London Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Casting Call

Sophie Holland Casting

We’re looking for an experienced Cellist for a brilliant role in one episode of a new series for STARZ/Lionsgate. Please see below for more details.

Cellist:

• Male
• Playing Age: 20 – 30
• Any Ethnicity

The calm amongst the storm, a beautifully talented Cellist player. Incredibly ambitious and forever wanting to better himself. Eventually steps out of place and crosses a line he can’t come back from.

Filming in Budapest from Jan – May 2022.

CASTING CALL for Martine McCutcheon fans! 

Blueprint are looking for fans of the iconic actress to feature in an entertaining piece of branded content

Ages 25+ please

Shoot date: 12th Jan TBC

Location: UK

Fee: £1000

Who WE Are:

Bearaby is an award-winning DTC sleep-wellness company on a mission to create a calmer, more collected world: one nap at a time. We are scrappy, but systematic. We are tight knit (small), but inclusive. We are together, but independent. We are a group of problem solvers with various skillsets, backgrounds, and interests. We are knit together by one common goal: to free the world of plastic-filled, sweaty weighted blankets. We believe that bringing curious, empathetic people together to work toward a shared purpose creates a brand experience that can change the world.

We’re searching for a digitally-savvy Creative Producer to join our expanding creative team in Dubai, UAE. In this role, you’ll manage day-to-day production and push forward best-in-class creative work.

Who YOU Are:

• A strong, yet calming leader. You believe in team collaborations and are not afraid to admit you don’t know something but are always willing to find the best solution.
• You believe in people and their abilities. You are nice, have an eye for details and you are passionate about bringing creative ideas to life. 
• You’re a problem solver who enjoys working cross-functionally. You can evolve creative concepts into deliverables, on time, and on budget.
• You effectively partner with agencies and internal team members to manage the entire life cycle of a project- ranging from digital and packaging design to branding and video production.

YOU Have: 

• 4-6 years of project management experience within a variety of creative environments.
• Directly produced various project types, including: websites, brand, mobile, product ideation and strategy.
• Solid knowledge of storytelling and copywriting and how to apply it across different digital channels.
• Ability to manage day to day activities on large/complex engagements.
• Effective communication skills, ability to provide constructive arguments.
• Innate ability to think critically, problem-solve, and tackle challenges- big or small.
• Capability to manage a full range of projects- branding, digital, marketing, etc. and corralling your team to create high-quality work.
• You’re familiar with project management tools such as Asana, Jira, Monday.com and if not, you’re ready to learn.

YOU Will: 

• Guide the creative team through the discovery process and accurately define scope of work, project requirements and success metrics.
• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously.
• Manage teams in NYC and Dubai.
• Lead meetings both internally and externally.
• Work in an independent manner, solve problems as they arise, and communicate clearly even in difficult situations.
• Be an advocate of Bearaby’s culture and team.

WE Offer:

• Competitive salary.
• Health insurance, including dental and visual.
• 401k.
• Unlimited vacation.
• Flexi-hours (work whenever you are at your best).
• A vibrant, diverse, and collaborative team.
• Mission focus towards sustainability and collectiveness.
• Unlimited naps.

Bearaby

Where does this role fit in?

The Photography & Film Project Manager is responsible for the day to day management of resource sourcing, scheduling, allocation and capture of time for the Photography and Film teams. To assist with the progress monitoring of all production tasks and assist with ensuring estimates and hours are in line with budgets.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the dedicated photography and film inbox to triage incoming requests
• Supporting Producers to estimate timings and quotes on new briefs received
• Working with key stakeholders, organise and co-ordinate project schedules ensuring all project requirements are planned in effectively
• Managing and scheduling daily production hours for resource utilising Resource Guru
• Co-ordinating the booking of freelance resource dependent on project requirements
• Facilitating weekly team production meetings & raise all resources capacity issue
• Supporting the Producers on managing projects through their lifecycle including transition from shoot to retouching
• Checking project progress throughout the day to ensure that we meet deadline

Requirements

What can you bring to the table?

