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Diverse Voices: Looking for Performing Arts Facilitators
Open Call for Performing Arts Facilitators

Diverse Voices is a performing art in education charity providing arts-based education, furthering young people’s life skills and confidence, and addressing relevant, topical issues prioritized within schools and educational settings. 

We work with a pool of freelance facilitators and creatives annually, providing paid roles and opportunities in our education programs. We are looking to recruit a wide variety of new facilitators to work with.

We are actively seeking people with a passion for the arts with equal amounts of creativity, patience, experience & energy. Diverse Voices encourages applications from currently under-represented people, particularly in terms of ethnic and disability diversity.

The following is required:

– Enhanced DBS certificate dated within the last 2-3 years (as of February 2023) – or if not, willingness to undergo DBS check
– Desire to work in locations in London and Greater London
– Reliability and punctuality
– Experience in working with young people
– Experience in performing arts
– Open and willing to learn new skills and have fun

We are looking for a varied group of actors, facilitators, dancers, musicians, and creatives from a wide variety of backgrounds – and would especially like to encourage facilitators who identify as male or non-binary to apply.

Our roles vary from a few hours for a workshop/performance (plus training/rehearsal) to more permanent 7-week commitments. They are all paid functions supported by our core team – including workshops & safeguarding training, and more.

We are looking for creatives with professionalism, empathy, energy, and passion for successfully supporting our children and young people. 

CASTING Woman aged 36-46 – cool look, with a warm and expressive face.

(HAS BEEN IN NO COMMERCIAL EVER PLEASE) 

• It’s for the charity GambleAware. If selected, you’ll be standing-in for a woman who has experienced the impact of compulsive gambling -though thankfully is now in recovery.
• The final shot of the advert will be optimistic and encouraging people to seek help, with the woman surrounded by friends living her normal life.
• Please only apply if you’re comfortable with the subject matter.
• The ad will be on TV, VOD, Social media, Online for up to three years (if they want to extend any of that for longer they will pay you again). If you’re OK with the subject matter, available etc!

Shoot Day Fee: £250 per day up to 11 hours (including 1 hour for lunch) Monday 20th February. 
Recording Studio Fee (if required): £200 per 2 hours
Wardrobe: £50
Overtime is £50 per hour following the 11th hour
Usage Fee: £2,000 payable upon first use of the Campaign Materials if featured in the final cut. 

Looking for black women who play character-led video games

STARK CASTING

CAMPAIGN FOR LEADING BEAUTY BRAND

CASTING BLACK WOMEN IN WHO PLAY CHARACTER-LED VIDEO GAMES / AGED 20-40

MUST BE AVAILABLE ACROSS/ DATES – 4TH – 7TH MARCH

WELL PAID
NO MODELS OR ACTORS

LEAD ROLE IN FEATURE FILM

We are on the search for females aged 17-19, based in Scotland who are originally from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, Israel!

OPEN CALL – DALLAS

Wednesday 2/22/2023
3PM-5PM
750 North St. Paul Street, Suite 209, Dallas, TX 75201

Ages 16+
Women: height 5’9”+
Men: height 6’+
All sizes welcome

CASTING CALL

WE ARE CASTING FOR THE LATEST MICHAEL GRACEY [THE GREATEST SHOWMAN] FEATURE FILM

SEEKING:

• WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGED: 9-14
• MUST HAVE A NATIVE POTTERIES ACCENT AND ACTING SKILLS, FOOTBALL ABILITY IS A BONUS

CASTING 1 x woman in her 30s with ‘English Rose’ style colouring

Primary skin concern should be dryness (this is vitally important to the campaign – they will need visible signs of dryness for closeup non moisturised skin. ) for beauty campaign.

Fees / Dates:
Filming in London in very late February or early March. The cast will be asked to also meet the client team in person at some point before the shoot.

The cast will be paid £500 for filming, plus £4,000 usage (the campaign will be used for two years online and on social media – paid + organic views, in-store / clients own online & in-store, in-store collateral, digital & performance marketing, Organic Social, Press/PR.

PLEASE NOTE: There is also a chance that some of the footage might be used for TV or billboards (DOOH / OOH) – this will be confirmed at a later date and would involve additional payment. 

Casting models for a medical compression photoshoot. Note: Applicants must have lymphedema.

Production states: “Looking for a very diverse cast, aged 40y+, male and female. It is mandatory, that the talent is suffering from a Lymphedema (legs or arms.) The client will custom-fit their new compression product to the needs of the talent.

The talent will be paid for their fee as well as their buyouts (worldwide, all media excl. TV). Travel costs will be covered by the production.

Note: Applicants must have lymphedema (arms or legs). Submissions without a photo showing this will not be considered.

At Armadillo, we work with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Disney, McDonald’s, P&O Cruises and Cunard Cruises, to produce beautifully creative and effective CRM campaigns.

We believe in the long-term success that comes from always putting the best interests of our clients and the well-being and progression of our staff at the heart of everything we do. We are ambitious and free-thinking, yet at the same time pragmatic and straightforward.

