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Lakeshore Learning Materials is one of the most innovative manufacturers of educational materials in the country. Specializing in top-quality products for the home and classroom, we are a thriving multichannel organization with a robust web business, multiple catalogs for early learning and elementary programs, 60+ store locations, plus a sales force that is second to none. Thanks to the daily contributions of the amazing people who make up our team, Lakeshore has experienced continuous growth since the day it was founded in 1954.
We are currently looking for a Creative Operations Producer to be a hands-on steward of Lakeshore’s creative processes—helping us move multiple simultaneous projects forward from inception to final exit. You will be a primary stakeholder involved in everything from creating schedules and assembling teams to overseeing the final stages of production. As a successful candidate, you will possess sound judgment in making collaborative decisions for our Creative teams (including Art, Editorial, Marketing & Product Development). As you work to achieve team goals, you will rely on your exceptional problem-solving, critical-thinking and analytical skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and outcome-oriented, efficiency-focused mindset. This position is administered from our company headquarters in Carson, California.
- Defining, detailing and solving problems; seeking opportunities to develop and optimize processes; collaborating with stakeholders to meet challenges
- Providing feedback, advice, encouragement and motivation to become a resource and point person to other team members and peers; building good rapport with all partners to ultimately lead the team and resolve issues
- Creating relationships with partners to apply knowledge of department processes, provide solutions to achieve business goals and drive continuous improvements
- Planning, creating and executing schedules effectively after assessing the scope of a project; working with the PM to manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness
- Effectively communicating with requestors and internal partners to complete all projects in a timely manner, keeping hard deadlines in mind
- Ensuring accuracy and precision
- Maintaining awareness of everyone’s jobs
- Proactively identifying issues between teams and working to resolve them
- Arranging, supporting and taking notes for all reviews with developers, artists, writers, management and executives
- Supporting internal administration operations of the department
- Diving in when and where needed to support all needs—no task is too small
Got the skills and experience? Here’s what we’re looking for:
- 3–5 years of positive and proactive leadership/management
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field a plus but not required—experience, ability and leadership are our main concerns
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Microsoft 365 (Teams, OneDrive) and Adobe Workfront are essential
- Outstanding communication skills (written and oral)
- Superb organizational and time management skills
- Outstanding attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Great people skills across hierarchy—from entry level to executive management
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
- Ensuring the health, safety, security and welcome of all team members
- Expert knowledge of creative roles in order to seamlessly maneuver projects through the creative process
- A passion for brand, marketing and design, and the ability to inspire your team to always make their best efforts in support of the Lakeshore brand
- Excellent eye for content
Additional Information
And here’s our end of the bargain!
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience
- Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage—EPO, PPO and HSA
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
- Flexible benefits—choose what you like, ignore the rest
- Exceptional training and support, and all the resources you need to be successful
- Super-awesome annual profit bonus plan
- On-site preschool for our employees’ children
- On-site employee gym for all levels/fitness needs
- Generous employee discount
- Casual dress…and we really mean it
At Lakeshore, we know our diversity makes us stronger, and when everyone feels included and valued, we all win. We strive to embrace our differences and create an intentionally diverse and inclusive community that is representative of the teachers, families and children we serve.
We know we couldn’t do the extraordinary things we’re doing without the people on our team. Thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of this spectacular group, Lakeshore is more than a great place to work—it’s a great experience to be part of. Day in and day out, we give everything we’ve got to create products that instill a sense of wonder and foster a true love of learning. To help maintain this high bar for success, we’re constantly on the lookout for people to join us. So if you’re a down-to-earth professional who shares our desire for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
To learn more about Lakeshore, visit www.lakeshorelearning.com/careers
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
People are selected to become members of the Lakeshore family based on skill, merit, and mind-boggling talent—not based on race, color, creed, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, marital status, domestic partnership status, military status, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, AIDS or AIDS-related complex status, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If things aren’t equal, we all lose.
