Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

We are actively seeking an exceptional Art Director/Designer to join a growing design team at an experiential marketing agency. This is a highly conceptual role and involves crafting brand activations, in-venue experiences, permanent installations, and VIP journeys for globally recognized brands.

In this position, you will work closely with the Creative Director for mentorship and support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create compelling ideas for experiential solutions solving clients needs and challenges
• Develop layouts that transform the concept into design
• Bring ideas to life: oversee one or more projects from concept to design, construction, and installation
• Effective collaboration with internal teams is essential

Requirements:

– 4+ years of experiential agency experience

– Ability to be a team player in a dynamic and fast-paced agency setting

– Design savvy, conceptual thinking and ability to create fresh ideas

– Math skills such as adding and subtracting fractions: required for projects involving construction.

– Expert in Photoshop and Illustrator

– Creative writing and copywriting is a plus

– Expertise in both 2D and 3D design (Sketchup)

– Experience or interest in sports and entertainment

– Able to manage multiple projects, tight deadlines and attention to detail

– Familiarity with Mac systems is necessary

– Production skills and ability to create solutions with production teams. (Basic understanding of construction is a plus).

Salary: $80,000 to $95,000, commensurate with experience.

This is a full-time position, onsite in the New Haven area, CT. Remote work is not an option for this opportunity.

To apply, please submit your resume and portfolio link/case studies for immediate consideration

Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to respond to each application personally. If we are interested in your qualifications, we will contact you via telephone or email as soon as possible. By applying for this position, you agree to be contacted by email or text message. Message and data rates may apply.

icreatives is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants and talent will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. We believe in providing a culture that embraces and champions diversity, equity, and inclusion because it truly fosters creativity.

icreatives

About Oiselle: Oiselle is a Seattle-based running apparel brand dedicated to empowering women through quality, inclusive, and high-performance sportswear.

Position Overview: As the Creative Director at Oiselle, you will play a pivotal role in shaping, evolving, and executing our brand’s creative vision. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, a creative visionary, and a seasoned leader who understands and appreciates all the ways in which Oiselle shows up, with a big desire to make business impact. You will lead an in-house creative team including art direction, design, photography, and production, collaborate heavily with product design and marketing program leads, and manage external design and photography partners to ensure that our brand consistently delivers compelling and impactful visuals across all platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creative Vision: Develop and articulate the creative brand vision for Oiselle, ensuring alignment with core values and target audience. You’ll collaborate with leadership to ensure that creative initiatives support overarching business goals.
• Team Leadership: Lead, inspire, and mentor a diverse in-house team, as well as external creatives, including designers, photographers, videographers, producers, and copywriters. The Creative Director must create a culture of creativity, innovation, and excellence within the creative department.
• Art Direction and Graphic Design: As a player-coach on a small team, the Creative Director will also act as an art director, graphic designer, producer, and/or project manager at times. An excellent graphic design skillset, extreme attention to detail, and willingness to project manage will be required.
• Brand Identity: Evolve, define and oversee the consistent execution of Oiselle’s visual identity across all marketing materials, including packaging, advertising, web, social media, and product design.
• Product & Marketing Collaboration: Collaborate with the product team and marketing program leads to support brand needs across the business. Inspire and influence how Oiselle shows up through products and marketing programs with brand vision, values, and growth in mind.
• Campaign Development: Ideate, concept and deliver on-brand narrative campaign concepts that tie into product strategy. Drive the creation of high-quality, engaging content, including photoshoots, videos, and social media assets.
• Storytelling & Content Strategy: Build brand narratives through visual assets, across channels. Grow brand equity and differentiation through Oiselle’s unique positioning and story with channel in mind. Be aware of industry, market, and channel trends, and leverage or implement them accordingly.
• Budget Management: Manage the creative department’s budget effectively, allocating resources to projects based on priority and expected impact.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in design, marketing, or a related.
• 7+ years of experience in a creative leadership role at a consumer-facing brand or agency, preferably in the fashion, outdoor, or active lifestyle industry.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of creative work.
• Expertise in design best practices across Oiselle’s consumer touch points, including but not limited to digital media, owned media, packaging and web.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant design and project management tools.
• Exceptional leadership and team-building skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• A deep passion for running and an understanding of the running community is a plus.
• Location requirement: This role is hybrid with a minimum of 2 days per week in office in the Seattle area.

