Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

The ideal candidate will be responsible for understanding the goals of our clients and be able to oversee project strategy to project completion. By having a knowledge of emerging technologies in the area, this candidate will be able create cross-channel deliverables to clients that meet their needs. This is a Freelance to Full Time role.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with clients and project teams to understand client objectives and project design
• Develop and present creative projects that support agreed upon goals and strategy
• Create cross-channel visual communication strategies (digital, print, and motion)
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in visual communications
• 1 – 2 years’ of digital and print design or advertising experience
• Knowledge of social platforms (Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, etc.)
• Breadth of style and design capability

MCD Partners

Art Director, Photography

The Director, Art Photography is one who loves thinking conceptually, creating original solutions and developing stories, photography and videography that engage the customer, drive sales and elevate our brand. The Art Director, Photography is responsible for asset development across all channels with strong layout and graphic design experience. This role will oversee the post production and creative teams.

Job Duties

• Evolve our creative positioning (graphic look and feel, voice, photography and videography requirements, etc.) that will extend both to the website and to offline marketing assets.
• Create and calendarize layouts and visuals that support and reinforce this vision and our business objectives.
• Work from creative briefs to translate merchandising and marketing strategies to creative execution, with support of graphic designers.
• Analyze existing social design, photography & video assets and make recommendations on improvements.
• Manage the creative team to ensure timely execution of assigned projects including but not limited to video assets, email design, social graphics, direct mail layouts.
• Manage staff in all aspects including but not limited to; recruiting, training and performance management.
• Understand and strategically apply the latest platform/industry/creative trends

and digital best practices.

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver creative across all channels.
• Manage asset development from concept, to execution, to go-to-market plan.
• Manage post-production calendar, ensure milestones are met and image library is up to date.
• Collaborate with VP & CD, and creative team to develop strategic omni-channel design solutions.
• Responsible for managing creative teams in conceptualizing/maintaining design communications and brand designs standards.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong graphic design and typography skills.
• Strategic thinker with communication and influencing skills.
• Fluent understanding of current digital trends and social landscape.
• Must be able to effectively articulate vision, present and explain creative decisions/rationale to key stakeholders.
• Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced online environment.
• Highly developed written/verbal communication skills and collaborative skills.
• Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that deliverables are achieved on time.
• Possess an innate ability to lead internal teams and work cross functionally.
• Proficient in Monday.com.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Digital Media Design or related field preferred.
• 8+ years of strong art direction experience in both design and photo art direction.
• Must have experience within fashion or retail brands .

VENUS Fashion Inc.

Associate Art Director

Birmingham, Alabama

Full Time, Direct Hire, Onsite

The Art Director provides advanced-level graphic design and development while following brand standards for various materials. This role ensures that the design team promotes the vision of the company through high-quality graphic content.

Job Duties

• Produces graphic art and visual materials for promotions, advertisements, films, packaging, and informative and instructional material through a variety of media outlets.

• Serves as a Company brand ambassador, ensuring the team completes all marketing deliverables in compliance with corporate branding standards, formats, and template styles.

• Generates and manipulates graphic images, animations, sound, text, and video into consolidated and seamless multimedia programs.

• Facilitates brainstorming, design thinking, and problem-solving workshops for the design team

• Follows Company brand guidelines and principles.

• Upholds strong file management practices within the appropriate shared drive including working documents with version control

• Provides recommendations and designs based on the needs of the business.

• Stays up to date with the best practices and trends in digital marketing and advocates knowledge across the organization.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and five (5) or more years of related experience or an equivalent combination.

• Excellent knowledge of the digital environment, including files, formats and best practices

• Acute attention to detail and an ability to balance multiple simultaneous projects

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite.

• Ability to handle pressure and make quick decisions

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with the creative and marketing teams

• Strong attention to detail.

Calculated Hire

Our digital agency is looking for a Sr. Art Director with previous experience designing for beauty, health and wellness or home furnishings. Ideally looking for 10+ years’ experience working on social and digital executions, storyboards, video, web templates and events.

