Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Casting Call: SWAT TEAM (REAL EXPERIENCE) for “Will Trent” TV Series

Role: SWAT Team Members

Job Details:

We are currently seeking men aged 20s-40s with genuine SWAT team and police experience to portray SWAT team members in the upcoming episodes of the “Will Trent” TV series. This is a unique opportunity for those who have served in SWAT units or specialized police roles to bring authenticity and realism to the screen. Your expertise and experience will contribute significantly to the scenes involving tactical operations and law enforcement activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in filming on specified dates in the Norcross/Atlanta area.
• Work closely with the director, actors, and production team to execute scenes accurately and effectively.
• Utilize your SWAT training and experience to portray realistic tactical movements, procedures, and operations.
• Be prepared to wear SWAT gear and handle prop weapons in accordance with safety protocols and the director’s vision.
• Follow instructions from the director and production team to ensure scenes are shot efficiently and authentically.

Requirements:

• Male, ages 20s-40s.
• Must have real SWAT team or specialized police experience.
• Ability to portray tactical movements and procedures authentically.
• Comfortable wearing SWAT gear and handling prop weapons.
• Must be available to work on March 12, March 14, and March 15.
• Must be local to the Norcross/Atlanta area or willing to work as a local.
• Previous acting experience is a plus but not required.

Compensation:

• $175 per 12-hour workday.
• Any overtime will be compensated accordingly.

Casting Call: Bilingual Actors for Tech Company Commercial

A leading technology company is seeking talented and versatile actors for an upcoming commercial shoot scheduled to take place in the Bay Area. This is a fantastic opportunity for bilingual actors to showcase their skills in a professional setting. We are looking for individuals who are comfortable speaking both English and another specified language fluently. This non-union project offers a lucrative compensation package for a one-day shoot happening between March 14th and March 16th.

Job Details:

• Location: Bay Area (specific location to be disclosed to selected candidates)
• Shoot Date: 1 day between March 14th and March 16th (date to be confirmed upon selection)
• Compensation: $1000 for the day
• Union Status: Non-Union

Roles:

1. Hispanic Woman (35-45 years old)

   • Responsibilities: Deliver lines in both accent-free English and fluent Mexican Spanish as per the script. Convey the brand’s message effectively through a dynamic performance.
   • Requirements: Female, aged 35-45, of Hispanic heritage. Must be bilingual in English and Mexican Spanish, with the ability to speak both languages fluently and without a noticeable accent in English. Acting experience preferred.

2. Mid 20s Male (Any Ethnicity)

   • Responsibilities: Perform scripted lines in both accent-free English and either fluent German or French. Engage the audience with a compelling depiction of the product’s benefits.
   • Requirements: Male, in your mid-20s, any ethnicity. Must be bilingual, fluent in both English (without a noticeable accent) and either German or French. Previous acting experience is a plus.

Job Responsibilities:

• Learn and memorize the script in both English and the required second language.
• Participate in rehearsals as scheduled by the director.
• Deliver a performance that aligns with the director’s vision and the brand’s messaging.
• Be available for the entire shoot day and commit to punctuality and professionalism.

Requirements:

• Must be fluent in English (accent-free) and the second language specified for the role (Mexican Spanish for the Hispanic woman role; German or French for the mid 20s male role).
• Previous acting experience in commercials, theatre, television, or film is preferred.
• Ability to take direction well and adapt performances as needed.
• Reliable transportation to and from the set in the Bay Area.
• Legal eligibility to work in the United States.

Compensation Details:

• The selected actors will receive a flat rate of $1000 for the day’s work.
• This is a non-union project, and compensation is inclusive of all shoot day activities.

Casting Call: Seeking Hispanic and Caucasian Men in Mexico City

Job Description:

We are currently seeking talented individuals for an upcoming shoot in Mexico City. We are looking for Hispanic and Caucasian men, aged approximately 30-45 years, with an average build. This casting call is open to those located in Mexico City or those who can be in Mexico City for the shoot. If you have family or friends fitting this description in Mexico City, please encourage them to apply!

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in a professional photo and/or video shoot on March 11.
• Follow the directions provided by the director and photography team.
• Arrive on time and prepared for the shoot, with consideration to personal grooming and wardrobe requirements as communicated by the production team.
• Collaborate with the production team and other cast members to create a productive and positive environment on set.

