Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

About the role:
Our Senior Account Executive, Influencer Marketing, is responsible for driving revenue for Division-D’s rapidly growing Influencer Marketing division by prospecting, identifying, and onboarding new clients, as well as servicing existing advertiser and agency relationships. The ideal candidate will have experience in both Influencer Marketing and digital media sales, as well as the ability to drive conversations from lead to client, and assist in building custom Influencer Marketing campaigns to meet client goals.

Core responsibilities:
•Identify quality prospects, reach out to potential clients, and work through sales cycles to close new business accounts.
•Build strong relationships with agencies and advertisers to ensure the long-term success of both new and existing campaigns.
•Conduct industry research to identify agencies and advertisers currently spending in the space.
•Stay updated on influencer marketing industry trends to advise clients on new campaign ideas.
•Work with the internal Account Management team to build custom influencer marketing plans and exceed client performance expectations.
•Travel to meet with prospects and clients as needed.

Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree – Journalism, Communications, or Business preferred
• 4-5+ years of digital media sales/influencer marketing experience
• Strong verbal and written Communication Skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Ability to work independently

Division-D

Associate Producer

TalkLab is looking to add a full-time Associate Producer to its team. The (AP) will work closely with the Host in booking guests, coordinate recordings, assist with script writing and post stories on the web.

The qualified individual must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment. They are self-motivated and can think on their own and problem solve. The individual is well organized, has a keen attention to detail and works to meet all assigned deadlines.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Work with production team to create dynamic content for TalkLab
• Coordinate program recordings for TalkLab
• Assist with content creation for TalkLab platforms and clients
• Book guest(s) for TalkLab content
• Write scripts for TalkLab productions
• Identify market opportunities to grow TalkLab platforms on social media
• Post to web for TalkLab platforms and clients
• Other duties, as assigned

TalkLab

Company Description

DentsuMB is a global creative agency delivering idea-led brand transformation at scale. We deliver creative expertise and innovative global solutions for clients. Applying big platform thinking, we bring ideas to life and deliver world-class creative solutions to meet consumer touch points and work across geographies, cultures and channels.  

Dentsu creative is a collective of agencies at the forefront of culture and innovation. Formed in January of 2021, we are one of the most globally awarded teams across the Dentsu network. Composed of dentsuMB, 360i, and Isobar, amongst other notable agencies, we work with clients to provide solutions that meet people at every single point of their brand journey and are committed to upholding a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.  

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. 

Job Description

The Executive Producer elevates and ensures creative excellence through production on their assigned accounts.

The Executive Integrated Producer must be expert at navigating agency systems, predicting potential roadblocks, working to remove them, and negotiating with key players across the agency to foster the teamwork necessary to produce complex, integrated, multi-disciplinary executions. Along the way, they harness support within production, tech, business affairs, legal, project management and other disciplines to fill in knowledge gaps and manage risk. The EP advises creatives, account teams and clients on choices that shape pipelines that protect the creative ideas and executes them even stronger. They ensure client needs/goals are met and integrity in the final deliverables are kept. An important part of the role is to be a mentor to the junior producers and creatives, to guide their growth and help them execute with the highest level of craft.

Responsibilities

Production

• Lead ( >1-5mil) high stakes Productions independently (or with the support of a less senior producer)
• High stakes Content Productions with A-list Directors/Partners and Celebrity talent and multiple workstreams and media.
• High stakes Digital Productions with A-list Partners and complex digital architecture/build, and possibly multiple workstream and media.
• Ensure that all key stakeholders are kept informed and (if needed) educated on the production process. Lead advocacy for improved communication and work processes across disciplines.
• Lead the discovery/vetting process on large engagements to accurately scope projects while defining project requirements and success metrics; this includes evolving creative concepts into clear sets of deliverables, determining whether ideas are feasible within the project parameters (time and money), and providing creative solutions to challenges.
• Ability to understand SOW’s with clear scope, risk, assumptions and deliverables and review those drafted by project management.
• Demonstrated experience bidding and managing large productions (>1mil) including development of production specs and effective risk management, overseeing large multi-discipline teams and ensuring overall quality of work.
• Build strong relationships with Business Affairs as a partner in discovery and through the production process. Have full understanding of AICP and AICE bid format.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of SAG-AFTRA guidelines for shooting and recording of talent, including usage and payment considerations.
• Lead post project summary meetings and suggest ways to instill learnings within the department and across disciplines.
• Responsible for account financial health and to find solutions that has both client and agency interests in mind.

Creative Delivery and Network

• Elevate the creative; Find versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive and help tell stories in an innovative way whether it’s through technology, video, social, experiential or all things combined. Lead the evolution of creative concepts into even stronger executions. Make Art.
• Have your ear to the ground, have your eye on who’s popping, know the industry giants. Help maintain dentsu creative’s cultural capital and credibility by working with both the up and comers and the most wanted established partners.
• Continually cultivate strong relationships with outside partners and have a wide network but close connections for the range of work we produce.

