Vacancies

Junior Agent – Below The Line Film and Television

Echo Artists is a dynamic talent agency representing Production Designers, Directors of Photography, Costume Designers, Editors and Hair and Make-Up Designers in Film, Television, Commercials and Music Videos. As a company, we pride ourselves on being passionate about Film and TV and the brilliant stories that stem from a wonderfully talented collaborative team who are often overlooked. We love being creatively and logistically involved in the projects that our clients make and are passionate about facilitating new collaborations and helping our clients get work on original projects whilst giving them advice and negotiating their fees as best as possible. We believe in our clients and will protect and fight for them to make sure they are treated fairly, and we enjoy listening, giving support and doing whatever we can to make the difference for their careers. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of and help build a new company, which whilst simultaneously supporting the clients we also actively seek to aid the development and wellbeing of staff.

We are looking for a Junior Film & Television Agent to join our brilliant team. The right candidate will have a minimum of 3 years in the film and television industry and will thrive under pressure. We are looking for someone who loves working with people, has excellent communication skills and an amazing attention to detail. Someone who will fight for what they think is right, has an opinion, wants to help nurture and protect our clients, is proactive and thinks ahead, wants to help change careers, has an amazing ability to listen and is patient, creative and loves reading scripts. Someone who wants to work in an incredibly busy role, has brilliant negotiation skills and the ability and passion for the people we represent and the projects we seek to place our clients on.

You could be someone who has worked in the industry at a Film Festival, or a film critic, or in another agency but in a different department but know that you want to be at the hub of production and great projects that are happening.

Film & TV Agent Responsibilities:
– Assisting other agents when submitting Clients for shorts, documentaries, television programmes, features
– Assisting with Negotiating Deals
– Helping to find new talent
– Communicating and keeping in touch with clients regularly and being partly responsible and active in client’s career strategies
– Communicating and setting up meetings with Producers and Production Companies regularly to make sure the Company and the clients are aware of what projects are happening and have happened.
– Reading scripts and contributing to making decisions about whether the project would be good for the client’s career
– Collaborating with team members to help curate client careers.
– Watching client work and keeping up to date with the industry output
– Being current on projects in development
– Administration to action all of the above and support the department

Further Details about the position:
– To start asap
– The role is currently remote but will be going back/moving to London office space hopefully by April 2021 (Covid dependent)
– Hours will be 9:30 AM to 6 PM with 1 hour lunch break, however there will be times where hours may be longer than this, some potential weekend work (festivals, evening meetings/screenings)
– Experience of Macs essential along with Word, Outlook and Excel
– Salary to be discussed based on experience
– Some travel to film festivals required (Cannes, Camerimage)
– There is a share of the profits of the company
– 5 weeks of holiday plus public holidays
– Other staff perks are in development (healthcare, gym membership, staff incentive scheme)

If you think you’re the right person for the job please email your CV and a short covering letter to Ellie at jobs@echoartists.com.

Deadline for applications is Sunday 10th January 2021. Successful applicants will be interviewed the week commencing 11th January 2021. Due to the number of applicants we will only be able to respond to successful candidates.