Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Major talent agency with offices in Los Angeles & New York seeks a highly motivated individual to assist in our New York office’s Unscripted, Digital & Branded Content division.

This is an entry-level position, which requires initiative while learning on the job. Therefore, interest in becoming a talent agent is essential.

Strong leadership qualities, excellent phone and communication skills, multi-tasking, and versatility are invaluable in this role—an excellent opportunity to advance with intensive hands-on experience, including an agent-in-training program for qualified individuals.

The Digital Assistant position requires an individual to work well within a team and be prepared for a fast-paced and detail-oriented environment. We are looking for someone with a passion and experience in both traditional reality TV and the digital sphere and is interested in a career as an agent. Media experience, whether at a production company, TV network, PR, digital, or advertising, is excellent but optional, but a passion for this end of the business is necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Help expand and source our database of influencers, traditional talent, and producers using a variety of tools and their social knowledge
• Manage casting submissions, auditions, and project execution
• Build and manage contacts across a variety of verticals
• Update and process client materials and paperwork
• Interact with the Accounting department to track money due to clients
• Assist with media monitoring and clipping; flag relevant industry news
• Administrative support, including monitoring emails, screening phone calls, and managing calendar
• Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications and Skills:

• BA/BS degree required
• Previous assistant experience preferred
• Internships at digital media and talent agencies are a plus
• Excellent written & communication skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with a team
• Proficient with PC, Microsoft Office Suite
• Nimble and flexible to succeed in a fast-paced environment and handle ad hoc requests
• Self-starter with the ability to think and work creatively and strategically

Salary: $21.00/hour; non-exempt

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), monthly stipend and paid holidays

A3 Artists Agency

We’re looking for a unique, energetic & driven marketer who shares our love for all things plant-powered. You’ll be managing the daily marketing activities of the brand and taking the lead on communication & brand growth. This is a hands-on role where you’ll be an integral part of a fast growing, purpose-led, sustainable f&b brand.

Starting salary: £35,000+

Starting date: March 2023. 

What you’ll be doing in a snapshot:

• Formulate grounded’s ongoing marketing strategy
• Work closely with the founders to drive overall brand awareness and sales 
• Oversee & execute all brand and marketing endeavours (on and offline)
• Engage with the target audience and find new niches and opportunities
• Track and analyse the performance of all campaigns

And specifically:

• Oversee social media accounts & content – manage consistency, and execute social media plans with our creative director, ensuring relevancy, great story telling, engaging content, applicable influencer relationships and overall out of the box thinking
• Paid Campaigns– understand campaign strategy and liaise with external campaign managers
• Emails – manage & maintain email campaigns through klaviyo
• PR – manage Publicity & appearances in press and other media, liaising with freelance PR manager to ensure commitment and evidence of meeting kpis
• Marketing materials – Managing all designed & printed marketing materials 
• Shopper marketing – Help increase sales & activation in-stores. Online & offline, across independents and grocery, including sampling
• Events – Sourcing, organising and running all trade and consumer events 
• Collaborative opportunities – seeking these to further raise Grounded’s profile
• Budgeting – Help prepare and manage the marketing budget on a quarterly and annual basis
• Reporting – Measure and report on the performance of marketing campaigns, gain insight and assess against goals
• Website – Ongoing management of shopify site including Blog posts & recipes, homepage refreshes & product updates

Requirements

• 2+ year’s experience (ideally within a SME f&b brand)
• Passion for brand & marketing, with the potential and attitude required to learn 
• Demonstrable passion for plant-based f&B
• Experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising marketing campaigns that engage, educate and motivate
• Some knowledge of website and social media analytics tools and platforms 
• A strong sense of design aesthetics and a love for great copy
• Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in online marketing and measurement
• Bsc/msc degree in Marketing or related field
• A deep resonance with the brand ethos (shared on application).

GROUNDED®

Social Media Manager

We’re looking for someone who loves great social media content across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube.

The perfect candidate will be adept at producing brilliant social content and have an understanding of what blows up algorithms and makes audiences engage.

We’re looking for someone who attacks the day, see’s opportunity and takes it, only wants to produce the highest quality creative work and is super organised.

This is a pivotal role for us.

Our team of killer content producers work with a select group of clients to grow their social channels.

We build brands for Podcasts & Personal Brands including:

• The High Performance Podcast (UK’s no 1 sports + biz podcast)

• Steven Bartlett (UK’s no 1 business influencer)

You will be responsible for:

• Scheduling, Posting and Managing content to meet client’s weekly social media schedules 
• Using effective Copywriting to capture audiences attention
• Repurposing long-form content such as Podcasts or newsletters into multiple formats for all major social media platforms
• Creating social assets and images using Canva
• Working with our video team to ensure they produce the most engaging short-form video clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels
• Developing new content ideas and strategies
• Drawing insights from analytics tools to evaluate content performance on a weekly and monthly basis
• You will be responsible for growing our clients’ social media profiles, increasing engagement and driving meaningful audience actions
• Be the main point of contact for your allocated clients, including taking check-in calls and answering enquiries in Slack and over email

The ideal candidate should:

• Actively follow the latest trends across social media 
• Want to create exceptional content that is a force for good in the world
• Be highly organised with strong prioritisation skills to be able to manage multiple client schedules at once, from different industries
• Have an interest in brand building, Podcasts, sports, entrepreneurship and personal development (would be useful but not essential) 
• Be comfortable operating in a fast-paced working environment
• Have fun! Want to work with cool people on cool stuff!

We want to work with someone who defaults to believing all problems are solvable and is resourceful enough to find a solution using their own initiative.

You’ll be someone that is creative, experimental, curious and willing to learn. We don’t care about age, degree, experience or lack thereof, at all. 

To apply:

1. Click Apply on Linkedin
2. Drop me 3 bullet points (maximum) about you + why you’re right for this role to [email protected] along with your CV.
3. Please include your salary expectations and working location in the email.

The role is ideally based in Bristol but I am open to remote or nearby for an exceptional candidate.

7x Content

About Us

Music Forward transforms young lives, inspires careers, and champions a more inclusive music industry. Music Forward bridges our communities to the music industry, empowers ambition, and creates momentum to redefine what is possible for the youth and industry we serve.

The Job

The HR Manager is a generalist who supports staff and organization development and drives implementation of Music Forward’s HR operations including recruitment and onboarding, professional development, and evaluations for staff and the internal internship program. The Manager will develop internal communications and trainings that foster a culture rooted in Music Forward’s values of music, diversity, innovation, connection, and excellence. Great candidates are excellent listeners and team builders who bring people together. The Manager reports to the Director of Operations. The position is based in Los Angeles with a hybrid work arrangement.

The details:

• Recruits, interviews, and facilitates the hiring of qualified job candidates in collaboration with hiring managers. Identifies and posts positions in places that ensures a diverse candidate pool. Manages applicant communications and conducts background and reference checks.
• Implements new hire orientation and employee recognition programs for professional and personal milestones. Solicits and incorporates feedback to develop programs, as well as manages implementation timelines and budgets.
• Drives professional development planning and operations. Works collaboratively with supervisors, gathers input from staff, and incorporates Music Forward’s strategic plan to determine training needs and career pathway opportunities. Identifies and promotes best practices to foster a coaching and mentorship culture incorporating shared tools and language. Increases internal communications and engagement in training opportunities. Implements ongoing professional evaluations, goal, and training tracking in new system.
• Manages internship program from recruitment through offboarding to ensure spring, summer, and fall placements across the organization. Develops supervisor training.
• Supports compliance with federal, state, and local employment and operational laws and best practices by staying on top of trends, liaising with legal and HR advisors and payroll company, and driving review of policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, and new technologies related to human resources and talent management.
• Be a leader and active member of the team. Take initiative and collaborate across staff in support of Music Forward programming, marketing, and operations. Research, brainstorm, recommend, and participate in required staff calls and meetings. Additional duties as assigned.

What you bring:

• 5 years in human resources or related fields with experience in leadership roles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to inspire a variety of stakeholders
• Experience in leading professional development programs and working with talent management systems
• DISC or similar assessment tool experience in org-wide implementation preferred
• Passion for music and live entertainment required
• High level of comfort working across a diverse staff and constituent base, and conscientious of reaching out with an inclusive voice
• Sound judgment and a commitment to high professional ethical standards
• Excellent organizational skills and experience in managing and developing teams.
• Flexibility to work early mornings, evenings and weekends to represent Music Forward at events and to support programs and special events as needed. Possess a car or has regular access to reliable transportation.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• College degree or equivalent experience.

Music Forward is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any of employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a salary of $68k-$75k, depending on experience. Excellent benefits include 100% paid medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances. Generous paid holidays (12) and paid sick leave (10 days), access to discounts and tickets to live entertainment events. 401k match.

