The Moving Picture Institute is seeking an Impact Producer to lead the design and execution of impact strategies that expand the cultural, educational, and policy influence of MPI’s film library, including documentaries, narrative features, and short-form projects. This role ensures that MPI’s films function as long-term assets for engagement, learning, and change—extending their relevance well beyond release and distribution windows.

Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing, the impact producer works cross-functionally with production, development, and distribution teams to align impact strategy with audience growth, brand positioning, and institutional partnerships. The role also collaborates directly with key film stakeholders—including filmmakers, investors, and film subjects—to ensure impact campaigns are strategically aligned, ethically grounded, and responsive to the communities represented on screen.

Impact Strategy & Campaign Leadership

• Design and implement impact strategies for MPI’s film library across narrative features, documentaries, and short-form projects.
• Establish clear campaign goals, priority audiences, and influence-based outcomes for each project.
• Integrate impact planning into film marketing, distribution, and long-term audience engagement strategies.
• Identify opportunities to reactivate and extend the life of existing titles through targeted impact campaigns and partnerships.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Stewardship

• Work directly with film stakeholders—including investors, film subjects, filmmakers, and advisors—to align impact goals, expectations, and engagement opportunities.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between stakeholders and internal teams, ensuring transparency, trust, and alignment.
• Support investor and stakeholder engagement by clearly articulating impact goals, outcomes, and learning.
• Ensure impact strategies are ethically informed and respectful of the lived experiences and perspectives of film subjects.

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with the Vice President of Marketing to align impact campaigns with audience development, publicity, and brand strategy.
• Partner with the Development team to support donor engagement, institutional partnerships, and funding opportunities connected to impact priorities.
• Work with Production and Distribution teams to ensure impact considerations inform release strategies and partner outreach.
• Provide strategic recommendations based on campaign data, stakeholder input, and field trends.

Strategic Partnerships & External Engagement

• Build and steward mission-aligned partnerships with nonprofits, policy organizations, educational institutions, cultural organizations, and community leaders.
• Develop partnership models that emphasize depth, sustainability, and shared outcomes rather than one-off engagements.
• Represent MPI externally as a leader in film impact strategy and engagement.
• Expand MPI’s national impact footprint through strategic alliances, and collaborations.

Measurement, Learning & Reporting

• Lead implementation and refinement of MPI’s influence-based impact framework across campaigns.
• Assess qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate effectiveness, learning, and long-term influence.
• Translate findings into actionable insights for marketing strategy, film development, fundraising, and stakeholder communication.
• Contribute to organizational reporting, including impact reports, case studies, and funder- and investor-facing materials.

• 5–8 years of experience in impact producing, social impact strategy, external affairs, or mission-driven media.
• Demonstrated experience designing and leading impact or engagement strategies for films or cultural projects.
• Experience working directly with film stakeholders, investors, or featured participants strongly preferred.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with the ability to connect storytelling to measurable influence.
• Proven relationship-builder with experience engaging senior partners and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly self-directed and collaborative, with comfort working across teams.
• Experience with impact measurement or evaluation frameworks is a plus.
• Familiarity with documentary, narrative, or social issue storytelling strongly preferred.

MPI has partnered with the recruiting firm Big Fish on this search. Learn more and apply here.

Please contact Chaz Cirame at chaz@recruitbigfish.com for any questions or referrals regarding the role.

The Moving Picture Institute is seeking a Program Associate to support MPI’s mission by managing logistics, communications, and operations for the organization’s programs, workshops, screenings, and events. This role ensures seamless execution from initial planning through successful onsite delivery, enabling filmmakers to thrive and films about human freedom to reach wider audiences.

The Program Associate reports to the Vice President of Production. This is a full-time, virtual role that can be based anywhere within the U.S.

• Execute the film festival submission strategy as directed by MPI’s festival consultant, including managing entries via platforms such as FilmFreeway.
• Track and update all festival-related information.
• Create and update Basecamp project pages for each film’s screenings and festival participation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for festival programmers and handle all related communications and asset delivery requests, including resizing posters, stills, and other materials as needed.
• Coordinate filmmaker and MPI team attendance at film festivals, including travel arrangements, detailed itineraries, festival passes, and logistics.
• Organize and maintain film materials (video files, posters, stills, and other marketing assets) in structured Dropbox folders for each MPI Original film.
• Oversee printing and shipping of postcards, posters, and other promotional items to festivals and screenings.
• Provide onsite support at screenings, workshops, and events as required.
• Build, manage, and maintain program applications, surveys, websites, and reports using Swoogo, including communications with applicants, filmmakers, and attendees before, during, and after events.
• Keep Basecamp projects, timelines, and tasks up to date to reflect real-time program progress.
• Handle filmmaker onboarding by drafting, sending, tracking, and filing agreements and related documentation.
• Track and trigger filmmaker payments in coordination with internal teams.
• Maintain organized digital filing systems for agreements, assets, and program records.
• Assist MPI’s Impact Producer with campaigns for MPI Original Films.

• 2+ years of experience in program coordination, event management, arts administration, or film festival operations.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with shifting priorities.
• Highly self-motivated and independent, with strong follow-through.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Outgoing, professional, and comfortable serving as MPI’s onsite representative.
• Calm, flexible, and solution-oriented during live events.
• Hands-on experience supporting onsite events and logistics.
• Familiarity with tools such as Swoogo, FilmFreeway, Canva, Photoshop, Basecamp, Salesforce, and Google Workspace is a plus.
• Genuine enthusiasm for MPI’s mission and supporting filmmakers.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) as one PDF document:

• Cover letter that includes:
  • An introductory paragraph describing three distinct reasons you are drawn to MPI’s mission and how you came to those beliefs.
  • Salary requirements.
• Résumé.

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market at talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job. Questions may be directed to Angela Hight, Project Manager, at angela@talentmarket.org.