Ad Campaign Casting Calls and Auditions

Our client, Made by Mary, creativity is our heartbeat, driving everything we do. Since our inception in 2013, we’ve evolved from a passion project to a collective of artisans, visionaries, and storytellers. We breathe life into our brand through innovation, originality, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. We’re seeking a Creative Director to join our dynamic team, someone who shares our commitment to customer-centric creativity and is ready to lead with passion, vision, and an unwavering dedication to quality.

Description

As the Creative Director at Made by Mary, you’ll be the custodian of our brand’s visual identity and narrative, weaving together compelling stories that captivate our audience and drive engagement. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to bring our brand vision to life across all touchpoints, from product design to marketing campaigns. Your role will be instrumental in shaping our brand’s evolution and ensuring that every interaction with Made by Mary leaves a lasting impression.

Duties + Responsibilities

• Creative Vision: Define and articulate the brand’s visual identity, ensuring consistency and coherence across all creative assets and communications.
• Brand Storytelling: Develop narratives that resonate with our audience and bring our brand values to life in authentic and meaningful ways.
• Art Direction: Lead and inspire a team of designers and creatives to produce compelling visual content that communicates our brand’s essence and engages our audience.
• Campaign Development: Conceptualize and execute innovative marketing campaigns that drive brand awareness, customer acquisition, and loyalty.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with marketing, product, and sales teams to ensure alignment and integration of creative strategies with overall business objectives.
• Quality Control: Uphold the highest standards of craftsmanship and aesthetic excellence in all creative deliverables, from product design to marketing materials.
• Trend Forecasting: Stay abreast of industry trends and cultural shifts to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
• Team Leadership: Mentor and empower a team of creatives, fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.
• Performance Analysis: Utilize data and analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of creative campaigns and optimize strategies for maximum impact.
• Budget Management: Manage resources and budgets effectively to achieve creative goals while maximizing ROI.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in creative leadership roles, preferably within the consumer goods, fashion, or lifestyle industries.
• Deep understanding of brand strategy, storytelling, and visual communication principles.
• Exceptional creative vision and the ability to translate abstract concepts into compelling visual narratives.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills, with a track record of inspiring and motivating creative teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative concepts and strategies effectively.
• Proficiency in design software and tools, with a keen eye for detail and aesthetics.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Design, Fine Arts, Communications, or related field.

https://www.madebymary.com/pages/our-story

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JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Art Director (Sr. AD) is responsible for the execution of creative from concept to layout, through to finished art. Meeting client’s marketing strategies and objectives within specified deadlines.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Creation and Execution

Develop smart, single-minded ideas that are on strategy. Works collaboratively with creative and account partners. Direct members of staff to ensure proper production of campaign elements.

Strategic Thinking

Understand marketing plans including objectives and strategies and how success will be measured. Participate in strategic and tactical meetings and contribute innovative ideas, tactics, and copy appropriate to the client marketing strategy.

Relationship Management

Coordinates creative materials across other disciplines

Business Management

Possess working knowledge of product challenges in relation to overall market

Cross-functional Collaboration

Collaborate and communicate with team members in a productive manner to ensure goals are being met and to attain/maintain creative vision outlined for the agency

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Thinking:

• Participate in strategic and tactical meetings with client and account team to develop effective advertising campaigns reflecting the clients objectives.

• Work independently as well as with copywriters to develop creative and effective advertising concepts from ideation through final projects.

• Develop layouts of rough ideas.

• Develop multiple concepts/campaigns for assigned products/projects in partnership with senior copywriter and account team.

• Able to defend strengths of existing concepts while remaining open to input and further explorations.

• Explores/develops/produces innovative ideas that are on strategy.

• Proactively solves creative problems.

• Incorporate and/or explore client suggestions and directives, resolves questions and concerns, and oversees objections.

Execution:

• Direct photographers, illustrators, designers and production staff to ensure proper production of campaign elements.