Requirements:

• Male, Hispanic or Caucasian, aged approximately 30-45 years.
• Average build.
• Must not have visible tattoos.
• Facial hair must be neatly trimmed or be willing to shave for the shoot.
• Must be located in Mexico City or able to travel to Mexico City for the shoot date.
• Professionalism and punctuality are a must.
• Previous acting or modeling experience is a plus, but not required.

Compensation:

• Total rate: $1500
• Please note, travel and accommodation expenses are not covered for this shoot.

Casting Call: Family Members for Energy Company Print Shoot

Job Description: We are currently seeking real families to participate in an upcoming print shoot for an energy company. The families will represent different demographics and age groups as described below. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a creative team and be featured in advertising materials for a notable energy company. The shoot will take place in Austin, TX, and we are specifically looking for local hires.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in a professional photo shoot, following the director’s guidance for posing and expression.
• Engage with family members naturally to portray a realistic family environment.
• Be punctual and cooperative with the crew and other cast members during the shoot.
• Be prepared to take part in various scenes, potentially with props or in different settings as per the shoot requirements.

Requirements:

• REAL FAMILIES as described in the following categories:
  • Family 1: Parents in their 30s with children aged 4-8 years, and possibly a grandparent aged 65+ if available.
  • Family 2: Parents in their 30s-40s with children aged 7-18 years.
  • Family 3 (Hispanic): Parents in their 40s-50s with children aged 10-18 years.
• Must be available on the shoot dates: 3/26-3/28 (1 or more days).
• Must be a local hire in Austin, TX.
• No previous acting or modeling experience is required, but must be comfortable in front of the camera.
• A recent family picture must be submitted with the application for consideration.

Compensation:

• $500 per person per shoot day.
• Additional usage fee of $1500 for adults and $1000 for minors.

The Day to Day:

• Lead and inspire a team of creative professionals, providing guidance and mentorship.

• Proficient designer adept at pitching ideas in a client-facing context, showcasing skills in deck building, copywriting, asset creation, and design.

• Develop and implement innovative and engaging creative concepts for a diverse range of clients and projects.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure the successful execution of creative projects.

• Oversee the entire creative process, from concept development to final production and post-production.

• Present creative concepts and strategies to clients, implementing their feedback and ensuring their satisfaction.

• Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to maintain a competitive edge.

Synergy Interactive

About the job:

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Salary: 75k-85k

This is a fulltime, on-site position. Remote candidates will not be considered at this time.

Prior Digital Media experience REQUIRED

Prior YouTube experience STRONGLY PREFERRED

We are seeking an Associate Producer for a successful YouTube creator (Over 20 million Subscribers across 3 channels). The content for the videos is a mix of family-friendly challenge and narrative videos. You will be working closely with a small team to create content through pre-production, production, and post-production. Must be organized and proactive, as you will be responsible for facilitating the production process and ensuring shoots go smoothly. This includes scheduling shoots, location management, serving as point of contact for talent (including child talent), etc.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Creating optimal shooting schedules that strike the perfect balance of efficiency, serving the video’s creative, and addressing the needs of the content creators
• Point of contact for adult and child talent, including sending out call sheets, scripts/beat sheets, wardrobe information, on-set contact, etc.
• Point of contact for vendors/locations/rentals
• Curating an ideal on-set experience for freelancers and talent, especially child actors
• Serve as a hub of knowledge for each video and use that perspective to make decisions that best advance production’s goals

Who You Are:

• Prior experience in the creation/production of Digital Media REQUIRED
• Prior experience in the creation/production of YouTube content STRONGLY PREFERRED
• MUST BE ORGANIZED and professional. Proofreading your emails is second nature, you keep to-do lists, you never misplace items, etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Proactive and takes ownership of responsibilities. You find ways to get answers and accomplish tasks in the absence of constant, explicit direction/oversight
• Passionate about YouTube content
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities
• Clear communicator who is comfortable working across different departments (creative, art, talent)
• Scrappy attitude with the drive to make the best content possible
• Creatively driven

What YZ Productions Has To Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Full Health benefits after 90 Days
• $50 Gym Stipend after 90 Days

YZ Productions

Our client is seeking a General Manager of an entertainment center to motivate, instill accountability, and achieve results to drive success while maintaining our fun culture! This person will provide overall leadership, vision, and direction on initiatives and operating standards while providing a positive atmosphere for guests and staff.

