Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR – COPY-SIDE

WE WANT YOU … TO WANT US

This is no Cheap Trick: Plan B is on the hunt for a dynamic, rockstar creative leader with serious copywriting chops to help our inclusive, equitable, and sustainability-minded agency soar to even greater heights – and our talented band of creatives wants you … to want us.

SEE our ‘We Want You… to Want Us’ VIDEO:

WE WANT YOUR LEADERSHIP. The Group Creative Director (Copy) is responsible for the overall supervision of the agency’s creative department and product, both design and copy, but with an emphasis on the quality of the copy.

WE WANT YOUR STRATEGIC & CREATIVE VISION. The Group Creative Director (Copy) interfaces with the client, account teams, creative department, production department, and management team, and is responsible for taking strategic marketing plans and interpreting them into “big ideas” with a unique point of view.

WE WANT YOUR SAVVY MANAGEMENT SKILLS. The Group Creative Director (Copy) advises the Creative Directors regarding which creative team members to assign to which creative assignments. He/she works closely with creative staff to ensure quality results, fostering professional growth while working to bring everyone’s work to the highest standard possible.

WE WANT YOUR EYE FOR DETAIL. The Group Creative Director (Copy) ultimately approves all work before presentation to the client, reviewing it with account leaders and taking their requests into consideration. Most of all, the Group Creative Director (Copy) recognizes the importance of the creative product with regard to the future success of the agency and is a steward of excellence behind all work the agency produces.

WE WANT YOU … TO APPLY NOW!

 CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Directs the creative product, striving for excellence from concept to completion of every project.
• Provides insightful, groundbreaking, and/or original creative concepts as required for specific assignments.
• Produces director-level copy across client accounts as needed.
• Collaborates with account group to joint estimate projects, assign resources, and define scope/schedule.
• Works closely with account teams to solve marketing problems through smart advertising and best practices.
• Manages Creative department, Creative Directors, Creative Production Services and Freelance resources.
• Confirms delivery schedules with account teams and oversees assignment of jobs to creative team members.
• Oversees creative solutions produced by team and offers valuable input to elevate quality of creative product.
• Serves as client-facing representative of the agency and effectively “sells” creative at client presentations.
• Responsible for the selection and management of freelance services.
• Assists in screening and interviewing applicants for creative positions, hiring and terminating to ensure creative department is appropriately staffed.
• Actively promotes the agency’s growth and exposure via new business pitches, self-promotional efforts, and RFP response/proposal development.
• Maintains current working knowledge of computer-related skills, software, and programs to ensure entire creative department and staff remain on the leading edge of essential technology and skills.
• Makes recommendations to ensure profitability for the agency.
• Recommends hardware and software purchases to keep department current and efficient.
• Supports agency operations as a senior member of the agency’s management team.

WHY PLAN B?

Plan B is never boring. We’ve managed to maintain a flat organizational structure, an agile development style and the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up, even after 20 years in business. We work with both Fortune 500 companies and the innovative startups who move culture forward – so the work is rewarding, relevant and dialed into the exciting ambience of our connected world.

As a highly strategic creative boutique, we understand how game-changing, category-killing creative work emerges from powerful insights that are properly driven through complex multi-channel executions.

• Highly-Competitive Salary
• Equity/Profit-Sharing Program
• 401K
• Liberal PTO Program (including summer hours)
• Continuing Education Support Opportunities
• Full Health Benefits
• Limited Matching Contributions to Any Non-profit of Your Choice
• Decent coffee
• Smart, fun, passionate, ass-busting colleagues
• We don’t do weekends (or many late nights)
• Etc.

We also recognize the critical difference today’s companies can (and must) make with regard to corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability. The values of conservation and efficiency have long been core to Plan B’s cultural and operational foundation, and are even more of a priority today in light of how much our world is changing.

In partnership, we work best with clients and vendors who share our passion for protecting the planet – companies whose operational and cultural priorities have shifted toward placing less value on GDP, and more value on GDH.

