Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

The incumbent is an integral member of the Arts and Entertainment team. Develops and implements department-wide policies and procedures that provide guidance and structure to staff across the department. Serves as a role model for others to follow, while ensuring efficient and effective ongoing operations.

This list may not include all tasks and/or knowledge which may be expected of the employee, nor does it cover all specific duties which may be required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides extraordinary guest service which positively affects interactions with tour managers, clients, customers, talent, and team members and has the resiliency to deal with difficult guests in all types of business conditions. Trains staff members to provide the same extraordinary service. Possesses the ability to work harmoniously with co-workers.
• Works with the executive team with pre-production, advancement of all shows, contract negotiations, and post-production. Ensures appropriate advertising, billing, and facilitation of all acts. Focuses on maximizing ticket sales and yielding revenue in both the BCPA and Grossinger Motors Arena.
• Ensures ambiance, furniture, fixtures, and equipment cleanliness and quality of all venues is managed. Works with facility management staff as needed to keep quality controls and preventative maintenance plan. Creates an atmosphere that induces guests to want to return, giving each a positive experience. Implements, oversees, and ensures accurate inventory control for all Arts and Entertainment equipment.
• Assists Director in operating and overseeing department standards, guidelines and objectives and maintains other administrative processes such as budgets and staffing to ensure proper planning, efficient and effective operations. Assists with developing and administering capital, operating, and staffing budgets.
• Assists with implementation and oversight of the planning of all entertainment events and property venues to develop high quality entertainment schedules in all outlets.
• Prepares and ensures weekly entertainment pay schedule is confirmed and coordinated with the Finance Department. Works through industry channels and contacts to provide quality entertainers and performers. Manages partnerships and performance of third-party promoters
• Reviews contracts and terms with executives and legal counsel to ensure commitments, requirements, etc. are adhered to. Maintains professional relationship with all artists and performers. Works with entertainment partners, such as Live Nation and third-party promoters to select and price entertainers and artists. Provides direct oversight and supervision of box office, usher and production staff
• Ensures the adequacy and accuracy of all entertainment advertising in all forms of media by working with the Marketing Department.
• Attends and participates in meetings, completing follow up as assigned. Works closely with IATSE, Food and Beverage teams, catering/special events, the Accounting department and Marketing department. Provides consistent and thorough communications to all areas. Performs work regularly and predictably.
• Assumes duties of the Director in his/her absence which may include attending evening City Council meetings, special meetings, and making presentations to elected officials and to the public.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum 5 years’ experience in the entertainment industry
• Previous entertainment, hospitality, stage management, and staff management experience are all highly preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted

Certificates and Licenses:

• Driver’s License

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Work is performed in office settings, at various facilities and outdoors locations. Requires traveling between worksites in town and occasional travel to other locations for meetings. Evening meeting attendance is sometimes required and work may involve responses to emergency situations. Travel throughout the City to various Arts & Entertainment locations and facilities is required, and may include occasional travel to attend state, regional or national meetings.
• The physical demands on this position may include traveling to and traversing outdoor worksites with uneven terrain to inspect work and physical locations. Physical activity is generally of an oversight nature. Some oversight activities may take place in dusty, moist or humid conditions and in a wide range of outdoor temperatures.

City of Bloomington

PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH BEAUTY/CPG PREFERRED.

Jump Accelerator, Toronto-based, is the only accountable accelerator that hyper-grows, women-led, early-stage beauty brands in the new world of digital + physical using both science and emotion of acceleration.

We’re looking for a Creative Director to lead our partner brands’ creative expression with a compelling tone of voice, visual storytelling, content, DTC experience, experiential campaigns, and social content.

We have a team of talented Designers & Copywriters and need a leader who can partner with the clients on creative vision, using scalable processes that enable impact.

You would:

• Partner with clients, copywriters, and designers to help bring the brand story to life in unexpected ways.
• Translate the brand strategy into a creative vision and guidelines for the brands-tone, visual storytelling, style guide, and creative assets.
• Ideate and lead the design of creative for experiential, email, and social campaigns
• Build processes that inspire our design and copy team to create impactful and masterful work.
• Build out the team further—work on team structure, attract and hire great people.
• Support the team culture of mutual respect, empathy, & drive to make a difference to both the team and our clients-brand founders.

