Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

POSITION SUMMARY

The Executive Producer reports to the Managing Director. The Executive Producer oversees the smooth operation of the shows as well as the management of producers, client relationships and the shows – and ultimately the studio, and brand – financial status as well as being involved in the direction and growth of the local studio.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

SHOW PLANNING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Oversees show progress and show budgets.
• Reviews financial progress of shows and reports to MD on status.
• Accomplishes subsidiary show objectives by establishing and collaborating on budgets, delivery quotas, efficiency metrics, resource allocation, schedules, course corrections.
• Works with Head of Production, Creative Operations and workforce planning to ensure proper resourcing and team allocation for all shows.
• Works with show producers to ensure show scheduling is accurate and accounted for.
• Works with production and creative teams to ensure that deliverables are met within agreed budgets/targets.
• Works with show producers and supervisors to ensure client directives and deliverables are being achieved.
• Regularly meets with show producers and supervisors to understand show progress and deliverables.
• Cascades company messaging and provides key role in change management programs, as necessary.
• Maintains overall view of resource for projects, including coordinating with HR on the impact of employment contracts.
• Manages bidding process.
• Works with sales team to support business development leads for local site, as required.
• PnL reporting at FEV level where necessary
• Negotiates legal/contracts and ensure they are progressed to execution
• Ensures invoicing and cash collection is prioritized

CLIENT MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for key client relationships and liaison, including Producers and Studio figures
• Negotiates major changes to schedules and awards,
• Sometimes works as Producer on a small show, or covers until show team is onboard
• Ensures timely communication and clarity to clients in financial and schedule matters
• Helps to ensure that the correct senior talent is assigned to shows
• Where necessary, act as a liaison for senior creative talent and clients
• Works closely with VFX Supervisors to balance client needs with internal team management, and coaches on strategic approach where necessary
• Maintains and furthers the profile of MPC within the VFX community locally and in the worldwide market
• Works with Finance team to support client tax credit application

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Directly responsible for VFX Producers
• Works with fellow EP’s to ensure that working practices are in alignment
• Accountable to clients for high-level oversight of all local projects
• Works closely with MD and local Senior Management Team
• Identify and develop next generation of talent with SMT

Qualifications

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• At least 5 years’ experience as a VFX Producer in a Tier 1 or 2 VFX business.
• Strong working knowledge of bidding in Featured VFX and/or Episodic content.
• Capacity to oversee, analyze and maintain a budget.
• Solid planning and scheduling experience in a fast-paced environment, deadline driven creative environment.

ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to manage multiple projects in varying stages while maintaining a high quality of work.
• Proven ability to excel in a constantly changing environment, manages uncertainy.
• Ability to use data to influence, challenge the status quo and reinvent the way we work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships based on trust.
• Resilience and/or ability to cope with and rise to the inevitable challenges, problems and setbacks and come back stronger from them.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-pace environment.
• Creative problem solver aptitude.
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure and/or through difficult times.
• Ability to develop others, mainly junior staff requiring support on both technical skills and people skills
• Strong sense of team dynamics, and capacity to lead by example to support crew in a positive morale generating style.
• Solid emotional intelligence aptitudes.

MPC

TAKE THE HELM OF OUR RECORDING STUDIO!

APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS

(Please note only completed applications will be reviewed)

Apply for one of our RECORDING STUDIO DIRECTOR positions at one of our camp partnerships in Eastern, PA (Tyler Hill Camp).

www.tylerhillcamp.com

STEP 1: Please fill out our on-line application at

www.musicascension.com/summer-2022-teaching-artist-application

STEP 2: Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]

We are looking for an inspiring, greatly skilled, organized, and enthusiastic Producer/Songwriter to work with campers (ages 8-15) at this highly regarded sleep-away summer camp.

Recording studio is equipped with Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic, and Reason as well as Native Instrument Komplete 13.

This position as Music Studio Director will facilitate the creation and production of an album (6-12 songs) that features the original music and lyrics written & recorded by the campers over the course of the summer!

Classes to be led include Songwriting & Recording, Beat Production, and Collaborative Musical Games. Other types of music classes you may want to facilitate are welcome as well.

For over 20 years, Music Ascension www.musicascension.com has worked to inspire camp communities by helping young people discover, develop, and share their creative voices by writing and recording their own original songs.

Music Ascension will provide mastering engineer and graphic designer. Mixing engineer can be provided if needed.

Although you will have the ability to use the recording studio for your own work at night and off hours, please know this is not an Artist-In-Residence position and you will often need to use non-teaching time for session prep as well as post production responsibilities.

QUALITIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

– Collaborative, positive-minded, FLEXIBLE and able to help cultivate a fun, educational, and inspired CAMP community.

– Strong experience in songwriting and music production and feel right at home inside a recording studio.

– Experience teaching in group settings. Private lessons are great, but we are looking for people that can command a room and inspire groups of people to get excited about making music.

– Work flow solid enough so as not to be greatly slowed while running sessions/classes. .

– Developed Audio Engineering skills to efficiently set up sessions, properly place microphones, edit sessions on the fly and have familiarity with outboard gear (preamps, compressors, etc.)

– Strong ability to mix album to quality standards.

– Experience working in summer camps is a major plus.

– Experience performing in front of large audiences also a major plus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

$5000 – $6,500 Salary + Room & Board provided at camp.