We have ambitious plans to grow the agency. Our aim is to become the UK’s most recommended CRM agency: the one everyone wants to work with or for.

We are now on the lookout for an Account Director to join our Client Services team here at Armadillo. So, think you can help us?

Account Director Role

The Account Director is responsible for leading the day-to-day relationship with client stakeholders up to senior level, taking responsibility for all projects managed by your team and directly managing larger projects as required. As Account Director, you will direct the delivery of work from the Armadillo team profitably, efficiently and on-budget.

Account Director Responsibilities

• As Account Director, you will own and maintain excellent client-agency relationships with client stakeholders at all levels
• Present major or complex project scope and budget proposals, project and status updates, and creative work to clients – demonstrating effective verbal communication skills whether in person or virtually, securing client’s understanding, buy in and project approval
• Producing written work such as project presentations, proposals, budgeted scopes of work, timing plans, reports and client comms for Senior Manager levels
• At Account Director level, you will be expected to provide expertise, guidance and support for both junior CS team members, as well as team members in other disciplines to help them meet project goals and deliverables
• Identify opportunities to delivery efficiency for the client, accurately estimating resource requirements within and outside of Armadillo, costing to ensure profitability for Armadillo in line with our business targets
• Monitor, reconcile and manage resource deployment against client projects – directing team resources as required to ensure profitable delivery of projects within budgeted hours, and reporting accurately on project health of all projects to more senior CS team members when required
• Creating and issuing invoices to clients accurately and on time, recording invoicing in line with Armadillo’s invoicing process – track and report on client invoicing and provide updates for senior team members as required
• Identify opportunities to secure incremental projects and scope with clients, sharing business cases internally based on the rationale for the client sales growth potential for Armadillo
• Convert business growth opportunities to additional sales by engaging client stakeholders with the rationale for additional projects
• Understanding the client’s strategic goals, and supporting the development of strategic plans and responses to client briefs, demonstrating excellent understanding of client’s strategic requirements by providing valuable inputs, insights and feedback for the Strategy team
• Prepare complex timing plans to the highest standard
• Write briefs to the highest standard for complex or major projects, whether for creative, analysis or strategy requirements and support more junior team members with producing their briefs
• Lead the task management and resource allocation across all projects for the client – take overall responsibility for coordinating client stakeholder input and Agency team members in all disciplines
• Lead the effective solution of problems, whether related to internal or client stakeholders
• Ensure the maintenance of the highest quality assurance standards in your own work and your CS and PM team members and hub
• As an Account Director, you will support the professional development of SAM, AM, and AE team members, providing effective mentoring and leading the QPR process as a Pro
• Support business development by participating in pitch teams as required
• Support recruitment by participating in interviewing and assessing candidates for junior CS roles
• Support the marketing of Armadillo by providing content and inputs related to client projects that support Armadillo’s proposition to Marketing team members – be an ambassador for Armadillo online, at events and all other opportunities
• Our Account Directors also support the leadership of the cross-functional Hub team, deputising where relevant for the Client Partner to support the maintenance of a high-performing team that embodies Armadillo’s values and is aligned around our goals and the client development strategy

Account Director Requirements

• Experience in an Account Director role is desirable, or minimum 2 years’ experience at SAM level
• Understanding of agency Client Services techniques
• Excellent understanding of CRM principles and data-driven marketing best practices
• Great communicator and great at building relationships with clients as well as colleagues at Armadillo
• Leadership qualities, from supporting a CS team, guiding projects, mentoring and recruitment support
• Well organised and demonstrate thorough attention to detail
• Demonstrate highly proficient use of MS Office Suite (including Google Equivalents), Harvest and Forecast
• Highly motivated to meet deadlines and the highest standards
• Dedication to producing work to be proud of both individually and as a team
• Continuously seek to improve the quality of your work by applying critical thought and digging deeper into briefs and requirements

Armadillo Benefits

• Hybrid environment – 2 days in our central Bristol office / 3 days optional office/home working
• Catered lunches Tuesday – Thursday at our office & breakfast options
• 25 days’ annual leave plus a day off on your birthday, increasing by 1 day per annum at each year anniversary up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Summer and Christmas hours – finish 2.5 hours early one Friday per month in June, July, August and December
• Contributory company pension 4% employee 3% employer of total pay through salary sacrifice, escalating 1% each year following your 2nd anniversary at Armadillo, up to 8% employer contribution
• Bupa dental care
• Vitality health insurance
• Lots of social events, including Summer and Christmas parties
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offered by Assured Health
• IPA Membership
• Bristol Creative Industries Membership

Equal opportunities

Armadillo is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

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Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We’re achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global – we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with nearly half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer. 

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

We believe in the power of diversity. If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our Diversity Champions, Hannah and Farhana. 

Content at Unifrog

Whether we are communicating through images, video or text, we always try to be straightforward, honest, and to show respect for the people with whom we are communicating. 

Clear communication is particularly important for us because our mission is to level the playing field when it comes to access to opportunities, and a big part of this effort is fair and straightforward access to information. It’s also important for us to be fun, while not talking down to young people. 