Ideally, you:

• Have wild ideas that move the needle on business goals.
• Are as pragmatic as you are creative. You understand the execution capabilities of clients.
• Lead with empathy. Empower the team to drive projects and support them with a clear vision and humility.
• Enjoy designing brand touchpoints that deliver on the brand promise for both the short-term and the long-term.
• Have demonstrated success in creating and executing experiential, DTC web/email copy & social campaigns
• Can clearly explain your creative vision and can sell it to the team and the clients.
• Lead by example. You can either write an outstanding copy yourself or design it.
• Enjoy thinking about the brand in a greater cultural context and are curious about human psychology and a fan of ideas that spread.
• Have a great desire to contribute and make a difference.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 5+ years’ in a creative director role

Jump Accelerator

We are currently seeking an experienced Creative Producer to join our client’s AV department to work cross a portfolio of exciting film entertainment clients.

This role is responsible for managing TV/radio spots, trailers and digital out-of-home through our busy AV department, working with in-house an freelance post-production teams to deliver best in class campaign materials from inception to delivery.

You will have a minimum of three years experience working in a creative or advertising agency – preferably within the Entertainment sector.

About the client:

Our client is a fantastic integrated marketing agency that builds brands and creates end-to-end campaigns for their clients such as Marvel, Netflix, Disney, and Sony to name a few – now is an incredibly exciting time to join the company – with the opportunity to work with some fantastic international clients and multi-platform campaigns.

Who you are

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience working in a similar role at a creative or advertising agency, preferably in the entertainment sector. You will be used to managing your own projects and working across departments to get jobs delivered on time and under budget. You will have impeccable interpersonal skills with the ability to foster relationships with in-house teams and clients alike, and good technical knowledge of the production process. Experience with media plans and TV deliveries is a must, with a proven track-record of using platforms such as Clearcast, Caria, Peach, and Audiotrack.

Media Meerkat Ltd

JOB OVERVIEW

The Creative Director is responsible for the oversight, creation and direction of brand strategy, voice, and initiatives. This position will drive the overall marketing vision for the brand in partnership with the founder of the company. They will continue to evolve the imagery, voice, and themes of the Felina brand as we evolve and expand into new customer and product channels. The Creative Director will work directly with and alongside Design and E-commerce leaders to spearhead all creative planning for the brand. This is a hands-on role with an individual that has both the capability to be a strategic thinker while also excellent at execution of projects.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with the Design/Ecom/Sales Team to establish a unified brand understanding and voice
• Responsible for both wholesale and retail marketing strategy and execution including print, social media, and traditional media
• Conceptualize campaign vision, connecting graphics, copy, content websites, social media, and other marketing materials
• Oversee the creative direction of all image assets including brand and product photoshoots
• Work with outside social agencies on content and the ability to direct content creators to produce imagery. This includes not only content creation but determining and posting content in the appropriate channel.
• Oversee the development of creative briefs for brand and video content
• Partner with the Content Production Team to ensure assets are captured and photoshoots are executed on-time and reflects the overarching creative direction
• Guide the direction of all online assets, inclusive of contents websites and social media
• Guide unique and well-crafted copy that fits brand standards and communicates effectively to the Felina demographic. This includes directing daily email design and copy that aligns with the goals of the business
• Present and oversee the presentation of final concepts, and coordinate production and dissemination for cross-organizational use
• Ensure all visual communication and brand standards are met departmentally and throughout the organization
• Translate marketing objectives into clear creative strategies that the marketing team can execute

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Proficient in creative process, marketing, graphic design and brand development
• Analytical viewpoint and ability to tie performance of sales metrics with marketing initiatives.
• Highly proficient in design copy and general marketing guidelines
• Highly proficient in brand development and multichannel marketing concepts
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Proficient in creative software, including Photoshop, InDesign, etc.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Strong creative leadership skills
• Strong planning and communication skills
• Deadline-driven with a strong sense of urgency

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a brand or creative management capacity
• Experience in retail and wholesale marketing

Felina

6-Month Contract

Hybrid in Culver City, CA

Desired Skills and Experience *

– 3+ years of experience in a Creative Production role

– Strong understanding and passion for the entire production process from end to end

– Strong experience with work back schedules and the ability to communication clear deadlines and hold all parties involved accountable

– Experience with budget planning/management, accruals, partner outreach, and contract negotiation/execution

– Self-motivated, resourceful, solutions-oriented and problem solving attitude

– Highly organized and detailed oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Day-to-Day *

Insight Global is looking for a diverse Creative Producer to support efforts within one of our largest retail clients brand teams. You will be part of the North America Brand creative team and report to the Director of Production. The Producer will be responsible for managing end-to-end production for content creation (photography, motion, animation/illustration, CG or any other form of content) through post production. You will be responsible for leading and owning medium- scale productions. You will facilitate creative partner outreach and negotiations, budget management and accruals, contract execution in partnership with legal, and will usher the creative vision through to final delivery. On set, you will lead shoot management, establishing the ROS and maintaining production schedules. You are the connection between internal and external teams and will partner closely with Creative managers, Studio managers, Production Coordinators, finance, legal, procurement, and Product Specialists. This role is based out of Culver City area and is a hybrid on-site role Tuesday through Thursday.