Relationship Management:

• Participate in status meetings.

• Organize all creative materials to ensure their smooth transition to other departments.

• Provide adequate support coverage for other accounts/projects as determined by supervisor.

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned by supervisor.

Business Management:

• Commission artwork; negotiate costs and usage, oversee completion of artwork, supervise photo shoots, review sketches from illustrators.

• Oversee art preparation ( i.e.: retouching, illustration, etc.).

• Direct designers and CAD mechanical artists.

• Supervise art directors and freelance artists.

• Coordinates with account team and copywriter to identify and obtain information needed to carry out assignments.

• Present creative work and properly prepare for all client presentations.

• Adept in all creative software programs.

• Make sound, timely decisions about changes to work in progress.

• Responsible for completion of work on deadline and on budget.

EDUCATION

Bachelors Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or Related Field

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

N/A

EXPERIENCE

3 years Marketing/Advertising Business

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite

Solid knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

COMPETENCIES

Communication

Is attentive and shows interest in the subject; Expresses ideas clearly and accurately

Organization

Creates clear goals, identifies and finds the resources (e.g. time, people, materials) needed to achieve them, and schedules tasks so that work is completed on time

Problem Solving

Shows interest in finding the cause of problems, looks for and chooses effective solutions and takes the necessary action to resolve them

Collaboration

Ability to work effectively in a team environment to build and foster collaborative environment

STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING

We are providing you with this job description as a guideline for your role. Based on your team, your role may vary slightly and you may perform other duties or have other responsibilities that are dictated by business needs. However, if you think that there are elements of this job description that are inaccurate, please speak with your manager and/or HR Partner.

In addition, this job description is not intended to include modifications consistent with providing reasonable accommodation for a disability.

Salary

$80,000 to $92,000 annually

The salary range for this position is noted within this job posting. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

For U.S. Job Seekers It is the policy of IPG Health and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

McCann Health Managed Markets | An IPG Health Company

Pavone Group, home to multiple full-service advertising agencies, is looking for a Social Creative Director who can elevate our social work by exploring new ways to leverage social media and reinventing old ones to make people stop scrolling and start engaging.

This position will be working across all of our brands from Atlanta, GA. We offer a hybrid work environment, i.e., 3 days in the office and 2 days remotely.

Summary

The focus of this role is to lead the team towards big ideas, innovative executions and new social opportunities for social organic content, social activations, and paid campaigns. The expectation is that we’ll help our clients think beyond monthly content needs to embrace earned media moments or ongoing series ideas. This leader will balance client strategy and ideation with the mentorship and management of the team- encouraging them to challenge themselves and our teams to expand their social ideas and maintain an inspired outlook amidst a high volume of content creation.

Responsibilities

• Identifies insights & opportunities to elevate social content.
• Concepts and contributes the big ideas to exceed client expectations.
• Works hand-in-hand with the Social Strategists, Sr. Director of Integrated Communications and Creative Directors to ensure connection between campaign and social work / efforts.
• Owns and drives social content production forward keeping team on track based on Project Manager’s timelines.
• Provides feedback to content makers that help them elevate individual pieces of content while learning long term best practices of social creative.
• Provides feedback and inspiration to Social Strategy team members that will help ensure strong creative executions.
• Utilizes your social landscape knowledge combined with client/brand awareness to develop larger social programs or activations that go beyond individual social posts.
• Leads & develops the overarching idea presentation in collaboration with other team members.
• Leads development of structure and creative approach to client presentations and pitches. Translate technical approach and process to clients & production partners.
• Supports Account Strategists and Social Strategists with client communications and creative POVs as necessary.
• Provides active mentorship for staff and support development of social creative team.
• Maintains a forward-thinking approach to industry trends that may impact client needs.