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Lakeshore Learning Materials
Who We Are:
Imprint Projects is a post-advertising creative agency. Two time Award Winner of 2019 AdAge Small Agency of the Year, Culture and Small Agency of the Year, Experiential.
Since 2011, our mission is to replace advertising with cultural production and dialogue. We elevate the world’s most influential brands with cultural content, experiences, and community programming. We provide Brand and Campaign Strategy, Experience Design, Event Programming and Production, Print & Digital Design and Social / Digital Strategy and more for our clients.
We value long-term partnerships with companies like Levi’s, Sonos, and Spotify, and leading nonprofits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art.
Our days are fast-paced, exciting and fun, and the vibe is comfortable and collaborative. We take care of our people with great benefits and opportunities for professional growth.
Who We Seek:
We are looking for a stellar agency Executive Producer to lead a team of senior producers, associate producers, and freelancers to develop and execute award winning work for our roster of amazing clients. The Executive Producer (EP) will be responsible for day-to-day project management, full cycle budgeting (financial health and project profitability) and scope adherence.
Wearing many hats, you will collaborate with our internal teams, serve as direct management, support, and a mentor to the team of Producers executing work in experiential, digital, social, and content across the projects they lead.
What You’ll Do:
- Define project scope and deliverables in close collaboration with Strategy, Creative and Bus Dev teams
- Direct and manage production from planning to post-mortem, including: project schedules, production plans, staff resourcing, vendor engagement, budget building, contract negotiation
- Manage the creation, development and presentation of project documents including strategy proposals, plans and recap documents
- Develop, present and negotiate project budgets and scopes with clients
- Guide multiple projects concurrently and troubleshoot if project strays from original, established scope, schedule or budget
- Organize, lead and report out during all project meetings (internal and external)
- Identify opportunities to better differentiate our project deliverables, highlighting the cultural and philosophical integrity of the Imprint Projects brand
- Lead, inspire and develop your team of Senior & Associate Producers
- Drive, maintain and champion all collaboration tools: project management software, calendars, file-sharing, time tracking, and company expense tracking
- Build, develop and grow business relationships with clients and external partners
What You’ll Bring:
- Minimum 10 years’ successful experience leading complex projects in an agency environment; a combination of agency and brand will be considered
- Minimum 5 years in a leadership role as a manager of people, team-builder and staff mentor
- Deep understanding and passion for the strategic and creative process, with consistent experience collaborating in the development of best practices in experience design, digital technology and content production
- Enthusiastic curiosity for identifying the new and compelling not just following the status quo
- Solid grasp and expertise budgeting projects from $50K to $5M
- Working knowledge of Google Apps and Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of Mavenlink is a plus!
- You are: Resourceful, Flexible, Accountable, Organized, Rigorous
- You have: Expert Judgment, Nimble Time Management, Collaborative Communication, Excellent Writing, Presentation Prowess
We strive to reflect the communities we serve and model the values we hope to see out in the world. Imprint Projects is committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and supporting an experimental and inclusive culture. We encourage applicants of all cultures, ethnicities, races, gender identities, nations of origin, ages, languages spoken, veteran’s statuses, religions, abilities, sexual orientations and beliefs. Imprint Projects will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Imprint Projects
Superfly is an experience company obsessed with activating and amplifying communities around common passions and unforgettable moments. We’re helping brands connect meaningfully to culture & creating the future of live entertainment. We support our partners in identifying and amplifying their unique slant within culture in ways that drive business objectives and create resonance.
From producing some of the world’s most iconic festivals, to media-driven joint ventures and location based entertainment, Superfly has been defining the creative edge of live entertainment for over 20 years.
Job Summary:
We’re looking for a project based Creative Producer (guaranteed 1 year contract) to lead the creative team in moving from concept to reality. In this role you will process everything from conceptualizing ideas and assembling the right team to overseeing the project through to the finishing stages of production. The Creative Producer will work in every aspect of the production process to make things happen. The ideal candidate will be a visionary, highly skilled and experienced.
