Milwaukee Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Casting Teen Basketball Fans for Commercial Shoot

Job Description
A fast-paced sports commercial is casting teen talent to portray energetic basketball fans in a high-energy stadium setting. This is a great opportunity for teens who love basketball, live events, or on-camera crowd work. The production includes a well-known celebrity and will shoot in Milwaukee, WI. All selected talent must be available for one-day filming and be able to self-report to set.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray enthusiastic basketball fans in a stadium crowd setting

• Participate in live-action crowd shots, reacting naturally and with energy

• Follow all on-set directions from production and crew

• Maintain professionalism and excitement throughout the shoot

• Adhere to minor filming regulations, if under 18

Requirements

• Teen performers, ages 12–20

• All genders and ethnicities welcome

• Must submit a current, clear selfie or photo (no filters)

• Must have an EP Casting Profile to be considered

• Must be able to self-report to Milwaukee, WI (no travel/hotel provided)

• Must be available for a late shoot (call time TBD, wraps by 10:00 PM)

• Must be willing to sign an NDA due to high-profile celebrity involvement

• Minors do not need a current work permit for this Wisconsin-based shoot

Compensation

• Flat rate of $300

• One-day shoot with exposure to a major commercial production

• Opportunity to be featured alongside a high-profile talent

• Great for early on-camera experience and portfolio building

The Social Media Manager is responsible for contributing to the overall strategic and tactical direction of social media marketing, in collaboration with the media strategy and performance marketing teams.

  For all HD clients this includes, but is not limited to, the following: Paid social campaign strategy and management Organic social strategy, including content Community management, if needed The Social Media Manager will work in close collaboration with the paid media strategy leads, who typically own the holistic client strategy (inclusive of brand, performance marketing, and social media) and are responsible for coordination of all media strategy, execution, analytics, and media-based finances. The Social Media Manager will also collaborate with internal performance marketing leads, creative teams for social content strategy, and the analytics team for necessary data/analysis needs. In addition to strategic support, the Social Media Manager will be responsible for hands-on-keyboard management of paid social campaigns for HD clients, with backup/QA level support from existing HD staff as needed.  Internal: Promotion of Hanson Dodge The social media manager will administer our social media accounts, in collaboration with other HD stakeholders. Responsibilities may include ideating/creating original text and video content, managing posts and responding to followers. As our social media presence is designed to reach multiple stakeholders, from current clients, new business prospects, to potential new hires, the Social Media Manager will manage our company image in a cohesive and creative way to achieve those goals.   Primary Responsibilities Perform research on current benchmark trends and audience preferences Design and implement (organic and/or paid) social media strategy to align with business goals Set specific objectives and report on ROI Generate, edit, publish and share engaging content on agreed upon cadences for either internal or external needs Communicate with followers as per client/agency policy, responding to queries in a timely manner and monitoring comments/elevating as needed Suggest and implement new features to drive KPIs Stay up-to-date with current technologies and trends in social media, design tools and applications Gain or advance working knowledge of 1p, 3p and other platform data options   Additional responsibilities may include: Development of social media marketing best practices, POVs and case studies for internal use and for potential use in new client acquisition. Maintaining vendor relationships with social media platforms Identification and evaluation of tools to support in the research, management of social media services and client outputs.  Leadership and contribution to gathering and distribution (internally and externally) of industry trends relevant to clients and social media marketing. Experience requirements include: Proven work experience as a Social Media Manager (4+ years experience) Deep knowledge of social media platforms and their ad capabilities Hands on experience in content management Excellent copywriting skills Ability to deliver creative content (text, image and video) Knowledge of SEO, keyword research and Google Analytics is a plus Excellent communication skills Analytical skills and the ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects

Casting Call: Actors for Extra Roles in Hospital Commercial

Job Description: We are currently seeking actors for recognizable extra roles in a hospital commercial set to be filmed in Madison, Wisconsin at the end of June. This opportunity is specifically for actors who live an hour or less away from Madison. We are looking to fill various background roles that will bring authenticity and a dynamic presence to the commercial.

Responsibilities:

• Perform background actions according to the director’s instructions, which may include portraying hospital patients, visitors, or staff.
• Be available for costume fittings and any required rehearsals prior to shooting.
• Maintain professionalism on set and adhere to directions from the production team.
• Be prepared for potentially long days on set, with readiness to participate in multiple takes if necessary.

Requirements:

• Age: 30 to 75 years. No children are to be cast in this project.
• Location: Must reside within an hour’s travel distance from Madison, WI.
• Availability: Must be available for shooting at the end of June (specific dates to be confirmed).
• No specific experience in acting required, but professionalism on set is essential.
• Must not be represented by Chicago-based agents, as they will receive separate casting breakdowns.

