Ohio Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Spectrum Networks is looking for enthusiastic, talented and driven individuals to join the best and brightest in gathering, producing and delivering stories that make a difference within a 24-hour breaking news environment! Our commitment is to engage viewers with relevant, timely news that’s important to the local communities we serve.

Who we are: Spectrum Networks is a series of 27 hyper-local news and 9 regional sports networks owned and operated by Charter Communications, Inc. Spectrum Networks seeks to provide the most essential local news and information, cultivating relevant and thoughtful conversations that foster informed and engaged communities.

The Environment: Spectrum News is a 24-hour breaking news network which requires employees who are flexible and available to work various shift, including early morning, late evenings,
weekends and holidays.

Being on our team means … You’re ready to inspire and be inspired! You’re passionate, creative and highly technical, driven to flourish in a competitive, fast-paced environment. You’re fiercely accurate, with a desire to leverage your knowledge, skills and abilities to share news stories to viewers in our local communities. You’re nimble, having the ability to pivot in an ever-changing workflow. You are a team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills. You have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and remain calm under pressure.

What we’re looking for: This Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) will cover the Statehouse in Ohio’s capital city. We are looking for an experienced journalist who can handle a demanding mix of daily beat coverage and character-driven storytelling. Experience covering politics and elections and a proven track record of using public records and data to find hidden stories is a must.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Research, pitch, enterprise, write, capture quality visual content, edit news stories and produce creative, original and compelling own stories for multiple platforms.
• Develop and cultivate a wide network of sources within the community and establishes a community presence outside of the newscast.
• Generate original story ideas and develop fresh angles/perspectives and enterprise pieces for the stories of the day and responsible for development of news stories from conception to completion.
• Produce original content for an assigned newscast or news series.
• Partner with legal team to ensure news content and materials meet legal requirements and help mitigate risk to the company.
• Identify long and short-term story ideas, research and discover the content and set up interviews.
• Research and verify information for original news stories by being resourceful in using beat sources, contacts and leaders and verifying facts.
• Deliver news reports, including live ad-lib and recorded reports while demonstrating energy, confidence, professional appearance and voice quality.
• Report within assigned deadlines.
• Organize material, determine angle or emphasis and write stories accordingly.
• Combine video, audio and graphics to tell the story effectively.
• Work with assignment desk editors and production staff and independently in the newsgathering process.
• Responsible for representing channel in a professional manner.
• Craft smart, appealing and accurate headlines.
• Strategically engage in social media.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Strong story development skills to submit original story ideas on a daily basis
• Excellent news judgement and driven by the 24-hour news cycle
• Ability to edit stories as necessary
• Live shot experience required
• Ability to develop sources, work a beat, and break stories
• Strong on-camera skills
• Experience with bonded cellular technology
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions
• Ability to interface with internal company personnel
• Ability to handle breaking news on-air
• Proven ability to report live stories
• Ability to shoot video
• Must be a self-motivated and have the ability to build relationships
• Must have editing skills
• Must be adept at social media
• Must use curiosity and have a sense of urgency to build compelling stories about the local community and community members
• Requires adaptability, enthusiasm, initiative and a positive approach to problem solving
• Ability to drive a company vehicle to and from assigned location while obeying all traffic laws
• Valid driver’s license for authorized driving in the State of residence

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related field or comparable television work experience preferred
• 3 years of Television News Reporting experience
• Experience working in a 24 hour news channel preferred

Our Culture: Every employee is an influencer and culture keeper. We expect respectful communication (despite pressure), openness to feedback, an eagerness to learn, and an overall positive attitude! Roles may require the following:

• Overtime may be required to meet deadlines
• Varying schedule due to, breaking news and/or daily news coverage requirements
• Provide 24×7, 365 days per year, on-call support. May entail phone or physical presence at the facility for equipment failure or other disasters. This includes, but is not limited to equipment and power failures, loss of contracted services, storms or severe weather, and schedule conflicts

