receptions/serve punch/supervise student assistants outside of normal work hours.
    • For the Envision Film Festival, book facilities, media services, microphones, tables, tablecloths, food/beverage
    • Place catering orders related to prospective students visiting during Envision Film Festival
    • Research, order and supervise delivery of meals for Envision leadership team and guests
    • For the Senior Show, order certificate holders, create award certificates, order tables/tablecloths, purchase beverages, and host punchbowl
    • For the Senior Brunch, book location, purchase/prepare food as needed and coordinate setup
    • Publicize scheduled events to university via e-mail Announcements as requested by chair
    • Provide public relations information about exhibits to news@taylor.edu and local media outlets as requested by chair
  • Administrative support for TUHIP (LA semester program)
    • Request W-9s from new speakers
    • Process honoraria payments for class speakers for FMA365 Inside the Entertainment Industry every two weeks
  • Film Camp
    • Assist with mid-week picnic arrangements
    • Find actors for films by reaching out to local arts organizations and high schools
  • Film Festival Support
    • Work with faculty to ensure that student project submission forms and FilmFreeway are completely filled out at semester's end, and if not, track down students who have not completed documentation for festival and competition entry
    • Obtain caption files for films when needed
    • Track festival submission dates and prompt chair to complete entries
    • Provide assets to film festivals as requested: director bios, headshots, log lines, press kits, film trailers, digital film files, caption files and confirmation agreements
    • Keep IMDb (Internet Movie Database) information up to date when new films are completed
  • Social Media/Graphic Design
    • If skilled with social media and graphic design, prepare posts for FB, IG, etc, announcing acceptances and wins in film festivals and competitions
    • Interact with university social media manager, alerting of upcoming posts for possible reposting
  • Other duties as assigned.
Typical Qualifications
Education and Experience
  • High school diploma or GED, required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Two years of administration experience preferred.
Skills and Competencies
  • Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interact warmly and professionally with colleagues, students, parents and external partners.
  • Detail-oriented to maintain department records with accuracy and confidentiality.
  • Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office, and the ability to learn new technology.
  • Excellent organizational skills to maintain calendars and schedule appointments, reservations, and/or events.
  • Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures.
  • Self-directed and self-motivated in job-related tasks.
  • Adaptable and flexible to change tasks quickly; collaborative team player who can also work independently.
  • Ability to operate basic office equipment including computers, phones, and printers.
Supplemental Information
  • Physical Demands
    • No or limited physical effort is required.
  • Work Environment
    • Work is normally performed in a typical interior / exterior work environment.
  • Environmental Conditions
    • No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

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Please use this link (https://www.taylor.edu/_docs/about/offices/registrar/undergrad-catalog/foundation.pdf) to navigate to the Taylor University website to review the following documents, which are part of our Foundational Documents: - Mission Statement- Statement of Faith- Sanctity of Life Statement- Statement on Human Sexuality- Multicultural Philosophy Statement
  • Yes, I have read this page in its entirety and understand its contents
  • No, I have not read this page in its entirety or I do not understand its contents.

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In reference to the Foundational Documents: Do you personally support these statements to be your own example of belief, and if hired by Taylor University, would you agree to abide by the Life Together Covenant, Sanctity of Life Statement, the Statement of Human Sexuality, the Statement on Multicultural Philosophy, Taylor University Mission Statement, and Statement of Faith?
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