Compensation:

• Day rate: $750
• Total of 16 talent spots available.

Our client in the hospitality space is looking to hire a dynamic Art Director to join a growing team within an award-winning in-house creative collective.

*NOTE*: Hybrid 1-3 days/week in Kohler, Wisconsin. OK for candidates to be located in Chicago.

This passionate and motivated individual will be responsible for concepts, designs, and art direction for our client’s hospitality portfolio, which consists of an exciting and expanding group of businesses, including but not limited to: lodging, golf, wellness, culinary, local and events.

This is an opportunity to help build brands, and lead customers to uncover a new world of luxury. You will collaborate with copywriters, designers, artists, the photo studio, and business partners to help fulfill cross-channel initiatives. Your elevated aesthetic and bold thinking will ensure the continued evolution of hospitality brands across all major media and markets.

Responsibilities:

While a collaborative and flexible approach is key, the following cover the main responsibilities.

• Develop and present campaign concepts that go above and beyond strategic briefs.
• Execute a wide variety of elevated collateral (digital media, video, print, paid and organic social content, and more).
• Partner with the social media manager to ideate, champion, and produce sophisticated editorial content.
• Utilize a content creator mindset to develop fresh material that engages and delights customers.
• Provide clear direction for photo/video shoots, on and off set.
• Help to define brand guides and templates.
• Have a “less is more” mentality when approaching creative.
• Work with retouchers and editors–both internally and externally–to provide feedback and take assets to the finish line.
• Audit aging assets and manage new ones.
• Stay up to date on best practices; understand the nuances of paid & organic platforms.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines with grace.
• Present clearly, take feedback gracefully, move forward.
• Occasional travel required to research and immerse in the properties.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in advertising or an idea-led in-house agency
• 3+ years of experience on photo/video sets
• A portfolio that demonstrates innovative thinking, an elegant aesthetic, cross-channel campaign work, and cultural awareness
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred
• A passion for the luxury and hospitality spaces, both personally and professionally
• Experience with motion; at a minimum, can export GIFs and add subtle movement to typography in post
• Willing to wear multiple hats and toe the line of art director/designer
• Solution-oriented, nimble problem solver, compassionate collaborator
• Understand the importance of details
• Clear and confident presenter, active listener
• Experienced in both print and digital mediums
• Experienced in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Experience with the Microsoft suite, especially PowerPoint and OneDrive, is a plus
• Experience in a video editing platform is a plus.
• Hospitality and luxury brand experience is a plus

24 Seven Talent

Successful candidate must reside in the United States; preference is local to Milwaukee, WI but open to remote

Position Summary: Stella & Chewy’s, one of the world’s fastest growing premium pet food companies, is seeking a Creative Director to lead the brand’s creative and design team. This person will be instrumental in driving the company’s creative agenda and developing best-in-class content and design to set a new standard for the pet category. The CD will have in depth experience creating engaging digital content, with a clear understanding of how to best bring the brand experience to life in a broad set of digital channels. Further, the CD will lead a team of content creators and designers, driving creative strategy, concepting, production, and implementation for packaging design and retail marketing. This person is highly capable of translating marketing requests into clear, concise briefs, as well as authoring compelling creative strategy that will ultimately result best-in-class brand experiences. They are both a big thinker and tactical executer who is entrepreneurial by nature and enjoys working in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.

Essential Functions include the following.

• a team of designers, elevating the team’s capability and streamlining processes to efficiently move projects through the system.
• marketing requests into clear, focused creative briefs; add dimension to briefs with thoughtful creative strategy.
• development and execution of digital content, notably for social media, display, OLV, email, and website; apply best practices on how content should come to life for each of these channels.
• &/or assist content productions, inclusive but not limited to static, animated, or live action, as the concept demands.
• as the internal creative and design subject matter expert, establishing best practices and creative thought leadership.
• internal packaging design projects, amplifying direction from the external design agency and apply it to the full product range.
• that each project has the specific financial and personnel resources it requires to be successful.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• a 4-year degree in Art Direction, Graphic Design, Fine Arts or a related field.
• years in digital creative content development, ideally from a digital agency; Graphic Design experience is a plus.
• knowledge in Adobe Creative Cloud; with focus on Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
• of previous work that demonstrates proficiency in digital content development and implementation.
• about design principles, type, color theory and current graphic design trends.
• in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• experience a plus; Video editing a plus
• of taking direction and critique in a professional manner
• functional collaboration, active listening skills, receptiveness to team feedback and follow-through on established business priorities
• to detail
• organizational skills
• to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• persistence in creative problem-solving and continuing to strive to make creative better
• strong written and verbal communication skills
• be comfortable with dogs and cats

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by law.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the person occupying this position. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by Management.

Stella & Chewy’s

LHH is recruiting immediately for a full-time, Creative Director for one of our integrated marketing agency clients in the Green Bay, WI area.

Location: Hybrid – Minimum one day in office/flexible model in Green Bay area.

Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates who are interested in relocation!

Compensation: $115K-$135K + incentive opportunities, benefits, and perksBenefits include medical, dental, vision, 401K, PTO and other employee perks.

Role Requirements:Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Design, Communication, Fine Arts, or similar.6+ years of experience as a Creative Director or Associate Creative Director within an integrated marketing or advertising agency environment.Portfolio displaying a variety of creative campaigns across multiple clients and channels.Demonstrated team leadership and management experience.In-depth understanding of current industry trends, technologies, and best practices.Ability to work in a highly collaborative and fast-paced team environment.Ability to bring creative energy, best practices, and excitement to an organization.Demonstrated experience participating in organic and new business pitches to clients.

If you are an experienced agency, creative leader who is passionate about creative ideation, strategy, “developing that big idea”, team leadership, collaborating on a high level, leading teams, developing creatives, has an eye for design, brings strong creative energy and solutions, and someone who enjoys working with clients, growing business, and streamlining and evolving creative processes and teams, this role may be for you!

Apply today!
LHH

Successful candidate must reside in the United States; preference is local to Milwaukee, WI but open to remote

Position Summary: Stella & Chewy’s, one of the world’s fastest growing premium pet food companies, is seeking a Creative Director to lead the brand’s creative and design team. This person will be instrumental in driving the company’s creative agenda and developing best-in-class content and design to set a new standard for the pet category. The CD will have in depth experience creating engaging digital content, with a clear understanding of how to best bring the brand experience to life in a broad set of digital channels. Further, the CD will lead a team of content creators and designers, driving creative strategy, concepting, production, and implementation for packaging design and retail marketing. This person is highly capable of translating marketing requests into clear, concise briefs, as well as authoring compelling creative strategy that will ultimately result best-in-class brand experiences. They are both a big thinker and tactical executer who is entrepreneurial by nature and enjoys working in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.

Essential Functions include the following.

• a team of designers, elevating the team’s capability and streamlining processes to efficiently move projects through the system.
• marketing requests into clear, focused creative briefs; add dimension to briefs with thoughtful creative strategy.
• development and execution of digital content, notably for social media, display, OLV, email, and website; apply best practices on how content should come to life for each of these channels.
• &/or assist content productions, inclusive but not limited to static, animated, or live action, as the concept demands.
• as the internal creative and design subject matter expert, establishing best practices and creative thought leadership.
• internal packaging design projects, amplifying direction from the external design agency and apply it to the full product range.
• that each project has the specific financial and personnel resources it requires to be successful.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• a 4-year degree in Art Direction, Graphic Design, Fine Arts or a related field.
• years in digital creative content development, ideally from a digital agency; Graphic Design experience is a plus.
• knowledge in Adobe Creative Cloud; with focus on Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
• of previous work that demonstrates proficiency in digital content development and implementation.
• about design principles, type, color theory and current graphic design trends.
• in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
• experience a plus; Video editing a plus
• of taking direction and critique in a professional manner
• functional collaboration, active listening skills, receptiveness to team feedback and follow-through on established business priorities
• to detail
• organizational skills
• to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment
• persistence in creative problem-solving and continuing to strive to make creative better
• strong written and verbal communication skills
• be comfortable with dogs and cats

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other status protected by law.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the person occupying this position. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by Management.

Stella & Chewy’s

THERE WILL BE SALES.

Do you have a quick minute? Needless to say, we’re gonna be honest because we know you have a lot on your plate. This is just a quick touch-point so we can sync up and get our ducks in a row. We’ve been chewing on this for a while, but it’s time we spoke our piece:

Do you get tingles thinking about lighting, LED video and production? Are you good at convincing people to do stupid things with their hard-earned money? Do you, yourself, like making money? Is uttering the phrase “I drink your milkshake” one of your life goals? Well, good. Then send us your resume. [email protected].

Because we’re looking for people to sell our products.