Job Description:

The initial deliverable for this project is putting together creative brand guidelines that will be inclusive of elements such as the masterbrand identity, an execution guide for photography and videography as well as an execution guide for ad styles. You will also be working on a video production for this same project and might need some additional assistance building out those storyboards.

Requirements:

• Experience building robust corporate brand guidelines and working on large teams and well known brands
• Experience designing long format Indesign documents; the client requires files to be organized and paragraph styled so language updates are turn key.
• Ability to create storyboards for videos ranging from :30 to 3:00 in length. (Ability to roughly illustrate storyboards would be a nice to have)
• Experience creating assets for handoff to motion graphics designers.
• Experience providing direction for photo retouching
• Experience providing direction on video edits
• Ability to create client facing Google Presentations

Creative Cove Inc.

• Responsible for supporting in all day-to-day aspects of production, learning how to scope and ballpark creative concepts, build detailed project schedules, manage project scope, research and secure production resources, quality control all deliverables, maintain project documentation and communicate with holistic project teams
• Begin to demonstrate ability to produce projects on their own but also able to work in a support role, sometimes on concurrent projects, to ensure error free, on time and on budget productions all while meeting or exceeding creative objectives and expectations. With growth, demonstrate ability to lead smaller-scope projects independently with oversight from more senior producer(s).
• Offers an area of interest or expertise (Broadcast, Experiential, Print, etc.) while also learning about all disciplines through exposure to all
• Responsible for ‘managing up’ to more senior producers (EP, Senior Producer, or Producer) and proactively seek support/guidance when needed
• Observe and learn the process of researching, identifying, selecting, and negotiating production vendor partnerships (within The Pub or external) based on both scope/budget/timeline of project and which partner is best suited to execute the creative vision
• Responsible for supporting and participating in our efforts in cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture of production
• Communicates proactively to Creative, Business Leadership, Production Ops and Media partners on all aspects of the production including milestones, deliverables, and due dates to keep the production process flowing smoothly
• Begins to achieve a fundamental understanding of asset capture, art buying, and licensing (photography, illustration, stock, music, talent, and property licensing, etc.)
• Observe and begin to build critical relationships with the external production industry that will eventually enable you to maintain the agency’s reputation and standard of excellence
• Stays on top of industry trends, craft-makers, techniques, directors, photographers, illustrators, and new technologies and utilizes expertise and passion for production to inspire and educate the Department and Agency overall to elevate Arc’s creative product
• Directly reports to a specific Producer, Senior Producer, Production Supervisor, or Executive Producer, but functions as a part of the collective Pool Model of producers, available and able to work on any account across the agency depending on skills, need, talent fit and client assignment

Competencies

• Approaches each assignment with curiosity, open-mindedness, and forward-thinking
• Works to pursue the of best creative ideas and creates an environment supportive of the best creative
• Works seamlessly across agency functions and with partner agencies
• Shares information, ideas and opinions in a way that contributes to solutions
• Collaborative team member that actively seeks out and tries to understand the opinions of others. Listens well

• Effectively communicates, informs and involves others to achieve shared objective.
• Manages conflict in a way that moves the team forward
• Passionate about ideas, brands, the agency, and our clients’ business
• Identifies high-potential creative ideas and fights for them
• Acts in accordance with a set of world-class professionals and personal standards
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic that is determined, tenacious and tireless; a bias for action; and extraordinary dedication to results
• Consistently delivers projects and commitments on deadline
• Is nimble and recognizes the need to adjust work and communication style in different situations and settings
• Thinks through problems by quickly narrowing in on core issues and identifying innovative and effective solutions

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree strongly preferred
• Prior experience in production at an agency, production company or similar environment desirable
• Positive-minded problem-solving skills required
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
• Ability to collaborate with internal co-workers and external clients and vendors at a variety of levels and across functions
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of employees
• Highly organized with a keen sense of attention to detail
• Exceptional initiative and follow-through skills
• After-hours work and overnight traveling to shoots and post sessions required

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents

Arc Worldwide

Job Overview

Jewelry empowers. It is extremely personal and an affirmation of what we value most. Haverhill Leach, Inc. is an emerging luxury fine jewelry designer and manufacturer based out of Warren, RI; we specialize in highly personalized birthstone jewelry with a bold promise of a 1-2 day turnaround time to our customers.

