Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Company Description

DentsuMB is a global creative agency delivering idea-led brand transformation at scale. We deliver creative expertise and innovative global solutions for clients. Applying big platform thinking, we bring ideas to life and deliver world-class creative solutions to meet consumer touch points and work across geographies, cultures and channels.  

Dentsu creative is a collective of agencies at the forefront of culture and innovation. Formed in January of 2021, we are one of the most globally awarded teams across the Dentsu network. Composed of dentsuMB, 360i, and Isobar, amongst other notable agencies, we work with clients to provide solutions that meet people at every single point of their brand journey and are committed to upholding a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.  

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. 

Job Description

The Executive Producer elevates and ensures creative excellence through production on their assigned accounts.

The Executive Integrated Producer must be expert at navigating agency systems, predicting potential roadblocks, working to remove them, and negotiating with key players across the agency to foster the teamwork necessary to produce complex, integrated, multi-disciplinary executions. Along the way, they harness support within production, tech, business affairs, legal, project management and other disciplines to fill in knowledge gaps and manage risk. The EP advises creatives, account teams and clients on choices that shape pipelines that protect the creative ideas and executes them even stronger. They ensure client needs/goals are met and integrity in the final deliverables are kept. An important part of the role is to be a mentor to the junior producers and creatives, to guide their growth and help them execute with the highest level of craft.

Responsibilities

Production

• Lead ( >1-5mil) high stakes Productions independently (or with the support of a less senior producer)
• High stakes Content Productions with A-list Directors/Partners and Celebrity talent and multiple workstreams and media.
• High stakes Digital Productions with A-list Partners and complex digital architecture/build, and possibly multiple workstream and media.
• Ensure that all key stakeholders are kept informed and (if needed) educated on the production process. Lead advocacy for improved communication and work processes across disciplines.
• Lead the discovery/vetting process on large engagements to accurately scope projects while defining project requirements and success metrics; this includes evolving creative concepts into clear sets of deliverables, determining whether ideas are feasible within the project parameters (time and money), and providing creative solutions to challenges.
• Ability to understand SOW’s with clear scope, risk, assumptions and deliverables and review those drafted by project management.
• Demonstrated experience bidding and managing large productions (>1mil) including development of production specs and effective risk management, overseeing large multi-discipline teams and ensuring overall quality of work.
• Build strong relationships with Business Affairs as a partner in discovery and through the production process. Have full understanding of AICP and AICE bid format.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of SAG-AFTRA guidelines for shooting and recording of talent, including usage and payment considerations.
• Lead post project summary meetings and suggest ways to instill learnings within the department and across disciplines.
• Responsible for account financial health and to find solutions that has both client and agency interests in mind.

Creative Delivery and Network

• Elevate the creative; Find versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive and help tell stories in an innovative way whether it’s through technology, video, social, experiential or all things combined. Lead the evolution of creative concepts into even stronger executions. Make Art.
• Have your ear to the ground, have your eye on who’s popping, know the industry giants. Help maintain dentsu creative’s cultural capital and credibility by working with both the up and comers and the most wanted established partners.
• Continually cultivate strong relationships with outside partners and have a wide network but close connections for the range of work we produce.

Management

• Oversee multidisciplinary producers, and their work input. Assign/brief each project to the appropriate producer and oversee their process and deliverables; Vendor casting, bid analysis, SOW/estimate writing, project organization, meeting purpose and protocol, risk assessment, time management, scoping and actualizing.
• Mentor junior producers to a versatile production approach by developing their own creative problem solving skills with the goal to always have the highest quality of execution.
• Share inspirational work, innovative technological solutions and best practices within the industry.
• Advise Head of Production and partner with him/her to monitor and develop your teams performance and career path. Assist to maintain positive department energy.
• Enforce the usage of the production toolkit: including templates, hot sheets, status documents and wrap report.