How to Apply: If you are a visionary creative who has a strong player coach work style and is excited to work in-office with our team, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume, cover letter, and a link to your portfolio for consideration. Candidates not willing to work in-office or without a portfolio will not be considered.

Oiselle

Our client is a dynamic and innovative agency dedicated to creating exceptional creative content that captivates audiences worldwide. The Executive Producer will play a pivotal role in client and project deliveries. This position is based in Virginia, and would require relocation or some travel to the headquarters in a hybrid capacity.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identifies client needs and generates tailored solutions.
• Engages directly with clients through sales presentations, retainer/program development, forecasting, and, at times, on-set interactions.
• Manages customer support processes to enhance overall customer satisfaction.
• Nurtures and expands relationships with existing customers by consistently proposing solutions aligned with their objectives.
• Addresses customer issues, resolves problems, and manages complaints to uphold trust.
• Takes charge of the producing team to drive results and performance.
• Defines roles, responsibilities, and deliverables for the entire producing team.
• Provides day-to-day direction and leadership to the producing team.
• Supervises producers in developing project budgets based on predefined margin objectives.
• Approves all project proposals to ensure profitability and adherence to timelines.
• Monitors and audits client project costs and margins.
• Ensures the timely delivery of correct products and services to customers by the Creative Producer.

Requirements:

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Proposal Software, and Project Management Software.
• Experience in leadership and maintaining a positive attitude
• 2+ years of experience in sales and/or project management.
• Exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Has a proven track record of daily client communication, ranging from local to global.
• Possesses exceptional troubleshooting and problem-solving skills while maintaining a positive outlook.
• Thrives in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

80Twenty

Our Boston based agency client is looking for a Sr. Art Director with 5+ years of agency experience–someone who is a self-starter as well as able to collaborate well with other team members. The Art Director will be both a conceptual thinker as well as being able to get into the weeds with the design. We’re looking for experience designing in the B2B space and and Art Director able to manage multiple projects/tasks while working closely with creatives and Account/Project Management. This person needs experiential as well as deep experience with large scale events in their portfolios.

As an Art Director You

• Bringsideas, inventiveness, inspiration and your all-around creative chops to the table every day.
• Have stellar design and digital skills and clean, polished esthetics.
• Thinks beyond design discipline boundaries to architect integrated campaigns and programs.
• Refine and present creative work to internal and external audiences
• Multitask with the ability to self-manage multiple assigned projects.
• Works harmoniously and collaboratively with not only the creative team but with the project/account team, the client team, and the client agency teams.
• Communicate with stakeholders about project progress, updates, and changes.
• Inspire everyone with ideas, new technology, art, projects, the latest trends, etc.
• Work with vendors and internal production teams to assure project quality, design integrity, fiscal validity, and brand standards adherence

Your Experience Includes:

• Degree in Graphic Design or related discipline
• 6+ years of agency experience
• Advanced level of experience with Adobe Creative Suite
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Keynote
• Working knowledge of motion and animation graphic programs such as After Effects and Flash
• Evidence of being a self-starter
• Superior presentation skills and the ability to convey ideas, concepts and designs to internal and external clients
• Superior communication and collaboration skill

Creative Cove Inc.

Position Summary

The Creative Director, UX, has a proven ability to lead the design and delivery of complex digital experiences by balancing creativity and rigor as an expert in the discipline of design systems and user experience. Responsible for elevating our creative standards across a range of static, dynamic, and interactive media, actively mentoring creative team members, and contributing to the advancement of Brado’s vision.They possess mastery of these role-specific skills: presentation skills, communicating between technical and creative team members; working in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and a working knowledge of WordPress and Webflow.