In practice, we are habitually seeking ways to do more with less, to reduce unnecessary waste and emissions, and to eagerly assist clients looking to promote their efforts to be responsible global citizens.

Plan B doesn’t discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

APPLY TODAY

Please send a short cover letter, link to your portfolio and attached resume to [email protected]

Local Chicago candidates only.

IF YOU ROCK, HERE’S HOW WE’LL ROLL …

 You made the first cut! Now what?*

1. First, we’ll email you a few additional qualifying questions (there are no wrong/right answers)

2. Next, we’ll schedule you for a 30-minute Google Meet video call with some of our team

3. If we think you’re the jam, we’ll have you take an online personality test (just to make sure you’re weird enough): https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/rheti?gclid=CjwKCAjwi8iXBhBeEiwAKbUofbtVQxNMOns5Ekt2l02MwwHk7O1cCwaib-2XlYPTDxD9yUx88bh44hoC3h0QAvD_BwE

4. And finally, an in-person interview with the Creative Team at the Plan B HQ, 116 W. Illinois St. #3W, Chicago (please be prepared to present a work case study)

Plan B®

Looking for:

• 1 Pregnant Black or Biracial female, 6-8 months pregnant. Can submit with boyfriend or husband OR solo!
• 2 Hispanic family, mom, dad, 2 kids under 12 years 

Pay is $2000 per person,

Shoot is 6/1 or 6/2

New Role for Juice WRLD video.

Role:  

• Popular Girl – White/Caucasian, 16-18 years old screen age. 

Rate $500/day

Date: May 20th

Location: Homewood, IL

This is an official music video of Juice WRLD from an unreleased track. 

We are still looking for a Young Juice WRLD body double!

Rate: $1000/day

The date has been changed to May 20th. 

Location: Chicago

This can open up the opportunity for more work on a bigger project involving him if booked. Ideal candidate is between 5’6 and 5’9.

First up are a few speaking roles for:

• MALES 25-45 years old for this local Chicago NON-union commercial. You need to be NON-union.
• SPOKESMEN (call center, retail & construction) that can ‘speak SPANISH’ and be confident to deliver a line.
• RAPPER and CHOREOGRAPHER top selects will be contacted by tomorrow. Dancers will be selected next week.

Also, need a male to play the Lyft driver looking out the window and talking to his passenger
on a residential street (need to have a valid driver’s license.)

Need to speak SPANISH. 

Rate of Pay: $700 for up to 8 hours

Specs: Male/25-45 years old

Location: Chicago, Illinois

NON-Speaking/NON-Union Roles for Commercial:

• Females & Males 25–55 years old for this local Chicago NON-union commercial. 
• You need to be NON-union. 
• Need to have availability from June 1st to June 5th. 

Rate of Pay: $150 for up to 8 hours, plus time and one-half OT

Specs: Male & Female/25–55 years old

Location: Chicago, Illinois

• A couple of construction workers
• A couple of retail employees and
• 10 Call Center Reps. 

A few will be cast for a line at a higher rate of $500. If you are ONLY interested in the $500 speaking role, please indicate in your email if you speak Spanish. That is necessary in this commercial.

For these two roles, it is possible they will not film in Chicago, but Monee Illinois (southern suburb). You need to have reliable transportation to drive there or live close by.

These are very featured (most likely non-speaking):

• model type / 25-35-year-old
• Female

To play RACE CAR DRIVER, $700

• Looking out the window and getting out of the car
• Dark Hair/lighter skinned / 25-40 years old

Female Rodeo Truck Driver (Chara) pulling the horse trailer

• $500 (she will be smiling through her truck window)
• Dark Hair/lighter skinned / 25–40 years old

NON-union commercial. You need to be NON-union. 

Location: most likely MONEE, Illinois

Art Director

$75,000 to $85,000

Chicago

We’re working with a highly successful property and investments firm currently expanding its marketing and design team with the addition of a new Art Director role.

This role will work closely with the VP of Marketing to take responsibility for the design and production of marketing materials at corporate, project and property levels.

