Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Title: Freelance Photo Producer

Type: 6+ month contract

Location: Bolingbrook Il

Core Job Responsibilities

Field all incoming product photography projects and ensure photography teams have information needed to deliver assets across all channels of brand communication.

Work with Sr. Producer to manage photography production budgets related to projects in our Bolingbrook Studio including freelance invoices

Source and direct a diverse group of freelance talent needed to deliver photography projects both in our studio

Lead studio scheduling and project management utilizing tools to assign shots/projects to team members and to maintain a balanced workload including our Monday.com studio board

Manage communications, timelines, and deliverables for all studio product photography

Negotiate and execute contracts with freelance talent, vendors, and agencies, as needed.

Assist Merch Coordinator as needed for all in studio projects including but not limited to checking in and organizing samples, reaching out on missing samples and returning samples to merchants

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience as a Producer for brand campaigns, product photography for both talent and product shoots.

Proficient in all software and tools related to the production of photography, management of budgets, and project management including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Monday.com, Adobe Creative Suite and SharePoint.

Excellent communication and organization skills and very detail oriented.

Must be able to work in our Corporate Office in Bolingbrook, IL (Remote days may be possible at times but the majority of work will be done in studio)
Strivernet RPO Services

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented and experienced E-commerce manager to lead this brand. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting and implementing merchandising strategy and overseeing marketing, fulfillment, and website operations of https://www.llgemusa.com/

Responsibilities:

– Develop and execute the jewelry merchandising strategy for, determining what products we sell and at what prices, which marketplaces.

– Collaborate with the Jewelry Marketing and Design teams to develop and execute marketing campaigns that drive sales and engagement.

– Conduct market research and competitive analysis as needed.

– Manage the fulfillment operations of https://www.llgemusa.com/, including vendor relations, customer service, inventory, and fulfillment.

– Develop and manage the budget, revenue, and profitability goals for https://www.llgemusa.com/

– Work closely with the E-commerce team to ensure that the website is effectively and efficiently managed.

– Identify and implement opportunities for growth and improvement in all areas of the business.

Requirements:

– Experience working in Jewelry E-commerce.

– Bachelor’s degree in Merchandising, Business, Marketing, or a related field.

– 3+ years of related experience in E-commerce or data/analytical field required.

– Passion for creating and executing successful brand and business strategies.

– Must be able to think strategically and see the big picture while knowing how to execute it tactically.

Liliang Diamond USA

Here is another good one for non-union/non-speaking talent for lifestyle shots for smiling, happy people! 

The posting for this week is for a local Car dealership in Illinois. 

Filming will occur in Chicago on July 31, August 1 OR August 2.

Casting ALL Ethnicities / Male & Female

• CHILDREN 5–12 years old 
• ADULTS 28–42 years of age (only a few)

Rate of Pay: $500 to $700 for the day (depending on how ‘featured’ you are)

Usage: 2 years*will have more details later

At Walmart, we enable the connection between supplier brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale. As primary stewards of our brand promise, “Save Money. Live Better,” we work alongside some of the most talented people in the world to engage with the more than 150M households who shop with us. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, high-visibility team within the largest company in the world. We believe all digital advertising can be targeted and accountable – and we have Walmart’s sales data to prove it. Walmart Connect wins when suppliers invest in digital media to drive growth; Walmart and our supplier partners win when your digital expertise helps sell more goods online and offline. Growth in our digital advertising business is key to Walmart’s overall growth strategy.

Walmart Connect is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for our suppliers, sellers, merchants, stores, GMs, brand advertisers, and agencies. Our full funnel ad solutions leverage Walmart’s in-store and online data, extensive reach, and to provide measurable results for our clientele. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service; these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, engage with Walmart consumers, and convert Walmart consumers to shoppers.

