Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

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THE PITCH

Do you take a joyful and inclusive approach to creative ideas? Do you have a passion for a well told story? Do you enjoy curating experiences for audiences of all kinds? Are you digitally minded but value human connection? August Jackson’s Creative Directors drive our creative work across our live event, virtual event, and communications projects. We seek individuals with meaningful agency or creative experience who understand how to impact others through the power of story, and through custom-made experiences online and in person. We seek leaders who know how to connect content and experiences through themes and concepts, and how those concepts and ideas help shape hearts and minds.

THE ROLE

August Jackson looks to our Creative Directors to be the lead of all things creative. Transforming client objectives into creative themes and concepts is at the heart of this role. Therefore, the ability to build and nurture client relationships is key to success. Our Creative Directors are leaders and problem solvers, able to use creative thinking as a way to bring people together and move businesses toward their desired outcomes. They inspire others with their vision of what a communications campaign, in-person event, virtual event, or digital activation can achieve.

• Theme and Concept Development – Transform client business objectives into themes and concepts that drive the content and experiences through a variety of channels.
• Content Creative Direction – Identify and craft a wide variety of stories and communications that reflect our clients’ brands, deliver their key messages, and drive audiences and end users to key outcomes.
• Experiential Creative Direction – Design and develop ideas that help build experiences for our clients’ audiences and end users, through both events and campaigns.
• Mentorship and Guidance – We look to our Creative Directors to help mentor and guide Associate Creative Directors and Creative Associates through their professional development.
• Copywriting Guidance – Guide our Associate Creative Directors and Creative Associates in writing effective copy for video, websites, presentations, and other forms of communication.

THE REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for leadership-minded individuals with at least 4-7 years of experience at a creative agency or at an in-house creative department. Experience working in the digital and virtual spaces is a plus. Candidates must show a portfolio of winning ideas and demonstrate an understanding of how strategic thinking can help guide creative. Interpersonal and presentation skills are a must, as this is a heavily client-facing role. We are also seeking individuals who enjoy mentoring and guiding others who are earlier in their creative career paths. Finally, our Creative Directors must be highly collaborative both with internal colleagues across various disciplines and external clients and vendor partners.

August Jackson

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Surrounding Suburbs ONLY!

Casting Alert!

Searching for MALES AND FEMALES HIPSTERS, all ethnicities,  Bicyclists with bikes, 20’s to 40’s, AND PEDESTRIANS, 20’S TO 40’S, who haven’t worked in the past three weeks to work on Thursday, Oct. 13th. You will need to Covid test this Tuesday, Oct. 11th.

Let us know the last time you worked on Chicago Fire.

NBC ‘Chicago Fire’ Joggers Extras Casting Call

NBC ‘Chicago Fire’ Casting Call

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Surrounding Suburbs ONLY!

Casting Alert! Searching for REAL MEDICS, MALE AND FEMALE, to work when we are about 30 miles north of Chicago, on Oct. 10th and Oct. 11th. With a Covid test on Friday, Oct. 7th. Or if you can work one of the filming date and not the other please let us know as we might be able to cast you.

Real medic rate is $190/8 hours and time and a half after 8 hours, with a special ability bump of $25. Checks are mailed out about two weeks later.

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Surrounding Border States ONLY!

Casting Alert! 

Searching for SKATEBOARDERS, male or female, who can skate on a ramp, ages16 to 40, all ethnicities to Covid test on Monday, Oct. 10th and film on Wed., Oct 12th, on Chicago Fire.

Also searching for EXTRAS who have a skateboard and helmet ages 16 to 30, who don’t need to skate.

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Surrounding Suburbs ONLY!

Casting Alert! Searching for REAL MEDICS, MALE AND FEMALE, to work when we are about 30 miles north of Chicago, on Oct. 10th and Oct. 11th. With a Covid test on Friday, Oct. 7th. Or if you can work one of the filming date and not the other please let us know as we might be able to cast you.

Real medic rate is $190/8 hours and time and a half after 8 hours, with a special ability bump of $25. Checks are mailed out about two weeks later.

Internal Video Shoot  

Looking for a young Female, BIPOC, 11-15 years old. Looking for confidence, character, spunkiness.  Maybe she loves poetry, rapping, storytelling..

She will be performing a spoken word poem (already written) on camera for shoot

Project Type: Internal Video

Union Status: Non-Union

Rate: $1,000 + 20%

Shoot Date: 10/13

Commercial Casting Call for Families Who Enjoy The Outdoors

Looking for a REAL FAMILY of 4 (kids approx 6-15 years) who love the outdoors. 

Shoot is during the day on THURSDAY at a nature preserve west of Chicago. 

Pay is $1400 for the family if booked.  

These are non speaking, non union roles featured extra roles that are in scenes enjoying Autumn events or locations in Chicago to promote CHICAGO.

1) Planning Families (Adults 21-35, children under the age of 15) that need to be Work Permitted

• – looking for diverse real familes of 4-5 people (Race, Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Sexual Orentation, etc.) 
• – $1500.00/ family, 6-10 hour days for adults.

Usage will be all media, worldwide, In perpetuity (stills and motion).

2) Active Urbanites (Ages 35-54)

• – Diverse individuals (Race, Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, etc.)
• – 400.00 / individual, 8 – 10 hour days, usage will be all media, worldwide, In perpetuity (stills and motion).

SHOOT for this project are October 15th, 27th, 28th & 29th in Chicago.  Families and Active Urbanites should be available on as many dates as possible.

We do not have any covid details yet.

As usual, parking is provided for you. Also a meal.

Please notes date(s) you would be totally available.

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Surrounding Border States to IL ONLY!

Casting Alert!

Searching for AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES,  20’s to 40’s, and FEMALES, All ethnicities, 50’S/60’S/70’S, to work our Molly’s Bar Scene on Tuesday, Oct. 4th. You will need to attend a Covid test on Monday, Oct. 3rd. Also you need to be available for another Molly’s bar scene on Wed., Oct. 12th, with a covid test on Monday, Oct. 10th.

Don’t send in if you have worked in the last three weeks on Chicago Fire.