Just have a look below, if this sounds like you it’s definitely worth putting yourself forward:

• You have very strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience of dealing with people at a variety of levels and backgrounds
• You are a strong project manager and have brilliant organisational skills,
• You have the ability to work autonomously and to plan and prioritise accordingly
• You are experienced with Microsoft Office

Benefits

Work’s a treat

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
• Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
• Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards – Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,000 for a putting a good word in.
• Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

What next?

If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.
Team ITG

Description

About Future

We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big ambitions and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the innovative technology we pioneer.

We’re the name behind market-leading brands in specialist sectors like technology, gaming & entertainment, music, creative & photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest. Specialists in our field are passionate about what we do, every year we attract millions of consumers to our websites, magazines, events and social spaces.

We’re dedicated to creating loyal fans of our brands, and the number is growing all the time. But that’s not enough – we’re continually adding to our portfolio, building on our technology and investing in our people. Everything we do is born from our desire to innovate and influence and we restlessly look to improve. We hire people we can learn from and we work together to push the boundaries of what can be done.

Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients and shareholders. Our shareholders have watched Future transition into an innovative global platform for specialist media, our share price has performed well in parallel with both the transition and our growing ability in making our content pay. Shares Magazine has issued their 10 stocks for 2018 which includes Future as one of their top picks.

We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work and the kind of personal development that makes every day even more enjoyable and challenging. We believe it to be a really exciting time to join Future.

Every kind of talent is celebrated and nurtured here. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, which means we don’t have a Future headquarters. Across our offices in the UK, US, France and Australia, each and every one of us are playing a part in driving our business forward.

Department Summary

The Creative Solutions department provides a crucial service to the commercial teams allowing them to generate revenue across all Future brands. Our Ideation team provides innovative sales packages and pitching options, and our Production team translates those ideas and produces content that deliver above expectations. The team works across a wide range of projects such as video productions, online content marketing, digital advertising and print and we coordinate with internal departments and third party suppliers to put it all together. It is a fast paced department that offers daily challenges and we have a fantastic team that loves what they do.

Job Summary & Purpose

Using your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Capture the scope and spec of work at briefing point and outline any bottle necks, risks or threats to project delivery.
• You will work across internal and external teams so being able to collaborate and build relationships with a range of different people is essential.
• Put together a crew of talented people from photographers, directors, script writers or influencers to deliver content that is on brief and delivers to the clients objectives.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders throughout the lifespan of the project. Keeping all teams working in alignment with each other. Being the linchpin that is needed to keep projects on track.
• Manage a range of complex projects with multi channel deliverables.
• Organise all pre-production requirements such as call sheets, permit application, insurance, talent contracts, IP contracts, mood boards, script creation, freelancer booking etc.
• Pre-sale you will be working with commercial teams and internal planning teams to prepare budgets and costing sheets for bids going to market.
• Post sale, you will be working with internal project management teams to ensure that the assets you create arrive with the PM on time so that they can deliver on their part of the project.
• Managing budgets and spending.
• Amazing client management skills that you use to keep our clients fully briefed on project status, Sending updated tracking documents and attending client status meetings.
• Raising POs, tracking cost, updating and managing budget spreadsheets – updating Senior Management on a weekly basis,

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience with content creation in both video and photography.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of print design and production processes
• Experience of events / experiential / online streaming
• Project management skills with a knowledge of a project management process or methodology
• Knowledge of marketing products, including print, digital, social, newsletters, events etc.
• The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea in to something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.
• Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget
• Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience
• Client facing
• Strong customer services skills
• Experience of commissioning freelance work and an understanding of the contractual and legal requirements of the industry.
• Confidence to manage cross departmental issues and ensure the
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
• A desire to get stuck in and get the work done.

Benefits

We are Future

Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers

We’re Future. We’re 2300 colleagues over 200 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived in 2020, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands.

And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon.

We’ve got an ambitious plan for 2021 that will build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities. We’re calling it Future 3.0 and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do.

Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness.

