Oklahoma City 48HFP City Producer

48 Hour Film Project City Producer

The 48 Hour Film Project celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025. The competition challenges teams to create a short film within 48 hours, using a randomly assigned genre, character, prop and line of dialogue. The 48HFP city producer position is a great opportunity for someone who would like to gain valuable experience running a worldwide film competition and festival, organizing exciting and extraordinary events and screenings for filmmakers, making contacts and helping to cultivate the local film community and being a key component of one of the largest and most respected network of filmmakers and producers around the world.

Requirements The producer position has flexible hours that can supplement your existing employment or freelance work. A successful candidate will have the following qualities: excellent organizational and communication skills previous festival and/or event planning experience creativity and problem-solving skills knowledge of technology including email, social media, Zoom, Dropbox, Microsoft Word or similar software determination to put in time and effort to making the 48HFP a great event for local filmmakers existing network of personal and professional contacts with groups, businesses and individuals in the film, media and arts communities Desired but not required: experience in film and photo editing experience in the independent film/media industry

Expectations The producer's duties may include, but are not limited to: organization and on-site management of all events related to the local competition including Kickoff, Drop-off, Premiere Screenings, "Best of" Screenings, awards program and networking events instigating outreach to individuals, film groups, professional organizations, arts groups, educational facilities, as well as creating and discovering new opportunities for recruiting participants effectively communicating with participants and team leaders to ensure everyone adheres to all 48HFP rules, regulations and standards responding quickly and regularly to all 48HFP headquarters' emails, Zoom, phone calls and regular meetings using 48HFP email lists, social media accounts and other tools carefully and concisely soliciting and securing local sponsorship maintaining finances by following budgetary guidelines and recording accurate financial records

Team up! Co-producers are welcome and can be an asset to your production team. If you and another person compliment each other's skills, apply together. Include both resumes and let us know in a cover letter how you both bring something to the team.

Benefits In the film industry, the work of a producer can be tough, intense, and often thankless while still being an exhilarating and personally rewarding experience. In addition to that experience, the 48HFP is happy to offer the following benefits: revenue share of income from all screenings revenue share of local cash sponsorships bonuses based on performance free pass to Filmapalooza, the annual Awards Film Festival of the 48HFP film festival, communications/PR, social media/marketing and other industry-related training opportunities It is a great way to meet filmmakers in your city and to make a name for yourself in your film community. Join the 48HFP & become part of a dynamic global film community!