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Melbourne, Australia

Monster Pictures is a genre based distribution company that licenses films for Australia, New Zealand and the UK. By focusing on genre content, Monster Pictures has managed to build and satisfy a loyal core audience that it engages via its significant social media presence and a through it’s annual film festival Monster Fest. Responsibilities:- Maintained an up-to-date product release schedule by planning & forward scheduling titles in advance. - Preparing all dealer kit materials tailored for trade and consumer markets which includes online research, generating copy, crafting sales points and developing marketing strategies.- Assigning and coordinating design work for the creation of key images for poster, sleeve and disc art based on in-depth design brief’s - Liaising with DVD authoring houses to create DVD’s and Blu-ray’s to meet strict manufacturing deadlines. Duties include the creation of navigational flowcharts and negotiating appropriate menu design, as well as final output quality control procedures.- Generation and submission of all classification documents for both home video and theatrical releases in line with strict manufacturing and marketing deadlines- Coordinating the creation of theatrical support materials including flyers, posters and advertising material for all theatrical releases. - Coordinating the theatrical print movement Australia wide to theatrical partners with varying requirements and ingestion procedures.- General updating and maintenance of all Monster Pictures websites including www.monsterpictures.com.au, www.monsterfest.com.au www.monsterbox.tv and www.monsterfilmsales.com.au- Coordinated the Monster Fest print movement for all films across multiple venues across state and country lines. Includes sourcing material, ensuring that material is in the correct format for each venue, making sure ingestion deadlines are met for each venue and enough time is left for appropriate QC.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Gryphon Entertainment provides a unique sales and distribution model for labels in the Australian home entertainment industry. Committed sales support coupled with an onsite warehouse ensures Gryphon cultivates and expands the profiles of its acclaimed content partners across both retail and rental channels. Founded in 2005 and now representing over a dozen companies with a diverse array of content, Gryphon Entertainment has in under a decade increased the reach of independent films, filmmakers and licensors by redefining what is possible through dedicated independent distribution.My responsibilities include- Coordination of digital file delivery from multiple labels to multiple VOD platforms- Creation of all metadata to meet with individual platform requirements and appropriate formatting.

Melbourne, Australia

Bounty Films is a multi-platform film distribution company with a strong focus on classic cinema (Bounty Classics), LGBT films (QC Cinema), and cult & horror films (Monster Pictures). Responsibilities:- Film acquisitions including; sourcing appropriate content to release, negotiating deal points with filmmakers and sales agents over licensing rights, film market attendance and developing relationships with sales agents.- Maintaining an up-to-date product release schedule by planning & forward scheduling titles in advance, in addition to a comprehensive database / library of product, sales and production information.- Preparing all dealer kit materials tailored for trade and consumer markets which includes online research, generating copy, crafting sales points and developing marketing strategies.- Assigning and coordinating design work for the creation of key images for poster, sleeve and disc art with different designers of varying skill-sets based on in-depth design brief’s - Liaising with DVD authoring houses to create DVD’s and Blu-ray’s to meet strict manufacturing deadlines. Duties include the creation of navigational flowcharts and negotiating appropriate menu design, as well as the implementation of final output quality control procedures.- Generation and submission of all classification documents for both home video and theatrical releases in line with strict manufacturing and marketing deadlines- Collation of costs and revenue across all platforms for each title and the generation of licensor reports in Excel - Coordination of Bounty’s various VOD platforms (monsterbox.tv and cinemaworldmovies.com), includes appropriate material gathering, file preparation encoding and uploading, generating relevant metadata and graphics, and entering all said metadata to the appropriate website

Melbourne, Australia