Requirements & Skills/Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or similar
• 8+ years in a social content role within an Agency environment
• Experience concepting and executing large-scale earned social media stunts, platforms, campaigns
• Understanding of design principles for type, shape, color, and photography
• Extensive experience in Adobe Creative Cloud (AI, ID, PS)
• Experience with Social in-platform editing tools
• Working knowledge of video editing programs
• Expert of presentation editor programs (Slides, PPT, etc.)

** If you’re up to the challenge, submit your resume, salary requirements and a link to your work. **

Pavone Group

This pivotal role demands strategic vision, leadership, and collaboration to propel SCUA into its next phase amid departmental growth, increased use, and enhanced services in line with the Library’s overall strategy of creating impact through the expansion of distinctive collections services.

Salary Range: 85,000 – 135, 000

Click here to learn more: https://library.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2024-03/Compressed_UO_SCUA_Director_position_2024.pdf

This position will remain posted until filled, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by the review date of April 17, 2024.

Please submit the following with your online application:

• A cover letter in which you clearly describe how your knowledge, skills, and abilities prepare you for the job responsibilities and requirements outlined in the job announcement.

• A resume/CV that outlines your educational and professional work experience. These details are used to determine if applicants meet the qualifications of this position.

Position Summary:

As the SCUA Director, you will lead a skilled and cohesive team that is already on a strong forward trajectory and is eager to push the leading edge of practice. They will guide the continued development of programs in alignment with the Library and University’s existing strategic plans, including efforts to expand the scope of collections to include marginalized voices; do reparative descriptive work, and engage communities in the active preservation of their histories. In this position, you will also partner with Library departments in the advancement of critical digital infrastructure to broaden discovery, access, and preservation of primary source materials, including computational approaches to research and scholarship. Your passion for SCUA’s vital role in education and scholarship will foster connections across campuses, professional associations, and communities, amplifying impact; while your knack for creative problem-solving will help overcome hurdles and optimize resources to continually advance the department’s programs.

This role collaborates closely with other library departments to strengthen SCUA’s acquisitions, digitization, teaching, outreach, conservation, and scholarship programs, and functions as an important contributing member of the Library’s leadership team. At the same time, the Director will exercise significant autonomy and independence to set and sustain leading standards and practices for the department.

As the Director, you will play a central role in the library’s philanthropic endeavors, ensuring responsible stewardship of endowed funds while actively engaging with donors. You will participate as a member of the library’s cross-divisional development team to develop and implement the library’s next major fundraising campaign and will meet regularly with the University Librarian and/or library development officers to collaborate on philanthropic strategy.

As a faculty member in this role, you will engage in governance activities and maintain scholarly pursuits for career growth.

Supported by the Giustina Forest Foundation endowment, this position offers ample opportunities for professional development, a supportive and collaborative team environment, and a vibrant home in Eugene, Oregon, nestled in the culturally rich Pacific Northwest.

We are aware that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification in the job description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career trajectory, such as having skills and abilities gained outside a classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.

Minimum Requirements

**The Director is eligible to be appointed at the associate or senior faculty librarian rank, dependent on experience and demonstrated professional accomplishment.

Minimum Qualifications for the Rank of Associate Librarian:

• Master’s degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited institution OR professional terminal degree, OR international equivalent, AND

• Six years post-MLIS professional library experience

• At least 7 years of experience in a special collections or archival setting

• At least 5 years of supervisory and/or budget & program management experience. Including direct experience in budget management, capacity planning, and resource allocation.

Minimum Qualifications for the Rank of Senior Librarian:

• Master’s degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited institution OR professional terminal degree, OR international equivalent, AND

• Twelve years post-MLIS professional library experience

• At least 7 years of experience in a special collections or archival setting

• At least 5 years of supervisory and/or budget & program management experience. Including direct experience in budget management, capacity planning, and resource allocation.

Supervisory and/or budget experience can be concurrent with special collections experience and post-MLIS experience.

