San Francisco Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

I’m a fashion photographer based in Los Angeles and I’m seeking new or experienced models for jr. wear.  Age/look between 9 and 13.  Ongoing work and shoots. 

Ever seen a targeted ad on an Instagram story or on the TikTok #foryou page that makes you think–“Is my phone LISTENING to me?!”

First Media’s Performance Marketing (Direct Response) team is a performance-first marketing division at a fast-paced, millennial women’s lifestyle company. We use data to make informed decisions around creative video storytelling — rather than having the data work for us. This means we are constantly looking at Facebook performance to optimize and streamline creative decisions to give our direct-to-consumer clients the best chance of success in the marketplace to grow their client-base. We never settle for “good enough” and react in real-time to make creative decisions and leverage how the world responds to our creative to make it even better.

We’re looking for a Creative Producer to join our Los Angeles team! The ideal candidate has past success in the direct-to-consumer space, ideally with consumer packaged goods and user generated content.

Responsibilities

• Creative Ideation and Storytelling: Ideate, pitch shoot concepts, and script your video concepts in a clear voice to tell a specific story about a product to a specific audience, scaling what works well and nixing what doesn’t
• Assist other Producers and the Creative Director in turning scripts into shot lists and fully fleshed out shoots.
• Proactively engage in meetings with the production team to determine the creative elements needed to fully execute on concept.
• Project management: Work across brands and clients with a team of directors, editors and producers. Able to juggle multiple concepts scripting and concepting, at the same time as other projects in post-production with a video editor.
• Occasionally direct digital media video advertisements: testimonials, food shoots/styling, glam product shoots, modeling, etc.
• Win: Make informed decisions to capture an audience and convert them to customers

Qualifications

• A portfolio of digital content you have helped create (or created yourself), and the ability to talk about the strategy that informed each piece in the portfolio
• 3+ years experience in Entertainment marketing, advertising or content creation
• 2+ years experience in editing in Adobe Premiere
• 2+ years experience in shooting using DSLR cameras
• Able to combine streamlined copywriting and visual narratives into one medium
• Ability to bring ideas to life on a white board, big stage presentation, or finished content
• Experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and/or user-generated content (UGC) a plus

First Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

First Media US

Ready Set (ReadySet.co) is looking for a full-time VP, Executive Producer to help us build a New Advertising Industry Everyone can Love. 

What does a VP, Executive Producer at Ready Set DO you ask? Well let us tell you!

Sitting on the executive team and overseeing multiple departments: Casting, UGC Production, Studio Production and Shipping + Logistics, you’ll be responsible for everything to do with producing the direct response footage that goes into our ads. Based in Los Angeles, some of the things you and your teams will be working on include: 

• Overseeing studio production teams and directors on at our downtown LA soundstage
• Developing and implementing a budgeting process for studio production, UGC production and shipping for UGC talent and working to get the most out of the investment we’re putting in
• Hiring a world-class team to execute as we scale production at a rate that keeps pace with our 300% year over year rate of revenue growth
• Partnering with our tagging and product+engineering teams on building the best machine to produce great work quickly that feeds into our technology 
• Supporting your Shipping + Logistics Lead select and build out warehouse space on the same site
• So much more! As with anyone hired into such a senior role (or any role) at our company, we give you the keys to the car. 

About Us: At Ready Set, we create a “Smart Creative Feed” of video ads for paid social every week, for clients like SmileDirectClub, hims, Weight Watchers, NordicTrack and more. Our founders spun out of Airbnb and Nanigans, respectively. 

What you’re good at:

• Empathy. You’re a great listener who can help your team feel heard and supported.
• Fast-paced production: Upleveled UGC and studio production are what we’re known for.
• Budgeting: We have never had someone focused on this, across and by clients.
• Hiring: This is a senior role and your ability to bring in “hell yeah” candidates is essential. 
• Taking feedback. You’re open to learn new things, openly. 
• Being accessible. When your friend texts you, you text right back. Not 17hrs later 🙂
• Thinking strategically. As a member of the exec team, we think 3-10+ yrs out together.
• Attention to detail. This doesn’t always go with creativity, but it’s important at Ready Set.

You are:

• Accessible, responsive and diligent – we move fast and reliability is key. 
• Humble, coachable – takes feedback well. We are always learning from each other.
• Self-motivated – a doer. We give everyone at Ready Set a ton of freedom. 
• Someone who works well remotely. We are a fully remote company. 
• Collaborative: works well with others. Our team is diverse, from all over the world!