We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers
Future

Description

Department Summary

The Creative Solutions department provides a crucial service to the commercial teams allowing them to generate revenue across all Future brands. Our Ideation team provides innovative sales packages and pitching options, and our Production team translates those ideas and produces content that deliver above expectations. The team works across a wide range of projects such as video productions, online content marketing, digital advertising and print and we coordinate with internal departments and third party suppliers to put it all together. It is a fast paced department that offers daily challenges and we have a fantastic team that loves what they do.

Wallpaper*

The successful candidate will primarily, but not necessarily exclusively work on Wallpaper*. Wallpaper* is the global design authority, leading the way in architecture, design, art, entertaining beauty & grooming, transport, technology, fashion, and watches & jewellery. Founded as a print magazine in 1996, it has evolved into a multi-channel media brand. With a strong track record of discovering next-generation talents and creative matchmaking, Wallpaper* is at the forefront of the global creative community. It continues to change the way the world thinks about design.

Job Summary & Purpose

Using your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Capture the scope and spec of work at briefing point and outline any bottle necks, risks or threats to project delivery.
• You will work across internal and external teams so being able to collaborate and build relationships with a range of different people is essential.
• Put together a crew of talented people from photographers, script writers or influencers to deliver content that is on brief and delivers to the clients objectives.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders throughout the lifespan of the project. Keeping all teams working in alignment with each other. Being the linchpin that is needed to keep projects on track.
• Manage a range of complex projects with multi channel deliverables.
• Organise all pre-production requirements such as call sheets, permit application, insurance, talent contracts, IP contracts, mood boards, script creation, freelancer booking etc.
• Pre-sale you will be working with commercial teams and internal planning teams to prepare budgets and costing sheets for bids going to market.
• Post sale, you will be working with internal project management teams to ensure that the assets you create arrive with the PM on time so that they can deliver on their part of the project.
• Managing budgets and spending.
• Building excellent client relationships and using your commercial acumen to spot opportunities for new projects.
• Amazing client management skills that you use to keep our clients fully briefed on project status, Sending updated tracking documents and attending client status meetings.
• Raising POs, tracking cost, updating and managing budget spreadsheets – updating management on a weekly basis,
• Constantly develop your knowledge of marketing solutions within Future and highlight any opportunities for new product offerings
• Work with the HoD to identify upcoming issues & resource issues
• Be an ambassador for the Creative Solutions department by embodying our values.

Requirements

Essential skills and experience

• Demonstrable experience with content creation in both video and photography.
• Experience of events / experiential / online streaming
• Project management skills with a knowledge of a project management process or methodology
• Knowledge of marketing products, including print, digital, social, newsletters, events etc.
• The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea in to something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.
• Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget
• Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience
• Client facing
• Strong customer services skills
• Experience of commissioning freelance work and an understanding of the contractual and legal requirements of the industry.
• Confidence to manage cross departmental issues and ensure the
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
• A desire to get stuck in and get the work done.

Benefits

What will I get in return?

As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including:

• Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)
• A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year
• Central office locations with safe working spaces and tonnes of flexibility to work remotely as required
• Discounted digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines
• Annual Future conference – get together with your colleagues to celebrate success and look forward to what’s next
• Regular colleague events arranged by our wonderful Community & Culture committees
• Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues

We are Future

Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers

We’re Future. We’re 2300 colleagues over 200 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived in 2020, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands.

And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon.

We’ve got an ambitious plan for 2021 that will build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities. We’re calling it Future 3.0 and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do.

Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness.

We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers
Future

Production Assistant – An opportunity to join a thriving Creative Production agency in London.

The Boulder Group comprises of three core businesses – Pebble Studios (Creative Production Agency with a focus on Moving Image), Big Rock (Performance Marketing) and Lava (Digital & Branding Agency). The Boulder Creative Studio works across all parts of the group, offering in-house and freelance creative solutions that span Creative, Design, Animation, Film production, digital design & development and Immersive experiences (VR & AR).

