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Junior Creative Producer 

1-2 years experience as a project manager or creative producer, with a full understanding on how to own a client’s creative vision/goals, develop a scope of work/strategy and ensure creative teams are executing aligned with clients’ expectations. Confident in client engagement, feedback handling and ability to upsell where the opportunity arises. 

You will have a passion for producing amazing creative work, a good eye for detail and high standards for the studio output. You must be an excellent communicator, able to make clients feel comfortable and looked after, as well as communicate ideas and feedback to the design and motion teams.

Working with our creative director and heads of teams you will oversee brand, film, motion and digital projects from start to finish, managing each step of the process and ensuring they run smoothly and efficiently. You will be organised and process-driven, helping to implement and manage the systems and processes that make the magic happen.

A huge opportunity to make a big impact in a small team and be involved in a variety of types of work, from supporting on shoots to pitching for work and strategizing creative plans. 

Us/ Culture

We’re a vibrant and driven identity and campaign studio. You’ll join a team with a huge love for their craft, be a part a rapidly growing studio with the opportunity to be a key decision maker across projects and the business. Head out on quarterly excursions with the team, visit galleries and other design/film sources of inspiration.

Location

We have a private studio space based in Hackney, next to London fields. Offering a flexible working model, although most of the team are in the studio daily as we have a vibrant office culture.

Benefits

We offer corporate gym benefits, flexible working, 26 days holiday in addition to bank holidays, 1.5-hour lunch once a week, regular team away days, optical health contributions, and a fun and energetic working environment that encourages growth and creative freedom.

£24-28K Salary D.O.E.

OCD Studio

Location: Year 1 – principally the New Forest, Totton and supporting associated activity in Portsmouth and Rushmoor 

Years 2 & 3 – Rushmoor and North Hampshire

This role is home based and requires weekly face-to-face work within defined target communities. It will also require occasional travel for team meetings and events in the South East. 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours) 

Salary: £32,500 per annum (£19,500 pro rata) 

Closing date for applications: 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 

Interviews: Monday 17 – Wednesday 19 April, via Zoom 

At Artswork we strive to make the arts and creativity available to absolutely everyone. We aim to break through barriers and develop new ways for people to discover the success, empowerment and sheer joy that the arts and creativity can bring to classrooms, communities and careers. 

We’re now looking for a Placemaking Creative Producer, working in the New Forest, Totton, Portsmouth, Rushmoor and North Hampshire. You’ll be working with four other Placemaking Creative Producers, each working in a different Priority Place. Your role will be to act as a catalyst, taking a youth-led approach to co-create work with key communities. You’ll be enabling children and young people to find their voice and influence what happens where they live, through youth-led creative projects in communities and schools. You’ll need to be great at building relationships, both with young people and with key decision makers, and at developing and delivering projects with multiple stakeholders. We’ll be sharing our learning far and wide, advocating for others to put young peoples’ voices at the heart of their local development.  

In year 1, this role will be working principally in the New Forest, Totton and Rushmoor with some activity in Portsmouth. Location of activity in years 2 and 3 will be dependent on emerging relationships and opportunities in Rushmoor and North Hampshire which will be identified and discussed during year 1.  Activity beyond the first three years of the Creative Placement Programme will be agreed in future. 

Full information on this role, and how to apply, can be found at https://artswork.org.uk/jobs/placemaking-creative-producer-hants 

Applications should be emailed – to arrive by 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 to: [email protected] 

Artswork Limited

Cour Design is hiring the role of Creative Producer for an animation project, with the potential to extend into a full-time salaried role. This is a unique and creative position for someone who understands the ins and outs of creating content, building teams & managing them, and overall seeing through the successful execution of a project. Some key roles and tasks will include:

Fielding new clients from the sales team and onboarding them.

• Educating them on our services and talking through what’s possible.
• Creating scopes and budgets for clients.
• Scheduling and doing calls with clients

Budgets

• Managing internal budgets to make sure we can execute fully with profit.
• Purchasing assets
• Rental for film studios and equipment
• Render farms
• External freelancers

Creative Producing

• Working with animators to come up with the right creative solution for the project which may include working with creative directors to land on the right visual direction.
• Pitching. Working with the creative and art departments to create iterative storyboards.
• Gathering rasters, songs, setlists, creative mood boards, etc. from the client.
• Building and Managing animation teams
• With a mix of using our in house animators and building teams of external freelancers, you will need to put together teams for every project that comes in and manage them throughout the process.

Rehearsals

• Coordinating rehearsal teams
• Schedules
• Scope management – Political and financial chats to protect

Types of Projects You’ll Be Working On

In the past, we’ve focused on these types of projects and we continue to do so. However, we may expand into new areas. Some paramount types of projects that you’ll be working on include:

• Tour visuals for artists going on tour.
• Festivals
• IMAG and realtime camera effects
• Award show content
• Immersive and interactive events
• Music Videos
• This is less often, but possible.

Skills and Previous Experience

• Applicants must have worked in the music industry, specifically doing tour visuals.
• Applicants must have hands on animation experience
• Adobe Suite
• Cinema4D
• Octane
• RedShift
• Notch FX

You have worked with media servers such as

• Resolume
• Notch FX
• Live camera feeds

You have a pool of freelancers you like working with that you could tap to join in on projects

You are detailed oriented with the ability to zoom out and be aware of the bigger picture.

You have good project management and people management skills.

Cour

Location: Year 1 – principally Slough and associated activity in Crawley and Spelthorne 

Years 2 & 3 – Slough, Surrey and West Sussex

This role is home based and requires weekly face-to-face work within defined target communities. It will also require occasional travel for team meetings and events in the South East. 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours) 

Salary: £32,500 per annum (£19,500 pro rata) 

Closing date for applications: 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 

Interviews: Monday 17 – Wednesday 19 April, via Zoom 

At Artswork we strive to make the arts and creativity available to absolutely everyone. We aim to break through barriers and develop new ways for people to discover the success, empowerment and sheer joy that the arts and creativity can bring to classrooms, communities and careers. 

We’re now looking for a Placemaking Creative Producer, working in Slough, Surrey and West Sussex. You’ll be working with four other Placemaking Creative Producers, each working in a different Priority Place. Your role will be to act as a catalyst, taking a youth-led approach to co-create work with key communities. You’ll be enabling children and young people to find their voice and influence what happens where they live, through youth-led creative projects in communities and schools. You’ll need to be great at building relationships, both with young people and with key decision makers, and at developing and delivering projects with multiple stakeholders. We’ll be sharing our learning far and wide, advocating for others to put young peoples’ voices at the heart of their local development.  

In year 1, this role will be working principally in Slough with some activity in Crawley and Spelthorne. Location of activity in years 2 and 3 will be dependent on emerging relationships and opportunities in Slough, Surrey and West Sussex which will be identified and discussed during year 1.  

Full information on this role, and how to apply, can be found at https://artswork.org.uk/jobs/placemaking-creative-producer-slough

Applications should be emailed – to arrive by 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 to: [email protected] 

Artswork Limited

Position: VP, Creative Director

Location: Washington, DC

Status: Full-Time

Estimated Duration: Full-Time

Starts: Next Month

Salary: $150,000 – $175,000

Job Description:

Our youth advocacy and awareness client is looking for a VP, Creative Director to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small in-house creative team. This position is hybrid – ONSITE Tues., Weds., and Thurs.

The ideal candidate has a strong agency background with experience concepting campaigns for consumer brands. This person would also have experience marketing to the Gen Z audience.

Duties of the VP, Creative Director:

– Lead the concepting and strategy of the creative campaigns

– Act as the creative liaison with internal stakeholders and external agency partners to ensure all creative collateral aligns with the brand, mission, and initiatives

– Evaluate agency collateral to ensure all collateral aligns

– Drive the execution of in-house agency team campaigns – mentor junior team members

– Oversee the production of video and social content, radio and tv ads, email marketing campaigns, SMS campaigns etc

– Manage the creative budget

– Work with creative PM to manage team resources

Requirements of the VP, Creative Director:

– Bachelor’s degree in Design

– 15+ years of professional design, concepting experience – 5 of those years must be experience acting as an Art Director or Creative Director

– You have extensive experience concepting omni-channel marketing campaign collateral

– Experience creating campaigns for consumer brands

– Experience targeting youth audiences highly preferred

– Experience managing a creative team and external agency partners

– Experience managing departmental budgets

Our client offers medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, along with paid vacation days. Employees can also enroll in the company’s 401k plan.

If you feel you are qualified for this position, please send your resume (and samples if applicable) to: [email protected]

View additional job opportunities at www.creativecircle.com

Creative Circle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you’ll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements.

Creative Circle

Job Title: Senior Creative/Web Specialist – Art Director

Location: Charlotte, NC 28285

Duration: 12+ months

Job Description:

· Concept and design strategic, creative materials to support internal and external communications projects and initiatives including but not limited to: advertising, broadcast and video, newsletters (print and online), bill inserts, web graphics and other collateral.

· Develops concepts based on requirements from communication plans or creative briefs.

· Works collaboratively with copywriters, account managers, digital specialists and other communicators.

· Presents design solutions as needed to obtain approval from client(s).

· Shows strong follow-through and attention to detail from project initiation through completion and archiving of files.

· Conducts research to stay abreast of current design and functionality trends, incorporating them into work.

· Reflect corporate values including diversity and safety in planning, messages and final products and images.

· Ensures the delivery of creative, effective communications consistent with the company’s brand standards and voice.

· Ideal candidate Understands and executes to meet the client’s strategy, core message, target audience and specific goals, Produces work that is consistently on-time and within budget, Works collaboratively with copywriters, account managers, digital specialists and other communicators, Delivers materials for a broad spectrum of communications channels, including broadcast, video, radio, audio, direct mail, print ads, digital ads, email and web, Presents materials to clients;

· works positively and constructively to resolve issues and make necessary revisions, Shows strong follow-through and attention to detail from project initiation through completion and archiving of files, Works within established workflow processes,

· Provides expertise in effective messaging for various audiences and guidance for applying the company’s style guide and brand voice, maintains or improves skill level in design software and design techniques and methods.

· 10+ years experience.

US Tech Solutions

At Universal Creative, we design, develop and deliver the most compelling entertainment experiences imaginable to drive growth for Universal Parks & Resorts worldwide. Our innovative attractions, immersive theme parks and world-class resorts fuse art and technology to create new standards in the themed entertainment industry.

Our Team Members are the driving force behind Universal Creative. With their diverse skills and forward-thinking ideas, our team pushes us beyond the boundaries of what’s possible to achieve the extraordinary. Together, we’re creating a Universe of fun, always ensuring the next thing we do is better than the last thing we did.

JOB SUMMARY: Please note: previous experience as an Art Director or Creative Director in a theme park – overseeing the installation of a highly media based and interactive environment is strongly preferred. Based on the needs of assigned project, responsible for the creation and/or development and execution of creative content, direction, quality, and overall guest experience for assigned project(s). Responsibilities include; establishing the creative “story”, collaboration with the IP holder, and directing project deliverables, process and resources to establish and define the project’s creative intent. Collaborates with the Art Director, Show Producer and project team to develop and direct creative and design intent to meet project creative, business, technical, and operational objectives.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads and directs effort to conceive, develop and define all creative aspects of assigned project that affect guest experience. (Often includes leading and encouraging early efforts to creatively explore multiple options in order to arrive at best project direction.)
• Oversees and directs the execution of all applicable project elements to ensure guest experience intent and overall quality.
• Acts as “vision-keeper” for the project team. Communicates, inspires, and maintains project intent among all team-members. Drives the story for the project and evolves as necessary to maintain the creative intent and deliver the intended experience.
• Collaborates with Show Producer to maintain the desired creative intent. Responsible for driving the creative design through all phases of the project.
• Creates and presents project materials to internal and external audiences to advocate and communicate project concept, content and status.
• Works with the Show Producer to identify and procure talent and resources necessary to complete the project.
• Acts as project liaison as needed with internal and external partners, licensors, and intellectual property owners.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Responsible for directing teams of creative project personnel such as writers, artists, directors, scenic designers, media producers, programmers, graphic designers, etc. Also responsible for identifying and directing appropriate outside vendors and consultants. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.

SCOPE: Responsibilities include; establishing the creative “story”, collaboration with the IP holder, and directing project deliverables. Responsible for overseeing and driving the full creative experience, responsible for presenting the overall vision, layout, and story.

EDUCATION: High school degree or GED is required. Technical school is preferred. Associate’s degree (AA) in Theater, Art, Film, or Architecture is required. Bachelor’s degree in Theater, Art, Film, or Architecture is required. Master’s degree in Theater, Art, Film, or Architecture is strongly preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Designing experience-based entertainment for world-class theme parks or related industries; must have 10-15 years art direction or production design and field experience based on Universal Creative standards or equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to communicate complex artistic ideas through a combination of written and visual and materials required; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Your talent, skills and experience will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.

Universal is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Universal Orlando via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from Universal Orlando HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Universal Orlando. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Universal Orlando as a result of the referral or through other means.

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Universal Creative

At Universal Creative, we design, develop and deliver the most compelling entertainment experiences imaginable to drive growth for Universal Parks & Resorts worldwide. Our innovative attractions, immersive theme parks and world-class resorts fuse art and technology to create new standards in the themed entertainment industry.

Our Team Members are the driving force behind Universal Creative. With their diverse skills and forward-thinking ideas, our team pushes us beyond the boundaries of what’s possible to achieve the extraordinary. Together, we’re creating a Universe of fun, always ensuring the next thing we do is better than the last thing we did.

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for the development and management of all assigned project-related aesthetic, show, and guest-experience elements. The Show Producer defines and ensures compliance with Creative goals and intent; informing and advising Senior Management of Project status and Issues. Acts as the Creative Lead on assigned projects, supervising any assigned staff and workloads and determines strategies ensuring the successful completion of all tasks and/or assignments through all aspects of design and production from original concept through final installation. The Show Producer shall be responsible for ensuring conformance with any and all 3^rd party Intellectual Properties from a creative standpoint.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Show Producer is the Responsible Individual to ensure the Project’s Creative Design Intent is successfully achieved in all guest-experience related aspects of the Project. As part of the Project’s leadership team, the Show Producer is responsible to partner with the team to develop, review and manage scopes, contract documents, cost estimates, schedules, strategies and work plans to align with achieving the Project’s creative intent.
• Assures guest-experience and creative design intent is properly designed, developed, articulated and documented. Manages and interfaces with appropriate internal and external resources through every phase of design, production and installation to ensure Creative Intent Documentation (artwork, models, design packages, treatments etc.) is properly developed and that Attraction Scopes, Close-out Documentation and Quality Standards consistently align with the Project’s creative intent.
• Develops and manages work plans, estimates, schedules and tasks for all creative design and art direction activities in support of the overall Project goals and strategies. Ensure appropriate level and number of design, art direction and specialist resources are assigned as needed throughout the project.
• Develops and manages strategic sourcing and staffing plans to support show development and production efforts. Makes employment decisions, including hiring, terminating and promotional recommendations. Evaluates subordinate personnel on creative, technical, leadership and interpersonal skills. Negotiates and procures outside resources as necessary. Ensures that staffing and resources are contracted and approved to deliver project deliverables in accordance with and approved project budgets and schedules.
• Manages, interprets, communicates and presents Project concept and design intent development to a variety of audiences throughout the Project process.
• Ensures conformance with, and acquires creative approvals from, 3^rd Party Licensors as required, to provide design direction that is in conformance with any and all 3^rd Party brand standards.
• Develops, manages and reports status on design and production budgets schedules.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Travel is required depending upon Project needs. Role requires a high degree of collaboration and teamwork with Internal and External Partners. Requires highly effective communication skills. Requires a positive “can-do” attitude. Must be a problem solver. Should be able to thrive under pressure in a challenging work environment. Directly supervises efforts of staff and sub-contractors assembled to support specific project-related tasks. Number and types of staff will vary dependent upon the Project. All staff and sub-contractors are assigned under the Creative Studio or the Project Creative Design Team.

QUALIFICATIONS: Well developed design, production and management portfolio. Knowledge of design management, work planning, budgeting, scheduling, bid package preparation and variety of vendors. Knowledge of theme park technologies including ride, A/V, robotics, engineering, and various show systems. Knowledge of theme park related architectural, project management, organizational, and production/construction practices. Demonstrates ability to lead creative and technical teams on attraction projects, instill a spirit of teamwork and promote staff development. Makes independent choices free from immediate supervision. Possesses solid aesthetic sensibilities and storytelling skills to support the creative process and to facilitate positive and productive communication between all disciplines.

SCOPE: Non-routine; general policies applied to frequently changing situations. Influences decisions of moderate nature requiring high degree of tact, diplomacy, and maturity. 

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Theatrical Arts, Theme Park Associated Design or related field is preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Required 3-5 Years: experience in theme park design and design management. Required 5-7 Years: experience in theatrical, theme park or other media related design/production field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Required: experience as an Associate Show Producer for theme park attraction projects in Design through Installation.

Your talent, skills and experience will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.

Universal is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Universal Orlando via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from Universal Orlando HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Universal Orlando. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Universal Orlando as a result of the referral or through other means.