Role and Responsibilities
- Main point of contact and liaison for Creative Partners (including but not limited to Scenic Vendors and Fabricators). Oversee and manage relationships and all associated aspects.
- Curate list of desired Vendors, Write RFPs, Oversee bidding process
- Manage vendors, troubleshoot design concepts and value engineer where needed
- Brief 3D artists, creatives, designers & architects to bring creative vision to life
- Be a creative lead on experiential and environmental design from concept to execution
- Aid in the creation of initial creative ideas via creative deck and layout
- Lead brainstorming and collaborative idea sessions
- Must have an understanding of other department needs and how to bridge the creative vision with daily operations
- Create mood boards, sketches, concept layouts, floor plans and renders as necessary
- Will be in collaboration with creative partners to help execute deliverables.
- Lead on Archives for in experience, including selection, management, contracting, insurance, displays, cleaning, storage and returns.
- Build documents that outline the entire consumer journey of the experience for sharing both internally and externally
- Lead Tech scouts and reporting findings to Operations, Production and Producers
- Collaborate on site selection/ layout and floor plan in conjunction with Producers, Production and Operations
- Oversee all creative installs and tear downs
- Create and oversee Creative Production workback schedule and ensure it’s being adhered to
- Work directly with producers & operations to create a best in class experience that still fits within the constraints of a budget
- Work with Production Director to ensure all Creative Production vendor paperwork and spends are being tracked in accordance with project processes
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Proven experience as a creative producer for 5-7 years
- Bachelor’s degree preferably related to experiential production. Relevant experience, skill and/or education may be considered in lieu of degree.
- A portfolio of original, creative, hosted video work
- Substantive experience in media production and project management
- Experience working on and concepting experiential events or a willingness to learn
- Strong, hands on knowledge of youth culture and the current media landscape, including a high degree of fluency in entertainment, and music
- Strong storytelling skills and the ability to clearly convey ideas through proposals, decks and client-facing presentations
- Outstanding leadership and organization skills
- Excellent relationship-building and influence skills
- Self-motivated, resourceful and detail-oriented
- Multitasking and prioritizing with ease in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Thrives in, and contributes to a positive, collaborative and fun work environment
Why Work at Superfly
We are idea evolvers, people lovers, music nerds and passionate humans who are constantly striving to enhance our industry leading-work. We have fun taking work seriously
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including generous company contribution towards employee medical benefits, 100% company paid dental, vision, and long-term disability plans, flexible spending account, voluntary life insurance, commuter benefits, retirement plan, flexible time off policy and a strong, collaborative, positive company culture which we expect you will contribute to. We are an equal opportunity employer.
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Job Description
Goal Overview
To oversee the episodic assistants while providing support for production.
Associate Producer Responsibilities
Production Support
- Firsthand communication with Producers upon arrival and throughout the day.
- Keep the production team up to date on project status.
- Generate prep and post status reports.
- Working with the production team to manage project SAN space.
Assistants Team
- Ensure your assists have all the information and elements require to perform and complete their tasks.
- Evaluate and reprioritize tasks as needed to accommodate changes in the daily schedule.
- Organize your assistants’ tasks to ensure projects meet their deadlines.
Preparations for Projects/Sessions
- Assist producers in WO and task creation, job spec wrangling
- Actualizing and billing out work orders.
- Confirm all material needed for project has arrived and has been forwarded to the appropriate individual(s)
- Interface with client if required materials for jobs are missing (i.e. rough cut, drives, etc.)
- Coordinate with Operations the rental and installations of any additional resources needed for projects.
Execution of Job
- Ensure all resources assigned to job are available as scheduled
- Make sure projects are ready for sessions to begin on time.
- Verifying project prep for any issues and/or missing items, and communicating them with the Producer and client.
- Communicate all session changes to Producer
- Work with Producer and assistants to troubleshoot any session related problems
- Assist in greeting and escorting clients to the bays upon arrival.
- Assist in checking in on artists, clients, assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported. The client should feel the producer’s presence and know that you are taking care of them.
Final Delivery
- Work with the vault to ensure delivery specs have been met
- Notify the Producer if any delivery deadlines that will or are in jeopardy of being missed
- Coordinate the archive of final VAM and CCM
Final Billing
- Ensuring all work orders and tasks are filled out and submitted, following up where needed.
- Actualize work orders for Producers sign off.
Virtual Sessions
- Setting up test feeds prior to session, including all face to face virtual interaction.
- Communicating with our Engineers if any network issues arise.
Engineering
- Engage Engineering staff to resolve urgent technical problems
- Ensure all rental resources are set-up and tested
Requirements / Background
- 2 year TV Post Production
- Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files
- Background and/or knowledge of offline editing
- Avid and/or FCP experience
- File based workflow experience
- Media Pulse and/ or post production scheduling software experience
- Post scheduling experience
Company 3
Commercial Casting
Only actors available in Miami,FL.
Actress 35 to 55 years old
Actor 18 to 30 years old
They have to speak perfect English.
Good comedians.
This is a real funny commercial.
Just Internet.
1 day shooting
$750 each.
Filming date December 17, 2021
CONSULTING AGENCY COMMERCIAL/VIDEO
Project Type: Commercial
Union Status: NON-UNION
Rate of Pay / Contract:
300/day
Submission Deadline: 12/08/2021
Director: Matt Ranta
Casting Director: Matt Ranta
Start Date(s): 12/17/2021
Audition Date(s): 12/10/2021
Callback Date(s): 12/13/2021
Shoot Location: Denver, Colorado USA
Usage: Global, online, 12-48 months. Will be posted on YouTube and company website until no longer timely and relevant.
Conflicts: None
Additional Project Info:
Must supply own professional office wear wardrobe.
Roles:
[PROFESSIONAL PERSON 1]
22 to 60 years old, all ethnicities male or female. Professional office appropriate grooming – think of clients who are Fortune 500 companies and what their wardrobe and appearance expectations would be. Neatly styled/trimmed hair. No facial tattoos. affable, professional, trustworthy, genuine
[PROFESSIONAL PERSON 2]
22 to 60 years old, all ethnicities male or female. See professional person 1 for details here – should be the same. See professional person 1 for details here – should be the same.
STORYLINE:
Office setting. Reviewing presentations, discussing items on whiteboard, presenting to room. reviewing websites and discovering improvements. Will be a commercial touring abilities of consulting practice and needs supporting imagery intended to give a sense of the work that will be done for a client.
MAJOR SNEAKER BRAND CAMPAIGN – 12/09 TO 12/10 (LOS ANGELES)
Seeking:
Pole Vaulter
- Female
- Any Ethnicity
- Ages 16 to 26
- Rate: $1,000/day
Body Builder
- Female
- Any Ethnicity
- Ages 16 to 26
- Rate: $1,000/day
CASTING:
- Looking for beautiful humans of New York who experience acne flare ups.
- Age 28 – 45
- All Genders
- Sizes
- Colors
Shooting December 14 in New York City
Searching for real female cardiologists in Los Angeles
In each episode of the series, an expert will explain a given condition through the senses. Sitting at a table, straight to camera, the expert will go through different senses to give viewers a more visceral understanding of what it feels like to have this condition. Preferred age range 40 – 60 years old, some on-camera experience, and good credentials.
Rate: $1000 for a 10 hour day.
This will be featured on Self.com, YouTube, and SELF’s social media channels.
Shoot: December 9
Feature Film Open Casting
Heather Basten Casting is casting for a 90’s-era Feature Film from BBC Film. The two lead characters are working class, free-spirited, and have a confident attitude.
You do not need to be an actor to apply! No experience needed. We are keen to meet young people from the local community.
Casting For:
- White girls / non-binary people 18 years old minimum
- South Asian or MENA girls / non-binary people 18 years old minimum.
- Big push for young people who genuinely wear a hijab
Should look young – playing age 16 years old) and be from London, Essex, or Kent.
Shooting: Spring 2022 in London. Professionally paid.