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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 for THE SQUARE 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 (Germany, France, UK, Denmark) 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.

Coproduction Office is now connecting its know-how in both fields in a unique project: a premium cultural space combining a four-screen arthouse cinema, an exhibition venue, ambitious restaurants and a wine bar, located in Berlin’s city centre in an iconic listed building.

We are looking for a future part-time (1-3 days per week) accountant for five companies under German law: two companies active in film production for over 25 years, one company active since 2018 in gastronomy, one company active since 2018 in real estate management and real estate development, and one company that, in the next years, will manage the cinema exploitation business. The position can also be full time and include office management and/or IT management and/or IT process management. Film producer Philippe Bober is the founder of these companies and has to date produced thirty-two films by ground-breaking directors. The 2017 Palme d’Or for Ruben Östlund’s THE SQUARE or Roy Andersson’s 2014 Venice Golden Lion are among the important international prizes won by those films.

What awaits you in your new accountant job:
– You are responsible for expanding the accounting team and taking the accounting of the German companies our international group to the next level
– You take care of the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
– You will take on day-to-day financial, accounts payable and accounts receivable accounting tasks
– You control the internal processing and release process as well as the account assignment of incoming and outgoing invoices
– You do account reconciliation, bank postings, accruals and cash management
– You work in direct contact with our management, our project managers and our project assistants
– You act as a contact for internal and external partners, especially tax consultants and auditors
– You assist the CFO and the project managers in the preparation of funding and bank loans requests
– You support in controlling and quality management

What you bring to us:
– Completed training/study
– Practical experience in financial accounting and accounting
– Very good knowledge of accounting according to HGB/IFRS. Ideally also in the group accounting of an international company
– In-depth knowledge of common accounting and pre-accounting software (e.g. Datev)
– Extensive knowledge of Excel
– Excellent analytical skills and a solution-oriented mindset
– Willingness to work and enthusiasm for administrative topics
– Quick grasp
– Very good communication skills in German (at least B2 level). Also in English (at least
B1). French and/or Italian would be a plus
– Team spirit
– If possible an experience in start-up or intrapreneurship environments

Coproduction Office is looking for a Cinema and Bistronomie Project Coordinator for its Berlin Cultural Centre

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 800 € (net) per 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.

Die Woche der Kritik findet vom 15. bis zum 23. Februar 2023 in Berlin zum neunten Mal statt. Als Gegenstück zur parallel stattfindenden Berlinale lädt die Veranstaltungsreihe mit einem konzentrierten Film- und Debattenprogramm eine Woche lang dazu ein, gemeinsam über Filme, Kritik und das Kino als kulturellen Raum nachzudenken. Nach welchen Maßstäben werden Filme heute produziert, ausgewählt und gesehen? Wo werden Filme gezeigt, von wem und unter welchen Bedingungen? Wer schreibt über Filme und wie? Internationale Gäste beleben den Diskussionsraum und führen interdisziplinär gestaltete Debatten.

Für die aktuelle Ausgabe der Woche der Kritik suchen wir tatkräftige Unterstützung im Bereich der Organisationsleitung, Gästebetreuung und als Praktikum in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Dabei freuen wir uns auf Studierende und Absolvent*innen jeglicher Fachrichtung und alle anderen begeisterten Cinephilen, die Lust haben, bei einem spannenden Filmfestivalprojekt mit anzupacken.

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Bei Interesse bitten wir um eine schriftliche Bewerbung mit kurzem Motivationsschreiben und Lebenslauf bis spätestens 21.10.2022 per E-Mail an Petra Palmer: petra[at]wochederkritik.de. Für Rücksprachen auch vor der Bewerbung sind wir gerne erreichbar. Die Auswahlgespräche finden in der letzten Novemberwoche in Berlin statt, ein Onlinegespräch ist auch möglich.

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