Location: North Charleston, SC

Salary Range: $65K-$85K

Hire Type: Direct Placement Full-Time

• 3+ years of experience in Facility Operations & Management
• Experience in hospitality industry: Theme Parks, Family Entertainment Centers, Hotels, Resorts, Casinos, or Restaurants
• Intermediate computer skills – Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to enthusiastically interact with others
• Strong character and decision-making skills

Insight Global

Our client is looking for a Creative Director to join and lead their team.

Direct hire / full time

Hybrid in Santa Ana – Onsite Tuesday’s each week + onsite for shoots, etc

$120,000 – $135,000 DOE

Job Description

We are looking for a passionate Creative Director to join our marketing team. This role reports to the Vice President of Marketing. Our marketing team, consisting of approximately 20 professionals, handles almost all our marketing activities in-house. Our team and workflow are fast-paced and dynamic. We support 4 brands across many product categories, sales channels, and seasons. We launch 50+ new products annually and we refresh digital and/or print content for 100+ best sellers each year. We’re proud to manage our photo and video shoots internally, as a part of our efforts to continually grow sales and elevate our brands. We’re a hard-working, fun-loving, down-to-earth team, and we love our open and collaborative culture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead creative strategy and execution for all marketing functions: digital marketing (Amazon and website product listings, landing pages, ads, email marketing, social media content), packaging, retail merchandisers and sales presentations.

• Provide brand leadership for all brands across sub-brands, categories, and channels (e-commerce and retail).

o Includes style guide creation, maintenance, and consistent application.

o Continually strive to elevate our brands and content. Lead efforts to keep the team abreast of design trends and emerging capabilities/technologies.

• Manage design team, which is currently 5 full-time direct reports + external freelancers. Provide art direction and mentorship and manage personnel.

• Project manage deadlines and priorities for all creative needs. Includes prioritizing with VP of Marketing; creating and reviewing projects in Asana and Google Sheets; and proactively communicating throughout the company as needed.

• Lead internal marketing team to plan and execute photoshoots. Hire and provide art direction to photographers. Manage the photoshoot budget.

• Provide art direction for internally created videos and at video shoots.

• Collaborate and lead marketing initiatives together with the Marketing Leadership Team (VP of Marketing, Dir of Digital Marketing, Dir of DTC E-Commerce, and Dir of Customer Marketing). Initiatives include new product launches, content/branding refreshes, digital campaigns and promotions, and retail focused projects.

• Support departments throughout the company with creative projects as needed.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Creative Director or Art Director.

o Experience leading a design team of multiple direct reports.

o Experience leading brand and creative initiatives for branded CPG products sold in an omni-channel environment (digital/e-commerce and packaging/merchandisers/retail).

• Strong experience strategically leading brand and creative across marketing functions, achieving both company/performance/profitability goals as well as elevating branding and content.

• Exceptional project management skills are needed for our fast-paced environment, including a focus on meeting deadlines, strategic prioritization, and problem solving.

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design preferred.

• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator and Photoshop.

• Experience in Asana, Slack and Google Docs preferred.

• Thrives in a collaborative, highly communicative culture.

• Passionate about design, branding, and creative storytelling.

• Hybrid position based in Santa Ana, CA office one day per week (currently Tuesdays, but subject to change) + on location for photo and video shoots.

We support our team with a collaborative and flexible environment, while continuing to embody the entrepreneurial spirit that got us to where we are today. You can expect:

• Competitive pay with an annual bonus potential

• Medical, dental and vision

• 401k with company matching

• Paid Time Off: Vacation (3 weeks), Sick and Holidays

• Paid Volunteer Time Off: 2 days annually

• Half-day Summer Fridays from Memorial to Labor Day

• Regular company events/initiatives

• Annual performance & compensation review

• Growth and development – We are big on supporting employees who want to grow their career and love to see our team grow beyond their role

• • Talented coworkers in a diverse, energetic, and collaborative office culture

24 Seven Talent

Job Description:

As a Creative Director at our advertising agency, you will be responsible for developing creative, relevant, innovative, and practical creative concepts. We are looking for a Creative Powerhouse who can lead the design & copy teams; but who can also do the work.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Do the work; Doesn’t need an entire team to execute a project.