Over the last few years, with only a small and mostly non-specialist team, we have created hundreds of videos aimed at students and teachers. 

We now have an exciting slate of new video projects that we want to produce. We want to use video:

• To develop some of the most popular parts of the Unifrog platform, currently used by hundreds of thousands of young people every week to explore different careers, different subjects at university, and topics that matter to them like Climate Change and Wellbeing.

• To help us create brand new tools within the platform, expanding what Unifrog offers to young people, and how we interact with external partners like employers and universities.

We also want to improve the quality of the videos we create, making them slicker and more useful to our users.

The role 

We are looking for a skilled and creative Producer/Director who will shoot and edit 3-6 minute videos aimed at young people, which will be hosted on different parts of the Unifrog platform. You’ll also create some short videos for our marketing and sales teams to use. As well as creating the videos you will work with others to arrange the shoots. 

Shoots can happen in person with professional equipment, in which case you’ll be the sole person shooting, including controlling lighting and sound, and then editing. They can also happen as interviews on Zoom; for these you’ll conduct and record the interview, then edit them. 

In the last year we’ve made videos like: 

• A maths professor speaking about her day-to-day job, and giving advice to young people considering becoming an academic (shot in person); 
• An art history undergraduate speaking about the best and worst aspects of their course (shot on Zoom); 
• A case study of a Unifrog partner school in Germany (shot in person). 

You’ll create videos like these, and you’ll also help us with our ambitious plans for creating completely new types of videos which will allow us to develop new parts of the Unifrog platform.

Working together 

You’ll work as part of a team of three in our Video Content team, part of the wider Marketing and Content team. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced writers, teaching resource creators, and a graphic and motion designer. You’ll also work with people on our marketing, sales, account management, and strategy teams.

In the Marketing and Content Team we commonly brainstorm new ideas as a group, provide feedback on each other’s work, and get feedback from teachers and students at our partner schools. We promote good ideas regardless of where they come from.

You’ll be line-managed by our Head of Video Content.

Key skills 

Dealing with contributors

• You’ll work with other people on the Unifrog team to organise shoots with external  contributors, either on location or via Zoom. You need to be good at getting on with  people, and persistent so that you can make things happen. 

Script writing

• To be efficient before any shoot, you’ll need to have discussed your questions with the contributor/s and have a good idea of the answers you’re looking for. You need to be a  strong writer, able to create a script from scratch, or improve an existing one. 

Directing shoots

• Sometimes you’ll be working on your own with the contributor/s, and sometimes with one  or two other non-technical people in the Unifrog team who’ll be taking direction from you.  You need to be confident and talented at directing shoots both in person and on video calls,  where you might have to advise your interviewee on background and lighting. 

Technical skills

• When on location, you’ll be the sole person shooting, including operating lighting and  sound, and then editing. This means you need to be able to operate cameras such as  the C300 and the A7S, to be at least competent with lights and sound, and to be highly  proficient at using the Adobe suite, in particular Premiere and After Effects.  
• When conducting an interview on video call, you’ll need to be able to trouble-shoot and get the quality of the video as good as it can be

Juggling projects and meeting deadlines

• We always have a lot to do, and we have very high standards for the end-product. You  need to be organised to meet tight deadlines and determined to get things done on time.

Editorial judgment

• You’ll edit both footage that you’ve shot yourself, and footage that other people have shot, including content we get directly from contributors. From this you need to be able to create compelling, useful videos. We have a house style that you’ll need to be able to stick to, and we also want you to help us develop our house style.  

Benefits 

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.
• Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
• You’ll enjoy a significant degree of autonomy to be creative and deliver high-end videos. 
• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.

Key details 

• £40,000 (Grade B), plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.
• Full time.
• Split your time between home and our office in Hoxton, London (a minimum of 2 days per week).
• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).
• Working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday, and 8.30am to 4:00pm on Friday.
• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidates.
• If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying please contact Mhairi (details on our website).
• We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

Application process  

Deadline: 22:00 (UK) on Sunday 26th February 2023. We will review applications as they come in. We may close early if we find the right candidate so would advise applying sooner to avoid disappointment.

Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below:

• i. Post a link (WeTransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive or similar) to up to 3 examples of your best work.

• Across these examples, you should show off your skills in both shooting and editing, but especially shooting. We’re particularly interested in seeing any interviews you’ve filmed (if you’ve done this). If you were working with others to create this work, please explain what you did.

• ii. Share a link to your showreel or website if you have one.

• iii. ‘Why do you want to work for Unifrog?’ (200 words)

• iv. ‘With reference to the key skills in the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role?’ (250 words)

Stage 2: Task (~3 hours)  

• We will share with you examples of our visual style, plus some footage we have shot, and you will have a week to send us a short edit back.

• Given the time this task can take, we will send £60 to people who participate in this round (within 1-2 working days after the task has been received).

Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) ????

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).

• Video call interviews will be held on a rolling basis from 16th Feb onwards.

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