While the day-to-day work for this role can be done remotely, candidates must live in either our St. Louis, MO or Dallas/Fort Worth hubs to be available for in-person brainstorming, team meetings etc.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Guides strategic, conceptual, and systematic design thinking, including creating and directing UX/UI efforts, and providing specific and actionable feedback to the creative, media and technical teams.
• Engages and partners with clients to help them understand the value of our work.
• Establishes practices and processes that align with both client and internal needs
• Participate in scoping and planning work
• Attracts and develops talent, motivates, and encourages our UI/UX team
• Models a standard of excellence and elevates the quality of our work.
• Fosters collaboration across functional teams to inspire ideas, as well as to build on the ideas of others, living into Brado’s culture.
• Manage and support compliance with all company or job specific trainings for all employees and vendors working on your team.
• Exhibits Brado’s Manager behaviors in reference to our three Manager competencies: Accessible, Developing Others, Empowerment for all Direct Reports

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a design-related field
• 10+ years’ experience in a branding/design/web experience consultancy
• Demonstrates these role-specific skills:Expert presentation skills, communicating between technical and creative team members; mastery in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and a working knowledge of WordPress and Webflow
• Aligns with our values: People, Commitment, Aspiration, Trustworthiness & Impact
• Adhere with all Brado and client required training and guidelines for market research and healthcare industry regulations and laws. Specifically (but not limited to) Pharmacovigilance (PV) and Healthcare Providers (HCPs) processes and reporting, Ethics, Confidentiality, Data Privacy / Security and Harassment

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Work From Home

Brado

GRAPHIC DESIGNER/JUNIOR ART DIRECTOR, MILWAUKEE AGENCY, HYBRID

MUST HAVE 2 YEARS AGENCY EXPERIENCE AND LIVE IN METRO MILWAUKEE AREA – NO RELOCATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE

C2 client, a creative branding and strategy agency that transforms beliefs into authentic behavior through the power of culturally disruptive ideas is seeking a Designer to add to their team. You’ll work on a wide range of clients — from the biggest and most established brands in the world to nimble brands that make our life’s work incredibly rewarding, you’ll oversee and architect the creative product that has given us a reputation for launching and relaunching brands. This role will be primarily focused on concepting and executing brand initiatives ranging from rebranding to social/digital campaigns, employer brand initiatives, and supporting communication campaigns.

Start date: As soon as they find the right person

Duration: Full-time position

Location: Hybrid in Milwaukee

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Benefits: Salary + annual profit sharing bonus potential, Health insurance, 401K, Generous PTO and vacation policies, Half-day summer Fridays (June-August), Paid holidays + additional week off between Christmas and New Years , Values-driven, laid-back culture focused on work-life balance, personal freedom, and accountability.

Nice to Have:

• Incredible design tactician with brand identity and smart conceptually-led integrated campaign work.
• Agency experience working as part of a team and or independently leading projects.
• Stellar organizational skills to keep your work on-time, and within budget.
• Ability to concept across traditional and nontraditional channels (digital, social, experiential, earned media, etc.).
• A stunning portfolio that shows how you get from concept to reality and can articulate it in written and visual form.
• Solid presentation skills: You’ll need to be able to present your work to both internal teams and clients as well.
• Hunger for what’s next and new: in culture yes, but also new and emerging art & design mediums.
• Ability to get it done: As a nimble team, we’re all doers. We work on short deadlines and limited information; must be a self-starter.
• Openness to new tools (AI-assist, Canva, etc.) when needed.

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in, Art, Design, Advertising, or relevant field.
• 3-5 years of agency experience as a designer, working on projects from concept to completion.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD a must. Premier, Animate, After Effects a plus).
• Experience in Google Suite (Google slides, docs, etc.) We are a Google shop 🙂
• And yes…a working ability in PowerPoint (cause’ some clients want a PPT template), MS Word Suite on occasion and Google Docs. Our primary presentation format to clients is in Google Slides.
• Experience working in and around video and web is a huge plus.