Core Responsibilities:

• Create, edit and update print and digital visuals to deliver exceptional marketing collateral
• Provide art direction and manage deliverables from external creative vendors to ensure visual assets are of a consistently high quality
• Handle all in-house production requests
• Manage external vendor budgets

Required experience:

• Expert capability across the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio to accompany
• Ability to understand brand essence and appropriately apply style guidelines
• Experience in the professional services / corporate industry would be beneficial

3Search’s customer care and unrivalled marketing expertise will supercharge your marketing career. We are dedicated to promoting equality of opportunity for all employees and job applicants.

3Search

POSITION SUMMARY: The Assistant Director plays a crucial role in implementing the college’s strategic communications program across a broad spectrum of activities, creating original content and managing and distributing content across multiple platforms to engage and grow target audiences, raising the visibility and enhancing the reputation of the school through effective storytelling and media relations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Digital Marketing (25%):
• Work with the office of admissions to create, edit, and place digital advertising, focusing on new student recruitment. 
• Manage the social media channels for the college including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter, grow our visibility in those areas.
• Create a yearly calendar of posts to promote the College on digital channels. 
• Website (20%):
• Update and maintain the College website, while working with multiple content owners across campus. 
• Take a leading role in transitioning to a new content management system and ensuring the site provides the right information to the right audience in an efficient manner.
• Media Relations (15%):
• Responsible for sourcing stories and information from the Eureka College community to create, edit, and distribute to the news media.
• Serve as main point of contact for Eureka College community with possible newsworthy information.
• Liaise with external media organizations and industry partners as appropriate to elevate visibility of news items.
• Graphic Designs (15%):
• Responsible for the design and creation of various marketing materials.
• Focus on developing marketing content and collateral in a variety of mediums including print, video, electronic, and social media.
• Communications (15%):
• Apply knowledge of communication principles, strategic priorities, and branding policies, this person will compose, edit, and optimize distribution of information, stories, marketing collateral, and digital content that supports the College’s strategy and goals.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to incorporate the College’s voice in all relevant, written materials.
• Staff Management (5%):
• Recruit, hire, train, and ultimately be responsible for the work of a team of 3-4 interns or student workers to support the College’s marketing and communications strategies.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve on campus wide committees
• Other duties as assigned (5%)

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Train and supervise student workers and interns

EDUCATION:

Essential: Bachelor’s Degree required in digital marketing, communications or similar field.

Desirable: Master’s Degree

EXPERIENCE:

Essential: 3-5 years of digital marketing, communications or similar field

Desirable: 5-7 years of digital marketing, communications or similar field

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

Valid driver’s license

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

·        Strong project management skills, with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects concurrently with little oversight.

·        Excellent oral and written communication skills.

·        Working knowledge of AP style.

·        Ability to work independently and take initiative

·        Experience with marketing and brand campaigns.

·        Demonstrated success creating and implementing marketing communications plans that address multiple audiences, key messages and media.

·        Knowledge of digital media and communications best practices and their employment to optimize marketing and communications processes, plans and tactics.

·        Experience working with and managing agencies, vendors and freelancers.

·        Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.

·        Demonstrated success in working effectively with staff at all levels of an organization. 

·        Ability to think and act strategically.

·        Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive and confidential information

·        Be creative and able to communicate ideas visually, verbally, and in writing.

·        Knowledge about design elements and artistic sensibility.

·        Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Web Content Management Systems.

·        Ability to work a flexible schedule to accommodate work requirements.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

·        WordPress experience and other web content management systems

·        Traditional and digital media planning, buying and management

·        Knowledge of emerging marketing channels, practices and technologies

·        Experience with Constant Contact

·        Marketing budget planning and management experience.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Eureka College is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving diversity and cultural awareness within its administration, faculty, staff, and students. The College is intentional in its inclusivity of all persons regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability or ancestry.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  

WORK SCHEDULE: This role is an on-campus, in-person position. Normal work day is Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 5:00PM, including one hour allocated for lunch. Schedule flexibility is necessary. Some evening and weekend hours will be required.

Eureka College