As the Senior Manager, Paid Search, you are an expert in all things paid search and can bring innovative performance solutions to our 3p suppliers. Your responsibilities include building and growing strong senior-level client relationships, providing strategic direction to the team, maintaining the financial health of all performance accounts, scoping projects, and developing staff. You will set goals for the Search Performance Managers, remove roadblocks and track progress towards achievement of targets. You will effectively navigate the relationships between Walmart, our Suppliers, and our Platform Partners to drive optimal advertising performance and client success.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Establish team goals and KPIs and motivate the team to execute, measure progress, and share results
• Monitor performance of Sponsored Products and drive activities to improve performance for optimal ROI and client satisfaction (bid adjustments, targeting changes, keyword harvesting, etc.)
• Analyze search campaign performance against client KPIs and report on trends and insights to key stakeholders
• Define metrics relevant to measure the performance of the team and evangelize with leadership and cross-functional teams
• Continuously foster skill development of Search Performance Managers and stakeholders by helping to drive participation in ongoing training, workshops, lunch-and-learns, etc.
• Participate in establishing business plan objectives with Account Managers and Campaign Managers
• Explore automation solutions to minimize turnaround time for optimization tactics to be implemented by suppliers
• Define performance and optimization processes, SLAs & best practices
• Build and maintain knowledge base of workflows, SOPs, case studies, FAQs
• Own the relationship with our senior client stakeholders, aiming for high client satisfaction and retention
• Develop a collaborative working relationship with other agencies and platform partners
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify new growth opportunities
• Accountable for thought leadership activity both with the client and internally, putting forward new topics of interest and championing creative strategic thinking
• Ensure effective communication across internal teams as well as client & platform partners

What We’re Looking For:

• Extensive experience managing performance campaigns across multiple paid search platforms
• Retail/eComm within 3p marketplace and/or small & medium size businesses
• Strong knowledge of keyword bidding strategies, budget cap management and optimization tactics
• Experience with API and Self-Serve platforms is a plus
• Ability to think strategically and identify and resolve problems proactively in a client-centric environment
• Strong business communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to communicate / present to Sales teams and leadership
• Ability to nurture and retain client relationships & understand how performance can feed into wider business goals
• Strong managerial experience, including experience hiring, developing, and mentoring a team
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and navigating ambiguity
• Experience working with financial data and budgets
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to meet common goals
• Experience of working with senior-level stakeholders both internally and externally
• Results-driven with a desire to affect change, drive revenue and gain visibility with leadership
• B2B experience is a plus

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Walmart Connect

Job Title: Market Manager, West Coast – Remote, USA

Job Location: USA 

Job Type: Contract

Pay: 15$ to $30/Hr

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A JOB ? THIS MAY BE THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU.

100% REMOTE – 100% FLEXIBLE 

Work 20-25 hours per week, when it fits into your life

STARTING PAY is $15 per hour, with production bonuses

Ideal for stay-at-home parents, caregivers, homeschool parents, etc.

[N.B: If you want to take up the opportunity, apply for the job, providing your name, email and CV. And check your mailbox, if you are suitable for the job then we will inform you of the next step by mail immediately.]

Job Description:

We’re looking for someone who wants to earn some passive money online. You have the opportunity to earn money in your free time by working with us. You will be able to earn money from us for some of your simple tasks. We need a lot of people. If you have free time and are interested in making some income with us then you can work with us. We have been paying our clients on time for many years. You have a good way to earn from home with us. So if you do not miss this opportunity, Please contact us.

Responsibilities:

Accurately input data into various computer systems and databases

Must perform assigned worked responsibly

Work with patience

Must act in good faith and do not do any trickery

Review and verify data entered for accuracy and completeness

Requirements:

Must be above 18 years 

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to work remotely and independently

Your Skills and Experience :

NONE

We don’t require any experience but you must have a mindset to work remotely and experience using the internet (computer/mobile)

This is a remote position and requires a dependable internet connection and computer. We offer a flexible schedule and a competitive salary .However, we encourage you to apply!

If you’re a tone- starter with a passion for furnishing top- notch executive support.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

[N.B: If you want to take up the opportunity, apply for the job, providing your name, email and CV. And check your mailbox, if you are suitable for the job then we will inform you of the next step by mail immediately.]