Professional Competencies

• Enthusiasm for cultivating meaningful connections with donors and dedicated to fostering strong relationships that drive impactful philanthropy.

• Demonstrated track record of enacting commitments to diversity and equity within archives and special collections, and of exercising leadership in fostering open dialogue to continuously define and implement effective practices.

• Commitment to fostering excellence in the generation, dissemination, preservation, and application of knowledge in a supportive team environment.

• Proven proficiency in managing and resolving compliance and legal inquiries pertinent to archival and special collections settings; adept at proactive management and resolution, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with the University’s Office of General Counsel in mitigating risk and developing legally sound policies and practices to fortify the department.

• Overall knowledge of the full lifecycle of collections management and use within archives and special collections.

• In-depth knowledge of professional best practices for one or more areas of SCUA’s areas of focus (University Archives, rare books, visual resources, early and modern manuscripts, archival instructional programs, conservation) with demonstrable interest in the other areas.

• Effective communication skills, including the ability to interact, communicate, and work effectively with individuals, recognizing and respecting the many and varied identities of each person.

Preferred Qualifications

• Donor relations and fundraising experience with a record of achievement in obtaining grants, gifts, or awards.

• Successful grant writing and grant management experience.

• Interest or background in subject areas that reflect the University’s academic strengths and areas of SCUA collection strength.

About Special Collections and University Archives:

Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is the primary repository for the University of Oregon’s archives, rare books, historic photographs, and one of the largest historical manuscripts collections in the Pacific Northwest. SCUA is also home to the Beach Conservation Lab, which works to conserve library materials while exposing students to conservation methods and education.

Our mission is to advance educational and research opportunities by acquiring, preserving, and making available a clearly defined set of primary sources and rare books, reflecting the written, visual, and audio history and culture of Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and selected aspects of American and world history.

We play an active and creative role in the teaching, research, and service missions of the University, educating hundreds of students each year in SCUA’s dedicated Ken Kesey classroom and serving thousands of requests annually in the beautiful, historic, and well-equipped Paulson reading room.

SCUA is a leader and committed partner in many Library and campus-wide efforts to correct the colonial influence on our collections, descriptive practices, and physical spaces. Current initiatives include efforts to implement the Protocols for Native American materials; sponsorship of various oral history projects to document and preserve the local experience; and an ongoing partnership with the social justice group Don’t Shoot Portland to host biannual plenaries on the importance of Black Memory within the archive.

SCUA contributes substantially to intellectual life on campus, through invited talks, lectures, and the production of interpretive exhibits. SCUA’s impact extends beyond the campus community through partnerships with regional and national libraries, museums, non-profits, and other cultural heritage organizations.

Please see full position description and apply at https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/533474/giustina-director-of-special-collections-and-university-archives

University of Oregon

Who We Are

A confidential startup in stealth mode with private funding is producing an industry-shaping entertainment concept, best described as a hybrid between a dating app and reality TV designed for Gen-Z. Primed for significant growth, the founding team is connecting with like-minded people energized at the opportunity to bring this groundbreaking concept to life. If you are one to push boundaries, embrace new ideas, and create never done before consumer experiences, the team is looking to connect with you.

The Role

With our app launch soon approaching, the founding team is in early stages of discussions to bring on a Senior Creative Producer to grab our concept by the horns, define it, enhance it, develop it, and bring it to life in the. We are a young, internet obsessed brand. As a marketing team, we bring a lot of ourselves to work and everyone is very self sufficient. This person should be eager to build personal relationships at work to build the systems they believe will best grow our brand from new to major.

You’ll be a decision maker at a budding company, partnering with a best-in-class marketing team to shape and launch a brand with your vision: think good resources, big potential. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your creativity, leverage your connections, and see your work flourish across multiple platforms with a young, internet obsessed brand.

