Berlinale Recruits For Key Exec Roles Including Chief Of Staff Ahead Of Tricia Tuttle’s Arrival In April
deadline.comThe Berlin Film Festival’s parent org the KBB, which oversees state-backed cultural events in the German capital, has posted job ads for four key executive roles ahead of the arrival of the event’s new director Tricia Tuttle in April.
They include a new Chief of Staff role which is described as a key management level position within the Berlinale leadership team.
The appointee will give close support to Tuttle, who will be Berlinale’s sole director after the ditching of the dual directorship structure tried out with departed Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian and MD Mariette Rissenbeek.As per the ad, the Chief of Staff’s duties will include “proactive and effective selection, prioritization and control of all communication from the festival management to ensure a smooth exchange of information.” Getting the Berlinale’s communication strategy on track will be a priority for the new management team, after a difficult 74th edition.
Chatrian and Rissenbeek came under fire, internally and externally, in the final weeks of their tenure for the way they dealt with and communicated on a row around invites for Germany’s far-right AfD party and the debate around the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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