VP Global Film Publicity

Overview

As International Film Publicity Lead at STUDIOCANAL, you will shape global publicity strategies across a diverse slate, coordinating with international teams and festival partners. You’ll manage UK, France, Germany, and other territories while contributing to the STUDIOCANAL CLASSICS catalogue and live theatre projects like Paddington the Musical. You drive on-ground festival activity, budget oversight, and post-sale campaign materials to ensure high-impact campaigns. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on storytelling to amplify STUDIOCANAL’s acclaimed titles worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development and implementation of global publicity strategies across the slate in collaboration with international publicity managers
• Coordinate limited French slate and catalogue slate (STUDIOCANAL CLASSICS) alongside international/local productions
• Lead and align festival strategy and execution, including travel to festivals and on-site sphere heading
• Contribute to awards strategy and manage global publicity budgets, including negotiations and reporting
• Manage multiple projects end-to-end (development through release campaigns) with internal and external stakeholders
• Draft announcements, talking points, and production notes; ensure high-quality written materials
• Co-lead meetings with regional publicity leads (UK, France, Germany, Italy, etc.) and liaise with third-party distributors
• Communicate with STUDIOCANAL territories and partners to share timely, detailed title information
• Maintain a global campaign timeline aligned with market needs; travel to Paris head office as required
• Engage in on-set publicity and ensure post-sale materials (press releases, notes, clips, stills, etc.) meet quality standards
• Coordinate with production, filmmakers, and departments; evaluate external support as needed
• Select and manage PR agencies for global activity (festivals, junkets, touring)
• Support catalogue department across announcements and anniversary activity for flagship titles
• Attend relevant publicity and international department meetings; participate in territory seminars
• Present and contribute to ongoing publicity initiatives to internal stakeholders

Key requirements

• 8+ years’ international film publicity experience
• Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends as needed
• Ability to drive and implement global publicity strategy
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and multi-project management abilities
• Established relationships with trade media and reporters
• Festival strategy and execution experience
• Budget planning, creation, and reporting
• Passion for film
• strong collaboration across multiple teams

• excellent written communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• problem solving
• press material production (press releases, production notes)
• campaign management and reporting
• budget management

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