Skills & Characteristics

• Passion for the craft of production and creativity.
• Genuine interest in art, culture and lifestyle; moving art, technology arts, still art, sculpture, music, fashion, dance etc.
• Emotional intelligence – Have a good sense of diplomacy, awareness of group dynamics and the ability to moderate one’s own communication and behavior style to mirror the group/project need.
• Effective communication and presentation skills – The ability to develop presentations and speak to large audiences including senior level clients.
• Be able to lead clients with confidence through complex and high risk productions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience scoping and managing large productions (500 < 1mil+) as an integrated producer with one expertise ie. Content (Broadcast, social and still), Digital (ar/vr, platform builds/apps, voice app) or Experiential (art installations, stunts, events, pop-ups), and two sub expertise.
• If a Digital expert, you should have the sub expertise of mid-level Content and Experiential projects.
• If a Content expert, you should have the sub expertise of mid-level Digital and Experiential projects.

Perks

Additional Information

• Great compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible time-off
• 16 weeks paid parental leave

Additional Information

Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsumcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
dentsu international

Under the direction of the Director of Marketing, and in working in close alignment with Davidoff’s Brand Manager and Omni-Channel Manager, the Creative Producer will strategize and produce cutting-edge video and other digital content for a multitude of business-to-consumer and business-to-business digital platforms. The Creative Producer will also oversee a team of two in-house Creative Specialists and will be a key stakeholder in driving alignment between local and global design teams, working to leverage both pools of resources to enable efficiencies and consistency of output, as well as working with external agency partners.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties will be assigned.

• Produce, shot and edit cutting-edge digital content for business-to-business CRM platforms and business-to-consumer platforms such as social media and eCommerce. Be familiar with all phases of the production process
• Plan, analyze, and create effective visual solutions that bring to life brand messages across electronic media using video-techniques, animation, color, type, illustration and photography.
• Open to new ideas, influences, and quick to react to changing trends. Monitor and understand competitors within the product category.
• Serve as primary point of contact for marketing, customer experience (CX) and retail team needing access to marketing creative and assets. Responsible for managing content calendar for all requests
• Lead creative team consisting of two direct reports. Inspire team with creative design ideas and solutions, also prioritize projects within the department. Must be able to communicate ideas visually, verbally and in writing.
• Execute the creative requirements for new brand initiatives in close collaboration with the United States Brand team and Global Marketing team in Basel, Switzerland. Support product design, and consumer and commercial development.
• Establish a strong working relationship with the Global Marketing team to ensure effective and efficient deployment of global brand creative execution following brand or initiative guidelines.
• Communicate and coordinate with internal stakeholders or third-party vendors regarding sample creation and procurement of printed material such as point-of-sales and promotional materials.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year College or university desirable
• 5-6 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master knowledge of video production and Adobe design suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.

Payton Schiff

Overview

NRG is a professional gaming and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2015, NRG has embodied competitive esports excellence and the best of gaming culture over the last half-decade. Known for championship teams and innovative gaming lifestyle content, NRG is one of the most-watched organizations in the world on Twitch, YouTube and TikTok. Fueled by the energy of talented individuals, this particular team represents the concentrated ambition to achieve one goal. That goal: to build the ideal esports team for many years to come.

Job Description

NRG is looking for a Creative Producer who can turn a cool idea into reality. Someone who simply makes it happen. We will empower you in every way so you create the next cool idea, fine tune it, own it, execute on it and deliver it to millions of gamers. You will drive the creative and operational process of each project by drumming up the idea, orchestrating and gathering the proper resources, assets and people as you then oversee every step of the way to ensure it’s set up for success. Turning a blank Google Doc and ultimately seeing an incredible live event at the NRG Castle that the #NRGFam would love. This is one of the many things that we know you can accomplish here and why we’ll empower you to do so every day at NRG.

Required Skills

• Extremely strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent leadership traits and also working autonomously to problem solve on your own
• Sharp presentation skills, you can get your point across in a few slides or a Slack DM
• You’re a team player as you’ll be working with other creatives who love sharing ideas too and we aren’t afraid of constructive criticism from each other
• There’ll be long hours, but we work these long hours together, we’re on the same team
• Exceptional networking and relationship building skills
• Outstanding attention to detail and consistent follow up
• Proven success in executing offline and online events, streams and general projects in previous companies or agencies
• Minimum 3 years in previous creative producer, product management, project management, social media, video production and/or live streaming related roles

NRG Esports

Blue Ridge Communications TV-13

Samantha is a bombshell with a sense of humor. A hot cheetoh girl with style and grace.

