New York Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

FX’s ‘Feud: Capote and His Women’ Party Scene Casting Call

Waldron Casting is seeking non-union women to portray Upscale socialties for a Black and White Ball for scenes set in the 1960s for background work on the FX series.

Feud: Capote and His Women

We are committed to inclusive, diverse casting, Qualified performers should submit without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity or any other basis prohibited by the law unless otherwise specifically indicated.

Test: Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Fit: Wednesday, January, 11, 2023

Test: Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Work: Wednesday and Thursday, January 25-26, 2023. 

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service. Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Click here to learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment and how we are making an impact.

Job Description

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you’ll find more than a job. You’ll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. We work hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

The Director, Enterprise & Marketing Partnerships will report into the Vice President, Enterprise & Marketing Partnerships for Peacock, NBCU’s streaming service, and will be a team lead responsible for third-party partnerships, as well as oversee performance goals tied to acquisition, retention and earned media through each of these deals. The role will involve developing and executing the end-to-end partner program including working with internal stakeholders, sourcing deals, evaluating opportunities, leading negotiations, managing the go-to-market and ongoing marketing plans, and analyzing and improving partnership performance.

This is a high profile, cross-functional role with touch points across Peacock and the wider NBCU business including Growth and Brand Marketing, Strategy, Business Development, Finance, Decision Sciences, Insights, Product, Ad Sales, Legal, and Operations. Other elements critical to success in this role include curiosity, eagerness to learn, and experience working across a matrixed organization.

• Source, evaluate, and execute enterprise & marketing partnerships that will provide step-function growth for Peacock and drive material brand lift while tracking health of each deal to inform on future opportunities.
• Develop and execute growth partnership strategy in collaboration with VP, including owning full lifecycle of partner engagement including sourcing deals, negotiating, implementation, and tracking performance.
• Partner with legal to define term sheet and SLA constructs and evaluate contract proposals to inform on negotiation strategy with third party partners.
• Coordinate with operations and product teams to ensure that partner integrations and execution workstreams are on track, and any issues are surfaced.
• Collaborate with strategy and finance on evaluation and forecasting for various partner initiatives.
• Develop, track, and communicate analysis of partnership performance to optimize campaigns while ensuring ongoing alignment with deal commitments.
• Scale, nurture, and optimize partnerships beyond launch, identifying incremental, mutually beneficial opportunities to grow the partnership with a focus on building a roadmap that drives growth, brand lift and engagement of Peacock.
• Lead quarterly business reviews with partners and internal stakeholders to drive core KPIs and manage streamlined business processes.
• Manage direct reports and invest in hiring and developing team members to support the global growth of Peacock

Salary Range: $130,000 – $175,000 (bonus eligible)

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in partnerships, marketing, business development, strategy, or digital media distribution in connection with television/film
• Prior experience working with major brands
• Solid partnership management, marketing and brand experience within media and entertainment industry
• Experience with contractual negotiations and processes
• Experience working with strategy groups on financial modeling and analysis
• Excellent decision-making skills with the ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate high impact partnership initiatives to executives.
• Exceptional relationship building, communication, and presentation skills
• Familiarity gathering and analyzing research across internal and external industry sources; ability to clearly articulate the so what
• Knowledgeable about current/emerging trends in streaming media and the evolution of technology distribution platforms

Desired Qualifications

• Comfort in addressing informal team meetings and delivering prepared presentations to executives and external audiences
• Analytical skills, with the ability to build business cases, analyze data, and debate financial models with senior stakeholders
• Marketing expertise in the digital space with creative mindset
• Excellent communication skills, confident in managing, influencing and growing relationships with stakeholders internally and externally
• Sound business judgment with ability to prioritize and triage partner-related issues, solution-find, and effectively motivate key stakeholders to work towards a common goal
• A good understanding of the OTT or ecommerce market
• Strong knowledge of elements to launch partnerships: proposition development, marketing channels, commercial models, operational mechanics
• Organized and structured, ability to reliably deliver on plans and forecasts is critical
• Collegial, high energy, persistent personality with excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• MBA preferred but not required

Additional Information

NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access nbcunicareers.com as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations in the US by calling 1-818-777-4107 and in the UK by calling +44 2036185726.
Peacock

