Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Req# 12940718

Posting Title: Creative Coordinator

Location: Santa Clara Valley, CA [Must be local to the Bay Area as this role will transition on site.]

Duration: Long term assignment

Job Summary:

As a Creative Coordinator, you are an advisor and partner to the Group Creative Director (a Sr. leader in our marketing and communications team). You hold a central and leadership role within the creative, brand, and functional teams. You manage and lead the creative generation and review process across each of the creative functions. Your deep knowledge and understanding of this work ensure all milestones are met as the work moves through the various stages of conception, approvals, and production.

You also manage and own the agendas of work shares and studio hours. This includes the development of agenda items, collating requests, managing the timing and prioritization of the attendees, and the work that is then seen by the creative functions. You will also create and manage a quarterly 360-degree communications plan that tracks all creative projects across all functions and known obligations for the fiscal year. You will own and share this roadmap to respective partners across the studio using discretion and judgment to advocate and guide the work through the creative review process.

You will be a strategic partner to the Brand Project Manager. Together you will work to create and plan the timing, and appropriate cadence, of creative reviews that work best for your creative functions and preferred style. The Creative Coordinator and Brand Project Manager will work closely to shift priorities and work shares accordingly and will work together to develop workable plans to ensure the work makes its way smoothly through the studio.

Partner with the Producers and Leads to create, implement, and manage resource objectives and processes by tracking artists’ tasks across four teams. Communicate daily with Managers and Producers to facilitate resource allocation by balancing surpluses in one group against needs in another. Manage team training, off-sites, seating arrangements, and meals. Manage and maintain studio calendars including Managers’ schedules. Assist in setting up production meetings, transcription, and follow-up on agenda items. Responsible for ingestion of assets, setup of shots, and tracking disclosures for artists. Coordinate product transport of sensitive and confidential materials Additional duties as appropriate to the project.

Key qualifications:

• You have at least five years of experience as a creative coordinator or producer.
• A creative and strategic thinker and problem solver, you make the right business decisions that support the specific creative functions and ever-changing priorities.
• Your time management and prioritization skills are excellent, you learn quickly, and you can accommodate rapid change. Uses judgment and discretion to make decisions that support the creative department.
• You have a deep understanding of the creative review process and how to best lead new thinking around how creative work is reviewed and managed.
• You can understand the creative work, process, and timelines quickly and at a high level to investigate and address potential roadblocks and define the best way forward.
• You have a deep cultural curiosity and connectedness, including extraordinary communication and negotiation skills.
• You are an inventive and enthusiastic problem solver, at ease with working in a dynamic, highly matrixed organization.
• You possess strong operational skills.
• Exceptional ability to partner with others, strong communication, and diplomatic skills.
• Calm and confident during high-stress situations.
• Build efficiency into existing operations and help define new processes.
• You are familiar with the Company’s applications including Mail, Numbers, Keynote, Pages, and Calendar.

Harvey Nash

Our client, a leading mass media entertainment company, is actively looking for a Associate Streaming Producer to join their team in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In this role, you will provide guidance over the production assistants in all aspects of production from supervising b-roll & game highlights to creating and coordinating graphical elements.

*This is a 1-year contract to hire*

*100% ONSITE in Fort Lauderdale, Florida*

*Work Schedule: Evenings and weekends (4 PM-1 AM) Sunday/Mon/Thurs- are days you must work. You will work two other days for a 5 day work scheduled*

Responsibilities:

• Build & fire live studio graphics with Ross XPression
• Segment produce shows, podcasts & segments as requested by the Coordinating Producer
• Exercise editorial judgment in selection of content
• Apply knowledge of Inception in building rundowns, formatting and producing shows from control rooms
• Communicate regularly with studio producers and other production contributors to discuss developing news and provide guidance on the presentation of that news within our programming

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Communications or equivalent
• A minimum of 2-5 years of work experience in broadcast and digital, producing segments
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere & Ross XPression
• Superior knowledge of major & minor sport leagues & teams
• Adept in building a rundown to anticipate the needs of the stream with regards to video, graphics, scripts and other elements
• Ability to handle many projects simultaneously, keeping up in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, while maintaining a positive attitude
• Time management skills
• Available to work all shifts, including early mornings, weekends, overnights, and holidays

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical & Dental Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401(k)
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment

Knott’s Berry Farm

Production Title: Major Rock Band Music Video

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting models to work on scenes filming in the United States on Monday, June 6th.