• Lead and inspire a team of creative professionals, providing guidance and mentorship.

• Proficient designer adept at pitching ideas in a client-facing context, showcasing skills in deck building, copywriting, asset creation, and design.

• Develop and implement innovative and engaging creative concepts for a diverse range of clients and projects.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure the successful execution of creative projects.

• Oversee the entire creative process, from concept development to final production and post-production.

• Present creative concepts and strategies to clients, implementing their feedback and ensuring their satisfaction.

• Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to maintain a competitive edge.

Requirements:

• Must be willing to work in-office M-F.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in creative direction, advertising, or a related field.

• Proven track record of developing and executing successful creative campaigns across multiple platforms.

• Production experience.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

• A keen eye for detail and a strong understanding of branding and design principles.

• Proficiency in industry-standard design and production tools, such as

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Synergy Interactive

Title: Product Manager (Enterprise Entertainment)

Location: Glendale or Burbank – Hybrid

Duration: Multi-year contract

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders, or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

The Content Platforms team is seeking a Product Manager II to join our Product Solutions organization. Our team strives to deliver operational excellence by elevating and evangelizing the content platform products and services to our various business partners. In this role, you will be responsible for the enablement of our content platform products and tools, working closely with our product management and engineering partners to sustain and improve current products, launch new systems, execute the product roadmap, and support clients as they navigate our platforms to operate their business.

This role will serve as a key touchpoint for business partners, responsible for providing day-to-day support for general questions, workflow guidance, and light troubleshooting. In addition, the role will own documenting new features and disseminating those updates back to the customers through coordinating user acceptance testing, conducting user training, and crafting communications. The candidate will be responsible for participating in the product lifecycle, creating supporting documentation, and being a subject matter expert on process workflows and functional requirements. Finally, this role will lead the way with best practices for running business review meetings, updating stakeholders with retrospectives on past monthly performance, as well as translating raw metrics into a comprehensive narrative. The ideal candidate must work well in a collaborative environment and be able to define and implement processes that effectively deliver on the Product Solutions team’s mission.

Basic Qualification:

• Be a platform expert who can perform an analysis on customer requests, documenting, defining, and sending requirements to Engineering for system improvements.
• Responsible for supporting business stakeholders, including relationship management, addressing support questions, light troubleshooting of potential issues, and performing training and onboarding.
• Own communication with product end users, including feature release notes, project-specific updates, and other general announcements, crafting platform documentation, and running customer sync meetings.
• Provide periodic updates/presentations on roadmaps and initiatives to leadership and business partners.
• Coordinate and run site/app launches, create customer-facing root cause analysis reports for critical outage incidents, and be a leader in change management for migrations and/or on-boardings to new products.
• Participate in larger organizational Product Solutions initiatives, such as crafting evergreen documentation, executing strategic communication plans, and defining processes that contribute to an improved team working culture.
• Work as an individual contributor to execute product strategy in collaboration with Design, Engineering, and other functional areas.
• Partner with other Product Managers to ensure individual systems achieve larger, holistic business needs.
• Perform any other duties needed to help achieve Business Objectives for the Product Solutions team.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of product management experience.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack
• Experience with finance application/residual/participation application.
• Strong understanding of data and data concepts.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to distill information accurately and convey it (verbally and written) to business partners and internal technology teams.
• An experienced writer, whose style can range from product requirements to documentation/operational guides to formal announcements/release notes.
• Strong prioritization and organization skills with experience juggling time-sensitive requests from multiple business partners.
• Experience working within a defect management process, providing a link between Engineering and End Users, and translating highly technical concepts to more human-friendly terms.
• Energetic self-starter with a logical problem-solving approach and a technical aptitude.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and matrixed organization, executing several initiatives concurrently while balancing competing priorities.
• Enthusiastic about helping people, solving problems, and championing products.

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our client’s business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, projects, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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