Senior Cinema Associate

Ayala Malls; Mandaue; On-site; PHP 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayala Malls in the Philippines seeks a Cinema Operations Associate to ensure smooth, compliant daily cinema operations across screenings, staffing, snack bar activity, and facility readiness.

This role supports budgeting, reporting, cash handling, and performance monitoring, while assisting promotions, events, rentals, and partnerships to drive cinema revenue and customer engagement, and to uphold safety standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of cinema operations management experience.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio) and SAP or Oracle.
• Strong written and spoken communication, negotiation and training skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily cinema operations including screenings, manpower, snack bar operations, customer concerns, and facility readiness.
• Support budgeting, reporting, cash handling, and performance monitoring to ensure operational efficiency.
• Support promotions, events, rentals, and partnerships that drive cinema revenue and customer engagement.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, permits, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide hands-on support across cinema operations and other business needs as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Presentation

Training

Education

Business Administration

Engineering

Operations Management

Tools

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

MS Visio

SAP

Oracle

Job description

We in Ayala Malls are looking for passionate individuals who want to make an impact. As we re-define our malls, this transformation is more than just a facelift, this is a visionary re-invention. It’s a complete reimagining of how we serve communities, connect people, and elevate the retail experience.

If you’re looking for a place where you can grow, contribute to something meaningful, and help set the standard for lifestyle and retail experiences in the country and the region—we’d love for you to join us at Ayala Malls.

Job Purpose:

The Cinema Operations Associate ensures the smooth, efficient, and compliant daily operation of all cinema facilities, services, and support functions within the mall. The Cinema Operations Associate sets operational standards, and steps in directly when urgent operational, technical, or customer-related issues arise.

Job Scope:

1. Cinema Operations Management

Oversee daily cinema operations including screenings, manpower, snack bar operations, customer concerns, and facility readiness

Support budgeting, reporting, cash handling, and performance monitoring to ensure operational efficiency

3. Marketing & Partnerships

Support promotions, events, rentals, and partnerships that drive cinema revenue and customer engagement

4. Safety & Compliance

Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, permits, and regulatory requirements

5. Other

Provide hands-on support across cinema operations and other business needs as required

Qualifications

• Graduate of Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management with equivalent certification courses
• Minimum of two (2) years of related work experience in Cinema Operations Management
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications specifically MS Word, Powerpoint, MS Excel and MS Visio as well as other specialized softwares like SAP or Oracle
• Strong oral and written communication skills including negotiation, presentation, facilitation and training all levels of the organization
• With strategic, result/data driven, process orientation and risk-based approach mindset