LFF Hospitality Team Lead

Salary: £34,602 per annum

Fixed Term Contract: 21 July 2025 – 07 November 2025

We are looking for a Hospitality Coordinator to manage and deliver the Hospitality programme for the BFI London Film Festival with the support of the Hospitality Team. This includes developing, planning and executing a large portfolio of LFF hospitality events including filmmakers’ lunches and receptions, networking drinks, and other bespoke events for the duration of the festival, managing a team of coordinators, assistants and volunteers.

BFI London Film Festival (LFF) runs an Industry & Professional Programme of screenings, events, networking and informal marketplace for around 3,500 film industry professionals alongside the main public festival.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working closely with the Senior Production Manager and the Filmmaker and Industry Services Manager to plan and deliver a large portfolio of LFF hospitality events including filmmaker lunches and receptions, networking drinks, and other bespoke events for the duration of the festival

• Working with the Senior Production Manager in researching and booking a range of central London venues for a diverse portfolio of LFF hospitality events

• Managing a team of Hospitality Coordinators, Assistants and festival volunteers, working efficiently to maintain clear responsibilities within the team for delivering festival hospitality events

• Developing a clear scheduling system, integrated with the hospitality database, that ensures all Guest Services, Production and Delegate Services Teams can see Hospitality plans for Filmmaker and Industry guests