Guided by the timeless style of New England, rooted by a family tradition of making jewelry that stretches back to the 1800s, and committed to cutting edge industry advancement – Haverhill’s designs are both timeless and modern.

Our small, but mighty, team is rapidly growing and we are now seeking a full time Creative Director. Reporting directly to the President, this role will be responsible for formally establishing and growing our art department, shaping our brand strategy and voice in alignment with Haverhill’s vision, and driving concept creation across cross functional eCommerce and marketing teams.

Core Objectives

• Refine and define brand presence to increase brand awareness and profitability – gain deep understanding of Haverhill brand vision and aesthetic to establish art department standards for production, productivity, and quality.
• Own execution of creative deliverables – collaborate cross-functionally with sales and marketing teams to define needs; manage internal team members, contractors, and agencies to deliver end results. Manage the design and production of promotional materials – such as social content, website landing pages, email campaigns, etc. – to ensure high-performing content across all platforms and channels that drives conversation and brand engagement
• Strengthen and grow creative team necessary to scale the business – analyze current team structure and recommend additional positions, coach and mentor existing team members to continually improve department performance

Candidate Attributes & Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant work experience across all aspects of digital marketing; including Google Analytics, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Email Campaigns, and Advertising
• 3+ years working in the luxury space – fine jewelry, fashion or related industry
• 3+ years of people or department management experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or above in a relevant field – ex. BFA, BA in graphic design, digital marketing, fashion merchandising, etc.
• Confidence to make decisions and solve problems while working under pressure combined with humility to seek support when needed
• Highly creative with the ability to identify and convert target audiences to buying audiences through compelling campaign ideas
• Agility to keep pace with the rapidly changing needs of our growing business
• Extremely organized and able to take on multiple tasks simultaneously, reprioritize as needed, and remain calm under pressure
• Strategic and data focused – able to analyze and synthesize data to drive strategy with intention
• Charismatic and culturally competent able to communicate and collaborate with ease on teams that value diversity of perspective and experience
• Prior experience with Shopify, Klaviyo, Adobe Suite of Products, Slack and/or Trello strongly desired but not necessary

Position Details

This is a full time, salaried exempt position.

The ideal candidate would be available on site at our headquarters in Warren, RI – our nimble team collaborates well in real time and on site work is necessary to build camaraderie and collaboration, and helpful in understanding the brand essence and in house manufacturing process.

However, remote or hybrid work is also strongly considered for candidates with a proven track record of success working in that capacity.

Haverhill Leach Inc. offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, long term disability insurance, paid time off, access to voluntary benefits providers and an employee assistance program, and a generous employee discount on products.

HAVERHILL

The Associate Digital Producer will support the broader creative production team in areas of development, maintenance, organization and optimization of client assets and file structures. This role collaborates closely with an internal cross-functional team to meet digital objectives and complete deliverables to an uncompromising standard.

As a participant in the New Grad Program, you will have the opportunity to fast-track your career with Epsilon. The year-long program includes an 8-week training curriculum (both professional & job specific training), a formal mentoring partnership, various networking opportunities (speed networking events, leader meet & greets, group lunches and social events), and long-term career guidance.

Responsibilities May Include (All or Some) Tasks Below:

· Under the direction of fellow Digital Producers and Senior Digital Producers, execute daily tasks – such as asset creation and content management updates – with a high attention to detail, using Adobe Creative Suite or proprietary tools

· Daily interaction with Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Front-End Developers, Account Managers, and Engineers to optimize and deliver all creative assets to spec

· Develop a solid understanding and consistent adherence to clients’ brand guidelines

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media or the equivalent work experience

· A high proficiency in all standard production tools (Adobe Creative Suite, CC, Microsoft Office, Conversant proprietary ad tools)

· Consistent and flawless execution of production work

· A high attention to detail while following instructions for daily tasks

· Proactive prioritization and strong coordination with cross-teams to consistently meet deadlines

· High attention to detail and organizational skills

· Developing project management and problem-solving skills

· Proven ability to work in a team environment and openness to direction from peers

