London Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

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.

Armadillo

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.

Unifrog

London Based Actors we’re looking for you! 

SEMI PRO SWIMMERS

Wanted for a commercial shoot for a luxury brand shooting in Paris on 24th Feb. Can be based anywhere, all fees travel and hotel covered by production. Must have valid passport.

LOOKING FOR YOUNG GAMERS

Specifically that play Dungeons & Dragons and similar fantasy tabletop role-playing games

Ages 11-18 years & all ethnicities

Based in or around London

MOBILE NETWORK

LOOKING FOR GIRLS WHO WEAR HIJABS

11-16 YEARS OLD
Shooting 20th Feb-16th March

Based in the UK

At Armadillo, we harness the power of data to change consumer behaviour and deliver unrivalled ROI. And we do this with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Disney, McDonald’s, P&O Cruises and Cunard, producing beautifully creative and effective CRM campaigns.

We are now looking for a Senior Digital Art Director to join us here at Armadillo. Think you can help us?

Senior Digital Art Director role

The Senior Digital Art Director will drive the delivery of client strategy and data goals through your UX solutions. The Senior Digital Art Director will work within our Creative and CX team.

Senior Digital Art Director Responsibilities

• Demonstrate how a user will move through communications (within and between campaigns), whether single or multiple emails, web, push, app to an expert level, using wireframes or low-fi designs; evidenced by minimal input required from senior peers
• Create concepts (whether in collaboration with others or in isolation) that always meet and often exceed project performance goals
• Demonstrate the ability to translate concepts across a comms journey to an expert level; evidenced by minimal input required from senior peers
• Be able to communicate ideas quickly and effectively using sketches or low-fi designs ahead of, and during, ideation sessions, accompanied by verbal description.
• Demonstrate an expert understanding of the brand behaviour of our clients when implementing or evolving style guides, and critiquing the use of brand elements by creatives in your project team.
• Demonstrate expert design skills in layout, typography and image creation/manipulation (vector based illustrations or photographic manipulation), critiquing the layouts by creatives in your discipline team; evidenced by positive feedback from CS and from clients, and by requiring minimal input from senior peers.
• Create innovative, engaging, and workable responsive design solutions for all devices that demonstrate an understanding of the content hierarchy by adapting where required for different formats.
• Identify and propose opportunities for interactivity to enhance the effectiveness of designs; create innovative, engaging and measurable interactive solutions
• Identify and propose opportunities for animation to enhance the effectiveness of designs; bring content to life with animations, by creating clear storyboards and generating high quality animated content
• Ensure accuracy by checking work at every stage, and prepare it for asset release
• Create expert presentation documents, with a clear goal-focused narrative, engaging layouts and helpful annotations for work that is sent to clients, and accompanied by clear verbal narration when in person.
• Maintain excellent collaborative working relationships with agency colleagues at all levels; provide creative expertise, guidance and support for team members in other disciplines to help them meet project goals and deliverables.
• Lead creative output of project team by supporting the professional development of junior project team members, providing effective mentoring and guidance: evidenced by positive development in their QPRs over time
• Expert Adobe CC – Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD and After Effects

Senior Digital Art Director Requirements

• 5+ years’ industry experience
• Expert Adobe CC – Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD and After Effects
• Agency experience is required, ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working on global clients

Industry knowledge

• CRM channels – email, web, push, app (behaviour & technical)
• CRM principles – affinity, loyalty etc.
• Design and communications industry trends

Internal process and procedures

• Follow company process & procedures as outlined in our company handbook (IT policies chain of command, sickness notification etc.)
• Complete personal administration (timesheets, expenses etc.) accurately and in the stated timeframe

Software skills

• Proficient Microsoft – Word, PPT & Excel as well as Google equivalent
• Project management software – Harvest, Trello, Forecast

Armadillo Benefits

• Hybrid environment – 3 days in our central Bristol office / 2 days remote
• 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.

Armadillo

To accelerate our growth and support our highly motivated Haiilo team, we are looking for an experienced Freelancer to support our content marketing team. The Duration of this project can be up to 9 months and you can join the team in London.

As a Freelance Content Marketing Manager, you’ll play an important role in further establishing our Haiilo brand in the UK and increasing our organic presence in this market.

Your responsibilities:

• Strategic planning of content activities and prioritization (incl. both written and video content)
• Monthly collaboration with external influencers on producing thought leadership content (blogs, social media quotes, ideation for video production)
• Managing the production of blogs and downloadable assets
• Collaboration with other brands working in the communications industry on producing partner content
• Writing website copies, landing pages, and blogs
• Planning and production of social media content to be used for our employee advocacy program and brand social media account

Who we’re looking for:

• 3+ years of experience in content production and working with social media
• Experience with tools like WordPress, Google Analytics, Salesforce, and Hubspot
• Strong writing skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding SEO is preferred
• Fluent English skills in both written and spoken

Haiilo

Wanting to join a business with record-beaking figures and next level growth plans?

Ready to develop your skills in a strategic brand management role for a global company?

The Advocate Group are partnering with a leading FMCG business in their search for an Immediately Available Brand Manager (12 month FTC) with the potential to become a permanent member of the growing marketing team????

The Role:

• Be a brand champion & the key marketing contact for UK and International sales team
• Develop and execute the marketing strategy for key products & retailers
• Support the creation of brand campaigns and strategic media planning
• Own and manage part of the marketing budget
• Help support NPD innovation pipelines
• Lead market/consumer research projects in line with brand strategies
• Research competitors and provide insight into brand growth opportunitites

The Person:

• Understanding of High-Street & Top 4 retailers
• Entrepreneurial spirit & ability to think on their feet
• Good stakeholder management skills and able to influence
• Project management & organisational skills
• Creative and outside of the box thinking
• Ambitious mindset

This is a great oppportunity for an Assistant Brand/ Brand Manager to grow and develop in an environment which challenges you and pushes you to achieve new heights.

Sound interesting?

Please apply directly or contact Erin Lewis on ????02078718000 or [email protected]

The Advocate Group are a leading search and selection business providing top talent to the consumer products sector. If you interested in understanding the opportunities, we have or how we can help you further your career then please contact us today.

The Advocate Group