Management

• Oversee multidisciplinary producers, and their work input. Assign/brief each project to the appropriate producer and oversee their process and deliverables; Vendor casting, bid analysis, SOW/estimate writing, project organization, meeting purpose and protocol, risk assessment, time management, scoping and actualizing.
• Mentor junior producers to a versatile production approach by developing their own creative problem solving skills with the goal to always have the highest quality of execution.
• Share inspirational work, innovative technological solutions and best practices within the industry.
• Advise Head of Production and partner with him/her to monitor and develop your teams performance and career path. Assist to maintain positive department energy.
• Enforce the usage of the production toolkit: including templates, hot sheets, status documents and wrap report.

Skills & Characteristics

• Passion for the craft of production and creativity.
• Genuine interest in art, culture and lifestyle; moving art, technology arts, still art, sculpture, music, fashion, dance etc.
• Emotional intelligence – Have a good sense of diplomacy, awareness of group dynamics and the ability to moderate one’s own communication and behavior style to mirror the group/project need.
• Effective communication and presentation skills – The ability to develop presentations and speak to large audiences including senior level clients.
• Be able to lead clients with confidence through complex and high risk productions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience scoping and managing large productions (500 < 1mil+) as an integrated producer with one expertise ie. Content (Broadcast, social and still), Digital (ar/vr, platform builds/apps, voice app) or Experiential (art installations, stunts, events, pop-ups), and two sub expertise.
• If a Digital expert, you should have the sub expertise of mid-level Content and Experiential projects.
• If a Content expert, you should have the sub expertise of mid-level Digital and Experiential projects.

Perks

Additional Information

• Great compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible time-off
• 16 weeks paid parental leave

Additional Information

Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsumcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
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Casting Alert!  Searching for a REAL MIXOLOGIST, MALE, Caucasian ages 40’s to 60’s. Will need to be available Tuesday, Jan.11th (rehearsal) and films on Wednesday, Jan. 12th. This is for the TV show Chicago Fire.

The rate is $200/8 for the shoot date. There will need to be a Covid test taken on either Monday, Jan. 10th, or Tuesday, Jan. 11th.

Casting Alert! Searching for an KIDS, ages 10 to 12, boys and girls, all ethnicities, WITH CURRENT JOAN PHILO WORK PERMIT, who can work as KIDS OUTSIDE on Friday Jan. 14th on Chicago Med. 

This will require a Covid test on Monday, Jan. 10th, and a possible Wardrobe fitting on Wed. Jan 12th. 

Important note: 

• For the health and safety of all individuals on “Chicago MED,”  all “Zone A” cast and crew must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning work. You  must have had two shots two weeks prior to today’s date.
• We will consider reasonable accommodations as required by law for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance.

Local to the Chicago Area and surrounding suburbs ONLY.

Alert! I am searching for an excellent boxing instructor to work with an actor on a feature FILM project I am working on in mid Feb. to early March 2022.

This might be for a few days or more. This is a really exciting film.

To apply send a  few current  pictures of yourself maybe training someone, and also send a picture of just you in the shot as a boxing trainer.

My producer would like to see a few pictures.

Let me know your level of training and skills in boxing. Let me know if you have trained another person to box.

Casting Alert! Searching for an KIDS, ages 10 to 12, boys and girls, all ethnicities, WITH CURRENT JOAN PHILO WORK PERMIT, who can work as KIDS OUTSIDE on Friday Jan. 14th on Chicago Med. 

This will require a Covid test on Monday, Jan. 10th, and a possible Wardrobe fitting on Wed. Jan 12th. 

Important note: 

For the health and safety of all individuals on “Chicago MED,”  all “Zone A” cast and crew must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning work. You  must have had two shots two weeks prior to today’s date.

We will consider reasonable accommodations as required by law for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance.

Both the Guardian and child must be vaccinated, with two shots, and over two weeks ago.

Let us know if your child has already worked on Chicago Med this season, and tell us what scene. Thanks.

Casting Alert! Searching for Female, 40’s to 60’s, Asian and Latina, to work a Dive Bar scene on Chicago fire that will film/covid test in early January. We will let you know the dates.

Casting Alert! Searching for REAL or NON-REAL FIREFIGHTERS, Male, 20’s to 40’s, African American, Latino, and Asian, to work on Friday, Jan. 14th for Chicago fire. There will be a fitting on Wednesday, Jan. 12 along with a covid test. There will also be a covid test on Monday, Jan. 10th. 

The director will also want to meet with you via zoom on Monday, Jan. 10th. 

Firefighters must be clean shaven. A mustache is okay.

“NIGHT SHOOT” – We’re looking for just a small handful of people to play downtown pedestrians and/or a jogger for an overnight shoot. The estimated filming time for the day is 3pm-4am, but this doesn’t mean these are your call/wrap times – this is just an estimate of start to finish times for the crew for the entire day. You may only be needed for a shorter portion of the filming time, but we thought it best to let you know what the overall timeframe of the day is like, so you’re prepared.

COVID TEST: Weds 1/5

FILMING: Fri 1/7

PAY: $120/8 + $60 Covid test bump