· Ability to execute complex asset optimization, requiring a deep understanding of resolution/DPI, raster vs. vector, font management, file weight and other related digital imaging concepts

· Strong online portfolio, including image and design samples

Ideal background…

· 0-2 years’ experience serving in a digital production capacity

· Strong communication skills

· Digital production/design experience

· Digital image processing (cropping, manipulation, and retouching) experience

· Proficiency within the Adobe Creative Suite, CC and Microsoft Office

· Video/sound editing experience (desired)

· HTML/CSS/JS development experience (desired)

· Experience with Content Management Systems (desired)

Additional Information:

When you’re one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we’ve been helping marketers from the world’s top brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services.

Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon products and services have been recognized as industry-leading by the Forrester Wave™. We process more than 500 billion consumer actions each day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. And our CORE ID® is the industry’s most accurate, stable and scalable identity solution that helps brands recognize and reach 200M+ U.S. consumers in a privacy-safe way.

Positioned at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. For more information, visit epsilon.com

Great People Deserve Great Benefits

We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

Epsilon

Art Director – 100% REMOTE

Do you rewrite or concept every ad you see in your head? Is a missing Creative Brief an opportunity? Want everyone to see your work in 130k+ locations or millions of homes? Love developing new product brands? You may be a fit for our award-winning creative team!!

We are currently seeking an Art Director to join our internal creative team. This role will be responsible for evolving and developing not only the company brand across multiple channels but national brand partners as well. This will include standout design and typography skills, campaign development, point of sale, packaging, product launches, video, and print/digital production.

Communication skills are integral, and the perfect person for this role will fit into the team by communicating well with product and marketing managers on some days and software developers on others. The Creative Team champions the brand throughout the company, and a person in this role should be an effective advocate for other departments.

All candidates must have an online portfolio of work that showcases design, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail, so show us what you’ve got! Our creative team is flexible and remote working, but we still like to get together in our new Austin office for great collaboration on projects.

Responsibilities:

• Art Direction, Conceptual and Visual design for print, packaging, and online environment.
• Develop collateral for partners and organization brands.
• Should be able to quickly understand goals and scope of projects and have the ability to communicate with internal clients.
• Able to stick to a pre-established timeline
• Communicate with the project team throughout all stages of design.
• Adhere to (and help develop) best practices.
• Contribute to the development of various concept-driven projects.

Skills/Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university (or equivalent) – ideally focused on art direction and/or design.
• Ability to create standout, original concepts for print and web.
• Ideally, 5+ years as an art director or designer for a creative firm, with some digital experience as well.
• Experience with web and digital
• Experience or exposure to video storyboarding and direction is a plus.
• Ability to work with a large variety of clients.
• Ability to communicate and inform the project team members.
• Familiar with current web standards, A11Y, and mobile-first best practices.
• Adobe CC expertise
• Figma experience is a plus
• Jira and Google Suite (g-suite) are a plus
• Must demonstrate the ability to deliver projects to client specifications within timeline and budget.
• Ability to create exceptional designs under a strict deadline.
• List of URLs/online portfolio; please give SPECIFIC details about your level of involvement (concept, art, code, writing, etc.) on each project.
• Deadline-and-detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize and accomplish multiple projects within tight timeframes.

The Perks: Long-term contract with option (and intention) to convert to perm for the right candidate. Perm benefits include full medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), robust PTO, bonus potential, plus all the additional perks of working fully remotely from the comfort of your own home office. Please send your LI profile and your resume that includes a link to your impressive online portfolio.

MATRIX Resources

People & Culture Manager

Human Resources – Onsite – New York

Telmar is the global leader in advertising and media solutions, providing the most influential agencies, media owners and planners with innovative cloud-based tools to help create, plan and predict the most successful media campaigns. For more than 50 years, leading media and advertising agencies have relied on Telmar’s innovative cross-media and data analytics solutions to create the most successful media campaigns worldwide. Telmar is a truly international company with over 25,000 users and 600 customers worldwide. Our team of media experts has a global presence with locations around the world including New York City, London, Toronto, Johannesburg, Paris, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong. For more information about Telmar and its solutions, please visit: www.telmar.com

Role Summary

In the role of People & Culture Manager, you will be responsible for the following ways of working and tasks:

Working onsite in our New York office,, the Associate People & Operations Manager will work closely with the Global HRD and wider team to implement the global strategy, determine gaps, and identify people solutions. You will integrate thoroughly into the businesses processes and align their activities with driving employee focused business results.

