Helsinki IFF – Love & Anarchy is hiring! We’re looking for splendid colleagues for our team

The 37th HIFF – Love & Anarchy brings the shared joy of film to cinemas in Helsinki in September. We are now looking for a Logistics Coordinator and Logistics and Guest Trainee for Love & Anarchy to help us make the next festival even better. 

Check out the open positions below and send in your application! Deadline for application is 10.4. but we’ll start sending out invitations to interviews sooner. Links to sending in your application can be found in the job descriptions below. 

Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy is the biggest and the most versatile film event in Finland. Every September, film lovers come to us for the bravest, newest and the most talked about films from all over the world. The 37th HIFF – Love & Anarchy festival will be held 19.-29.9.2024. In conjunction with Love & Anarchy we organise the industry event Finnish Film Affair which gathers film professionals from around the world to Helsinki to learn about up-and-coming Finnish and Nordic films.

To apply, we hope that you have experience and/or training from corresponding tasks, a positive solution-oriented attitude, ambitious and self-initiative approach to work and excellent teamwork skills. We offer you a place in the epicentre of film industry and urban culture, a warm-hearted working community, an inspiring, international atmosphere and an opportunity to expand your expertise and leave your imprint on a front row festival. We encourage people of all genders and different minorities to apply for the positions regardless of their ethnic background, religion, disability or age. Please do not to attach photographs in your application or cv. 

Good to know: Our offices are situated in Helsinki and as community is at the core of our festival, we mainly work at our Bulevardi office. There is a limited possibility for working remotely. During the festival the work also involves working evenings and weekends. 

Interviews for chosen applicants will be held during weeks 16-17. If you have any questions regarding our open positions, please call our CEO Kaisa Näreranta on Thu 4.4. 9-12, Wed 10.4. 9-12 or Fri 12.4. 9-12, tel. 050 584 4876.

Logistics Coordinator
A festival has many moving parts, from copies of films and merchandise, to communication material and people. The logistics coordinator plans the shifts of volunteer drivers, coordinates transport and distribution, as well as the movement of festival guests, and contributes to the construction of the festival centre and other venues. The logistics coordinator works closely with our vehicle partner, guest coordinator, marketing coordinator, staff coordinator, producer, and tickets coordinator. The job requires excellent organisational and teamwork skills, the ability to work under pressure and a flexible and solution-oriented attitude. You will lead a team of drivers, but you will also be behind the wheel from time to time, so your own driving licence is required. Experience in event work is a big advantage. Good Finnish and/or English language skills are required.

The position is for two months, between 1.8.-6.10. The salary offer is 2300 € / month.

Submit your application for the post of the Logistics Coordinator here!

Logistics and Guest Trainee
The Logistics and Guest Trainee assists the Logistics Coordinator, Love & Anarchy Guest Coordinator and FFA Guest Coordinator in travel arrangements for the international guests and their logistics in Helsinki. The job requires good organisational and teamworking skills and a positive and solution-oriented attitude. A driver’s licence is a definite plus, as well as experience in events production. A good command of English is necessary, knowledge of Finnish is an advantage.

The traineeship is for approx. two months between 1.8.-6.10. We hope that the trainee can apply for subsidy from their educational institution. The traineeship salary is 1400 € / month. 

Submit your application for the post of the Logistics and Guest Trainee here!