Music Video Casting Calls and Auditions

Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church is located in Marin City, CA and we are seeking a part-time Music Director. This is a contract position with a salary dependent on experience.

Preferred Start Date: January 15, 2023

Guiding Principles of Worship at Saint Andrew Presbyterian

1. Sunday morning worship service shall be conducted live and in-person with musician present

2.  Creation and maintenance of a choir for the spiritual and musical development of membership

3. Open to all genres of music with the most prominent of which is the African American religious tradition

Number of hours worked per week: 6 – 8 hours for a Traditional Sunday Service (including 1 choir practice per week) Must be available for three special services (Christmas Eve, Emancipation Service, and annual concert practice and preparation for special services shall be negotiated)

Summary: The Music Director guides the church music program at our multi-cultural, multi-racial African American Church to include traditional Presbyterian hymns and/or contemporary music, utilizing and directing a volunteer choir and/or building a contemporary music team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

·  Ensure that appropriate music is chosen for each Sunday and special events, in consultation with Pastor.

·  Lead choir and/or music team during worship on Sunday mornings.

·  Work with pastor to ensure the best worship experience possible every Sunday morning and holidays.

·  Must be proficient at playing piano to accompany choir and congregation in singing.

·  Must be physically present when directing music online. Prefer someone who understands Zoom and online technologies.

Qualifications:

·  Must be a proficient pianist and accompanist. Experience with a broad array of church music, including contemporary worship music preferred.

·  Must be an excellent communicator, comfortable with verbal, written and electronic communication.

·  Must be familiar with or become familiar with the unique worship tradition of the African American Church as it applies to church music.

·   Must be able to work effectively with volunteers.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in music or 2 years church music experience. College music students are welcome to apply. Must be able to read music. Someone with previous experience directing choirs is preferred.

Work Environment

Must be available to work on Sundays and Church holidays, particularly Christmas, Holy Week and Easter. Must be willing to work additional hours, as needed. Must be able to make time during the week or before services to lead, coach and instruct volunteer choirs and musicians.

Website: https://www.saintandrewpc.org/

Please send your resume and brief cover letter to: Pastor Floyd Thompkins, [email protected], 415-332-1011

Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, Marin City

Summary:

Reporting to the Vice President – Americas Marketing & DTC, this role will lead the Weber Creative Team to develop and execute a wide range of creative strategies and executions for the Global and US businesses, inclusive of new product assets for all launches, support for marketing channels with special focus on owned channels, packaging, digital content experiences and more. Proven experience working with internal and external teams and agencies to contribute to and deliver against an insightful, well-coordinated integrated marketing plan is essential to being successful in this role. The person in this role should be prepared to flex both their creative and analytical muscles in the following areas.

Primary responsibilities:

• Report directly to VP of US Marketing & DTC
• Serve as an active member on Weber’s Brand Council, a group designed to develop global brand fundamentals, short and long-term brand building strategies and clear guidelines that drive consistency across Weber’s brand efforts.
• Support Brand Council’s vision for Weber’s brand creative expression with particular attention to the definition of Weber’s brand voice, look and feel. Strongly influence the messaging strategy and creative expression of brand, product and content marketing campaigns.
• Drive exploration and strategy during the entire creative process, from concept through completion.
• Develop original, breakthrough creative ideas for a variety of marketing and brand experience touchpoints (brand foundation, video, campaign, packaging, social media, CRM, point of sale, owned retail, etc.).
• Work across functions, balancing the needs of partners and break down complex narratives into simple, compelling ideas.
• Empower and energize an outstanding creative team through developing programs and forums for mentorship and skill growth.
• Act as a promoter for the Weber Creative Studio. Be an active participant in the creative community within and outside of Weber.
• Has an ability to guide team through high demands, complex processes and a matrixed organization, ultimately leading to high productivity and streamlined workflows.
• Manage and grow a team of designers, production artists and copy writers.
• Fluent in different types of campaigns including awareness, lead-gen, and engagement.
• Thinks through end-to-end campaign experiences and engages with marketing teams to connect campaigns to content and site experiences.
• Ability to work on a range of digital experiences from landing pages to comprehensive sites – and to propose full Consumer Experience optimizations, in addition to copy and content.
• Works across teams and functions to drive consensus, action, and results-based work
• Self-starter with attention to detail and ability to juggle a wide range of projects
• Sense of ownership – not just of their own work but of the team’s as well
• Develop and/or Source and hire best-in-breed creative talent

