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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures furthers the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, and collections. Welcoming visitors from Los Angeles and around the world, the Museum works in active partnership with motion picture artists and specialists, scholars, staff, and diverse communities to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema, inspiring discourse, connection, joy, and discovery.?
Reporting to the Managers and Assistant Managers of Theater Operations, you will serve as a key member of our Theater Operations staff in day-to-day operations to ensure a premier movie theater experience at the Academy Museum’s theaters.
This position is represented by a union.
You Will:
- Coordinate and direct staff at any museum theater events, programs, and rentals.
- Supervise day-to-day theater operations, ensure proper floor coverage, and manage staff breaks.
- Work with Projectionists, Film Programmers, Talent Relations, A/V, Security, and other departments in facilitating program introductions, film screenings, and panel discussions.
- Assist with departmental administrative tasks such as tracking inventory, ordering supplies, compiling information for run of shows, responding to emails, etc.
- Handle theater experience challenges, concerns, comments, and complaints escalated from the floor staff level, including any seating, ticketing, or admissions issues.
- Communicate effectively with all levels of museum management, in-house projection staff, museum technical staff, guest event managers, and engineers.
- Inform theater staff of new information relating to events, policies, procedures, or visitor issues.
- Lead daily team huddles to ensure a successful run-of-show for all screenings and events.
- Facilitate AV elements for various events such as distributing microphones for speaking events and occasionally introducing films.
- Ensure team compliance with legal policies and procedures.
- Monitor and maintain theater accessibility supplies and equipment.
- Attend weekly meetings both in person and via Zoom.
- Uphold the Academy standard for program excellence.
- Other duties as assigned.