Be available to shoot in spring/summer 2022.

Travel and board can be accomodated. 

Send audition video to [email protected] via wetransfer or private youtube or vimeo plz

COUNTRY MUSIC TV PROMO – LA

MUST BE LOCAL, NO TRAVEL PAID.

Shoot Date: TBD, either Jan 14-15 or 16

will be tested for covid. Ages are average look.

Main rate $1000 + Covid $75

Extras $225 + Covid $75, +$25 wardrobe

***everyone, please mention that you have country and western clothes to bring shirts /cowboy hats etc..

TECH CEO

• 37 – 48 / Man / Caucasian
• Elon Musk tech CEO biz type.  Late 30’s early 40’s.  Nerdy but thinks he’s cool.  

COUNTRY SINGER

• 24 – 37 / Woman / Caucasian / Blonde model type
• Country singer role – ideally a musician/performer so she knows how to move and play guitar.
• MODEL TYPE body shape –  she can be a little curvy to pull off the bell bottoms country suit
• BLONDE, hair will be in the cowboy hat 20s /30’s or so

VEGAS OG

• 30 – 39 / Man / Any Ethnic Appearance
• stance of a rapper or ‘player’ type. all ethnicity. MUST be able to roll a coin back and forth over his fingers – THIS IS A MUST. Good hands.

FOOTBALL PLAYER

• 20 – 29 / Man / African American
• Football player – Muscular sports body but not too short or boxy.

STARLET rate

• 20 – 30 / Woman / All Ethnicities
• Starlet –  Dark long hair that can go in an up do.  
• Thin model type figure in her 20s or so – DIVERSE AA, Mixed or Hispanic

Extras as concert fans

• 18 – 65 / Man, Woman / Any Ethnic Appearance
• Extras for Concert scene- Country fans range of ages (all over 18yrs) 

Diabtes Medication Commercial in LA

If you are able to send in today, Jan 7 by 6pm, a self tape, please do asap!

you do not have to be diabetic to apply, it’s just what the commercial is about. 

RECAP:

• print shoots in Feb (6K+), and video shoots in April. (6K+)
• travel is paid to LA ONLY from NYC, Miami and Atlanta areas ONLY.
• total of this job is nearly 14K with other extras. 
• Vaccinated and boosted talent preferred, but will honor special accomodations if not. 
• Looking for Hispanic Man, 50-60 or so. (no or very little accent is best)
• Caucasian Woman 50-60 or so and African American Man 50-60 or so. 

SNAPPED 3101 – Films in Knoxville, TN

Jan. 11 & 12 (may not be needed both days)

Role: 

• PARAMEDIC – Male, open ethnicity. Pays $50/days worked (flat. no hotel, travel or stipend)

Additional project info:

Network: Oxygen

Audio: NO

Production Company: The Production Hive

Covid protocols are in place: a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72hrs of your on-set arrival OR proof of vaccination required. PPE, distancing and extra sanitization will still be in place on set.

Casting Carters in Miami 

• Casting Families 
• Families with babies (aged 0-12M)
• Parents can be any age. 
• Same Sex Families welcome (of course!) 

Only requirement is that you have a baby thats 0-12M and we usually cast families with at least 1 additional sibling size 2T – 7Y. Although if you only have a baby that’s fine too. 

Dates: 

• 1/21-22 In-Person Casting
• 1/23-25 Fittings
• 1/26-29 Shoot

Shoot Rate: 

• Families get paid $2000 per day inclusive of fitting fees. 
• All talent must be able to make it to Miami for casting and fitting, so should be fairly local. 
• No travel costs will be covered. 

Usage: All Media, Worldwide, In perp. Shooting Stills and Video. 

No Broadcast. See release attached.