Anyways, When push comes to shove, the customer comes first, amirite? No, but the customer always is, or something. Ugh, this is such a “spinach in the teeth moment” for us. We’re out of lockstep with our five-year-soup-to-nuts-go-to-market-plan-of-attack-to-hit-the-ground-running-game-changer-it-is-what-it-is-water-under-the-bridge-we-ran-the-numbers-and-got-a-view-from-30,000-feet-but-it-looks-like-we-dropped-the-ball-by-putting-the-cart-before-the-horse-because-our-two-cents-told-us-we-need-to-find-the-missing-piece-of-the-puzzle.

Just send your resume. [email protected]

Put up or shut up. Put your best foot forward. We need more feet on the street. Literally. This is where the rubber meets the road. If you ever won a set of steak knives, hit the bricks, pal. 

It’s time to light a fire, put our team-player noses to the grindstone, sharpen our pencils, crunch the numbers and get the ball rolling with our game faces on, so bring your A-game.

Full-time, salary+commission, medical, dental, 401(k), access to company jet (if we ever get one), we’re the greatest, no really, that part is true, just send us your resume. [email protected].

Do it now. Daylight’s burning. No time like the present. Step up to the plate. #blackswanevent.

Stop reading. Send your resume. [email protected]

Blizzard Lighting, LLC

Job Title: Marketing and Public Relations Manager

Job Summary: The Marketing and Public Relations Manager at CelticMKE is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing, public relations strategies. This role focuses on enhancing CelticMKE’s mission, industry positioning, and brand reputation. The manager will oversee various marketing initiatives to effectively promote CelticMKE and its entities, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and enhancing engagement with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Marketing

• Formulate and implement strategies for marketing, social media, content, and public relations to align with organizational goals.
• Provide oversight and creative direction for marketing agency’s full scope of work including but not limited to initiatives and campaigns, video production, media relations, and print production, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and messaging.
• Manage the RFP process for hiring agencies, including evaluating proposals and selecting suitable partners.
• Generate dynamic social media content and stories that cultivate an engaged online community
• Oversee web and social data analysis, reporting, and optimization to drive continuous improvement. Generate KPIs to meet and achieve business goals.
• Manage web content and collaborate with website providers to ensure alignment with industry standards and user experience best practices.
• Coordinate the input of festival schedules into website and app platforms, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Collaborate with app development partners to ensure the festival app meets design and functionality requirements, including content input and management.
• Manage multiple projects, deadlines, and marketing assets effectively.
• Work with the Volunteer and Community Engagement staff to develop and manage partnerships, collaborations, and activations, including event promotions and ticket management.
• Manage the marketing and public relations budget and ensure efficient allocation of resources, including agency fees and advertising expenses.
• Create and curate digital and printed collateral and content for the organization’s website, social media channels, and email newsletters.
• Create graphics for digital advertising, promotions, events, and newsletters maintaining visual consistency with the organization’s brand.

Branding

• Serve as the chief brand representative, ensuring consistent communication of the organization’s image and position to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain brand consistency across all materials and platforms, including collateral, digital assets, presentations, sponsorship proposals, and partnerships.

Public Relations

• Write and distribute news releases, articles, and talking points for media and advertising partners for year-round events.
• Complete media interviews, including, but not limited to television, radio, and written publications.
• Expand and maintain relationships with regional and international media outlets. Regularly update the media database.

Other

• Work with the Festival Director and Programming Manager to prepare for event ticket on-sales, following through with ticket sales reports related to marketing efforts.  
• Stay abreast of market trends and conduct regular market research to identify opportunities for organizational growth and brand enhancement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Communications, or a related field.
• Proven experience in marketing, public relations, and brand management, preferably in the non-profit, entertainment of cultural events industry.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling messages and content.
•  Proficiency in graphic design software, social media management tools, and web analytics platforms.
• Knowledge of industry-standard software and platforms for marketing and web management.
•  Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a passion for promoting cultural events and initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Irish culture and music is preferred, but not required.

CelticMKE

BigFoot Creative Studios & Media Group LLC is a production company that specializes in social media content and podcasting. We are committed to working with our clients to create engaging and impactful media experiences.

MUST BE LOCAL TO MILWAUKEE

Role Description

This is a contract on-site role as an Actor. The Actor will be responsible for performing in front of the camera in various productions, including social media content. This could be a one time deal or ongoing contract. Day-to-day tasks may include rehearsing, collaborating with the production team, and performing in front of a live audience when applicable.

Qualifications

• Acting and Drama skills
• Ability to learn lines quickly and improvise.
• Casting knowledge and experience
• Film Production experience is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and adhere to a production schedule

Big Foot Creative Studios & Media Group LLC