Cleveland Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Hotbed is a video content studio focusing on knowledge, skills and culture. In business for over 21 years, Hotbed works with clients throughout the country and the world to produce effective, creative and impressive video-centric projects for the finance, construction, business services, education, retail, training and healthcare industries. Operating in a hub-and-spoke model, our core team works with trusted partners in several key markets/disciplines to build groups of artists, producers, and specialists to fulfill our 50% live action, 50% motion graphics video engagements.

Hotbed is seeking a skilled Executive Producer/Account Services Leader to join our growing team. This person will be the main client contact and project architect for the company, working with clients to build video engagements that solve their business challenges creatively and effectively. The Executive Producer will lead the Hotbed team of producers and artists in project and business performance, guiding them as they create and execute projects, ensuring their work meets client agreed-upon goals, and Hotbed standards of quality throughout.

Responsibilities:

• Client Services: You’ll work with clients to create lasting relationships over the course of the video engagement and beyond. Hearing and responding to the business challenge through capabilities presentations, pitches, scoping and budgeting with an eye for the ultimate client need and creative goal.
• Project architecture: You’ll lead Hotbed core staff to build the right teams for the right projects. Using Hotbed’s trusted partners (and introducing your own!), you’ll assist producers in identifying, confirming and launching teams, then ensuring their success throughout the life of the projects.
• Team Leadership: Serving as leader of the Hotbed team, you’ll run weekly team meetings, guide core staff through project challenges, enforce project/client boundaries and help foster leadership amongst teammates. Responsible for annual reviews, goal setting, identifying growth/educational opportunities, etc.
• Creative Guidance: You’ll become the high-level expert on clients, chiming in on creative and logistical choices and ensuring quality is upheld throughout the process.
• Marketing/Business Development: You’ll build trusted long-lasting relationships with clients and preserve those already established. You’ll look for opportunities for clients to maximize their investment with Hotbed through education on video, styles and applications for different platforms. You’ll curate content for social media, work with our marketing stakeholders and others to build awareness for Hotbed’s offerings within current and prospective clientele.
• Business Admin: You’ll collaborate with Hotbed’s operations team, accounting team and Founder to ensure the business of the work is running smoothly. While you won’t be in the weeds on these items, you will be the leader responsible for overseeing their success.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience working in commercial/corporate video production and postproduction with progressive career and leadership build
• Mastery experience of client management, strategy with a focus on relational partnership
• Scoping/Budgeting/Actualizing experience a must
• Experience managing/leading artists including on set crew, postproduction teams and specialists such as VO, audio, colorists etc
• Experience managing/producing BOTH production and postproduction
• Working familiarity with video production applications/software including Adobe Suite

What you’ll get:

• Opportunity to run and shape a stable brand in growth
• Unlimited PTO and flex schedule
• Work from home
• Excellent health/vision/dental insurance benefits
• Annual bonuses and business development incentives
• Team lunches/happy hours

Hotbed

Casting Deaf or Hard Of Hearing Child Actor for Short Film

The project is a comedic short film that centers around a sign language interpreter. We are seeking either male and female talent in the age range of 8-14 with all backgrounds and ethnicities in consideration. The role is for the young son or daughter of the main character whom both communicate through ASL.

Role: 

Deaf or Hard Of Hearing child

Casting Requirements: 

-Must be fluent or semi-fluent in American Sign Language.

Tentative Filming Date: 

Dates are still TBD but we are aiming for early December

Rates: 

$600 flat rate for the day 

Travel – Expenses can be reimbursed.

Location: 

Cleveland, OH

LOOKING FOR:

Role: Photo Double

• –Ages: 18-25
• –Caucasian
• –Male

Tentative Shoot Date:

Wednesday, November 3rd (overnight shoot in Salem, OH)

You must have full day availability.

COVID Testing Date:

November 1st between 5:00pm-6:30pm

OR

November 2nd between 5:00pm-6:30pm

(You will also be tested when you arrive to set on your filming date)

ALL TESTING will be done on-site in Cleveland and will be paid for by production. Must be COVID-tested even if you have been vaccinated.

Upon booking you will receive instructions on how to verify your vaccination status. Please do not send us photos of your vaccination cards at this time.

Shoot Location:

–Salem, OH

Local hire only

Please note: Any travel/lodging is NOT paid for or reimbursed by production. Please do not submit if making multiple trips to Cleveland & Salem will be a problem.

Pay Rate:

–$12/hr for filming. Guaranteed 8 hours of pay for filming day(s).

–$20 flat rate for each COVID test

Date – 11/2 – 11/3

Project – ESPN – CFB – Northern Illinois vs Kent State

Location – Dix Stadium (Kent, OH)

Position – Skilled Utility / Grip

Rate – $250 / 10 

~RUSH CALL! Seeking Background for ‘Overpass’ Scene for Netflix Feature Film Wheat Germ~

Please read carefully, entirely, and follow all directions in order to be considered.

You may submit if you have already booked on this film. Please note which dates you have played in your submission.

LOOKING FOR:

Role: Adult Evacuees

• –Ages: 3+
• –Any Ethnicity
• –Any Gender

Tentative Shoot Dates:

• Thursday, October 28th (night shoot in Salem, OH)
• Friday, October 29th (night shoot in Salem, OH)
• Saturday, October 30th (night shoot in Salem, OH)

–YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE ALL DAYS. HOWEVER YOU MUST HAVE FULL DAY AVAILABILITY FOR THE DAYS YOU SUBMIT FOR. PLEASE INDICATE WHICH DATES YOU ARE FULLY AVAILABLE FOR IN YOUR SUBMISSION.

Please note, all dates listed will be overnight shoots!

–Covid Testing and Fitting Dates

(Please note there are TWO options for Fittings below).

Option A) IF you have already been fit for the Overpass scene and production can verify that you are fully vaccinated you will only need to attend a pre-filming covid test.

Pre-Filming Covid Test: Today, October 26th from 5-7:30pm OR tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27th from 5-6:30pm.

Option 

 If you have never been fit for this scene, you will need to attend a Pre-Fitting Covid test as well as a Pre-Filming Covid test. Please see your following Options:

Pre-Fitting Covid Test: Tonight, October 26th from 5-7:00pm

Fitting: Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 27th

Pre-Filming Covid Test: Same day as Fitting

(You will also be tested when you arrive to set on your filming date)

Regardless of the option below that will apply to you, ALL TESTING will be done on-site in Cleveland and will be paid for by production. Must be COVID-tested even if you have been vaccinated.

Upon booking you will receive instructions on how to verify your vaccination status. Please do not send us photos of your vaccination cards at this time.

Shoot Location:

–Salem, OH

Local hire only

Please note: Any travel/lodging is NOT paid for or reimbursed by production. Please do not submit if making multiple trips to Cleveland for testing/fitting or driving to Salem for filming will be a problem.

Pay Rate:

• –$10/hr for filming. Guaranteed 8 hours of pay for filming day(s).
• –$20 flat rate for each pre-filming/pre-fitting COVID test
• –$20 flat rate for costume fitting