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience with in-house creative teams or creative agencies.
• Relevant experience with global brands
• Strong desire to build and nurture diverse teams and nurture diverse perspectives
• Exceptional overall creative direction.
• Significant brand development track record
• On time and on budget delivery of all major design, marketing projects
• Retention and job satisfaction of team members

Our Benefits:

• Competitive Healthcare Benefits
• Flexibility & Remote Work
• 401(k) plans with company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid holidays
• Maternity & Paternity leave
• An unmatched employee discount
• New hire grill credit
• State-of-the-art Grill Academy located at Headquarters
• Fitness Center at Headquarters
• Tuition assistance

Weber Inc.

Description

Surprise.com is on a mission to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event – because it makes people happy. Our Surprise Box, and delightful companion app, is the most exciting way to get amazing goodies from brands you love and brands you’re about to love. With daily games, the ability to send and get Surprises from friends, and Grand Surprises – every day is filled with wow!

We are looking for an Executive Game Producer to help drive the development of multiple delightful casual games. Our ideal candidate is an extraordinary game maker with a deep knowledge of the mobile landscape. You will bring an excellent track record of leading, motivating, and supporting game teams, as well as developing and managing the production schedule to ensure the successful delivery of multiple game projects.

So, if you’re eager to bring your producing skillset to this rapidly-growing, dynamic team, we want to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

• Ideating, developing, releasing, and maintaining an array of fun and rewarding casual games;
• Creating and maintaining the production plan in partnership with the team and leads, then working with the team to execute on it;
• Tracking progress throughout production to learn and adjust in order to successfully deliver on expectations;
• Providing production overview and status to stakeholders and leads;
• Aligning the team around clear and motivating goals that are connected to strategy and leading and supporting them to deliver quality features and content;
• Coordinating and aligning backlogs with Product teams and managing production dependencies;
• Helping the engagement and game team to proactively identify and mitigate known and emerging problems and risks and promote team-wide visibility;
• Driving and coordinating the team to deliver ongoing maintenance activities (ex: bug fixing, ad hoc requests, releases);
• Identifying and planning for opportunities for short-term and long-term efficiency improvements;
• Nurturing all Roadmap features from kick- off to release.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience as a Mobile Game Producer;
• 5+ years of leadership experience in the video game industry;
• 5+ years of experience leading multiple concurrent games from concept to release;
• 10+ years of experience as a Game Producer;
• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience;
• Demonstrated analytical and data- informed decision making;
• Experienced partner management and relationship-building skills;
• Experience in several stages of development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support);
• A strong passion for games and gaming.

What skills will come in handy?

• Experience working with an international team;
• Experience cultivating a positive, creative, feedback-focused culture in your teams;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
• Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
• Competitive comp and equity;
• Paid time off and Public Holidays;
• Close collaboration between international team members;
• A team of extraordinary people, working hard to better themselves and further our mission;
• Company-paid medical, dental and vision;
• And, of course, we get Surprises internally!

Surprise.com

A Multi-award-winning, global PR and Partnerships agency are looking for a Partnerships Manager to work with a wide range of top studios and publishers in the Entertainment. Outstanding clients, Global environment, large welcoming team and plenty of scope for growth.

The Agency

Widely regarded as one of the leading agencies in their sector globally, this impressive outfit have been providing PR and Partnerships campaigns to the entertainment sector for over two decades. The agency has built up an incredible client base in Film, TV and Videogaming and regularly work on the highest profile global launches and campaigns in the sector. Their large team are a diverse and social group who all share a passion for entertainment and creativity. The agency is regularly praised for its workplace culture and staff benefit from plenty of flexibility, a focus on wellbeing and incredible scope for growth and variety of work. Keen to capitalise on continued growth the agency is looking to expand its Partnerships team by adding a new Manager…

The Role

This is pivotal role for the agency that will see the successful candidate tasked with delivering and managing promotional partnerships campaigns on behalf of major clients in the Entertainment sector (Film, TV, Music, Gaming etc.). You’ll work closely with clients on new releases and global launches and will also manage a small team to provide an excellent outcome for clients. This is an ideal role for any Partnerships Manager or Senior partnerships manager with a passion for entertainment (or a very strong interest in the sector). Responsibilities include:

• Developing Partnerships strategies in line with clients objectives.
• Pitching campaign ideas to prospective partner brands in multiple sectors
• Fostering strong and lasting relationships with clients built on trust, understanding and a passion for their sector
• Leading on campaign activation
• Managing and mentoring junior colleagues.

