City of Jacksonville Film & Television Office, a Division of Economic Development

The City of Jacksonville’s Film & Television Office serves to attract film, television, commercial, digital media productions to the area; markets and creates opportunities that drive economic impact; streamlines the permit process; and improves engagement for visiting and local businesses. Jacksonville permits and assists hundreds of various productions each year making Northeast Florida a premier location for production. The Film & Television Office is a division of the City of Jacksonville Office of Economic Development.

Candidates must have strong writing, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Candidates must be able to multi-task in a face-paced environment. Applicants should be highly organized with attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Research and develop a marketing plan to promote upcoming event to target markets
• Write and edit for social media posts and copy for Instagram, Facebook and X
• Assist in researching and responding to production leads from potential clients
• Formulate and initiate a social media campaign to promote various events, as well as maintain social engagement metrics
• Assist in the development and the coordinating of marketing communications materials
• Organize and maintain digital location photo files and web content
• Assist in coordination and marketing of local industry events.

Some of the productions that the Film and TV Office attracted to Jacksonville include:

• BASIC starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson
• RECOUNT starring Dennis Leary and Laura Dern
• Lonely Hearts starring John Travolta and Selma Hayak
• Sunshine State starring Angela Bassett, Edie Falco and Timothy Hutton
• The Year of Getting to Know Us starring Sharon Stone, Jimmy Fallon and Lucy Liu
• Manchurian Candidate starring Denzel Washington
• Tigerland starring Colin Ferrel
• Numerous network and cable television movies and program segments
• Numerous national and regional commercials and brand photography productions

For more information, contact Todd Roobin, manager at troobin@coj.net

www.filmjax.com

March 2024