Events Coordinator

At Arizona State University, we measure ourselves not by whom we exclude, but rather by whom we include and how they succeed. Unlike many other top film schools, which measure themselves by who they exclude, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School with the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is inclusive. ASU's undergraduate film majors represent the creative diversity of our country, with more than 40 percent of its students from under-represented backgrounds.

Under the direction of the Communications Manager, the Events Coordinator performs work of considerable difficulty planning, coordinating, organizing, staffing and supervising events sponsored by the School. Responsible for coordinating and executing events internal to the School as well as external to the university. The ideal Coordinator will have working knowledge of the entertainment industry and be able to execute events from idea conception to post-event reporting. We are looking for an individual who is detail-oriented with strong interpersonal and writing skills. 

The Events Coordinator is part of a three-person team with the Communications Manager and the Communications Program Coordinator. The Events Coordinator will work in tandem with both Communications positions to ensure that events activities are effectively planned, executed, and marketed to internal and external audiences. 

About The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
On Jan. 25, 2021, Arizona State University publicly announced the launch of The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, one of the largest, most egalitarian film schools in the country, operating in three cities across Arizona and California.
In the last 15 years, the film program in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts has thrived, and with the launch of the new school and new facilities, ASU positions itself as a new kind of film school. The Sidney Poitier New American Film School operates across three cities, including a brand-new 118,000-gross-square-foot state-of-the-art facility which opened in 2022 in downtown Mesa, Arizona, 7 miles from the university’s Tempe Campus. The school also operates in the newly renovated ASU Herald Examiner building in downtown Los Angeles, the former home of the Hearst publishing empire, giving film students from every background an opportunity to connect with the entertainment capital of the world and bolstering the presence the film program already has in L.A. through the Semester in LA experience. Students also have opportunities to use Hollywood technology through partnerships, including with the John Hughes Institute and with Dreamscape Immersive, the world’s leading virtual reality company.