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JOB SUMMARY
The Multimedia Journalist (MMJ) role is responsible for researching, enterprising, developing, writing, shooting, editing, producing and delivering live presentation of local, compelling, creative and original news stories on deadline while capturing quality visual content. Contributes to special features and stories. Creates impactful and compelling content for the viewers in our local communities. Participates in coordinating coverage of major stories, breaking news and specials.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Research, pitch, enterprise, write, capture quality visual content, edit news stories and produce creative, original and compelling own stories for multiple platforms.
• Develop and cultivate a wide network of sources within the community and establishes a community presence outside of the newscast.
• Generate original story ideas and develop fresh angles/perspectives and enterprise pieces for the stories of the day and responsible for development of news stories from conception to completion.
• Produce original content for an assigned newscast or news series.
• Partner with legal team to ensure news content and materials meet legal requirements and help mitigate risk to the company.
• Identify long and short-term story ideas, research and discover the content and set up interviews.
• Research and verify information for original news stories by being resourceful in using beat sources, contacts and leaders and verifying facts.
• Deliver news reports, including live ad-lib and recorded reports while demonstrating energy, confidence, professional appearance and voice quality.
• Report within assigned deadlines.
• Organize material, determine angle or emphasis and write stories accordingly.
• Combine video, audio and graphics to tell the story effectively.
• Work with assignment desk editors and production staff and independently in the newsgathering process.
• Responsible for representing channel in a professional manner.
• Craft smart, appealing and accurate headlines.
• Strategically engage in social media.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• Strong story development skills to submit original story ideas on a daily basis
• Excellent news judgement and driven by the 24-hour news cycle
• Ability to edit stories as necessary
• Live shot experience required
• Ability to develop sources, work a beat, and break stories
• Strong on-camera skills
• Experience with bonded cellular technology
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions
• Ability to interface with internal company personnel
• Ability to handle breaking news on-air
• Proven ability to report live stories
• Ability to shoot video
• Must be a self-motivated and have the ability to build relationships
• Must have editing skills
• Must be adept at social media
• Must use curiosity and have a sense of urgency to build compelling stories about the local community and community members
• Requires adaptability, enthusiasm, initiative and a positive approach to problem solving
• Ability to drive a company vehicle to and from assigned location while obeying all traffic laws
• Valid driver’s license for authorized driving in the State of residence

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Communications or related field or comparable television work experience preferred.

Related Work Experience

• 3 Years Television News Reporting experience
• Experience working in a 24 hour news channel preferred

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work inside in a climate controlled environment and outside throughout the year and may be subjected to various weather conditions that could include extreme heat or cold conditions
• Ability to work under time pressure deadlines and willing and able to work different shifts or longer shifts due to “breaking news” and severe weather emergencies
• Ability work weekends and holidays
• Lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds

EOE
Charter Communication is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Veteran/Disability

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Employees at Quad thrive at the intersection of thinking, making and marketing. As we continue to take the bold steps necessary to transform our offering, our goal is to provide our clients with the most powerful integrated marketing platform. We’re all partners in our company, committed to do the right thing, trusting the process, innovating for the future, growing the business, believing in each other, and having a little fun along the way.

Quad is seeking an experienced, highly motivated Junior Producer for our studio in Coraopolis,

PA producing branded photography for Dick’s Sporting Goods. The Junior Producer is responsible for overseeing photo

and/or video projects from start to finish, ensuring they run smoothly and seamlessly, while reporting on progress to senior

team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing both small and large-scale projects
• Supporting team members to maximize productivity
• Ensuring projects stay within timescales and budget
• Structuring projects and devising processes that ensure efficiency
• Generating clear and succinct project reports
• Engaging with creative teams to understand their progress with tasks
• Liaising with clients and members of the creative team, to keep projects running smoothly
• Presenting work to stakeholders for sign-off
• Initiate bids from photographers, modeling agencies, stylist agencies, location scouts and freelancers
• Develop and manage shot lists for custom photography projects and production timelines
• Coordinate procurement and return/donation of product(s) for shooting
• Creation of purchase orders and processing of invoices for all outside vendor costs
• Work with vendors to insure timely completion of projects
• Develop and refine process to increase productivity without decrease in quality
• Handle multiple project timelines and budgets simultaneously
• Route materials for both internal and external client approval
• Communicate with client service teams and vendors during all stages of project(s)
• Ensure that adequate levels of content production are maintained, and such production is of a high standard of quality

Qualifications

• Degree in Photography, Media, Design, Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Business Management or equivalent work experience
• 1-3 years professional industry experience producing in a high-end, high-volume photography studio for retail advertising,
• catalog, or other commercial photography
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to meet deadlines
• A positive, enthusiastic attitude towards work
• An understanding of both technical and creative processes
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Confidence to drive a team in order to get the best results for a project

Additional Company Information

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Drug Free Workplace

You’ve worked hard to build your brand, and your visual communications should tell your unique story.