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, APAC and LATAM. VaynerMedia has been recognized for its work at Cannes Lions, the Clio Awards and The Webby Awards. It is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• You are a maker! Your main focus is in ideation and creation, both at a high speed and volume
• Collaborate with creative, client services, and strategy departments to develop a high variety of content that meets creative and strategic criteria (client briefs, feedback, client KPIs)
• Ideate and conceptualize impactful social and traditional media content that reflects brand’s aesthetic
• Produce error-free content that adheres to the brand’s style guidelines; maintain graphic consistency across all deliverables
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects with short deadlines
• Gather learnings and insights from platforms, consumer feedback and culture to make concise, relevant recommendations.
• Present concepts rooted in strategic thinking and insights to creative leaders
• Collaborate with Senior Copywriter to successfully plan pre production through post production, including the organizing shoot, directing content, etc.
• Be as much of a friendly mentor as a proficient doer when working within our dynamic Brand team structure.

Experience / Knowledge Required:

• 1 to 3 years of design experience, developing and creating for digital / social strategies + campaigns, including client-facing experience.
• Strong skill set in conceptualizing, brainstorming, illustration/design, and collaboration to create strategically focused campaigns
• The ability to understand, absorb, and execute on direction and constructive criticism
• A strong aptitude for time management, organization, and communication
• Strong skill set for storytelling and the ability to tailor your content/ideas through multiple brand voices on a variety of platforms
• The ability to effectively collaborate with various teams, providing the most useful guidance in an enthusiastic and inspiring manner
• A strong capability of industry best practices and the platforms we love, as well as be willing to learn and articulate the unique VaynerMedia POV on each.

Unsure if you meet the qualifications? We are always looking for talent which will continue to cultivate an inclusive and representative team that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, background, and behaviors. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
• Base Salary $53,500 – $75,000/year
• Employer-sponsored 401k with match
• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• Caregiver (Parental) Leave
• Unlimited PTO
• Health and Wellness benefits

VaynerMedia

Company: Method Studios

Position: Creative Director (Autodesk Flame)

Location: Hybrid – New York, NY

• Salary Range: $100,000 ~ $265,000 USD

Position Summary

The Creative Director (Autodesk Flame) will work with directors, VFX supervisors, editors, and CG supervisors by overseeing existing and upcoming projects and managing artists through completion of post production. They will clearly communicate and justify concepts while leading the planning, design, and implementation of multiple creative projects.

Main Duties

The Creative Director must be able to ensure a high creative standard is maintained across multiple projects while working with other VFX Supervisors, leads and Juniors to help elevate their skills. The candidate will oversee freelance teams to ensure they have support and can meet method’s benchmarks. In addition, the Creative Director must be able to develop and maintain strong relationships with directors, agency creatives, and producers.

• Clearly communicate and justify concepts and lead the planning, design and implementation of all creative projects.
• Achieve simple to complex compositing tasks at all stages of the production process including pre-comps, temp composites, beauty work, 2D tracking, 2D effects, extractions, selection and integration of elements, and color grading
• Mentor, assist and support other team members
• Produce high level photorealistic images and create seamless transitions between filmed footage and composited 2D and 3D elements

What You Bring

• Proficiency in Autodesk Flame/ Nuke.
• Proven ability to lead a creative team.
• Strong strategic and conceptual thinking.
• Must be able to execute a wide variety of tactics.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with project teams and clients.
• Outstanding conceptual and problem-solving skill.
• Strong grasp of the creative development process, have excellent art direction skills, and consistently deliver excellent work.
• In-depth knowledge of all steps required in the creative process, including effectively and efficiently staffing projects, providing communication and creative direction, and giving timely and helpful feedback to improve creative solutions.
• Ability to produce all work efficiently and on schedule.
• Ability to successfully supervise shoots.
• Ability to communicate effectively with creative and project management staff, engendering trust and respect.
• Great presentation skills and ability to work collaboratively with pipeline and technical teams in a fast-paced environment.

About The Company

Company 3 provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.

Diversity And Inclusion At Company 3

Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company’s HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

• The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

Depending on location and subject to applicable law, we offer a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off to eligible employees.

The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law.
Method Studios

Harlem Fashion Week Designers Casting Call

NYFW DESIGNER CASTING

Harlem Fashion Week is inviting all designers to attend our virtual casting call.
Date: Sunday, January 8th 2023
Time: 5:00pm
Where: Zoom

NBC ‘Law & Order’ Casting Call for 1979 Photo Double

NBC SERIES – LAW AND ORDER SVU

SEEKING TO PORTRAY  CAUCASIAN MALE 18-21yrs

UNION AND NON UNION 

YOUNGER VERSION OF MAIN LEAD CIRCA 1979

LONGER DARK HAIR

RATE -$187/8 – WORK 1/4, 1/6 and 1/9 – COVID TEST ON EACH DAY BEFORE WORK. 

MUST HAVE LONGER HAIR AND MUST BE DARKER IN COLOR *BROWN / DK BROWN / BLACK) – FILMS IN NY

CBS ‘East NY’ Casting Call for High School Students

Waldron Casting is seeking 18-25 year old runners/track and field athletes to portray high school runners to work on the CBS Show.

Location: East New York

Covid Test: TBD at our stages in Ridgewood Queens

Work Day: TBD in Brooklyn

We are committed to inclusive, diverse casting, Qualified performers should submit without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity or any other basis prohibited by the law unless otherwise specifically indicated.

True Care

An Executive Producer acts as an integral member of the KCD Worldwide Creative Group and its global clients to provide a highly professional and innovative perspective on event execution & client services. This person is an expert in live event production with extensive and impressive know-how in managing all aspects of the event including ideation, experience design, consumer journey, custom fabrication, technical & production management, staffing, live event execution & client management. The Executive Producer has a deep respect and appreciation for big picture ideas and has the experience and sensibility to navigate the process of delivery. An innovative approach to solving production challenges is necessary to execute our complex and original ideas & designs. Our team is driven by a desire to innovate, and the ideal candidate will share a similar passion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a leader to Producers and Coordinators to ensure that their projects are hitting milestones on-time and within assigned budget
• Align project resources, full-time and freelance, to manifest excellence in the execution of defined project objectives
• Be an advocate for the client, translating their business needs and interests to the internal team
• Translate project requirements to internal teams and collaborate with Leadership and Executives to develop proposals, SOWs, or Change Orders (including objectives, approach, estimates, and timelines) as needed
• Report real-time status to Executive leadership, while anticipating “what’s next”
• Inspire and challenge the project teams by continually looking for innovative solutions and production methods
• Able to develop an engagement strategy and work with the project team and discipline leads to execute it, involving people at the optimal levels for project success and overall account utilization (goals, deliverables, schedule, budget, resources)
• Develop and actively manage all vendors/ freelance talent relationships to ensure the best available talent and pricing for the project.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years producing events and/or live activations including hands-on experience overseeing event content creation, fabrication, interactive development, onsite testing, AV production, projection mapping, etc.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in producing multi-day pop up experiences, live music concerts with top tier talent & touring brand activations.
• The ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with extensive budgeting and negotiating skills
• Capacity to instill trust in clients and have strong global relationships with a wide range of fashion industry leaders and peers, as well as high level vendor contacts, and relationships within the events industry
• Detailed knowledge of vendor pricing for production elements in both large and small scale
• Possess strong management skills, ability to work in collaborative team environment, actively engage both colleagues and clients in open communication, and ability to lead a team while continually motivating and inspiring innovation
• Exemplary time management skills, ability to multitask, intelligent analysis of dynamics across variable and concurrent client projects, ability to work well under pressure
• Strategic and logistical thinker with the ability to approach situations from a solution-based frame of mind
• Insightful and comprehensive verbal and written communication skills
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), creative software of Adobe Creative Suite and working knowledge and/or proficiency of CAD/Vector Worx and or other technical design software

KCD

Position Description

Creative Director, Marketing

(New York, NY)

Salary Range: $120,000-$130,000

Organization Overview

REFORM Alliance is a national organization seeking to safely reduce the number of people on probation and parole and create real pathways to work and wellness for people who have been supervised instead of supported. In 2022 our focus is on state and federal probation and parole policy reform.

REFORM was launched in 2019 by award-winning recording artist Meek Mill; Philadelphia 76ers co-owner and Fanatics executive chairman Michael Rubin; entrepreneur and business mogul Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter; Kraft Group CEO and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft; Brooklyn Nets co-owner and philanthropic investor Clara Wu Tsai; Galaxy Digital CEO and founder Michael E. Novogratz; Vista Equity Partners founder, chairman, CEO Robert F. Smith, and CNN host and activist Van Jones.

We are using all the resources we have to help fix the flawed criminal justice system in the United States by changing laws and policies, and building a movement of Reformers to help change hearts and minds.