Universal elements and all related indicia TM & © 2023 Universal Studios. © 2023 Universal Orlando. All rights reserved. EOE

Universal Creative

Location: Year 1 – principally the Isle of Wight and supporting associated activity in Gosport and Havant  

Years 2 & 3 – across the Isle of Wight, Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth  

This role is home based and requires weekly face-to-face work within defined target communities. It will also require occasional travel for team meetings and events in the South East. 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 3 days per week (21 hours) 

Salary: £32,500 per annum (£19,500 pro rata) 

Closing date for applications: 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 

Interviews: Monday 17 – Wednesday 19 April, via Zoom 

At Artswork we strive to make the arts and creativity available to absolutely everyone. We aim to break through barriers and develop new ways for people to discover the success, empowerment and sheer joy that the arts and creativity can bring to classrooms, communities and careers. 

We’re now looking for a Placemaking Creative Producer, working on the Isle of Wight, Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth. You’ll be working with four other Placemaking Creative Producers, each working in a different Priority Place. Your role will be to act as a catalyst, taking a youth-led approach to co-create work with key communities. You’ll be enabling children and young people to find their voice and influence what happens where they live, through youth-led creative projects in communities and schools. You’ll need to be great at building relationships, both with young people and with key decision makers, and at developing and delivering projects with multiple stakeholders. We’ll be sharing our learning far and wide, advocating for others to put young peoples’ voices at the heart of their local development.  

In year 1, this role will be working principally on the Isle of Wight with some activity in Gosport and Havant. Location of activity in years 2 and 3 will be dependent on emerging relationships and opportunities in the Isle of Wight and wider Portsmouth area which will be identified and discussed during year 1. Activity beyond the first three years of the Creative Placement Programme will be agreed in future. 

Full information on this role, and how to apply, can be found at https://artswork.org.uk/jobs/placemaking-creative-producer-iow  

Applications should be emailed – to arrive by 10am, Friday 31 March 2023 to: [email protected] 

Artswork Limited

O Cinema is an independent, community-based, mission-driven, nonprofit arthouse cinema featuring first-run films, engaging programs, and interactive events. Our mission is to provide intriguing, entertaining, and superior quality offerings that audiences will otherwise not see in South Florida. We work to ensure that we present a reflection of our diverse community and that prices are accessible to the broadest possible audience. We believe in the power of the arts to change communities and change lives.

Through a robust platform of creative, innovative, and engaging programs we strive to Entertain, Educate, and Inspire.

We are looking for a motivated Executive Assistant to support the CEO and members of the team. The right candidate will be quick at solving problems, give attention to detail, have a sense of urgency, and a sense of humor. They must have prior experience as an executive or administrative assistant, and be energized by O

Cinema’s mission.

• Schedule appointments and provide general administrative support to the Executive Director/O Cinema
• Assist with email correspondence and inbox maintenance
• Assist with booking and coordination of travel
• Develop and maintain a digital filing system; educate others who require access on the system -Google Drive/DropBox
• Follow up with partners and monitor communication and thank you protocol with donors for ED
• Prepare and format presentations and reports, including editing and proofreading
• Conduct data research for CEO/CAO
• Carry out administrative duties (i.e. photocopying, binding, scanning, etc.)
• Coordinate and manage assigned projects
• Prepare meeting agendas and take accurate minutes of meetings for staff, board and special project meetings (might involve evening work)
• Organize, clean up and manage databases
• Process offline gifts (checks, wire transfers, etc.) in database
• Assist with stewardship of donors, including preparation and sending of acknowledgement letters
• Assist with donor prospecting (identification and research)
• Assist with event preparation and staffing (as needed, may require evening and weekend work)
• Track and manage deadlines
• Manage media and other appearance requests; inform relevant staff about requests and appearances

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Commitment to the mission of O Cinema
• Ability to handle sensitive information in a confidential manner
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Dropbox, Adobe Suite and more
• Strong command of Google Workspace including but not limited to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet
• Ability to learn new software quickly
• Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to work with organizational budgeting
• High levels of accuracy in task execution and a sense of urgency
• Ability to thrive in a detail-oriented, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines at once
• Strong written/verbal communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment to meet deadlines
• Ability to interface with all levels of personnel and management
• Fluid with technology
• Strong planning and project management skills
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment and varied environment
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging
• Sense of humor

Reports to: CEO/CAO

Job Type: Salaried part time 20-25 hours

SALARY RANGE: $25,000 -$35,000

BENEFITS

• Generous time off policies
• Remote work flexibility
• Relaxed work atmosphere and dress code
• Free movies at O Cinema

O Cinema is an equal opportunity employer and committed to hiring team members from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious creed, age, ability, military or veteran status.

Send resume and cover to: [email protected]

O Cinema