Our amazing team at Middlestreet Graphics provides customizable sign and display solutions to set you on the right path. Providing retail signage, interior and exterior graphics, banners, point-of-purchase products, displays, equipment rebranding graphics, fleet graphics and so much more. Our team of creative experts will optimize your message to your customers.

The Digital Print Production Operator will communicate regularly with the Graphic Production Manager regarding job status and quality concerns. Responsible for the day to day equipment operation, printing, file ripping, and production of banners, signs, murals, vehicle graphics, and POP display graphics. This position will preflight and quality check artwork files prior to releasing the jobs for print production. Other duties include: organize production runs on graphic production equipment, keeps updated quantity counts and quality audits on jobs to ensure accuracy. Conducts operator level preventative maintenance on all assigned equipment per maintenance schedule, track and records information in maintenance logs and coordinates service calls. The ideal candidate will have 1 years’ experience in digital print production, various wide format finishing equipment knowledge (Zund file set up, and cutting). In addition, this person will have a high attention to detail, strong organizational skills, the ability to multi task with changing priorities and excellent project and time management skills.

Position Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day-to-day equipment operation, printing, file ripping, and production of banners, signs, murals, vehicle wraps, POP display graphics, etc.

• Communicates with Graphic Production Manager on quality issues.

• Organizes production runs on graphic production equipment; keeps updated quantity counts on jobs to ensure jobs are produced correctly

• Performs print quality control, color profiling, & troubleshooting machinery issues on equipment as needed

• Preflight and quality check artwork files prior to releasing jobs for print production

• Conducts operator level preventative maintenance on all assigned equipment according to maintenance schedule, records information in maintenance logs and coordinates service calls.

• Solid working knowledge of large format printing & finishing processes, industry terminology and materials

• Various wide format finishing equipment (i.e. Zund file setup and cutting).

POSITION PROFILE

Managing employees in fulfilment, printing, and outbound mail. Position will manage a group of people who have a high level of detail managing white glove processing. Team is assembling individual personalized mail pieces by hand that contain financial/insurance/health care related materials.

Supervises day-to day operations and staff of MS sites. Staff size 10-12 over 2 shifts. 80% of time should be spent in managing duties, no more than 20% in operating production equipment. Develops, implements and reviews related procedures. Invoices accounts and interacts with customer; assists in maintaining acceptable profit levels and ensures that customer expectations are met. High degree of customer interface. Responsible for 7-12 employees or $50 – 80K in services revenue per month at a single site.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Routinely demonstrates and creates a helpful and positive work culture.
• Encourages and builds positive relationships and communicates effectively with all co-workers and outside vendors.
• Conducts themselves at all times as the public image of the company in accordance with RICOH’s code of ethics.
• Effective implementation of RICOH Service Excellence. Effective implementation and management of RICOH Service Excellence.
• Achieves shift profitability in the area of cost of goods by effectively supervising the shift in the use of company materials and supplies.
• Manages total production labor percentages by achieving percentage of production worker labor and quality control labor established by the company.
• Meets quality and deadline standards by the effective use of job scheduling practices.
• Handles formal contact with the customer on a daily basis in MS and as needed in BDS/LDS.
• Provides training on work flow and machine operations when necessary.
• Ensures the quality of operations for shift by assisting in the achievement of goals in Audit and Deadline compliance.
• Increases employee retention by achieving turnover and average tenure goals.
• Maintains efficient workflow by holding direct reports accountable for quality and efficiency of their work.
• Improves quality of operations and improves consistency by implementing company performance and operation procedures.
• Ensures that location is properly staffed by matching employee skills and equipment with production demands.
• Facilities resolution of issues concerning pricing, orders-in and invoicing by interacting and communicating with sales department.
• Motivates employees and recognizes their accomplishments in a timely manner.
• Clearly communicates job expectations/consequences of employees by training, cross-training, coaching, counseling, directing, evaluating the work of subordinates to increase their work output and work quality.
• Completes site reports and other paperwork as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience, and Certifications)

Typically Required:

• High school or GED is required.
• 3+ years experience in a related field is required.
• Experience in delivering classroom and/or informal training sessions are required.
• Experience in operation of the most advanced machines, performing complex jobs, is required.

At Ricoh, we embrace and respect the collective and unique talents, experiences, and perspectives of all people. Together, we inspire remarkable innovation. That’s how we live the Ricoh Way. And with our commitment to ethics, you can be sure that we’re doing it with transparency, integrity and corporate social responsibility.

Ricoh is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer – Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled.