SECTORS OF ACTIVITY: Film production, Cinema exploitation, Real Estate, Gastronomy, Project Management

Start Date: as soon as possible
Location: Berlin
Salary: based on experience


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.

We are now connecting our 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 center in an iconic listed building. It is set to open its doors to the public in 2025-2026.

We are looking for a Finance Manager (job creation) to join our Berlin team and to support the growth of Coproduction Office’s activities in Germany. The working languages are German and English, in which full working proficiency is required, further languages are beneficial.

RESPONSABILITIES:

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING:

• Ensure the company is properly funded: manage the fundraising processes with the CEO, investigate new sources of financing.
• Advise on investment activities and provide strategies that the company should take.
• Update the business plan for the development of the company activities in Germany.

FINANCE MANAGEMENT:

• Manage the Berlin-based companies’ (gastronomy, cultural space project, film production company) treasury planning; be in direct contacts with the providers, negotiate payment schedule.
• Communicate with our German bank, request short-term and long-term credits.
• Lead the financial reporting and analyze the financial performance of the company.
• Manage two accountants in Berlin.
• Closely collaborate with our external accountancy firm in Germany (and France when required) and oversee the closing of the balance sheets.
• Closely collaborate with our finance team in Paris, and particularly, with our colleague in charge of the treasury planning for the production and sales activities of the companies.
• Help optimize/automate finance activities, operations, systems, and processes.
• Accurately prepare and fill state and state/government tax documents.

HUMAN RESSOURCES:

• Recruit new colleagues.
• Oversee the onboarding process, including contracts drafting with our external advisor.
• Assist with the Management of the Berlin based team (Wine Bar staff, Cultural space project team).

YOUR BACKGROUND

• You are fluent in English and German. French and Italian language are a plus.
• You have a master’s degree in finance/business or further education in finance/accounting with a least 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• You are professional in every circumstance.
• You have excellent analytical and execution skills and thorough understanding of financial processes.
• You are a perfectionist, with attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• You are flexible with a proactive skill set.
• You are Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces.
• You like working in a team and your strong communication skills ensure the capability of working with people of various nationalities. Colleagues can always rely on you.

YOU WILL:

• 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.

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6 Month Paid Internship
with possible further employment

Coproduction Office is looking forward to welcome a

Sales and Marketing 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: Sales and Marketing
Location: Berlin and/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: October 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. Most 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:

Sales:

• Assist our sales executives with the market preparation and during markets (scheduling meetings, researching distributors, preparing documents and presentations on our films, assisting on the logistics, etc.).
• Follow up with international distributors after the markets (preparing information on films, screeners, and others).
• Search for prospective partners (market studies); improve and update the clients and sales database and contacts list.
• Assist the sales team in the negotiation for film sales, for example by reflecting on selling points and gathering information on a film.
• Assist with the redaction of contracts and other administrative tasks (notarization process, registration of contracts, etc.)
• Follow up with our international distributors to track the films’ releases (release dates, admission numbers, marketing elements).
• Support the management of MEDIA Creative Europe funding, both internally and in collaboration with our European distributors (application and reporting).
• Keep track of expiring contracts and get in touch with distributors to negotiate renewals.
• Assist the sales team in the preparation of sales strategies (reflect on pitching and ideas for retrospectives and collections).

Marketing and Press:

• Research and create bonus material for our films in collaboration with our editors (interviews, behind-the-scenes material, etc.).
• Collect and archive press reviews on our films in multiple languages and suggest press quotes’ selections.
• Participate to test screenings of our films.
• Ensure good 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).

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 film distribution and marketing.
• Able to think outside the boxes.
• Precise, Proficient with Excel and databases.
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in the film industry.
• 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 film industry, 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
Film Editing Intern

By: Coproduction Office
Business sector: Film Industry
Field of expertise: Editing, Post-Production
Location: Berlin
Paid Internship: 1200€ brutto / month
Duration: 6 months, full time (if enrolled in university) / 3 months if not
Start date: as soon as possible

We are looking for a globally minded colleague, who is organised, result-oriented and has an interest in art-house cinema, to complete our team of ten people and work in a dynamic and international environment. You will assist our Editor, Benjamin Mirguet, our Editing and Post-production Coordinator, Pedro Ramos, and the Producer Philippe Bober by planning and participating in test screenings, preparing editing memos, editing demos, EPKs, of the films themselves.

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 classics). 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

Coproduction Office, alongside the respective directors, is actively involved in the post-production process of the films it produces, including in the editing process. Currently four films are in post-production.

You will work on the following tasks:

• Planning and coordinating test screenings
• Communicating with the post-production team of each film
• Preparing transcripts of the discussions concerning the test screenings
• Looking for prospective test screening audiences
• Improving and updating the test screening audience database
• Assisting with the creation of VOD film screeners
• Creating and/or reviewing subtitles, and assisting with the creation and editing of Dialogue Lists if needed
• Working alongside the marketing team which includes editing of trailers and excerpts (press clips etc.)
• Occasionally assisting our editor with editing
• Occasionally editing with the director and editor of the film

YOU ARE

• A native or fully fluent English speaker with an excellent command of German and/or French. A third language is a plus (Italian, Chinese or Russian in particular).
• A cinephile with an interest in film analysis and an ability to formalize ideas.
• Able to deal with stress and prioritize.
• Proficient with AVID, Premiere, After Effects.
• Computer savvy and proficient in virtual workspaces, particularly in the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.
• Experience with DaVinci Resolve is a plus.
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in the film industry.
• A team player apt to collaborate in a fast-paced and dynamic workspace.
• A perfectionist who pays attention to detail, while being able to meet deadlines.
• Flexible with a proactive skill set.