In this role you will ensure business processes comply with regulatory and legal requirements to minimize risk. Ensure HR policies are documented, updated, and applied consistently across the region. You will be expected to maintain knowledge of existing and proposed federal and state laws/regulations affecting USA HR management and share best practices with your colleagues.

• Escalate and share workload with Global HRD in a timely manner to work in a collaborate and efficient team environment
• Payroll processing experience required
• Experience administering HRIS systems (e.g. BambooHR, PEO collaboration)
• Plan and coordinate new employee onboarding to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives
• Administer all aspects of Employee Benefits adhering to strict timeframes
• Work closely with employees to help them understand their eligibility for and the requirements of different types of benefits
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Manager to manage outreach and candidate experience for all departments.
• Handle recruiting tasks and projects as required
• Build credibility and trust among employees.
• Resolve, when possible, employee concerns with compassion, a systematic approach, clear documentation, and follow-through
• Monitor the “pulse” of the organization, supporting employees and managers to enact changes to support the company culture
• Strong project management, creative problem-solving skills, and ability to act independently
• Demonstrated ability to inspire trust and openness amongst colleagues and clients with a high bar for personal integrity
• A highly self-motivated, positive attitude that inspires others to seek higher levels of performance
• Proven planning and organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to handle multiple tasks
• Previous experience of Canadian HR and payroll administration would be beneficial
• Experience of working in an organization that is undergoing growth and transformational change

Professional Skills

• 5+ years of progressive HR generalist experience either in a Standalone, HR Business Partner or Consulting capacity
• Confidently collaborate with full spectrum of employees, from executive leaders to front line employees
• Strong business acumen and data analysis skills to identify business problems and work with colleagues to create a course of action for improvement
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business or related areas

Telmar’s Perks

• Flexible working
• Medical cover
• DiSC Assessment (improve teamwork, communication, and productivity)
• We provide each Telmar employee with a framework for holistic and regular 360° feedback as well as for personal and professional development, enabling you to master daily challenges and continuously develop your own skills further via self-learning tools and formal training
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7)
• Weekly open door meeting with CEO and the HR Team
• Summer Team Building Events
• Christmas Parties
• Office gatherings (when C-19 restrictions allow it)
• Random coffee dates every other week
• Meeting free Fridays

We are on an ambitious global journey at Telmar, no two days are ever the same and we’re therefore looking for people who can adapt quickly to this ever evolving environment. In return, our multinational; best-in-class team will support your desire to grow as an individual and challenge you in new roles. We are proud of the team and believe that our diversity has made us more successful. We are therefore keen to recruit candidates from all backgrounds. Telmar provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

OUR MOST VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE IS NOT ARTIFICIAL

Telmar

Our digital agency is looking for a Sr. Art Director with previous experience designing for beauty, health and wellness or home furnishings. Ideally looking for 10+ years’ experience working on social and digital executions, email templates, video, web templates and events.

Job Description:

The initial deliverable for this project is putting together creative brand guidelines that will be inclusive of elements such as the masterbrand identity, an execution guide for photography and videography as well as an execution guide for ad styles. You will also be working on a video production for this same project and might need some additional assistance building out those storyboards.

• Requirements: Experience building robust corporate brand guidelines and working on large teams and well known brands
• Experience designing long format Indesign documents; the client requires files to be organized and paragraph styled so language updates are turn key.
• Ability to create storyboards for videos ranging from :30 to 3:00 in length. (Ability to roughly illustrate storyboards would be a nice to have)
• Experience creating assets for handoff to motion graphics designers.
• Experience providing direction for photo retouching
• Experience providing direction on video edits
• Ability to create client facing Google Presentations

Creative Cove Inc.