Awards Assistant – Awards Department

Premier is the UK’s leading specialist communications agency for entertainment, arts and culture. With over 20 years’ worth of specialist knowledge across film, television, publishing, gaming, classical music, performing arts, consumer brands and not for profit, providing a complete creative communications solution.

Premier’s Film Awards team are industry leaders in implementing campaigns for the British and American Academy Awards®. They work with major studios and independent distributors in the UK and the US.

We are looking for an Awards Assistant to join the film awards team as a temporary staffer from the beginning of September 2023 to the end of January 2024. They should be an enthusiastic lover of film; someone who has keen attention to detail, can work in a deadline driven environment, is proactive, can work within a team and on their own, and can communicate clearly and succinctly and with discretion.

The Awards Assistant will work as part of a team focused on delivering all aspects of administration involved with inviting voters to attend screenings and Q&A events, both in person and virtual, offered to BAFTA, AMPAS and Guild members throughout the awards season. As well as communicating directly with voters, the Awards Assistant will help to compile the final guest lists and assist with other aspects of the event. The Assistant role is an integral part of the wider awards team and in turn there will be opportunity to undertake additional ad-hoc tasks.

The role is very administrative heavy; therefore, it is essential to be organised and have good office skills, computer experience and knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Google Docs is essential.

This is a full-time position. During the Awards season, we operate full office working from Premier’s offices in central London. The job does include some evening and weekend work, particularly in more busy periods.

Salary will be based on experience.

To apply please send your CV and covering letter, outlining how you meet the above criteria, to jobs@premiercomms.com with reference/subject line ‘Awards Assistant – Awards Department’ as soon as possible.

We do read every CV sent in but can only respond to those that seem to be a good fit. We wish everyone good luck with their job search.