Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

About Creative at The Escape Pod:

Creatives at The Escape Pod are experts at challenging comfortable — concepting, presenting, and executing ideas that are timely, rooted in insights, and thoughtful in craft. We help brands move beyond the ‘sea of sameness’ in ownable and authentic ways. We design, write, and produce creative across every medium to break through in culture, escaping the status quo. If that sounds exciting to you, then we’d love to talk to you about this opportunity on our team.

Job Overview:

The Escape Pod is looking for a Sr. Art Director who is a seasoned pro and loves the craft. Someone who is passionate about ideas, and persuasive in selling their ideas to others. Someone who is eager to collaborate, ideate and build things that don’t exist yet. We want your passion for pushing the envelope, cutting through the content clutter to shine in your work and how you present. Strategy and finding/leveraging human behaviors and insights is also what we’re looking for. We want a Sr. Art Director who can lead projects with their partner, concepting, shaping, re-shaping, etc., constantly striving for the best ideas.

What You’ll Do:

• Brainstorm and develop strategically sound creative concepts
• Lead social content that brings strategy to life across platforms. From social-first activations to platform hacks, tentpole moments to evergreen content, the internet will be your oyster.
• Must stay current on all existing, new, and emerging technologies that relate to social media, as well as cultural trends
• Present work internally and to clients
• Own a project from conception through completion
• You will lead projects and also work as part of a team in large or small groups in a collaborative fashion
• You will be proactive in bringing ideas to the table that are above and beyond the current asks
• Take direction from CDs and continue to learn
• Be a part of new business pitches

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years relevant work experience
• Portfolio of your work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Extremely detail oriented and organized
• Professional and assertive with the ability to keep cool and think clearly under pressure
• Proven ability to work on a team through annual brand planning and building of a campaign from the ground up
• Experience leading creative projects and teams

About The Escape Pod:

At the Escape Pod, we don’t claim to do a million things just OK. We do four things brilliantly: Strategy, Creative, Production, and Partnership. We help clients escape from predictable to, well, not. We help clients escape from the crowded space to the white space. We help clients escape the old school notion of ‘bossy agencies’ to a world of empathetic partnership. We’re a 2-time winner of AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year Award and in 2022 we’ll be the first agency ever to host the Small Agency Conference and Awards in our office.

Additional Information:

The Escape Pod is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on sex, gender identity, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities or any other protected basis because we believe the best and brightest come from all walks of life. We aspire to foster a community in which diversity is valued in both our employees and our ideas.

The Escape Pod

About Creative at The Escape Pod:

Creatives at The Escape Pod are experts at challenging comfortable — concepting, presenting, and executing ideas that are timely, rooted in insights, and thoughtful in craft. We help brands move beyond the ‘sea of sameness’ in ownable and authentic ways. We design, write, and produce creative across every medium to break through in culture, escaping the status quo. If that sounds exciting to you, then we’d love to talk to you about this opportunity on our team.

Job Overview:

The Escape Pod is looking for a Junior Art Director who is passionate about ideas, and persuasive in selling their ideas to others. Someone who is eager to collaborate, ideate and build things that don’t exist yet.

What You’ll Do:

• Concept, develop and create engaging designs that drive client goals
• Design for and produce work for a range of online and offline mediums—OLV, TV, apps, websites, landing pages, emails, social media
• Prove understanding of your client’s brand visual voice when creating ideas and content
• Stay current on all existing, new, and emerging technologies that relate to digital marketing, mobile, social media, and cultural trends
• Package ideas in a clear, logical and persuasive manner
• Present work internally and to clients
• Own a project from conception through completion
• You will lead projects and also work as part of a team in large or small groups in a collaborative fashion
• You will be proactive in bringing ideas to the table that are above and beyond the ask
• Take direction from CDs and continue to learn
• Be a part of new business pitches

What You’ll Bring:

• Minimum of 1 years experience
• Portfolio of your work
• Mastery in most Adobe Creative Suite applications
• Strong communication skills
• Strong conceptual skills with the ability to create 360 campaigns
• Good client presentation skills and a knowledge of how the work addresses the client challenge
• A clear understanding of a creative brief and its role in the creative process
• A great eye for design and desire to take on new challenges, grow and learn every day
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a larger team in a fast-paced environment

About The Escape Pod:

At the Escape Pod, we don’t claim to do a million things just OK. We do four things brilliantly: Strategy, Creative, Production, and Partnership. We help clients escape from predictable to, well, not. We help clients escape from the crowded space to the white space. We help clients escape the old school notion of ‘bossy agencies’ to a world of empathetic partnership. We’re a 2-time winner of AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year Award and in 2022 were the the first agency ever to host the Small Agency Conference and Awards in our office.