The Opportunity

If you’re looking to join a leading agency in the entertainment sector then this role should interest you. You’ll get to work on global campaigns for an outstanding portfolio of clients and the agency offers excellent progression opportunities to very senior levels. You’ll enjoy support from an excellent senior and junior team as well hybrid working (2 days office 3 from home) and an award-winning work place culture. Benefits include:

• Charitable volunteering day of leave
• Flexible/hybrid working (two to three days of week in the office) negotiable for the right person
• Work place-pension (auto-enrolment) Employer and employee contribution – Legal and General
• Regular monthly company socials, parties, tickets for theatre and screenings. Opportunities to work on Red Carpet Premieres.
• Employee Assistance scheme offering free counselling and mental health support amongst many other things
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Bike storage and shower at work
• Wellbeing and mental health support

Stonor Recruitment

Role – In house producer mid weight @ Knock Knock

£40k + Benefits

About us

Knock Knock are a creative content producer based in Borough, London. We have a long history of creating beautiful and engaging work for London’s top advertising and marketing agencies . We now work direct to brand, delivering on a variety of creative projects and communication requirements.

So far this year, we have made some substantial wins in tech, health, fashion and the public sector and are growing fast. Clients include Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Haleon, Soho Home, Russel and Bromley, Explore Learning and Qatar Airways.

In general, we favour smaller crews over huge productions. We love to collaborate with clients creatively. We get excited by advances in creative technology.

Knock Knock underwent a full reset during Covid and our new team is now 7 wonderful members strong, looking for an 8th to join us on our journey of growth.

Who are you?

You’re smart, warm, confident and calm. You get a kick from utilising your natural organisational and interpersonal skills to keep projects on track. You understand the creative mindset and enjoy playing your role in making great work.

You will have ambitions to grow with us over the coming years, sitting at the heart of the team and working with us to expand our production offerings.

Sounds like you? Read on…

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, energetic and unflappable creative producer to join us at this challenging but exciting time. 

You’ll be a safe pair of hands, responsible for the smooth production of video and motion graphics projects. You will take these projects from client brief through to final delivery. You’ll manage staff and freelancers alike, keeping an eye on timings, budget and deliverables. You will get a kick from being an organizer at the heart of a job; the person who keeps projects on track and delivered to the very highest standards, both technically and creatively.

You will be able to clearly demonstrate a track record in moving image production irrespective of scope, budget and timeline. You will be a self-starter that shows initiative and can hit the ground running with lots of opportunity to make the role yours.

A proven track record in creating branded content / communications & film / animation are essential.

This is also a client facing role so excellent interpersonal, communication skills and an eye for detail are a must. Thankfully, our clients are fantastic. 

What do we mean by creative producer. (This is an important bit)

We’re not looking for one man band who can produce, edit, direct and deliver their own content. All our work is team based and your role is that of producer / project manager / account manager.

So why do we say ‘creative producer’? Well, we believe the most appropriate producers for us have an innate understanding of the job and an ambition to deliver excellent creative work. The job entails

• Spreadsheets 
• Problem solving
• Working with the creative team to help achieve our goals
• Client servicing and building meaningful relationships 
• Meeting commitments and going the extra mile
• Managing teams and resources
• Managing suppliers and negotiating when required. 
• Managing potentially difficult situations with vibesy aplomb
• Running multiple projects, some big, some small
• Recognising and recruiting the best freelance talent 
• Occasionally producing and feeding back on edits – bringing your eye for detail to the fore 
• Assisting with the ongoing development of new processes.

Typical jobs:

• Produce location and studio shoots
• Documentary films
• Talent / influencer lead shoot
• Communicate about camera / lighting equipment and other production specs
• Produce stand-alone animations
• Oversee post-production workflows 
• Fast turn around social films
• Interviewing contributors on set
• Overseas shoots

This is a full time role.

Start date: ASAP 

To apply, please send the following to [email protected] with SUBJECT: KK Producer 

A CV

• A cover letter
• Salary expectations
• Notice period if applicable 
• Please no recruiters

Final thoughts

Job applications are crazy. We want to thank all of you that apply.

We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within 2 weeks, however, if you have not included the elements requested in the spec, your application may be filtered out before it gets to the vetting stage.

