Marketing

Work at VFS

There is no such thing as an ordinary day when you work at Vancouver Film School. It’s a creative and fast-paced environment where you’re part of recruiting and educating the next generation of actors, filmmakers, video game developers and creative thinkers.

Our unique culture is all about celebrating the pure passion and unwavering perseverance of our students as they go through their own amazing personal journeys towards a career in the entertainment arts.

Constantly evolving and updating to meet industry demands, VFS believes results matter, and that extends from our classrooms and experienced faculty to our hard-working marketing, admissions, and support departments and well beyond.

Job Scope

You are an enthusiastic, high-energy individual ready to assist in creating and managing events that are both remarkable and memorable, but above all deliver real marketing results.

Reporting to the Events & Experience Manager, the Assistant will support a team managing world-class events offered at VFS.

The successful candidate may have some experience in planning and executing successful events and campaigns for diverse audiences, with a desire to learn more and grow in the field.

This demanding role relies on your attention to every detail and your ability to work in a high-pressure environment while collaborating closely with numerous stakeholders.

Within the VFS Experience side of the role, you will be responsible for supporting the fulfillment of orders from the online VFS Shop, as well as managing a database of VFS alumni industry credits that are used across marketing materials.

You are supporting the management of marketing, promoting, and events (online and in-person) within the Events & Experience team, and attending / hosting events as needed.

You will be accountable for all event-related materials and must be willing to work evenings and weekends and be in the office 1-2 days a week with remote working for the rest of the time.

Solid communication with the Events & Experience Manager is the key to success in this role.

VFS runs multiple events at any given time, including open houses, conferences and expos, guest speaker presentations, industry graduation events, tradeshows, workshops and more.

Note : We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and are hoping to fill this role immediately.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Core Responsibilities

• To support the Marketing & Events Specialist and the Manager, Marketing & Experiences manage successful planning and delivery of projects, campaigns, marketing materials, and events (across all levels).
• Building / setting up online event platforms.
• Create and manage event registration platforms, working with the Web Developer to update VFS.edu where necessary.
• Work with other members of the Marketing & Creative team to promote each event.
• Complete creative briefs and liaise with Creative team to produce a range of marketing materials specific to events. Ensure assets are delivered within required timelines.
• Manage email inboxes and respond to attendee queries. Flagging anything necessary to the Marketing & Experience Manager.
• Manage event materials across VFS
• To champion VFS as a world-class educational facility, ensuring events and activities across all departments are supported and in-line with VFS strategy.
• Alumni success tracking and database management of industry projects needed for marketing materials.
• Support running the online store fulfillment.
• Any other duties as reasonably required by Marketing & Experience Manager and Director of Marketing.

Job Qualifications

• Post-secondary education or certification in Event Management or related field is highly desired and will be looked upon favorably.
• This is a junior level role, and while some work experience in events would be preferred, we will consider recent graduates and co-op students as well.
• Experience in delivering events for a post-secondary educational institution is an advantage.
• Proven relationship management skills - including the ability to bring together multiple stakeholders in pursuit of common goals to deliver successful events and activities.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, collaborative environment
• Ability to solve problems independently and under pressure.
• Ability to coordinate the efforts of team members in support of an event.
• Superior organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated capacity for accuracy, attention to detail, and thoroughness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated good judgment and initiative.
• Fluent in Microsoft Office, knowledge of CRM, and event planning platforms.
• Experience using Monday.com, Slack, Eventbrite, Zoom, and Hopin are a huge asset. However, ability to demonstrate quick understanding and learning new technologies will be looked upon equally.
• Flexibility to travel to events and work evenings.
• Ability to drive / access a vehicle a bonus but not essential.

The scope and depth of our mission is what makes it vital for us to seek out diverse perspectives, innovation, resourcefulness, and navigational expertise.

This is why our team represents countless different nations, lived experience, and people of all journeys. Diversity is our number one strength at VFS.

We are successful when we are equal. If this speaks to you, we encourage you to inquire about opportunities with us, today.

We thank everyone in advance for their time and consideration pertaining to their application for this opportunity. At this time, we will only be reaching out to those advancing through the candidate pathway.

Kindly note that the total compensation package for this role will commensurate with experience.