What You’ll Do

• Manage all things production with a team to support, from social to paid media to merch.
• The brand strategy team brings the yin, but you bring the execution yang.
• Produce our post-launch campaign assets for paid media.
• Create templates for schedules and asset delivery.
• Work with our social team to organize and produce batches of assets.
• Manage workback schedules, source vendors and build just about anything.
• Design and iterate our tech-driven casting strategy.
• Design and develop the format of our multimedia content, including participant actions and activities, to ensure audience engagement and a compelling storyline.
• Management of contestants, audience, and projects at large.
• Monitor progress and diligently inspect the quality of production to reflect brand ethos.

What You’ll Bring

• Execution expert: someone who can transform ideas into reality, with excellent taste and a creative spirit
• Organizational wizard, good connections for production/post-production resources
• Prior experience in unscripted content production, 3-7+ years preferred
• Creative, out-of-the-box thinker. Ludicrous is our conventional, nonsensical is our normal
• Entrepreneurial spirit with startup experience or similar work ethics
• Proven experience with story, development, and post production
• An ability to work quickly, autonomously and effectively on a shifting playing field
• Strong interpersonal skills, without sacrificing backbone
• Editing and motion graphics skills (Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere/Ae), a plus
• Willingness for some travel

What You’ll Get

• Joining a really fun office of people who love the internet
• Creative freedom and liberty to run a social presence in an absurd way
• Competitive compensation, gold standard health benefits
• Best-in-class experience to build something from the ground up
• Strong industry connections

N/A

JOB TITLE: Creative Director, Experiential

POSITION: Full-Time

Applicants for this role must have live event production experience in an agency setting, and be willing/able to work from our office in Santa Monica, CA on a hybrid schedule.

Summary of Position:

The Mirrored Media creative department operates as the agency’s lead for creative ideation, conceptual development, experience architecture, brand storytelling and design.

We are currently seeking a Creative Director to join our team to support creative development and management of new and existing clients and campaigns.  The Creative Director will be responsible for spearheading the creative concepting and executional design of campaigns from start to finish.  Candidates should have experience working hand-in-hand with producers and external vendors to ensure all ideas and campaign elements are feasible given client goals, timelines and budgets.  The ideal candidate for this position will have experience crafting strategic campaigns, developing innovative and first to market ideas and overseeing all multi-platform design elements and teams.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as head of agency’s Creative Services department
• Own full creative campaign cycles from RFP to execution to post-mortem
• Develop creative strategies and ideas across all client projects, campaigns, and initiatives
• Accountable for render to reality design execution; working closely with the internal and external teams to ensure all concepts are feasible and executional within budget and timelines
• Generate and communicate ideas, updates, and deliverables across internal teams and clients
• Design and oversee client pitch and project decks; including maintaining agency deck templates
• Visualize brand experiences and guide creative execution across varied mediums
• Build creative teams, oversee creative workflows and drive forward all design deliverables across projects
• Manage and mentor creative department full time employees
• Oversee Creative Services resource planning, including cultivating and managing roster of freelance talent
• Develop and execute agency marketing materials across platforms (website, social, etc)

Requirements:

• Minimum of 6-10 years of creative and multi-platform design leadership experience 
• Minimum of 4 years in an agency setting, managing junior designers and freelance creative roles
• Specified experience developing experiential and event marketing creative
• Strong technical experience with Adobe Creative Suite, 3D and CAD (or similar modeling) software 
• Deep knowledge and experience working with experiential designers, graphic designers,  lighting designers, fabricators, set designers, and staging vendors
• Strong understanding of live event production and physical space, with knowledge of experiential design, scenic design, architecture, or similar
• Experience working on-site during fabrication and installation
• Strong attention to detail and an obsession with brand and cultural trends
• Ability to juggle multiple concurrent projects and tasks, completing work within tight timelines
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to build and maintain relationships with external partners, colleagues, senior management and executives
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft, Apple and Google applications 
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally 
• Hybrid in-office (min. 3 days) and remote work schedule, based out of our Santa Monica office; candidate must be based in Los Angeles Metro Area 
• Ability to travel within Southern California for shop visits and on-site install, as needed
• Must be able to work at a computer in an office setting, and remain in a stationary position 50% – 100% of the time 
• Must be able to work nights and weekends occasionally, and travel domestically and internationally as work requires
• Must be able to work on projects onsite; often working outdoors, late hours, constantly walking up and down stairs, and often walking in excess of 20,000 steps per day