G-TECH Motorisation

At Walmart, we enable the connection between supplier brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale. As primary stewards of our brand promise, “Save Money. Live Better,” we work alongside some of the most talented people in the world to engage with the more than 150M households who shop with us. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, high-visibility team within the largest company in the world. We believe all digital advertising can be targeted and accountable – and we have Walmart’s sales data to prove it. Walmart Connect wins when suppliers invest in digital media to drive growth; Walmart and our supplier partners win when your digital expertise helps sell more goods online and offline. Growth in our digital advertising business is key to Walmart’s overall growth strategy.

Walmart Connect is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for our suppliers, sellers, merchants, stores, GMs, brand advertisers, and agencies. Our full funnel ad solutions leverage Walmart’s in-store and online data, extensive reach, and to provide measurable results for our clientele. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service; these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, engage with Walmart consumers, and convert Walmart consumers to shoppers.

As a Paid Search Manager within the Walmart Connect Sales Organization, you will help analyze and optimize our 3rd party suppliers’ search campaigns to meet their marketing objectives, drive revenue growth, and foster product improvements. You will work closely with the Sales team, Account Management, Campaign Management, and API/Ad Tech partners and be responsible for developing and implementing strategies, managing budgets and bids, optimizing account configuration, keyword targeting and reporting/insights.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the media/retail media industry and a background in the paid search landscape. This is an analytical and revenue focused role solely dedicated to the search product.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor performance of Sponsored Products and drive one-to-many activities to improve performance for optimal ROI and supplier [advertiser] satisfaction.
• Identify domain, brand, category, and campaign trends to provide analysis to support incremental budget requests from our suppliers to grow and stabilize investment.
• Participate in establishing business plan objectives with Account Managers and Campaign Managers
• Define performance and optimization process & best practice guidelines and create robust knowledge base for internal/external use
• Own the relationship with our senior client stakeholders aiming for high client satisfaction and retention
• Reach and exceed KPIs established in partnership with suppliers, retain advertisers/revenue and reduce churn.
• Responsible for owning the key metrics focused towards driving exponential growth of search.
• Monitor account performance and ensure accurate billing and forecasting to ensure the financial health of accounts
• Accountable for thought leadership activity both with the client and internally, putting forward new topics of interest and championing creative strategic thinking
• Collaborate closely with API platform partners to act in the best interest of the client to drive performance
• Utilize Tableau and other internal dashboards to analyze opportunities, identify patterns and implement proactive solutions including improvements across WMC Search Platform UI, tools, and processes.
• Proactively identifies growth opportunities for suppliers [advertisers] search investments and proposes solutions to improve ROI.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or related field and 2 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area.
• 3-5 years work experience in the advertising industry with focus in paid search, retail search and/or eCommerce.
• High level of comfort with direct client interaction, including presentations and strategic recommendations, with the ability to translate technical concepts into client-friendly language
• Experience in developing media strategies based on data, insights, and analytics.
• Strong experience in Google Ads, Bing, Yahoo!, Amazon, Co-op Advertising and all paid search terminology and key tools (e.g., AdWords, AdCenter, Retail Search, etc.).
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills that enable you to use data to develop, validate and measure search campaigns.
• Strong knowledge of keyword bidding strategies, budget cap management and optimization tactics
• Experience with API and Self-Serve platforms is a plus
• Experience developing or overseeing quantitative analysis and delivering actionable insights.
• Ambitious, self-starter mentality and entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive for excellence and delivery of results.
• Ability to work at all levels with an eye for detail to achieve quality & process goals, actively translates Walmart’s core values into everyday practices.
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills and able to build relationships and influence cross-functionally.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Walmart Connect

At Walmart, we enable the connection between supplier brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale. As primary stewards of our brand promise, “Save Money. Live Better,” we work alongside some of the most talented people in the world to engage with the more than 150M households who shop with us. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, high-visibility team within the largest company in the world. We believe all digital advertising can be targeted and accountable – and we have Walmart’s sales data to prove it. Walmart Connect wins when suppliers invest in digital media to drive growth; Walmart and our supplier partners win when your digital expertise helps sell more goods online and offline. Growth in our digital advertising business is key to Walmart’s overall growth strategy.

Walmart Connect is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for our suppliers, sellers, merchants, stores, GMs, brand advertisers, and agencies. Our full funnel ad solutions leverage Walmart’s in-store and online data, extensive reach, and to provide measurable results for our clientele. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service; these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, engage with Walmart consumers, and convert Walmart consumers to shoppers.