Insight Global

Description:

Through conceptual and creative thinking skills, as well as a firm command of graphic design,

guide and execute creative communications that deliver on the brand’s thoughtful, optimistic, and clever point of view. This individual should have the ability to concept, plan and do the work.

PRIMARY DUTIES

• Sets creative tone that upholds brand standards and maintains global brand consistency.
• Drives creative concept, photography direction, design and voice to achieve creative objectives against seasonal campaign strategy.
• Manages and directs seasonal photo and video assets; reviews and select optimal photography for various applications including website, social, email, retail and wholesale sell-in materials.
• Collaborates with marketing leadership, business leads and other internal stakeholders to conceptualize and deliver compelling collateral and multi-channel communications.
• Directs internal and external creative service providers (graphic designers and copywriters) to conceptualize and create on-brand communications.
• Performs other duties as required/assigned by manager.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of art direction and/or graphic design experience.
• Be highly creative, imaginative, collaborative and positive.
• Excellent track record of creative concepting, design and implementation.
• Proven leadership skills with at least 4 years’ experience of managerial experience, including the management of creative teams (e.g. photographers, producers, graphic designers).
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
• Solid presentation, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team based, deadline-oriented environment.
• Experience working with and influencing both external & internal senior leadership.
• Experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Powerpoint, Google Drive and general file organization and management.

This role is an IN PERSON role located in Santa Barbara, California. Remote work will not be approved for this role.

Toad&Co

About the Role

The studio manager is responsible for the general operations of the photo studio. They will be in charge of ordering supplies, keeping the equipment organized, and maintaining the shoot bays and workstations. During e-comm shoots, they will also give production support and be the main point of contact from a location standpoint. The ideal candidate has experience working on photo sets or in a studio setting and has some working knowledge of photo equipment and/or digital capture, asset management, and image software. We will be able to train the right person who has other important skillsets, but this person should feel generally comfortable working on the computer and learning new platforms and software. This position is full time and in-person. There is potential for growth in this role depending on the skillset that is brought to the position. There could be opportunities in production and/or digital asset management.

You’ll Make a Difference By

• Creating organizational standards for the photo studio as a whole
• Maintaining and organizing shoot bays, capture stations and workstations
• Stocks/orders studio supplies
• Keeping photo equipment organized and in working order
• Opening and closing the studio during photo shoots
• Generally acting as the Production Assistant during on-figure photo shoots: orders crew lunches, stocks craft supplies, prints documents, ushers talent, etc.
• Is the main point of contact for freelancers during product laydown shoots
• Is aware of the photo calendar and shot lists for each shoot and is proactive in prepping the studio for different shoots and projects
• Helping to keep studio documents updated: Casting roster, process documents, and studio and lighting diagrams

About You

• Proficient in MS Office applications, with intermediate Excel skills required
• Excellent collaborator with a demonstrated ability to work with cross functional team
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Extremely well-organized possessing multi-tasking skills
• Pro-active and able to show initiative/ideas to improve standards
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Able to lift 40 lbs unassisted

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

Ariat International

TMZ is seeking an Associate Producer for the Photo Galleries department, to create and edit photo galleries across the web and social media platforms for TMZ. The Photo Associate Producer should have detailed photo editing skills, strong knowledge of social media, a knack for spotting trends and a daily desire to be inventive. The ideal candidate should be able to work in a fast-paced news environment and have a passion for pop culture. This position is located in Playa Vista, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Create engaging photo content for multiple platforms
• Gather and organize photos from photo agencies and social media
• Create eye-catching artwork in Photoshop
• Resizing and watermarking photos, building galleries and posts in a CMS tool
• Filling in Metadata and SEO tags to optimize posts and galleries

Requirements:

• Photoshop proficiency a plus
• Strong attention to detail

TMZ is a workplace that requires the COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Requested accommodations/exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with law.

TMZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TMZ

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Barrows has a singular focus: to move retail forward. What started nearly 30 years ago in South Africa has grown into a global enterprise with 700+ employees operating across 3 continents.

We’re a group of designers, thinkers, makers, and innovators, united in our obsession with improving how people shop and interact with brands. We are an entrepreneurial, people-first company where every team member possesses the ability to carve their own path.

