Job profile

Salary:£53,958 - £63,498 per annum 

Fixed Term Contract: until 30 April 2029 

We are looking for a Creative Technology Industry Manager to join the BFI’s CoSTAR innovation-focussed team, ensuring that the BFI actively engages with the creative technology sector in order to support its activities within the CoSTAR Foresight Lab. 

The CoSTAR Network represents the largest investment in Creative Industries Research & Development, delivered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, with the aim of building the first national R&D infrastructure for the Creative Industries to fuel growth for our creative economy. 

The Creative Technology Industry Manager will work closely with the CoSTAR Foresight Lab and BFI teams, to develop a programme of industry engagement that will ultimately help grow and sustain the UK creative technology sector, and demonstrate thought leadership in the area of Creative Technology and inform strategic decision-making within CoSTAR 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Engage with the full breadth of the Creative Technology sector to understand and communicate sector needs 

• Work with the CoSTAR Foresight Lab and BFI to formulate plans and develop recommendations to address these needs, covering areas such as Research & Development support, Skills, Policy, Growth & Investment  

• Ensuring that the BFI and the CoSTAR Foresight Lab have a programme of events and funded activity designed to meet the needs of the sectors using creative technology 

• Contribute to insightful reports that map the future of creative technology in the UK, covering AI, VFX, Immersive/XR, video game engine technologies, creative automation technologies and Virtual Production 

• Work with the CoSTAR Policy group and the Policy Forum, to support industry engagement in relation to policy development activities across the Foresight Lab  

• Inform the Foresight Lab and BFI on Creative Technology trends, working with other Lab researchers 

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Experience delivering creative technology projects within the creative industries, or equivalent, including hands-on experience working directly with Creative Technology. 

• Proven experience of carrying out or overseeing formal or informal Research & Development, within the Creative Industries or equivalent.  

• Demonstrable understanding of how  Creative Technology is used in the production of professional  creative work, including AI 

• Experience of building relationships with a range of private companies in the Creative Industries, including experience of events or comms 

• Applicable knowledge of a range of creative technologies and how they are used in a Creative Industries Production context. Particularly relevant creative technologies include AI, VFX, Immersive/XR, video game engine technologies, creative automation technologies and Virtual Production  

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

About the BFI  

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow. 

Benefits 

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave  

• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year 

• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution 

• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs for children up to the age of 14 

• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave 

• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events 

• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI DVDs, books, merchandise, and film tickets 

Plus many more, which can be found in our Working at the BFI information pack on our website.  

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.   

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by clicking the links to the left.

Depending on the volume of applications, you may be asked to complete a small task or attend a pre-interview screening call to further to assist the hiring team in shortlisting for this role. In this instance, interview dates may be subject to change.  

The closing date for applications is 23:59 onMonday 27 October 2025 

First interviews will be held onw/c 10 November 2025 

Second interviews will be held onTBC