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 the 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. Philippe also produces video installations (WOMEN WITHOUT MEN by Shirin Neshat, ALBERI by Michelangelo Frammartino) and works with visual artists Zapruder and Michelangelo Frammartino. Coproduction Office is now connecting its know-how in these fields in a unique project: a premium cultural space combining a three-screen arthouse cinema, an art gallery and multifunctional exhibition venue, ambitious restaurants and a wine bar. Located in Berlin’s city center 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, pro-active, problem-solving, lateral thinking, culture, film- and/or wine-loving, and have a positive working attitude and an eye for details. 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 one or several of the following duties:
- Coordinating financing applications, following-up with funds, financiers, projects and clients.
- Analyzing processes and making suggestions on how to optimise them
- Preparing a marketing plan and materials.
- Contributing to building up Briefmarken Weine’s brand, team and management
- Assisting with wine import and attendance of wine fairs
- Assisting with the preparation of art fairs
- Liaising with artists regarding physical production, printing, openings
- Assisting with the organization of events and pop exhibitions
- Contributing to developing the art 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
- Communicating directly with external project coordinators, architects, construction managers, specialist planners and other people involved in the project
- Organizing media relations

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.

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6-Month Paid Internship:

Graphic Design

By: Coproduction Office
Business sector: Film Industry
Field of expertise: Graphic Design
Location: Berlin
Paid Internship: 1000 - 1200€ brutto / month (est. netto 950 € / month)
Benefits: Dynamic and international working environment, career progression
Duration: 6 months full time (if enrolled with a school)
Start date: As soon as possible

Coproduction Office is looking for an intern in graphic design to collaborate with our marketing coordinator and experienced graphic designers on the marketing (posters, pressbook etc.) of our films in post-production.

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 fourty 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:

• Gain valuable experience about developing a film poster, and the marketing of a film

• Gain an oversight on different aspects of the company, including film sales and production as we are small and flexible company

• Work with our developer on the graphic interface our new sales data base

• Work in a multi-lingual environment with a friendly and motivational atmosphere and engaged and international colleagues who bring commitment and camaraderie to their work

• Obtain valuable experience from working with our sales and marketing team, our directors as well as with our founder Philippe Bober on unique films

YOU ARE:

• Organized and capable of facing tight deadlines with a good temperament

• A perfectionist

• Flexible with a proactive skill set

• Aesthetically uncompromising with a fine taste in fonts, mastery of color palettes and a natural appreciation of minimalist design

• Proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

• if possible, experienced with ExtJS and Sencha Themer (https://www.sencha.com/products/themer/), as well as with large data-intensive applications / SPAs

• Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces

We work in English, French and/or German

We look forward to receiving your full application with a cover letter in English and your book at staff@coproductionoffice.eu. NB Applications without cover letter will not be considered.

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6 Month Paid Internship

with possible further employment

Coproduction Office is looking forward to welcome a

Marketing and/or Sales intern.

who is globally minded, result-oriented, with organizational skills, and have an interest in art-house cinema, to complete our team of twenty people working in Paris and/or Berlin in a dynamic and international environment.

By: Coproduction Office
Business sector: Film Industry
Field of expertise: Press and Marketing
Location: Berlin or Paris
Paid Internship: 1200 € / months (before taxes)
Benefits: Dynamic and international working environment, career progression
Duration: 6 months full time (if enrolled with a school)
Start date: June 2023

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 forty 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 assist our sales and marketing team with some of the following tasks:

Marketing and Press:

• Ensure communication during the creation of a film’s marketing with the graphic designers, the decision makers, and the printers (for new films and restored titles).

• Improve the marketing elements for catalogue films with our editors and graphic designers (including trailer, poster, stills, extras and pressbook).

• Assist with the catalogue sales: suggest ideas for retrospectives and collections.

• Research and create bonus material for our films in collaboration with our editors (interviews, behind-the-scenes material).

• Manage and increase the activities on the social media accounts (YouTube, Instagram) and the website.

• Participate in the digital development of the company: be involved in strategic meeting and assist in the communication with VOD providers.

• Collect and archive press reviews on our films in multiple languages and suggest press quotes.

• Participate to test screenings of our films.

Sales:

• Assist our sales executives during markets (scheduling meetings; writing memos; etc.).
• Follow up with international distributors.

• Search for prospective customers (market studies); improving and updating the client and deal database.

• Assist the sales team in the negotiation for catalogue film sales (providing information on the material available and prices).

YOU ARE:

• A native or fully fluent English-speaker with an excellent command of German and/or French. Other languages are a plus.

• A perfectionist, with attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

• A cinephile with a strong interest in marketing.

• Able to think outside the boxes.

• Precise, Proficient with Excel and databases.

• Able to demonstrate previous experience in the film industry (a plus).

• Flexible with a proactive skill set.

• Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces

YOU WILL:

• Gain an oversight on different aspects of the company, including finance and production as we are small and flexible company

• 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 with our sales and marketing team, as well as with our founder Philippe Bober on unique films.

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.)

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6 Month Paid Internship

Sales and Production Business Affairs Intern

French-speaking and/or German-speaking

Paris and/or Berlin

By: Coproduction Office

Business sector: Film Industry (International Sales Agency and Production)

Paid Internship: 1200€ / month before taxes

Duration: 6 months, full time

Start date: According to availability

We are looking for a globally minded colleague, who has organizational skills, is result-oriented and has an interest in art-house cinema, to complete our team of ten people, working in a dynamic and international environment. You will be working in our sales department where you will assist our CFO Riccardo Molteni, and our founder Philippe Bober.

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-three 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 in 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.

*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 Coproduction Office’s sales department in interaction with other departments (production, finance, festivals, marketing, deliverables) and participate to the following tasks:

• Preparing application and reports for banks and credit institutions active in the film sector
• Establishing films’ sales and marketing budget: at the occasion of the premier of the films and in the context of funding applications (Creative Europe, CNC, European Film promotion)
• Preparing costs reports for producers and funds
• Managing Royalties reports (contacting distributors and analyzing the provided reports)
• Analyzing films revenues across various platforms and territories (with a specific focus on the evolution of digital revenues) and presenting the results to the sales team
• Updating financial Databases
• Doing market research
• Participating to test screenings of our films during the post-production stage (not mandatory)

YOU ARE:

A native English, French or German speaker with an excellent command of the other two languages

Able to formalize ideas

• Professional in every circumstance
• Highly proficient with Excel
• Proficient in writing memorandums
• A To Do Lists lover
• Both analytical and synthetical
• A perfectionist, with attention to detail and meeting deadlines
• Flexible with a proactive skill set
• Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces

A cinephile. A previous experience in the cinema industry or the cultural sector is a plus

YOU WILL:

Gain an oversight on different aspects of the company including sales, marketing and production as we are a small and flexible company

• 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 with Philippe Bober on unique 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). Please also indicate where you saw this post.

Apply for this position