All candidates must be located and authorized to work in the United States. C2 does not sponsor work visas. C2 is unable to hire contractors from these states: CA, CO, NY, DC

C2 Graphics Productivity Solutions

Casting Call: Runway Show Hair Stylist

Job Details: We are seeking skilled and creative Hair Stylists to join our team for an upcoming runway show. This event promises to be a dynamic showcase of the latest fashion trends, and we need talented stylists to help bring the vision to life.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the creative team to understand the overall look and feel of the show
• Execute various hairstyles according to the provided creative direction, ensuring they complement the fashion designs
• Work efficiently and with precision to meet deadlines for model preparations
• Provide touch-ups and adjustments as needed during the show
• Maintain a clean and organized work area

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Hair Stylist, preferably with experience in runway shows or fashion events
• Proficiency in a wide range of hairstyling techniques, including braiding, updos, and intricate styles
• Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with the creative team and models
• Ability to work quickly and under pressure while maintaining attention to detail
• Knowledge of current hair trends and an eye for fashion-forward styles

Compensation:

• Competitive hourly rate
• Opportunity for exposure in a high-profile fashion event
• Networking opportunities with industry professionals

Casting Call: Makeup Artist for Runway Show

Job Detail: We are seeking talented and creative Makeup Artists to join our team for an upcoming runway show. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your skills in a high-profile fashion event.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the creative team to conceptualize and execute makeup looks that complement the designer’s vision and clothing collections.
• Apply makeup to models in a timely and professional manner, ensuring each look is cohesive with the overall theme of the show.
• Stay updated on current makeup trends and techniques to bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace, adhering to all hygiene and sanitation guidelines.
• Provide touch-ups and adjustments as needed throughout the event to ensure models look their best on the runway.
• Work efficiently and effectively within a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Makeup Artist, preferably in the fashion industry or for runway shows.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of makeup styles and techniques.
• Excellent knowledge of different skin types, tones, and textures.
• Proficiency in makeup application for various lighting conditions and photography.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Outstanding communication and teamwork skills.
• Willingness to take direction and adapt to the creative vision of the designer.

Compensation:

• This is a paid opportunity with compensation to be discussed based on experience and portfolio.
• All makeup products will be provided on set.

Liverpool Football Fans Casting Call

Job Details: We are seeking passionate Liverpool Football fans to participate in an upcoming commercial project. We are looking for two European fans aged between 20-35, who can portray genuine enthusiasm for Liverpool Football Club. Additionally, we are also looking for international fans of all ages (must be over 16) to feature in user-generated content.

Job Responsibilities:

For European Fans:

• Portray genuine excitement and passion for Liverpool Football Club.
• Participate in various scenes showcasing fan spirit and camaraderie.
• Follow directions from the director and production team during filming.
• Maintain a positive and energetic attitude throughout the shoot.

For International Fans:

• Submit user-generated content showcasing your love for Liverpool Football Club.
• Follow the guidelines provided for content creation.
• Ensure content is authentic, engaging, and reflects your genuine fandom.
• May be asked to participate in virtual interviews or provide additional information about your fan experience.

Requirements:

For European Fans:

• Must be aged between 20-35 years old.
• Genuine Liverpool Football Club fan with in-depth knowledge of the club’s history and players.
• Available during the week of January 15th for filming.
• Must be able to travel to the designated filming location (location details will be provided upon selection).

For International Fans:

• Must be over 16 years old.
• Authentic and passionate Liverpool Football Club fan.
• Access to a smartphone or recording device to create user-generated content.
• Ability to follow provided content guidelines.

Compensation:

For European Fans:

• Payment details will be discussed upon selection.
• Travel expenses, if applicable, will be covered.

For International Fans:

• Compensation for user-generated content will be discussed upon selection.

Casting Call: Model for Paid Videoshoot

Job Details: We are looking for 5 models to participate in a high-profile videoshoot with a major artist. The shoot will take place this Saturday at 6pm. This is a paid opportunity and a chance to collaborate with a renowned artist in the entertainment industry.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the creative team and artist to bring the vision to life
• Follow directions from the director and photographers during the shoot
• Maintain a professional and positive attitude on set
• Show versatility in poses and expressions as required for different scenes
• Collaborate with other models to create dynamic and visually appealing shots

Requirements:

• Previous experience in modeling or similar roles preferred
• Must be punctual and reliable
• Able to take direction and work well in a team
• Comfortable with potentially long hours on set
• Must be at least 18 years old

Compensation:

• Payment will be discussed upon selection and will be commensurate with experience and industry standards
• Meals and refreshments will be provided on set
• Selected models will receive a copy of the final edited video for personal use/portfolio