Music Forward Foundation

Director, Human Resources.

Why BoomerangFX?

BoomerangFX is more than just a SaaS tech company – we are North America’s fastest-growing cloud-based enterprise software and digital marketing company serving the private pay aesthetic medical healthcare industry in segments such as dermatology, medspa, plastic surgery, women’s health, cosmetic vision, dental and hair restoration.

Our company is well-funded by international private equity. We have a market opportunity that is rare in its scale, recession resilient, and powered by a strong business model with an impressive leadership team of executives from Silicon Valley, digital marketing, fintech, and Fortune 100 technology firms. Trusted by a growing community of healthcare professionals across North America, our product is commercialized and delivers the only cloud-based SaaS solution for private healthcare practices that integrates practice management tools, electronic medical records, accounting, data analytics, digital advertising, and lead generation in a single user-friendly solution – this unique feature-rich practice management solution is supported by Artificial Intelligence and designed to help our clients succeed in the marketplace.

BoomerangFX is expanding rapidly across North America and international markets including Mexico, Australia, and the UK with industry-leading technology that is helping to modernize the inside of private healthcare practices. We are a company that thrives on innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. We have a passion for inspiring the next female entrepreneurs who are fueling the fastest-growing sector in private-pay healthcare. When you join BFX, you will be collaborating with a diversified and talented group of individuals and dynamic leaders while sharing in attractive compensation, benefits, and stock option programs. We foster a culture of teamwork, and continuous learning and celebrate a variety of social activities including weekly social hours, company paid lunches, live entertainment, offsites, motivational podcast speakers in-house and ongoing training and development events.

Your Role in a Nutshell

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and working closely with a group of diverse senior leaders, you will provide executive-level leadership, strategy and guidance pertaining to all human resources operations and activities. A self-driven leader, with a high degree of empathy, curiosity, compassion and strategic acumen, the Director of HR will be responsible for supporting the company’s ambitious growth needs evaluating and championing all people, culture, talent and organizational strategies to build a scalable foundation to support North American and International growth.

Scope of Duties

· Assess and advise senior executives on organizational design, provide independent objective guidance on optimal organizational structure

· Diagnose and re-engineer existing Human Resources processes, manage, develop and support a small team of human resource professionals and recruiters

· Lead recruitment strategy and talent attraction efforts

· Build relevant policies, procedures and organizational governance frameworks to support the growth objectives of the company

· Act as tactical advisor to senior leadership team to help solve business problems with consideration for near term and longer-term people and talent retention strategies.

· Provides consultative guidance to leaders, hiring managers, and the team on the talent acquisition process, market conditions and acquisition best practices to meet our highly aggressive talent acquisition requirements.

· Spearhead impactful talent management initiatives and training programs

· Evaluate the needs of the Human Resources function including all aspects of compensation, benefits, reporting and international requirements.

· Play a key role in the annual budgeting process in partnership with senior leaders in finance, operations and technology to ensure the company’s talent needs are well defined and executed effectively.

· Source strategic partnerships with universities, colleges to position our company as the employer of choice pertaining to internships and co-op placement opportunities

· Champion our brand identity at external forums that showcase the company’s culture, future prospects and values

· Oversee exit interview processes, terminations and monitor compliance with applicable laws and regulations in various jurisdictions

· Partner with senior leadership team to support our international expansion efforts including recruitment, talent management, performance management and third-party relationships.

· Institute effective performance evaluation scorecard to support a pay-for-performance culture

· Lead annual salary and incentive compensation planning process, including conducting market studies and benchmarking to support salary bands, merit increases, and equity-based compensation. Support the design of sales commissions programs.

· Evaluate, build and communicate employee policies including maternity leave, employee experience (onboarding and offboarding), engagement, diversity, inclusion and pay-for-performance management.

· Advise senior leaders and managers on our people and culture strategy and champion cross-functional efforts to maintain a highly engaging, collaborative and high-performance work environment.

· Lead and source professional development programs for emerging leaders to equip them to grow executive skillsets and assume broader leadership roles.

What You Offer

· Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution

· Completed (or working toward) CHRL designation is an asset.