About the Company:

Mirrored Media is an award winning experiential & digital marketing firm with a focus on music and entertainment. We create high impact, enduring lifestyle campaigns that help brands connect to their target market through buzz worthy experiences.

Our board includes Steve McBeth, founding President of Disney Interactive; Steve Kofsky, of RCI Global LLC; Hans Zimmer, world renowned film composer. As an award-winning agency, Mirrored Media is consistently recognized as one of the most creative companies that caters to brands, media, influencers, and artists, creating custom tailored marketing solutions. By bridging the gap between music, technology, influencers, art, automotive, and fashion, Mirrored Media has curated some of the most successful and influential experiential activations and campaigns. Ultimately, every client experiences transformational results.

The company culture is light hearted but passionate. As a millennial founded company in a high stress industry, we pride ourselves on our team. You will benefit from a close working relationship and exposure to multiple areas of the business. We are always looking for growth within the company, and we invest in the personal and professional growth of our family.

Mirrored Media

Our client, a leading global experience agency, is in search of freelance Senior Art Director for upcoming client needs. This will be hybrid in Chicago.

Type: Contract

Location: Chicago – hybrid schedule

Pay Range: $40-45/hr.

Overview on who you are:

• Creative thinker with an emphasis on visual expression.
• Developed design skills that move beyond layout within graphic standards into limited graphic design.
• Must be Client Facing.
• Can participate in client meetings with limited oversight.
• Can work with CDs, strategists and BLs to shape initial strategy of campaign.
• Generates and owns over-arching creative concepts, looks, logos, idea videos, case studies etc.
• Participates on edits, builds and shoots with senior creative oversight from ACD or higher.
• Problem solvers able to operate with very little oversight.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for concepting with the integrated team to deliver the best, most innovative creative ideas while maintaining a cohesive brand voice/identity.
• Supporting of concepts and layouts with clear rationale.
• Collaborate with team and offer innovative ideas for creative briefs and strategy.
• Track multiple parallel deadlines with exceptional attention to detail.
• Successful execution of activations within established budgets and timeframe and on strategy.
• Partners successfully with other creatives and across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Presents work internally.
• Actively participates/contributes to brainstorms.
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends.
• Articulates vision, idea, objectives to vendor.
• Attends on-site visits and shoots as needed to ensure the vision come to life.
• Becomes client facing with supervision from CD and above.
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• College degree with focus in Art Direction, preferred
• 6+ year of experience
• Innovative concepting skills and great presentation skills
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
• Natural communicator with strong visual and verbal presentation skills
• Positive attitude, genuine team player and a self-starter and go-getter attitude

If interested in and qualified for this position, please forward your resume and portfolio today!

24 Seven Talent

Casting Call: Bilingual Children for National Car Campaign

We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for bilingual children across Canada to star in an upcoming car campaign. This casting call is open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents, seeking a charismatic boy or girl who can fluently speak both French and English. The campaign will be filmed in the scenic city of Vancouver, and we are looking for young talents who meet the following criteria:

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform scripted and potentially improvised dialogue in both French and English.
• Work collaboratively with the director, production crew, and other actors to bring the campaign’s vision to life.
• Attend all scheduled rehearsals, fittings, and filming dates in Vancouver.
• Represent the car brand positively and professionally throughout the campaign.