As a Paid Search Manager within the Walmart Connect Sales Organization, you will help analyze and optimize our 3rd party suppliers’ search campaigns to meet their marketing objectives, drive revenue growth, and foster product improvements. You will work closely with the Sales team, Account Management, Campaign Management, and API/Ad Tech partners and be responsible for developing and implementing strategies, managing budgets and bids, optimizing account configuration, keyword targeting and reporting/insights.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the media/retail media industry and a background in the paid search landscape. This is an analytical and revenue focused role solely dedicated to the search product.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor performance of Sponsored Products and drive one-to-many activities to improve performance for optimal ROI and supplier [advertiser] satisfaction.
• Identify domain, brand, category, and campaign trends to provide analysis to support incremental budget requests from our suppliers to grow and stabilize investment.
• Participate in establishing business plan objectives with Account Managers and Campaign Managers
• Define performance and optimization process & best practice guidelines and create robust knowledge base for internal/external use
• Own the relationship with our senior client stakeholders aiming for high client satisfaction and retention
• Reach and exceed KPIs established in partnership with suppliers, retain advertisers/revenue and reduce churn.
• Responsible for owning the key metrics focused towards driving exponential growth of search.
• Monitor account performance and ensure accurate billing and forecasting to ensure the financial health of accounts
• Accountable for thought leadership activity both with the client and internally, putting forward new topics of interest and championing creative strategic thinking
• Collaborate closely with API platform partners to act in the best interest of the client to drive performance
• Utilize Tableau and other internal dashboards to analyze opportunities, identify patterns and implement proactive solutions including improvements across WMC Search Platform UI, tools, and processes.
• Proactively identifies growth opportunities for suppliers [advertisers] search investments and proposes solutions to improve ROI.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or related field and 2 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area OR 4 years’ experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related area.
• 3-5 years work experience in the advertising industry with focus in paid search, retail search and/or eCommerce.
• High level of comfort with direct client interaction, including presentations and strategic recommendations, with the ability to translate technical concepts into client-friendly language
• Experience in developing media strategies based on data, insights, and analytics.
• Strong experience in Google Ads, Bing, Yahoo!, Amazon, Co-op Advertising and all paid search terminology and key tools (e.g., AdWords, AdCenter, Retail Search, etc.).
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills that enable you to use data to develop, validate and measure search campaigns.
• Strong knowledge of keyword bidding strategies, budget cap management and optimization tactics
• Experience with API and Self-Serve platforms is a plus
• Experience developing or overseeing quantitative analysis and delivering actionable insights.
• Ambitious, self-starter mentality and entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive for excellence and delivery of results.
• Ability to work at all levels with an eye for detail to achieve quality & process goals, actively translates Walmart’s core values into everyday practices.
• Strong communication/interpersonal skills and able to build relationships and influence cross-functionally.

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Walmart Connect

Our client, a leading global supplier of ingredients, is looking for an exceptional Product Manager – Ingredients to join their amazing team in Illinois.

This is an exciting time to join their growth and expansion globally.

What do they offer you?

• A Global leading distributor of functional ingredients
• 15 distribution centers globally, Offices across Illinois, Innovation centers & Labs in Asia
• Fantastic company culture with lots of opportunity for progression and growth
• Very competitive compensation packages and great benefits

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years’ experience within product management or trading of ingredients
• Experience dealing with commodity ingredients on an international level
• Purchasing of food and nutrition ingredients is highly desirable

Our client is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the recruitment process. They are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic.