· Experienced HR leader with a broad understanding of all technical and functional components of the Human Resources function

· Minimum of 3- 5 years of North American experience, ideally in high growth Startup or division of a larger organization experiencing rapid acceleration

· Experience in leading human resources initiatives to support business transformation

· Hands-on work ethic, with a “roll-up the sleeve” attitude with a passion for managing the details within a growing business

· Experience supporting operational initiatives with relevant personnel strategies

· Energetic and enthusiastic style with professional credibility and leadership presence

· A humble, approachable demeanor that builds trust across all levels of the organization

· Exceptional communication, presentation, and negotiation skills

Most importantly, you share our values…

· You roll up your sleeves

· You are agile

· You are resilient

· You never stop learning

· You want to be part of a global success story

BoomerangFX

The Pokémon Company International

Swedish

You: You wield the creative power of a master sorcerer-wizard in a chariot being towed by seventeen unicorns and one crocodile. Rainbows quiver at your pantone conjuring power. Few have experienced your interdimensional time management skills. Yet, many speak to your capability of gravitational time dilation to conquer deadlines. You employ psionic like powers to share your creative vibes with the hordes. You are all that is creative and humbled to share it with planet walkers.

Us: We are a team of designers and developers building a better customer experience in the fast-growing online sports betting space. Known the world over for our famous cafes, casinos, hotels and rock memorabilia collection, our newest venture takes the same Hard Rock ethos and brings it to the newly expanding online sports betting industry here in the USA.

Still interested? Good! On we go…

As Creative Director you will lead Hard Rock Digital’s in-house creative studio and external agency partners to define and grow our products across Sportsbook, Casino, and Social Games. Reporting to the Group Creative Director Product & Marketing you will be responsible conception, direction, and execution of our brand identity across our performance marketing consumer journeys.

In addition, you will be responsible for departmental operations directing a team of internal producers, designers, copywriters, and external agency partners to deliver large scale brand campaigns and high output performance and content marketing (Paid UA, Social, Website, Email) on time and on-budget.

What will you do?

• Lead Hard Rock Digital’s creative strategy and oversee internal team and external partners in the production of content across social, web, video (Online, CTV, TV), CRM, print, retail, and partnerships.
• Own our brand identity and establish design systems, tone of voice and brand guidelines to ensure consistency of brand usage across internal and external teams. Partner with Brand Marketing and Legal teams to enforce necessary brand guidelines for all internal and external stakeholder
• Oversee creative partnership with creative agencies and freelancers. Serve as the primary point of contact for initiation of new creative projects, onboarding support, design direction, and feedback.
• Establish and enforce creative development processes, ensuring all stakeholders take responsibility for, adhere to and are held accountable to deliverable timelines.
• Use your strong digital & direct response expertise and the ability to quickly identify, address and incorporate emerging data and tech trends into creative direction.
• Develop, and mentor a design team charged with acquiring and retaining players across touchpoints through exceptional design execution across products, services, and regions. Lead, develop and hire in-house copy writing team. Until established you will formulate and write creative copy for all areas of the business, inclusive of website, landing pages, promotional emails, ads, marketing and sales collateral, and product.
• Lead creative brainstorming sessions for in-house studio approving and rejecting ideas. Shepard agreed creative concepts through creative development and production process with internal stakeholders. Capture and consolidate feedback to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and Experience:

• 10 or more years of successful experience as a creative leader, with at least 5 years leading an in-house creative studio with a high degree of operational rigor.
• Strong portfolio of breakthrough creative leading to brand and performance outcomes that demonstrates copywriting and design excellence with a high bar of creativity to win hearts and minds of consumers.
• Significant experience in real money gaming industry with a focus on digital products. Additional sports marketing or lifestyle experience preferred whether leading creative efforts for a brand, media entity, lifestyle brand, or specific league/team.
• Experience managing a high volume of creative and campaign types in parallel with emphasis on performance marketing – paid user acquisition, CRM, web conversion optimization, and organic social.
• Exceptionally collaborative. Must have an ability to work cross-functionally with leadership, brand, creatives, product marketers, content marketers, and campaign managers of all levels.
• Network of production partners and free lancers to quickly fill ad-hoc needs and provide services not staffed on in-house team (video editing, music, etc.).
• Passion for sports and/or interactive gaming is a plus.

Why you’ll love it here:

• You’ll be part of a fast-paced high-energy team aligned with a passion for creativity and sports.
• We work hard, but we have fun. Otherwise, what’s the point?
• You will have true ownership over your area of responsibility, and your input will be pivotal to the company’s success. In turn, you’ll have a real impact on people and the sports betting industry.
• You will have the opportunity to roll up your sleeves and get down into the weeds to build out the future. You will have unlimited scope to grow as the business scales, developing your career and building a team along the way.
• We’re proud that we have a diverse team, are family-friendly, and have a flexible work environment with our HQ based in Florida, and a growing team internationally.