Requirements:

• Bilingual in French and English (fluency in both languages is mandatory).
• Boy or Girl, aged 7 to 8. Must be at least 7 years old by [insert legal cutoff date].
• Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
• Non-union and union members (Actra & UDA INM Spots) are encouraged to apply. This is a union campaign.
• Comfortable with traveling to Vancouver for the shoot (if residing outside the area).
• Accompanied by one parent or legal guardian if selected.

Compensation:

• Approximately $2,500.00 per child, subject to the survival of the edit. This compensation includes all lifts, edits, versions, and is a buyout agreement.
• Travel and accommodation will be provided for the child and one parent/legal guardian if they do not live near Vancouver.

Non-Union PSA Voice Over Artist (Bilingual English/Spanish)

Storyline:
This campaign aims to promote safe boating practices, focusing on paddling safety, the mandatory safe boating course beginning in 2025, and Operation Dry Water. It’s designed to inform and engage the New York boating community about the importance of safety on the water.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide voice-over for a series of public service announcements related to boating safety.

• Record a total of 9 scripts in both English and Spanish, which include 30-second, 15-second, and 6-second versions.

• Deliver vibrant, engaging, and charismatic voice-over work, portraying the essence of a knowledgeable and energetic host talking about boating safety.

• Ensure recordings are of high quality, with clear, confident, and sophisticated tones.

• Record remotely and deliver raw, clean files by the set deadlines.

Requirements:

• Male voice talent, sounding between the ages of 30s-50s.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish. Must have a neutral American English accent (non-regional, ‘accent-less’) and clear speaking voice.

• Experience in voice-over work, preferably with public service announcements or similar projects.

• Must have a professional home recording setup to produce clean, raw audio files.

• Bilingual voice-over reels are mandatory for submission. Applicants without a bilingual reel will not be considered.

• Ability to adhere strictly to the project timeline and deliverables.

Compensation Details:

• The selected voice-over artist will receive a payment of $1,000 for their services.

• A $300 buyout fee is also included for full rights in perpetuity for regional broadcast across all media.

• An additional 10% will be added to the total compensation.

• Please note that all terms mentioned are non-negotiable.

Casting Call: DMV Recruitment PSA 2024

Job Details:

We are casting for a non-union PSA that highlights the dynamic and fulfilling careers at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This campaign aims to equate the excitement and reward of working at the DMV with the joy of getting a brand-new high-end car.

Available Roles:

1. Clerical Worker

• Gender: Woman and Man identifying

• Age: 20s-40s

• Races: All races

• Role Details: Non-speaking. Talent will depict DMV employees engaged in clerical work and customer service.

• Shoot Date: April 15 in Albany, NY

2. Legal Specialist Using a Wheelchair/Cane

• Gender: Woman and Man identifying

• Age: 20s-40s

• Races: All races

• Special Requirement: Casting specifically seeks talent who use a wheelchair or cane.

• Role Details: Non-speaking. Portrays a DMV employee in a legal specialist capacity, showcasing inclusivity and diversity.

• Shoot Date: April 15 in Albany, NY

3. Equipment Inspector

• Gender: Woman and Man

• Age: 20s-40s

• Races: All races

• Role Details: Non-speaking. Talent will simulate the work of DMV equipment inspectors, including interactions with vehicles and equipment.

• Shoot Date: April 16 in Albany, NY

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform non-verbal acting roles accurately and convincingly as per the director’s guidance.

• Portray DMV employees in a positive and professional manner.

• Participate in wardrobe fitting and makeup as required by the production team.

Requirements:

• Must live within 2.5 hours of Albany, NY.

• Available to shoot on specified dates without any conflicts.

• Previous acting experience preferred; reels are mandatory for consideration.

• Ability to convey emotions and actions effectively in a non-speaking role.

• Must agree to all terms, which are non-negotiable.

Compensation:

• $600 for an 8-hour shoot day.

• Additional $300 buyout fee.

• Plus 10% if represented by an agency.

• Reimbursement for train fare or gas/tolls for travel within 2.5 hours of Albany, NY.