A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:

Pebble Studios are looking for a Production Assistant to join a talented team of producers, project managers, animators and artists, supporting and working on a variety of projects for the business for a range of world class clients.

Reporting into a Senior Producer, as well as supporting the wider Production team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping deliver projects across a wide variety of mediums: Motion Graphics, 2D, 3D, Character and VFX/3D led projects – and outputs: TV, Social, Event Based & Immersive (VR&AR). This role will also be required to manage internal resource allocation across the wider business. Working with Account Handlers, Project Managers and Producers to ensure internal resource and freelance resource is coordinated and booked as required to ensure the highest quality creative output.

At Pebble Studios we blend the agency and production company model so we are looking for a confident, proactive and ambitious Junior producer who is confident, highly organised and keen to learn!

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

A Production Assistant with 1 or more years’ experience working in advertising, production or events:

• Highly organised and proactive
• A creative eye and detail orientated
• Experience in creating timing plans and budgets
• A problem solving mindset, proactive and entrepreneurial
• Knowledgeable and interested in social channels and tech in the industry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Experience in Wrike a benefit)
• A love of moving image.
• Day to day communication with Account/Project Management teams and Creative department
• Managing project resourcing through our Project Management tool (Wrike)
• Ensuring appropriate briefing of project requirements by setting up briefing and internal kick off meetings
• Working with Heads of Department to highlight skills gaps and build our roster of freelance/3rd party suppliers
• Weekly resource meetings to forecast Creative Studio requirements and highlight bottle necks
• Presenting weekly resource calendar in Company wide Monday morning kick offs
• Management and updating the ‘Black Book’ with contact/specialism details of freelancer and third party partnerships

ABOUT US

We’re a founder owned, independent agency that merges data and creativity to get truly outstanding results for our clients. 

Pebble Studios merge expertise in experiential, moving image design & technology to deliver knock out content to top agencies & brands such as Disney, X-Box, ABC and Samsung.  Working collaboratively with our in-house progressive digital performance marketing team, Big Rock, we’re in the unique position of being able to craft beautiful ads that feed our performance strategies. 

Big Rock works for some of the fastest growing and most innovative businesses in the UK; from scale-up fintech’s like ClearScore, to well established global brands like Direct Line and Aon – all looking to invest in accelerated digital marketing performance. 

Lava creates beautiful and intuitive digital branding and experiences for exciting brands across B2C and B2B comms, often working in collaboration with Big Rock and Pebble to deliver outstanding creative and highly effective experiences for our clients.

We’re always looking for people to join the team who are as passionate as we are about creating a leading agency within this ever-changing space. 

OUR CULTURE

Culture is hugely important to us. There are no big egos here, just a group of people looking to be at the forefront of digital innovation and creativity. We’re a highly inquisitive bunch, regularly hosting inspiration sessions, training programs and teambuilding activities. We have even organised bootcamp sessions, quizzes, book clubs and film clubs to keep us connected whilst working from home.

Following a strong 18 months of fully remote working we are now operating a 2 days in office, 3 days remote working model to allow for the benefits of in person collaboration and positive work/life balance.

BENEFITS:

• 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Sunshine and Festive Fridays
• 2 hours ‘Meeting Free’ time every day
• Flexible Working / Hybrid model: 2 days at the office, 3 days working from home
• Bootcamp
• Book Club
• Film Club
• Cycle to Work
• Culture Club socials 
• Impact Groups – Internal groups dedicated to making a positive impact to the business and wider world

Big Rock – Performance Marketing Agency

Missy Empire is an online fashion brand created for the go-getters, the goal setters who desire conventional designs and create their own kind of pretty. We aim to deliver trend-focused quality at competitive prices, through the selection of premium quality fabrics and garment construction.

We pride ourselves in creating an online fashion community where everyone can express and share their style.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for fashion, creativity and be proactive on social media. It is important that the candidate understands how Instagram & Tiktok work, is up to date on celebrities and influencers and how they contribute to growing a brand.