Knock Knock

US Army

US Army

Touring Specialists serving music industry clientele seeks energetic and motivated individual to join our fast-paced, dynamic team in our modern office in Hermosa Beach. Travel or hotel experience is REQUIRED.

Responsibilities: negotiating rates and booking hotels (primarily)/transfers/tours, any other requirements as needed by our clients. Position requires a lot of research and patience. Create itineraries, work directly with vendors, and advice clients on travel destinations. Follow up with clients about travel plans and make adjustments as needed, including coordinating with the client as the trip approaches.

Required skills:

• Precise attention to detail, consistent follow through via email and phone
• Familiarity with domestic and foreign travel destinations
• Ability to work under pressure and independently
• Pivot at a moment’s notice to address changes and challenges
• Excellent phone manners and effective written communication
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and Google Drive
• Must be highly organized

Candidate with travel and/or entertainment industry experience is PREFERRED. Looking to fill quickly!

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hermosa Beach, CA 90254: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Negotiation: 1 year (Required)
• Travel planning: 1 year (Required)
• Hotel experience: 1 year (Required)
• Microsoft Office: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location

INTERNATIONAL TOURS SPECIALISTS

Job description

Freelance Researcher/ Associate Producer, Documentary Productions, Law&Crime Network

The Law&Crime Network has an immediate opening for a freelance Research/Associate Producer to work on a new long form documentary series led by Executive Producers Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz , Emmy award winning investigative journalists.

The Researcher/AP will assist producers in all aspects of story development and production – research, shooting, writing and editing . This position is responsible for archival photo/video research, including rights and clearances , preparing transcripts, organizing elements for writers and editors, help coordinate field shoots and various production work as needed.

Requirements:

We are looking for applicants with at least two years of professional production experience in long form projects with expertise in FOIA requests, Lexis Nexis research, archival film and photo research and knowledge of rights and clearances . Candidates with should have basic video editing experience , familiarity with organizing materials for the edit room.

We are a collegial team in a small shop looking for detailed oriented, creative, high energy candidates. This is an excellent opportunity for entry level applicants with solid writing, creative and technical skills aiming for a career in long form production.

Recent graduate journalism or filmmaking students who can provide strong professional references and have demonstrated experience in the craft will be considered. Salary commensurate with experience.

About us:

The Dan Abrams Media Law&Crime Network is the premiere legal network featuring live trial coverage, legal and investigative news, featuring award -winning journalists, jurists and lawyers. Abrams Media long form productions are broadcast on a variety of top streaming media in both the US and internationally, including A&E, Hulu, Peacock, Discovery and Netflix.

The position is based in Manhattan at our offices in Herald Square, but we will consider a hybrid work arrangement for a qualified candidate, as long as they can work several days a week in the office.

To Apply:

Please send a cover letter, 3 references and resume addressed to Executive Producer Rhonda Schwartz at [email protected].

Applications submitted without a cover letter and references will not be considered.

Abrams Media

“The King and I” UK Tour Casting Call

***AUDITIONS***BOYS***AUDITIONS***
THE KING AND I
UK TOUR 2023

Trafalgar Theatre Productions Presents:

The Lincoln Center Theater’s Production of
Roger and Hammerstein’s
THE KING AND I

Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret London

Director: Bartlett Sher

Music: Richard Rogers

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Supervision: Ted Sperling
UK Musical Supervisor: Stephen Ridley
Choreography: Christopher Gattelli

Dates : Rehearsals from 12th December or 2nd January in London TBC
Performances from w/c 30th January in Canterbury
Touring through till late 2023 – initial contracts 6 months.

Auditions : Thursday 1st December (afternoon) in London

Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. With a superior score of treasured songs including Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance, The King and I is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre.

For practical reasons, children must live within easy travelling distance of central London –no more than 1 hour away. Please do not suggest children who live outside this area. We are looking for three teams of children to share the following roles – this means when touring in the UK, they will mostly only be away for half a week, with a week off before the next dates. Tutoring will be provided whilst away where required.

ROYAL PRINCES (aged 9-13) (Male) We are looking for young looking 9-13 year old boys, to play Siamese Princes. All children need to be confident singers. Boys voices must be unbroken. All need to be able to pick up simple movement routines.

All submissions for these roles must be of East Asian,South East Asian or mixed heritage thereof in appearance.

Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010; (Occupational Requirements) applies.

Please send submissions by Spotlight link or by email with details, including a small recent photo, height, age, where they are based (town) and details of any experience or training – drama classes etc – as soon as possible to :