San Francisco Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Role: Art Director / Designer

Job Type: Freelance

Rate: $40 – $45/hr (DOE)

Start Date: Interviewing now

Location: Remote

Our creative agency client needs an Art Director / Designer with strong events experience to help their team on a freelance basis. This is a fully remote short-term contract position (1-3 months) working around 20 hours a week(or less) and candidates can be based anywhere in the US.

In this exciting opportunity the Art Director / Designer will work closely with the agency’s creative team to concept and design event branding and all event collateral, including presentations, digital and printed signage, event swag, and more.

Required skills / qualifications for the ideal Art Director / Designer:

– In-depth events experience, with the ability to think through the full event experience to make sure the client has all the collateral they need to make the event successful

– Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint

• – A portfolio that demonstrates large scale event experience, ideally in the B2B tech space

The Cake

Job Details:

Job Title: Art Director III

Location: Remote (California)

Duration: 06 Months (Contract)

Pay Range: $75-$80 per hour on W2 without benefits.

Summary: –

As an Art Director, you will work with leadership to provide artistic direction across numerous workstreams. You will collaborate with product designers, technical artists, artists, and engineers to understand what capabilities are on the technological horizon and demonstrate what is possible through well-crafted visuals and functional demos to shippable experiences.

Problem-solving, prototyping, and creative exploration come second nature to you and are evident in your skills, past projects, and the breadth of successes that have marked your career. You are curious about and engage with emerging technologies and have your hand on the pulse of all things AR, VR, MR, and XR.

Responsibilities:

• Guide the understanding of technical capabilities and constraints and the creativity to imagine new uses for them.
• Drive projects from start to finish that is both highly creative and technical in nature, including proposals, pitches, creative concepts, prototyping, and implementation, individually or as part of a team.
• Communicate project direction and strategy to internal partners.
• Coach internal partners on technical constraints and creative concepts.
• Anticipating problems that may put a project at risk and implementing solutions.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience creating AR/VR, mobile apps, and interactive installations.
• Strong artistic skills and design aesthetic.
• Ability to design and build systems using 3D tools (e.g., Blender, Maya, Houdini, Unity, Unreal, Spark AR)
• Has experience in designing, prototyping, and constructing visual/motion systems, both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build compelling prototypes.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Resilience under pressure and tight deadlines
• Familiarity with Spark AR and Unity
• May have experience with procedural artwork generation.

“U.S. Tech Solutions, Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status”

US Tech Solutions

Knauer Music School needs a new member of our team to fill a vacancy coming on May 1 2023. The job title is “Director of Knauer Music School. The job entails overseeing activities relating to teachers and students at both of our locations, Agoura Hills and Tarzana. This is a full time position with benefits. We have an amazing staff of teachers and students that you would be working with.
Knauer Pianos/Knauer Music School

CASTING NOTICE

WORKING THURSDAY 4/13

UNION ONLY

Major Paramount series is looking for a few UNION males and females to play MARINES on THURSDAY, 4/13, with a covid test prior to shoot. Filming on location in Los Angeles.

VACCINATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED!

LOOKING FOR:

• Union
• African American/Caucasian/Hispanic Males & Famels
• Between 20-35 years old.
• Males must be ok being clean cut & clean shaven.

RATE: $187 for 8 hours with time and a half after 8

Fittings: 1/4 base rate (If fitting is needed)

U: +$100 Covid Test Bump (Off site tests)

Union submissions for:

• Male to portray a Soccer Coach
• age 30’s to 40’s.
• You cannot have worked Eagle in the last 8 weeks.  
• Rate is 187/8 for shoot day and 100/4 for Covid Test . 
• Covid test on Weds 4/5 in Culver City before 1:30pm.  
• Shoots on Thurs 4/6 in Castaic. 

Must be registered with Central Casting. 

CASTING CALL FOR LA ACTORS

Do you have a native UK accent?

We are looking for:

• Male or female talent, with a UK accent for an upcoming photo/video shoot.
• No Irish or Scottish accents.
• We need talent that does not have a “holiday tan” and that can speak in a Manchester/ Birmingham, Northern England accent.

CASTING

• MEN IN LA 6’0″ +
• MUSCULAR BUILDS
• TO PLAY THE ROLE OF: SECURITY FOR A PROJECTS
• STARRING A HIGH-PROFILE ARTIST FILMING IN LA
• MULTIPLE DAYS THIS MONTH

$350/12

MAJOR FEATURE CASTING NOTICE – BUSINESS MEN

A major feature set for summer release, is gearing up for reshoots in LA and we are currently taking submissions for:

• BUSINESS MEN
• MUST BE 18+
• Any Ethnicity
• You must be available for the tentative shoot date of SUNDAY, APRIL 16th!
• May require a fitting prior (date TBD)!

Serena G is taking submissions for a show seeking:

• Background men
• Who has good chopping skills and be on camera for us.

DATES: 

COVID Test: Monday, April 10th

Possible Work: Tuesday, April 11th, and

Possible recalls for; 4/12, 4/13, 4/14

Rate:

Union: $ 100/4 Covid Test || $ 187/8 Work Hours  

Location: LA Area

• UNION AND NON-SUBMISSIONS
• Must be registered with Central Casting!!!
• Must pass COVID test to work. Even if you test negative, you are not confirmed for work unless we send you details confirming shoot day.

MAJOR FEATURE CASTING NOTICE – 7-9YO HISPANIC GIRL HAND DOUBLE

A major feature set for summer release, is gearing up for reshoots in LA and we are currently looking for a:

• Hispanic girl
• between the ages of 7 to 9 to be a hand double! 
• You must be available for the tentative shoot date of SUNDAY, APRIL 16th!
• May require a fitting prior (date TBD)!