Additional Information:

The Escape Pod is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on sex, gender identity, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disabilities or any other protected basis because we believe the best and brightest come from all walks of life. We aspire to foster a community in which diversity is valued in both our employees and our ideas.

The Escape Pod

Our client is looking to hire a well rounded Art Director to their creative & marketing team! The right candidate will have a broad mix of design skills including advertisements, marketing campaigns, social media, event materials, and web / digital assets.

Day to Day:

• Support the day-to-day graphic design needs for external facing audiences, including but not limited to corporate advertisements, marketing campaigns for brand and product, social media assets, event materials and web/digital assets
• Support the day-to-day graphic design needs for internal audiences, including the creative development of desktop screens, executive materials, presentation assets and other items as needed
• Support the day-to-day graphic design needs for Branch merchandising, including collateral, digital screens (static and animated) and other materials as needed
• Manage ad hoc, logo and design requests as needed
• Provide quarterly and annual overview of design projects
• Partner with Brand Activation team to report out on creative metrics and make recommendations based on learning

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3+ years in an agency or in-house Marketing setting
• Expert in Photoshop and PowerPoint
• Ability to work in animation a plus
• Excellent design skills with portfolio work to prove it
• Ability to communicate and show creative vision
• Up to speed on design and creative trends
• Strong communication and project management skills
• Strong intrapersonal and customer service skills
• Strong skillset for layout and typography
• Banking / Finance experience is a huge plus!!

Apply today and include your portfolio to be considered!

Beacon Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies’ dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers’ technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill Staffing Group and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.beaconhillstaffing.com.

We look forward to working with you.

Beacon Hill. Employing the Future™

Beacon Hill Staffing Group

At Tag, we love what we do and pride ourselves on an authentic culture built on our core values of integrity, innovation, sustainability, growth, and accountability.

We are a leading creative production and sourcing partner to brands and agencies and we have over 50 years of marketing execution experience, working with the world’s best brands. We are creative directors, graphic designers, CGI artists, writers, photographers, producers, linguists, operations experts, and account managers, coming together to deliver impactful content with craft, scale, and speed.

Our marketing expertise digs deep into industry sectors and marketing channels, to help our clients stand out and sell more, everywhere.

As people, we are collaborators and makers, learners, and listeners, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, service, and work-life harmony.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Account Manager, Creative Services, works directly with clients and staff to oversee briefs from start to completion as well as other projects for our clients, and ensures that project goals and objectives are met within the agreed upon time, scope, budget and resource requirements.

This role must be based in Montreal, Quebec, and applications must be bilingual (English/French). YOU MUST HAVE BROADCAST EXPERIENCE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

JOB DUTIES

(* denotes an “essential function”)

• *Oversee briefs from start to completion, ensuring quality at every stage
• *Manage the client relationship, assessing needs, making recommendations and managing budget and timeline
• *Be the central conduit for all project communication and status updates
• *Interact with graphic designer team as well as external print and production vendors to oversee project delivery from start to completion
• *Identify and troubleshoot technological bottlenecks in workflow and/or asset management systems
• Work closely with the design director to insure designs are branded properly and meet highest quality standards
• *Resolve issues escalated by the client and communicate significant issues to the Director
• Use feedback from monthly and quarterly client meetings to meet client expectations
• Advise customers as to potential benefits, features and capabilities of new or revised services and service enhancements
• *Build relationships with end users; manage their perception and expectations
• *Accurately quote all jobs and keep the client updated regularly with any additional costs. Invoice all projects on final delivery
• *Be accountable for overall financial performance of projects against budget. Assist department and clients with budgeting process
• *Meet monthly financial duties as described in the Accounting Close calendar
• Forecast monthly results at the mid-month timeframe
• *Develop and analyze the monthly performance and progress reports, including expense management and achievement of financial targets
• *Provide valuable input for monthly and quarterly client meetings; preparing data/content and be able to present to Senior Client Sponsors
• *Understand site financial targets, analyze trends, identify shortfalls, and help to create action plans to recover revenue or cut expense
• Seek opportunities to expand services with the client
• *Maintain close contact with Client Services team who are also on the same account and provide input into Account Plans

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of experience in handling client briefs from start to completion
• A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Media, Design, Sociology degree or equivalent. A combination of education and work experience can be substituted
• Understand production processes and the essentials of a good brief
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Excellent understanding of cash flow
• Be highly organized, detail oriented and be able to multitask and prioritize workload
• Previous experience of project management applications
• Understanding of Tag’s job-tracking system
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Office suite
• Understand the client billing process

This is the opportunity to work in an environment that best suits your needs, fueled by flexible hours and locations, strong supportive benefits, career training and development and, most importantly, an inclusive environment that eliminates barriers and elevates voices, giving every member of the Tag team an opportunity to be seen and heard.

We’ve made a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion and are taking a stance on equality in the workplace. We support sustainability, in our organization and with our network of partners and suppliers.

***Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required***

Tag

CARTER’S EXCLUSIVE BRANDS FALL SHOOT

SHOOT IS IN ATLANTA, GA

Must live within 3 hrs driving distance from Atlanta, GA.

Please note:

• Additionally, if you are selected, you are required to attend an in person go-see (casting) before you are booked.
• If you cannot make an in-person casting, fitting and shoot date(s), please do not submit.
• Only if you child is asked to fit in the clothing, will they be paid the fitting fee.
• Fitting does not confirm a booking.
• Must be available to attend the casting, fitting and shoot dates in person.

Schedule:

Casting: May 8th-9th (if selected, will only need to attend one of the dates)
Fitting: May 10th
Shoot: May 11-12

Casting Categories:
    6-9M (sitting unassisted)
    12M (approx 30 – 31″)
    3T (approx 38 – 42″)
    7YR (approx 47 – 50″)
    Special Needs in all sizes 6M – 8Y
    Siblings of kids size 3M – 8Y
    
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$100 Flat Fit Fee
$375p/day for babies under 2yrs.
$500p/day for kids 2yrs and up
All – 20% agency

CARTER’S EXCLUSIVE BRANDS FALL SHOOT

SHOOT IS IN ATLANTA, GA

Must live within 3 hrs driving distance from Atlanta, GA.

Please note:

• Additionally, if you are selected, you are required to attend an in person go-see (casting) before you are booked.
• If you cannot make an in-person casting, fitting and shoot date(s), please do not submit.
• Only if you child is asked to fit in the clothing, will they be paid the fitting fee.
• Fitting does not confirm a booking.
• Must be available to attend the casting, fitting and shoot dates in person.

Schedule:

Casting: May 8th-9th (if selected, will only need to attend one of the dates)
Fitting: May 10th
Shoot: May 11-12

Casting Categories:
    6-9M (sitting unassisted)
    12M (approx 30 – 31″)
    3T (approx 38 – 42″)
    7YR (approx 47 – 50″)
    Special Needs in all sizes 6M – 8Y
    Siblings of kids size 3M – 8Y
    
????????????????????:
$100 Flat Fit Fee
$375p/day for babies under 2yrs.
$500p/day for kids 2yrs and up
All – 20% agency

CARTER’S EXCLUSIVE BRANDS FALL SHOOT

SHOOT IS IN ATLANTA, GA

Must live within 3 hrs driving distance from Atlanta, GA.

Please note:

• Additionally, if you are selected, you are required to attend an in person go-see (casting) before you are booked.
• If you cannot make an in-person casting, fitting and shoot date(s), please do not submit.
• Only if you child is asked to fit in the clothing, will they be paid the fitting fee.
• Fitting does not confirm a booking.
• Must be available to attend the casting, fitting and shoot dates in person.

Schedule:

Casting: May 8th-9th (if selected, will only need to attend one of the dates)
Fitting: May 10th
Shoot: May 11-12

Casting Categories:
    6-9M (sitting unassisted)
    12M (approx 30 – 31″)
    3T (approx 38 – 42″)
    7YR (approx 47 – 50″)
    Special Needs in all sizes 6M – 8Y
    Siblings of kids size 3M – 8Y
    
????????????????????:
$100 Flat Fit Fee
$375p/day for babies under 2yrs.
$500p/day for kids 2yrs and up
All – 20% agency

CARTER’S EXCLUSIVE BRANDS FALL SHOOT

SHOOT IS IN ATLANTA, GA

Must live within 3 hrs driving distance from Atlanta, GA.

Please note:

• Additionally, if you are selected, you are required to attend an in person go-see (casting) before you are booked.
• If you cannot make an in-person casting, fitting and shoot date(s), please do not submit.
• Only if you child is asked to fit in the clothing, will they be paid the fitting fee.
• Fitting does not confirm a booking.
• Must be available to attend the casting, fitting and shoot dates in person.

Schedule:

Casting: May 8th-9th (if selected, will only need to attend one of the dates)
Fitting: May 10th
Shoot: May 11-12

Casting Categories:
    6-9M (sitting unassisted)
    12M (approx 30 – 31″)
    3T (approx 38 – 42″)
    7YR (approx 47 – 50″)
    Special Needs in all sizes 6M – 8Y
    Siblings of kids size 3M – 8Y
    
????????????????????:
$100 Flat Fit Fee
$375p/day for babies under 2yrs.
$500p/day for kids 2yrs and up
All – 20% agency

CASTING CALL

I need extras for a commercial

Breakdown:

• Women and men from 25- 45 years old
• Kids from 7-15 years old

Shoot date: April 20

Location: Miami

Rate: $300

SNC is working on an exciting project in AUSTIN, TX.

Looking to bring on a:

• Couple local people that are connected in the teen community in and around Austin.