Overview
Executive Director Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition Jobs in Atlanta, GA at Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Title: Executive Director Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition
Company: Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Location: Atlanta, GA
The Georgia Screen Entertainment Coalition seeks an Executive Director to lead the organization's advocacy, member engagement, fundraising, communications, and overall operations. GSEC is the leading industry coalition representing Georgia's film, television, digital entertainment, production infrastructure, and related business community.
The Executive Director works closely with GSEC's Board of Directors, members, contract lobbyist, shared affiliate coordinator, Georgia Chamber staff, public officials, agency leaders, and industry partners.
The Executive Director serves as the organization's chief advocate, spokesperson, strategist, administrator, and policy lead. This role requires a strong understanding of Georgia's political and economic development landscape, along with knowledge of, or a willingness to quickly learn, the legislative, regulatory, and industry issues that impact Georgia's screen entertainment sector.
The Executive Director is expected to serve as a subject matter expert on how public policy affects the industry, including the business, production, workforce, infrastructure, and economic development implications of legislative and regulatory decisions.
The ideal candidate is a strategic, highly organized leader who can manage both long-term advocacy goals and day-to-day organizational execution. This is a hands-on leadership role suited for someone who is equally comfortable meeting with elected officials, briefing industry executives, managing member concerns, overseeing events, fundraising, and ensuring the organization runs effectively.
Key Responsibilities
Government Affairs & Public Policy
- Lead GSEC’s legislative, regulatory, and political strategy at the state and local levels, including advocacy related to Georgia’s film tax incentive and other policies affecting the screen entertainment industry.
- Serve as GSEC’s primary liaison to the Georgia General Assembly, Governor’s Office, state agencies, local governments, and other public-sector stakeholders.
- Monitor and analyze legislation, agency activity, political developments, and regulatory issues impacting Georgia’s film, television, digital entertainment, and production-related businesses.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on the practical impact of public policy on the industry, including tax, workforce, infrastructure, economic development, and production-related issues.
- Draft policy materials, legislative summaries, talking points, testimony, member alerts, and strategic communications, and represent GSEC in hearings, stakeholder meetings, agency discussions, and industry forums.
Member Engagement & Coalition Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for GSEC members and maintain strong relationships across a diverse membership base.
- Keep members informed, engaged, and represented through regular communications, meetings, briefings, committee discussions, and strategic working groups.
- Identify emerging member concerns, develop coordinated responses, and help align members around shared industry priorities.
- Support board governance by preparing agendas, reports, updates, recommendations, and other materials for board and committee meetings.
- Work closely with board leadership, the shared affiliate coordinator, contract lobbyist,
- consultants, and partners to advance GSEC’s priorities and ensure follow-through.
Fundraising, Sponsorship & Financial Management
- Lead membership recruitment, retention, renewals, sponsorship development, and other revenue-generating efforts.
- Develop and execute fundraising strategies to support GSEC’s operating budget, events, advocacy work, and long-term growth.
- Manage organizational revenue goals, identify new funding opportunities, and work with board leadership on budget priorities.
- Oversee financial management, including budget tracking, invoices, vendor expenses, sponsorship records, membership payments, and organizational commitments.
- Ensure GSEC operates efficiently and responsibly within a lean nonprofit structure.
Communications & Industry Positioning
- Serve as a public-facing spokesperson for GSEC and Georgia’s screen entertainment industry when appropriate.
- Draft and manage member newsletters, legislative updates, policy memos, public statements, event communications, and stakeholder correspondence.
- Translate complex legislative, regulatory, tax, and industry policy developments into clear, concise, member-appropriate updates.
- Coordinate messaging with board leadership, member companies, public agencies, partner organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Strengthen GSEC’s reputation as a credible, effective, bipartisan, industry-focused organization and help tell the story of the industry’s economic impact.
Events & Strategic Initiatives
- Lead the planning and execution of GSEC meetings, policy briefings, receptions, industry engagement events, and sponsor-supported programs.
- Oversee event details, including invitations, sponsorships, programming, run of show, attendee communications, logistics, and follow-up.
- Develop events and initiatives that strengthen industry relationships, support advocacy goals, and provide value to members.
PAC & Political Engagement
- Oversee GSEC’s political engagement strategy in coordination with board leadership and appropriate advisors.
- Manage GRIP PAC operations, contributions and donor activity, and compliance coordination
- Track relevant elections and political developments and help educate members on their potential implications for the industry.
Operations & Administration
- Manage GSEC’s day-to-day operations, including calendars, files, systems, records, board materials, vendor coordination, and staff management, including the shared affiliate coordinator and contract lobbyist.
- Work with the accounting support team to prepare monthly financials, track budget-to-actuals, monitor invoices and payments, and support cash flow forecasting.
- Work with the Board of Directors to develop the annual budget and ensure GSEC remains on track against approved revenue and expense goals.
Qualifications
- Familiarity with Georgia’s film, television, production, digital entertainment, economic development, or tax incentive policy, or the ability to quickly develop expertise in these areas.
- Experience in government affairs, public policy, trade association management, economic development, political strategy, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of Georgia state government, the legislative process, political dynamics, and regulatory agencies.
- Ability to understand and clearly communicate how legislative, regulatory, tax, and economic development policy affects businesses and industry stakeholders.
- Experience working with state leaders, industry executives, board members, coalition stakeholders, or other senior decision-makers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce and present concise, polished, and strategic materials.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and execute details in a fast-moving, lean environment.
- Experience with fundraising, sponsorship development, membership organizations, and/or nonprofit financial management preferred.
- Ability to work independently, balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution, and keep board leadership appropriately informed and engaged.