Other benefits:

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Flexible vacation allowance
• Flexible work from home or office hours
• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
• Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal-opportunities employer)

Hard Rock Digital

Job Description:

For this assignment with Aquent’s client, we are seeking a full-time (40 hrs/week) Senior Art Director.

Our client has created the future of apartment living, merging historical knowledge of the apartment industry with best practices of the hospitality industry to create the first true International Apartment Hotel brand, a differentiated living experience.

PAY RANGE: $48-52HR

ON SITE: DETROIT – 5 Days a week

TEMP ROLE: ASAP- around 4/14/2023

FULL TIME

Responsibilities:

• Able to give direction
• Logo Development; collateral packages for all properties. signage, banners, digital/website, digital advertising, strategy for PPC/Pd Social
• Intro videos at the sites as well (talk thru visually what’s on screen, how it flows, etc.)
• Delivery for each property
• Tailoring each creative/collatoral need is being tailored to each city. There may be things coming from different teams building the different high-rises. Would likely be getting imagery from the city teams. Likely assets they already have but some unique depending on how it’ll go.
• Creative development, comps, layout, owner approval, making sure all deliverables cohesive for each property, once printer is sending proofs, will provide proof approval, then installers and cities put them up.
• Possibly jump in on one-off projects because they have 19 properties/projects.
• Most work will be conceptual but within brand guidelines. Each city’s property will have their own spin on those as well.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality or related Management field
• Minimum of three (3) years of previous experience in Hospitality Operations with multi-site responsibilities as a Regional
• Ability to demonstrate adaptable interpersonal skills and work with business partners, colleagues and associates from diverse cultures and nationalities
• Ability to partner with colleagues and property associates in a collaborative manner and has the entrepreneurial spirit that will be required to be part of a “start-up” environment.
• Ability to prioritize the work of others and understand their motivating factors to achieve key objectives.

Aquent

We need a Creative Producer that can produce photo and video shoots to create Social Media Advertisements for our company. In the past I was looking for a more stylistic person that could develop out of the box content to promote their brand. Where as now we need someone that has more technical experience creating videos specifically used for Social Media Ads specifically on FB, IG, & Tik Tok. There are a few companies in LA I have found that produce this kind of content and have people in this specific role. Some of them are Narrative Ads, VaynerCommerce, & TubeScience. There are a lot more, but those are the few I have been researching.

This person needs to be able to help conceptualize the shoot, find all talent to produce the shoot (models, makeup, stylist, location, equipment, etc.), and after the shoot work with editors or edit themselves all the content. They need to come from one of these Ad companies so they can understand what Video and Photo content built to drive sales looks like.

In the process of moving new office in Culver City

All candidates should have reliable transportation

hybrid- 10-5

Producer

• Scouting Locations and Reserving for date that works with all involved parties

Casting Models & Dealing with Logistics of Payment/Coordinating Time

• Coordinate Stylists,MUA, and Hair for shoot

• Help conceptualize and moodboard shoots in line with my vision

• Be on site manager of shoots ensuring everything goes smoothly

• Collaborate with editors,graphic designers, and mixed media artists to develop final product visuals

• Step in the role of photographer or videographer if necessary

• Help plan shoot calender for the year and ensure content is ready on time.

Experience:

• Former/Current Photographer/Videographer – Ready to Level Up (Might not know they are ready) & Executively Produce/Creatively Direct Shoots alongside me.

• Adobe Suite Expert – Good enough understanding of most of these softwares. Not an expert in everything but good enough they can speak the language of the people they will be working with

• Few Years Experience/Understanding how a photoshoot runs. All the necessary people to make it work.

• Understands Streetwear and fashion culture in todays world.

• Ideally in the know with los angeles creator community of stylists, mua, hair, photographers, etc.

• Has a portfolio of good work

More Description (Describing who the ideal candidate is) :

• I’m looking for someone who wants freedom to be creative within the guidelines of our brand, but is very talented. They might not have been in a previous role of “Creative Producer”, but they can be trained to figure it out. As of now I had no formal training but run and creatively direct all our shoots. They’ve been doing “content” since they were young 17/18/19 and have done a lot of freelance in fashion and know the industry. They understand how to create tasteful cool content, a true creative that has technical skills as well. Someone who only has technical skills will not work for this role, because being a creative and conceptualizing/making dope content alongside me is the most important aspect of the role.

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