Accommodations: Varied: shared room with one other staff person; or private room staff housing

This is an 8 week job commitment

DATES:

STAFF ORIENTATION BEGINS ~ approximately June 17, 2022

CAMPERS ARRIVE: ~ June 26, 2022

CAMPERS DEPART: ~ August 13, 2022

APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS

(Please note only completed applications will be reviewed)

STEP 1: Please fill out our on-line application at

www.musicascension.com/summer-2022-teaching-artist-application

STEP 2: Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]

Music Ascension LLC

Description:

Seeking Professional Female Promo Models to work in an ITF Convention. Job description: 1) Greeting and responding to Visitors. 2) Conveying simple product information. 3) General Support. 4) Following directions from the client etc.

Breakdown: HOW DID WE GET HERE

Project Type: Non-Union Feature Film

Union Status: NON-UNION

Rate of Pay / Contract:

$100+ guaranteed

SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

Submission Deadline: 06/18/2022

Please include size cards.

Casting Director: Michael Lee

Director: Eddrick Hodges

Producer: Aaron L Williams

Start Date(s): 06/30/2022

Audition Date(s): 06/15/2022, 06/17/2022, 06/18/2022, 06/14/2022

Callback Date(s): 06/18/2022

Shoot Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Additional Project Info:

Non-Union Feature Film shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We are only seeking talent for local hire.

Roles:

[BIANCA]

25 to 30 years old, Black, Mixed Ethnicity, Hispanic female. Beautiful 25-30 got a temper and a little crazy side

[CALVIN]

35 to 45 years old, African, Black male. 35 or older Handsome Well groomed man

[CJ]

7 to 13 years old, African, Black male. African American 9 years old male

[STEPHANIE]

8 to 12 years old, African, Black female. African american 12 year old cute female

[DR. WATERS]

45 to 65 years old, African, Black male. 45 plus years, mature full of wisdom

[GRACE]

35 to 45 years old, African, Black, Mixed Ethnicity, Hispanic female. Friend 35-40 beautiful african american female great personality

[JAMES]

25 to 35 years old, African, Black, Mixed Ethnicity, Hispanic male. handsome well groomed 25-30

[LISA]

35 to 45 years old, African, Black female. 35-40 beautiful african american female great personality

[MIRANDA]

35 to 45 years old, African, Black, Mixed Ethnicity, Hispanic female. 35-40 Beautiful Female

[SHAWN]

35 to 45 years old, male. Skinny around 30 years old energetic fun and can not keep his hands off his wife (overly expressive)

[SHERRY]

45 to 65 years old, African, Black, Mixed Ethnicity, Hispanic female. 45 or older, wonderful personality,pretty

[TASHA]

35 to 35 years old, female. Friend 35-40 beautiful african american female great personality

[TERESSA]

35 to 45 years old, female. 30 years old plus size fun can not keep her hands off her husband (overly expressive)

[THERAPIST]

45 to 65 years old, male or female. 45+ therapist

STORYLINE:

Break-out director, Therapist, and book Author, Eddrick Hodges presents “How Did We Get Here”. A feature length therapeutic drama about a warring couple attending a marriage retreat in one last attempt to save their marriage before calling it quits.

Production Title: International Game Company Commercial Casting Call

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Thursday, June 23rd. Must be available to work full-time.

Casting:

• Male and Female
• All Ethnicities
• Ages: 17 to 22 years old
• men and women ages 17-22

Covid Test:  No Covid vaccination requirement but client strongly prefers all to be vaccinated.
(Talent will be required to schedule their own PCR test 48 hours in advance of the shoot date) 

Rate: Pay is $1,000 – $1,200 / Day

Production Title: Self Driving Car Commercial

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Miami, Florida from Monday, June 13th to Tuesday, June 14th.  

Casting: 

• African Amercian men 30-50 for role of father
• African American boys 6-15 for role of son
  • can be real father and son or singles to match
  • All ethnicities, and multiracial
  • men and women
  • ages 17 – 26 or so
• College types
  • really young looking
• Multiracial men 25-40
  
• Multiracial couples 25-40
  • real couples or singles to match ok.
• Talent with visible disabilities 
  • All ethnicities
  • Male and female
  • 17-30 years old

Covid Test: Not required

Rate: Pay is $1000/10 hours

Production Title: ‘IN PURSUIT’ with John Walsh EP. 404A

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extra to work on scenes filming in Knoxville Tennessee, from Tuesday, June 14th to Wednesday, June 15th.

Role: Homeowner

• Black male
• 30-40 years old 
• speaks to detectives about house party, 1 scene

Covid Test: No

Rate: Pay is $75/Day + Hotel

Production Title: ‘IN PURSUIT’ with John Walsh EP. 404A

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extra to work on scenes filming in Knoxville Tennessee, from Tuesday, June 14th to Wednesday, June 15th.

Role: Witness

• Black male/female
• 20-30’s
• needed for 1 scene, speaks to detectives

Covid Test: No

Rate: Pay is $75/Day + Hotel

Production Title: ‘IN PURSUIT’ with John Walsh EP. 404A

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Knoxville Tennessee, from Tuesday, June 14th to Wednesday, June 15th.

Role: Friends # 1 and #2 

• Black males
• ’20-’30s
• “drinking” at a party, should be comfortable with scripted gun violence
   

Covid Test: No

Rate: Pay is $125/Day + Hotel

Production Title: European TV Series

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Europe from July – November 2022 – April 2023.

Roles: Male Identifying Japanese 

• Age 25-60 years old
• Ideally fluent in english and japanese 
• Must be base in Europe or UK

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: Pay is $$