What It Takes To Work At Today’s Film Academy Is Almost Scary

If you want a little scare for Halloween—not as big as the election, civil unrest, or coronavirus—take a look at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences job listings on Oscars.org. Last week, the Academy posted its call for a new Executive Vice President, Member Relations and Awards, to replace Lorenza Muñoz, who recently left for Amazon . It’s quite a listing. In fact, what it takes to work at AMPAS these days is almost frightening, at least to those who can recall a simpler time, when the Academy’s then-spokesman Bob Werden, for instance, might let a reporter spend hours in a headquarters supply closet watching Oscar videos for a piece on over-long speeches. Things are more complicated now. In fact, staff at the 9,000-plus member Academy has become thoroughly regimented, professionalized and bureaucratized — not to mention jargonized, and touched with a certain grandiosity — as reflected in the responsibilities and requirements for the new membership and awards administrator. For starters, don’t even think about applying without “15-plus years of experience in a leadership role involved in hiring, managing a team, driving accountability and performance in management-level staff and above.” All that, and “solid knowledge and […]

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