Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Sonny Acres Farm

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.

Last year, more than $3.3 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.

As a Senior Creative Producer, you will be responsible for leading 360 marketing campaign efforts and building the best team for each project that comes your way. Within your day to day responsibilities, we will rely on you to be a world builder and strong communicator, acting as the liaison between external vendors and our internal creative team. You will be the main point of contact for directors, illustrators, production shops, post houses, etc. This is an exciting opportunity to help build an external support system – not only maintaining relationships, but helping facilitate strong partnerships.

Your Responsibilities

• Own and drive the creative production lifecycle including scoping/planning, bid cycles, budget management, scheduling, creative reviews, and delivery.
• Identify, manage, and build relationships with production partners/ talent including hiring and firing vendors as needed.
• Lead communication with external vendors, internal creative team, and cross-functional collaborators throughout the creative process. Efficiently communicate with leads and directors to ensure project goals and expectations are clear and realistic.
• Run multiple projects at once, delegating supportive tasks to teammates as necessary to ensure we are producing strong conceptual and expressive work that is engaging and reflects a cohesive visual style, voice, and tone.
• Predict and/or identify roadblocks and obstacles, and proactively establish meetings or integration points between teams to address and resolve them.

What It Takes To Catch Our Eye

• Experience within the world of production. Both agency and in-house experience preferred.
• The ability to review, critique, and negotiate bids for experiential, digital, content (video & photo), and physical product production.
• A proven leader with experience managing teams in all stages of development from pre-production through ship and post-launch.
• Relationship builder that proactively looks to foster and maintain inclusive, positive, collaborative relationships in the Studio.
• Ability to work well remotely and communicate effectively in the Slack, Monday.com, and Google environments.

Come change how the world works.

At Upwork, you’ll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. We are a remote-first organization working together to create exciting remote work opportunities for a global community of professionals. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States. Please speak with a member of our recruitment team to determine whether you are located in a state in which we are hiring corporate full-time employees.

Our vibrant culture is built on shared values and our mission to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives. We foster amazing teams, put our community first, and have a bias toward action. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and grow together through development opportunities, mentorship, and employee resource groups. Oh yeah, we’ve also got amazing benefits.

Check out our Life at Upwork page to learn more about the employee experience.

Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), 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.
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