Role: Model

• All ethnicities
• 18+ years old and above
• Must live in New York 

Covid Test: Not required

Rate: Pay is $$

Production Title: Menswear Magazine Editorial

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting plus size men to work on scenes filming in New York City. 

Role: Plus Size Man

• Thicker bodies only
• All Ages
• Trans men and “masculine presenting” non-binary individuals are welcome as well.

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: Pay is $$

Production Title: SINS OF THE CITY 306

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday June 9th to Friday June 10th. Must be available to work in whole day. 

Roles:

• BYSTANDER
  • Black male or female
  • in a crowd at the murder scene, witnessing a chain of events after the murder
• PARTY GOER #1,2
  •  Black females
  • late teens-early 20’s
  • party where they witness an altercation

• PARTY GOER #3
  • Black male
  • late teens-20’s at a party where they witness an altercation
• PASTOR
  • Black male
  • 35 years old walks suspect into confession with police
• GANG BROTHER
  • Black male
  • 20’s, interviewed by police where they give up information
• DARRIN’S FRIENDS
  • Black males
  • Late teens to 20’s should be comfortable handling a prop weapon and fake cigarettes, yelled at by an angry father. 
• YOUNG GIRL
  • Black female
  • should be able to portray teens, interviews with detectives and “mom”
• GIRL’S MOM
  • Black female
  • 40’s, interviews with teen “daughter” with detectives, Likely needed Friday 7pm
• GIRL’S DAD
  • Black male
  • 40’s, yells at Darrin and friends for messing with his young daughter
• DETECTIVE 2
  • Black male
  • 40-50 years old
  • should be fit, own professional wardrobe, be comfortable handling a prop weapon

Covid Test: Not required

Rate:
BYSTANDER – $125/Day
PARTY GOER #1,2 – $75/day 
PARTY GOER #3 – $75/day 
PASTOR – $100/day
GANG BROTHER – $75/day 
DARRIN’S FRIENDS – $75/day 
YOUNG GIRL – $75/day 
GIRL’S MOM – $75/day 
GIRL’S DAD – $100/day
DETECTIVE 2 – $100/day

Production Title: Justified ‘City Primeval’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois from Monday, June 13th. Must be available to work in whole day. 

Role:

Car Drivers

• If working with your car, no need to wash your cars before coming to set. Dull is better than shiny. Have a piece of paper 8.5 x 11 with your name and phone number in bold marker in case they have you leave your car for picture and they need to call you back.
• NO white, NO luxury cars, No bright colors
• Must be 18-65 years old 
• African-American
• All genders

Vendors 

• African-American
• All genders
• Must be 18-65 years old 

Covid Test: June 13,2022

Rate: $120/ 8 hours plus time and one half + $50 for covid testing 

Production Title: Nickelodeon ‘Fantasy Football’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia on June 6th or June 7th. 

Roles: Restaurant Customers

• All ethnicities
• Male and female
• 18-70
• Must be a NEW face to this show and NOT have been used on camera yet.

Covid Test: June 6, 2022

Rate: $135/12 for filming
$33.75 for covid test

Production Description: 

The film follows the story of a 15-year-old girl who, through her video game, dominates her father’s ability on the football field. He is a professional player who is about to be kicked off the team, but she becomes the only person who can save him. In doing so, she learns a lot about herself and her own abilities.

Production Title: B2B Travel Platform

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Greater Toronto Area, Canada on Thursday June 30th. Must be available to work in whole day. 

Casting: SOC

• Boy
• Male
• 8-12 years old 
• All Ethnicities.
• The boy has ADHD.
• Must have a drumming background.
• Children with ADHD are encouraged to submit

Covid Test: TBD (Production and talent will adhere to the ACCP’s COVID-19 HEALTH & SAFETY GUIDELINES) 

Rate: $500 Session Fee plus $1000 for buyout
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