Please contact [email protected] or call us on 0044 161 300 8723 for more information

Walker Lovell

The team at Myticas Consulting is looking to hire an SAP Product Manager responsible for engaging with operations stakeholders and supporting groups to identify opportunities, gather requirements, evaluate business cases, identify portfolio, develop roadmap, prioritize backlog, and manage delivery using agile methodologies, etc…

Responsibilities:

• Engage with operations, central services and procurement teams to evaluate repair management process & application improvement opportunities
• Lead order management, shop management and procurement functional process design
• Function as our internal “ERP consultant”
• Develop and oversee the operations product roadmap
• Conceptualize process design / functionality changes, and automation capabilities to address gaps
• Evaluate and propose solutioning options including custom development and packaged applications / COTS
• Identify, deploy and manage portfolio of tools to manage solution effectively
• Evaluate needs and set up the operations product group
• Coordinate with operations and operations support team stakeholders to oversee continued transformation of operations processes
• Work with key operations stakeholders and other SMEs to oversee development of business cases, assess value and impacts and identify key metrics.
• Manage solution development, execution of proof of concepts and pilots as needed, etc… in order to validate options
• Work with process owner to prioritize operations project and enhancement backlog for internal / 3rd party product teams
• Manage product backlog and oversee execution of scrum process
• Engage with development teams, 3rd party vendors and applications / SaaS providers to develop functionalities to cater to business requirements
• Establish and monitor KPIs to evaluate process and product effectiveness
• Work with IT PMO / scrum master to oversee sprints and manage its delivery
• Manage testing and deployment of product updates
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in retail, CPG, manufacturing industry or similar
• 8+ years of experience as business applications manager or product manager preferred
• 8+ years of experience in ERP (SAP, Oracle, or similar) functional / product support
• 5+ years of experience in Product Management
• Must have excellent O2C, Supply Chain and P2P process knowledge
• Knowledge of lean, six sigma, concepts are a plus
• Must have experience in running projects using Agile methodology
• Customer-relationship focused, process driven, metric focused, results oriented, organized, self-directed
• Ability to influence and build relationships
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Must be flexible to travel within the US & Canada, if necessary

Myticas Consulting

NEWMARK

About Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK)

Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (“Newmark”), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark’s comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform’s global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the year ending December 31, 2022, Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.7 billion. As of March 31, 2023, Newmark’s company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from over 170 offices with approximately 7,300 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As our senior product manager (director of product management) for brokerage business, you excel at three things: crafting product vision, managing team culture, and understanding tradeoffs. In this role, the product manager will be required to understand the business to develop new products and guide existing ones toward positive outcomes for customers and Newmark. As they shepherd a product along on its journey to market, they will be charged with understanding the needs of the team to ensure the best outcome for the business. They will be asked to provide insightful context for the purpose of empowering their team members to become product owners.

Product managers don’t always get to work on large teams to start. At the beginning, they will be expected to wear many hats. Not only will they define the problem statement, the product mission and what success looks like for the product. They will often be asked to eschew the traditional scope of their role to drive the early success of their product with great research and analysis to validate their hypotheses.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Identify and own the product-business relationship for the assigned products/line of business
• Follow a structured approach to define product vision and strategy, identify the measures of success and help guide the baselining of key KPIs
• Act as the “voice of the customer” from the business side in to the rest of the organization
• Envision/articulate the product strategy for assigned products
• Partner with change management teams and resources to drive product go-to-market activities (i.e. marketing, communications, training, instructional learning, etc.) to enable engagement and adoption
• Guide the team/Drive discovery of new ideas to assess/define the problem statement, the benefit hypothesis and adherence to the strategic vision
• Partner with UX designers and engineers to conceptualize intuitive, scalable, and high-quality solutions that help users accomplish their “Jobs To Be Done”
• Collaborate with the engineering and delivery leads to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery of committed features on a roadmap
• Drive buy-build-partner analysis, and where necessary, review potential partner relationships for the product
• Train/Demo users on system as needed
• Coach/mentor team members

SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• University bachelors/master’s degree, preferably in business, information systems, marketing, computer science, or other relevant areas
• 9+ years of experience in Product Management, having managed multiple/portfolio of digital products preferably in the real estate industry
• Experience managing product vision/strategy and roadmap end to end
• Experience doing multiyear product planning based on data/logic driven cost-benefit analysis
• Proficient in productivity applications such as Microsoft Office, Miro, etc
• Excellent communication skills to interact with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Metrics-driven: Strong analytical and synthesis skills are a must, including the ability to absorb and process large amounts of data into actionable information
• Experience with best practice agile scrum development and lean startup principles.
• Experience driving stakeholder discussions, demonstrations and sticking to the desired agenda to produce expected outcomes

Newmark