They will be an organised, driven, and hardworking individual. This role will suit an individual who is able to remain calm and professional in pressured situations while maintaining a positive and proactive attitude. You must be comfortable in communicating with a lot of people throughout the day, all in different roles and from different companies, it is vital that you’re able to grasp new information quickly in a fast paced business.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of Social Media Strategies for our online Brand
• Manage influencers & celebrities, ensuring that they are posting in line with agreed timeframes
• Outreaching directly to influencers and to agencies
• Replying to any collaboration or partnership enquires the brand receives
• Dealing with high profile celebrities
• Assisting in delivering campaigns
• Working closely with other members of the marketing team and across other departments to ensure cohesion through Social Media with the wider campaign plans
• Managing our Instagram direct message requests and responding in a timely manner
• Listen and engage in relevant social discussions about our company, competitors, and/or industry, both from existing customers and leads and from brand new audiences that don’t yet know us
• Run regular social promotions / campaigns and track their success
• Produce both daily and weekly reports to report directly back to our Social Manager
• Explore new ways to engage and new social networks to reach our target buyers

Requirements:

• Experience working for a Fashion Brand
• Have a passion for Influencers and Fashion
• Ambitious and driven to perform well
• Digitally savvy – must display an interest in social media, new apps, and technology
• Highly strategic social approach – ability to deliver digital marketing strategies effectively and measure the efficacy of campaigns using insight tools
• Confidence when dealing with senior members of the team, including key stakeholders and business owners
• Excellent communicator and creative thinker
• Ability to work to tight deadlines

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Role

Salary: £19,000 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee discount
• Company Events
• Become part of a growing brand

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday 9am-6pm.
• Office Based Role
• Location: M8 8JF

Missy Empire

Casting a REAL Father and Son to play in a narrative for a Jewellery Advert – Filming Saturday 4th December (in line with approved Child Performance License).

– Father: Playing a Blacksmith (Actor can be Early 30’s – 40).
– Son: 7/8 years old, please see headshot attached. (Reference is the designer as a young boy).

Filming Locations: Brighton & Surrey. Fee: £400 + travel expenses.

An Exciting opportunity for the right duo! – It’s very creative, involves rich storytelling and fun setups.

Please send me a Message. We’re moving the shoot date due to the likelihood of snow next week, so I would like to chat with the cast over Zoom ASAP! Thanks.

As a freelance assistant producer at ZINC Network, you are responsible for facilitating the production of short-form video content and influencer content for an exciting new campaign.

Based in London and reporting to the Producer, you will be responsible for suggesting and researching stories; setting up shoots in different countries; organising logistics; assisting on location as required; and overseeing edits. You may also be asked to write scripts and keep production trackers and schedules updated. You will also be responsible for helping find and onboard influencers, presenters, and other talent to take part in the campaign.

With a passion for YouTube and social media and several years’ experience of video and TV production at a professional level, you will be resourceful, curious, and brimming with ideas.

You will also be passionate about politics and social issues, and able to communicate them in a simple and effective way. Your first-class research and production skills will ensure that content for the campaign is creative, editorially robust and fits the brief. This is a fast-paced campaign with an intense production schedule, so you’ll need to be organised, efficient and with a can-do attitude to meeting deadlines.

You are expected to:

• Generate creative short-form video ideas
• Research stories, contributors, and archive
• Write scripts as required
• Coordinate with local production team, contributors, influencers, and partners
• Organise logistics of shoots
• Maintain schedules and trackers
• Prepare PowerPoints
• Oversee edits as required
• Assist on shoots as required
• Help identify and onboard relevant influencers for the project
• Work with the influencers to shape their ideas and edits
• Build and maintain an excellent relationship with our influencers, including troubleshooting where problems arise
• Identify relevant news stories and video trends

Requirements

• Understanding of YouTube and other social media platforms, video production, and current affairs
• Excellent research skills
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Excellent scripting and edit production skills
• Ability to quickly build warm and authentic relationships
• Positive and flexible ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to solve problems
• Attention to detail
• It would be great if you also had:
• Experience in journalism
• Experience in YouTube or Facebook video production

Zinc Network