YOU WILL

• Gain valuable experience in editing while following the entire editing process and seeing the impact it can have on the audience.
• Gain insight into different aspects of the company including sales, marketing, and production, as we are a small and flexible company.
• Work in a multi-lingual environment with a friendly and motivational atmosphere with engaged and international colleagues who bring commitment and camaraderie to their work.

We look forward to receiving your full application with a cover letter in English at staff@coproductionoffice.eu (NB Applications without a cover letter will not be considered). Please also indicate where you saw this post.

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6-Month Paid Internship:
Graphic Design

By: Coproduction Office
Business sector: Film Industry
Field of expertise: Graphic Design
Location: Berlin or Paris
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 in university) – 3 months if not
Start date: from September 2023

Coproduction Office is looking for an intern in graphic design to collaborate with our marketing coordinator on the marketing (posters, pressbooks etc.) of our films and the branding of the company.

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 classics). At the forefront of arthouse cinema in Europe, Coproduction Office is an international, dynamic, and motivating 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. Coproduction Office is now combining its know-how in these fields into a unique project: a premium cultural space that includes a three-screen arthouse cinema, an art gallery and a 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.

*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 in developing film posters and in the marketing of films (e.g. the creation of pressbooks, newsletters, merch etc.)
• Help prepare the marketing material for film festivals such as Venice, the Berlinale or Cannes (Screening invitations, Line Ups etc.)
• Work on the corporate identity of the firm (e.g. new sales catalogue, new branding)
• Work on the marketing material of Coproduction Office’s wine bar (e.g wine list, website) and of new cultural projects (e.g. B2B presentations)
• Work with our developer on the graphic interface of our new sales database
• Work in a multi-lingual environment with a friendly and motivational atmosphere with engaged and international colleagues who bring commitment and camaraderie to their work
• Gain insight into different aspects of the company, including film sales and production, as we are small and flexible company

YOU ARE:

• Organized, positive and capable of meeting tight deadlines.
• 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, experience 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 (what does this refer to? – portfolio maybe?) 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

By: Coproduction Office
Business sector: Film Industry
Field of expertise: Production, Administration, Finance
Location: Berlin
Paid Internship: 1200€ brutto / month
Benefits: Dynamic and international working environment, career progression
Duration: 6 months full time (if enrolled in university) – 3 months if not
Start date: from September 2023
Coproduction Office is looking forward to welcoming a

German-speaking Production Intern / Production Assistant

who is globally minded, result-oriented, organised, and has an interest in art-house cinema, to complete our team of fiften people working in our offices in Paris and Berlin in a dynamic and international environment.

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 classics). At the forefront of arthouse cinema in Europe, Coproduction Office is an international, dynamic, and motivating 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. Coproduction Office is now combining its know-how in these fields into a unique project: a premium cultural space that includes a three-screen arthouse cinema, an art gallery and a 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.

*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 in-house producers and our founder Philippe Bober with tasks related to production, financing, planning, reporting and cost accounting that may include:

• Researching funds, investors, and credit lines
• Conducting specific research related to individual film projects
• Assisting with film budgets
• Assisting with cost reports for producers and financing partners
• Assisting with the legal aspects of international co-productions
• Preparing applications for the funding of films (German and European film and cinema funds)
• Assisting the in-house producers in preparing and following up on shootings and post-production
• Copywriting texts in German (for instance for press books or for funding applications), and occasionally translating into German
• Participating in, and occasionally helping with, the organization of test screenings of films in post-production
• Updating monitoring tools
• Interacting with all the departments of Coproduction Office and facilitating administrative processes
• Participating in the bookkeeping for projects and being a point of contact for the accounting team
• Participating in the budgeting and reporting tasks related to film production
• Scheduling (and occasionally attending) meetings with international partners
• Preparing and following up on meetings: logistics, recordings, transcripts, to do lists, coordinating and implementing follow ups.

YOU ARE:

• A native German speaker, who feels comfortable writing texts and has an excellent command of English (written and spoken). A knowledge of French or Italian is a plus.
• Proficient with Excel (budgets, cash-flows, etc.)
• Able to demonstrate previous experience in the film industry (a plus) and an interest in financial topics
• A perfectionist, who pays attention to detail and meets deadlines
• Passionate for cinema
• Professional, no matter the circumstances
• Both analytical and synthetical
• Flexible with a proactive skill set
• Eloquent and have good social skills, are capable of interacting with professionals in different sectors: the film industry, the public sector, artists etc.
• Proficient in writing memorandums
• Computer savvy and proficient in cloud-based applications and virtual workspaces
• A To Do Lists lover

YOU WILL:

• Gain insight into different aspects of the company, including film production, finance and sales
• Obtain valuable experience from working on unique films with our in-house producers as well as with our founder Philippe Bober
• 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

This experience will provide you with good basic knowledge of the management of a company in the film sector. You will be able to follow-up on funds, financers, projects, and clients, with an in-depth knowledge of how the sector and company work, including an oversight of all aspects of the company (management, production, and sales). If the collaboration is successful, we would love to make you a permanent member of the team as Production Assistant to one of our in-house producers with the possibility of growing responsibility within the production team further down the line.

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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