Job Description

Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, the Creative Director serves as the brand steward to elevate the standard of creative, build processes, guidelines and identify areas for creative improvement. Reform seeks a Creative Director with an entrepreneurial, strategic mindset, eagerness to build, and a reputation as an innovative, adaptive, and proactive “doer”. The right candidate will possess a strong brand vision, excellent communication, organizational, problem-solving skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines. They will have a passion for design, video, storytelling, and content creation that serves to change the nationwide narrative around criminal justice reform.

Description Of Key Job Functions

• Oversee design, creative strategy, style/content guides, production, visual standards, and art direction
• Communicate brand vision and aesthetic; update materials as needed and use this knowledge to prepare comprehensive briefs, guidelines, and co-branded materials to share with stakeholders and external partners. Confidently present concepts and vision as needed, execute across channels
• Assess gaps in photography and video production and ensure easy org-wide access to assets
• In partnership with the CMO and cross-functional teams, develop engaging concepts, creative, videos, collateral, and experiential for campaigns, events, social, growth, membership, and presentations
• Create and implement a project workflow, formal request process, and system of prioritization
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring they are on time and on budget, executing quickly and optimally under tight deadlines without sacrificing design quality, project, and organization goals
• Review all creative requests to ensure scope is clear and priority overflow requests are resourced
• Create a roster of talent and agencies. Recruit, manage and oversee freelancer resources as needed
• Work with program managers to ensure creative deliverables across traditional, digital, social, and experiential, are produced as concepted and brand vision/DNA is upheld through assets
• Drive creative management process for art direction, translate critiques and feedback into edits
• Research and analyze industry trends, social media trends and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and latest creative and high performing techniques, tools, and best practices
• Support teams across all channel needs from website development to microsites and stories
• Concept still and motion imagery, communicate vision through sketch/storyboard and swipe as needed, make selects, trouble-shoot and keep the post-production process moving
• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams on video needs. Review edits in a timely fashion, support process; collaborate and provide feedback/examples, perform re-touching/edits as needed
• Develop variety of ideas and concepts, provide guidance in pre-shoot meetings, on site, and in post-production and support team on cataloging video archive, addressing requests, securing back up
• Work with executives to design presentations, BOD collateral and deliver strong visual storytelling
• Create and edit templates and collateral to ensure teams can modify branded materials independently
• Review and share final assets with requestors. Determine appropriate system to ensure all documents are systematically organized and final files are available for easy future referencing.
• Oversee and manage departmental budget and budget tracking

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree, preferably with focus in Graphic Design
• 8+ years of related experience with strong design background, including concept development, digital design, campaigns, short-form social videos, other video production and/or fundraising appeals and portfolio to show for it
• At least 3 years of managing creative resources
• Well organized with ability to prioritize and effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment; can adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Strong aesthetic sense, excellent attention to detail and meticulous typography skills
• Highly creative and results-driven with a proven track record of success
• Full awareness of creative processes and techniques – including digital and experiential platforms, social, apps, websites and creative technologies
• Experience managing production budgets, timelines and identifying requirements for and working with external partners, production houses, design freelancers, photographers, AV, and videographers
• Must have a passion for the digital and social media space with strong social content design skills, including motion and photography; significant experience with Instagram, YT, TikTok and Twitter
• Demonstrated experience leading conversations with agencies for assets, campaigns and websites
• Wizard in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Adobe After Effects, MS PowerPoint, Google Suite and other creative tools. Asana, JavaScript, HTML, & UX tools a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit: not afraid to get your hands dirty, make quick spot edits as needed
• Expert visual storyteller (including charts, graphs etc.) who is solutions-driven and has experience working with executives to build presentations
• Highly knowledgeable in understanding online consumer behavior, functionality, usability and can incorporate into designs and content that meet website and social best practices
• Ability to bring a highly stylized brand campaigns to life across channels & adapting based on data
• Deep seeded knowledge of the digital landscape and unique elements of each video and social platforms and what makes videos successful on those platforms.
• A commitment to identifying and elevating stories; Someone who can navigate complexity and ambiguity to get to the heart of and cultivate a great story
• Mission-driven with a strong desire to contribute to the brand ethos and grow with the brand
• Prior start-up and/or non-profit experience a strong plus

At REFORM Alliance, we strive to move hearts and minds to create a more humane criminal justice system. This requires us to maintain a company culture that values employee individuality and community development. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, empowering and globally minded. We firmly believe that diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, cultural background, religion, disability and age produces ideas and perspectives that make our efforts stronger for people unjustly in the system and make our company a better place to work. Our leadership team is committed to embedding diversity and inclusion into everything we do and how we lead.
REFORM Alliance