Our client roster is as diverse as it is exciting, including AB InBev, Unilever, Ford Motors, Reckitt, and General Mills, among others. As the worlds of digital and physical retail continue to merge, we work tirelessly to answer one question: what’s next?

THE ROLE

Barrows is seeking an Art Director with a passion for retail and shopper experiences to develop high-impact ideas for global brands across a range of industries. You will partner with the strategy team to develop shopper marketing concepts and graphic designs for integrated shopper marketing programs and experiential retail designs. A deep understanding of activating in these channels will be critical to success. You will work closely with creative and strategy leadership to unlock big ideas that engage shopping audiences and produce compelling content that supports our clients’ stories. You will lead other members of the creative team, see projects through from start to finish, and sell creative concepts to clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own projects to completion with minimal direction and oversight
• Support in the development and execution of creative concepts and projects
• Generate exploratory mood boards by gathering literature and internet references
• Work quickly, independently, and with a can-do attitude
• Define and drive overall aesthetics for project
• Lead creative ideation and brainstorms
• Know and understand client businesses and Barrows retail strategy
• Liaise with lead creative/strategist and account team to ensure project flow
• Liaise with production on pricing, edits, and printing
• Solid technical skills and excellent sense of aesthetics
• Proven track record of delivering outstanding creative
• Lead and influence team to direct their work
• Formulate and articulate creative vision to team and to clients
• Follow process
• Exhibit expertise in local retail market, convergence of digital and physical worlds, and provide creative and design recommendations that adhere to these spaces
• May supervise graphic designers

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field
• 6-8 years of experience
• Portfolio of prior professional work (shopper is a must)
• Solid understanding of FMCG shopper marketing
• Shopper activation experience preferred
• Elevated understanding of the retail trade environment, including omnichannel and physical/digital retail integrations
• Experience presenting and successfully selling creative concepts; articulate creative vision to both team and clients
• Proven experience in creating standout creative work
• Knowledge of Barrows ways of working
• Understanding of pricing in execution of creative concepts
• Ability to drive client solutions through ambiguity
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities
• Lead and influence team to direct their work
• Copywriting skills preferred

Barrows

Our client, a top cannabis brand, is seeking a multi-talented Creative Director, bringing strategy to life through attention grabbing, dynamic, and emotional multi-channel marketing initiatives. The ideal candidate will understand how advertising, public relations, marketing, web, and social media play together in today’s media landscape by elevating brands and maximizing consumer appeal. This role will report directly to the COO.

Only experienced creative marketing directors with a proven background in online marketing, analytics, social media, campaigns, product launch, strategy, website traffic and SEO will be considered.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage the creative process from concept to completion.
• Translate the cannabis company’s marketing objectives into clear and creative strategies and ensure brand continuity across all marketing channels.
• Lead and direct the creative team in the production of all marketing collateral
• Be a digital native and social media guru capable of leading teams to produce relevant and award-worthy work on all digital and social platforms.
• Increase revenue generation through use of proactive and innovative methods that will reach, engage, and retain customers.
• Promote synergy between marketing and retail cannabis dispensary outlets.
• Develop and execute their social media campaigns with quantifiable objectives to measure results.
• Launch new products to include ecommerce platforms.
• Reconfigure and implement landing website.
• Track and analyze social media growth and engagement using apps and social media analytical tools.
• Participate in interpreting, defining, and enhancing the user experience; and contribute to product development initiatives through shared customer feedback.
• Ensure that the brand is strong and consistent in every marketing tactic, and that the Company story is communicated with creativity and impact.
• Lead the creation/production of inspiring design, content and campaigns that builds the brand.
• Facilitate business partnerships with creative affiliates including designers, art directors, copywriters, photographers, and web developers.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years Social Media Marketing and 5+ years Marketing experience required – cannabis industry experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, or related discipline
• 3+ years SEO and website traffic analysis and 5+ years of relevant work experience in the advertising, marketing, or design sectors
• Experience design and branding
• Agency experience a plus
• Extensive experience in social media marketing and social networking using social analytics tools
• Strong knowledge of writing and creating content for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Entrepreneurial minded with the ability to facilitate seamless synergy with executive management, vendors, partners, and their creative teams.

Compensation: $120,000 – $150,000 includes full medical coverage, PTO, and Paid Holidays

If this sounds like the position you have been waiting for, please apply using the online application or the link below – all inquiries are strictly confidential. Our focus is to assist you to make your best next career move, and we will not use your information for any other purpose.

CannabizTeam is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. TEAM200

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