What we offer:

• A hyper-growth startup environment where your work has a real impact on the company.
• Consistent clarity and context from management, who are accessible to everyone.
• Remote work, collaborating with a talented team distributed across the globe. 
• Competitive salary 
• Unlimited paid time off

Ready Set

BRON Digital, is a state-of-the-art virtual production and service company, that utilizes the Unreal Engine to develop and produce long-form animation for series television, short-form content, and motion pictures. This division leverages BRON’s extensive experience producing traditional CGI animation to apply and adapt the best practices of linear animation pipelines and marry those with Unreal Engine centered, virtual production workflows. The move allows BRON to broaden and expand its production and produce high quality content with much faster turnarounds.

We are seeking an Associate Producer to join our team, cross our Digital animated shows.

Requirements

Role & Responsibilities:

• Help to promote interdepartmental communication and workflow.
• Assist line producer and production manager in balancing artistic and productivity requirements.
• Mentor production managers, coordinators, assistants and provide guidance and support to department leads.
• Attend all relevant reviews and approval sessions to promote effective communication throughout the production team and provide leadership as needed.
• Assess schedule continuously with line producer and production manager, and as team weigh technical constraints against scope of the project, while also protecting the creative.
• Help forecast overages and delays throughout production, and work to find creative and technical solutions with production team, director and department leads.
• Communicate creative priorities throughout the production by working closely with Director.
• Suggest production solutions that will allow for needed creative changes to be made.
• Assist in the creation of and help to maintain project management documents including status reports, project plans, communications plans, post-mortems and compiling of historical information.
• Track, document, and report on major creative changes that affect budget/schedule to line producer and production manager in a timely manner.
• Generate and distribute reports to EVP and SVP Digital.
• Work with partner studios to ensure daily communication runs smoothly, troubleshoot issues, and foresee and avoid potential delays.
• Responsible for overseeing data management in Shotgrid – check that all materials are being correctly captured, and that all relevant data is accurate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ year’s production management experience in animation film and/or VFX production or equivalent
• Proficiency with ShotGrid Software
• Experience with all parts of the animation production pipeline, including layout, modeling, shading, animation, effects, lighting, rendering, compositing & post
• Familiarity with all aspects of production management, including budget & schedule management, personnel and performance management
• Superior personnel management and team building skills, and ability to lead with a positive attitude and encourage collaboration
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of production techniques and terminology
• Expert organizational, project management & time management skills
• Ability to anticipate and deal with an ever-changing production environment
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential material
• Ability to manage time and balance priorities amid the pressures of busy, deadline-driven production
• Must have the ability to organize, schedule, and delegate work effectively
• Must be proactive and be an effective problem solver
• Previous computer experience with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and MS Project, spreadsheet and database applications required

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including Extended Health Benefits
• Studio Holiday closure between Christmas and New Year
• 7 health days per year (prorated per any partial year, and/or contract length)

BRON Studios

Our client, a top Ad Agency, is hiring an Executive Producer. This role requires innovative thinking and a hands-on approach. They want someone who can lead a team, has a strong understanding of the technical side of digital production, and who can foster flawless execution in production. This person should have deep connections in the digital world, a highly collaborative attitude, and a commitment to doing whatever it takes to make great work. The bulk of the work is banner heavy, so we definitely need someone who is confident and experienced in the banner production process, and is also excited about continuing to work on banners 🙂 There are also other opportunities to work on digital experience campaigns (AR/VR, etc) and digital OOH campaigns too, but again the large majority is banners.

This role is remote to start with the possibility of being hybrid in the future in Playa Vista.

The Work:

• Serve as a key partner to Account, Creative, Strategy and Media counterparts
• Collaborate across all disciplines to ensure digital advertising is represented and stays parallel to traditional creative development process:
• Work with internal creative and production teams to determine the best ways forward
• Oversee and adequately communicate production realities
• Create production timelines and budgets
• Manage a portfolio of work
• Manage multiple work streams simultaneously
• Review all project briefs for timing and resource assignments
• Provide prioritization guidance for project teams
• Evaluate vendor needs and manage accordingly
• Cultivate relationships with creative and strategic teams to help them understand the limitations, possibilities and ongoing learnings within the digital space
• Work closely with Media on domestic and global media plans to determine the appropriate strategy for each creative launch and ensure flawless technical execution on each build
• Create, shepherd, and champion ideas – partner with Creative Technologists to continually push the limits for what’s possible and help expand our technology practices
• Develop a deep understanding of agency processes, tools, and capabilities to get the work done effectively and efficiently.
• Beyond this, think outside of the box to problem solve new work processes & solutions that may not be the ‘norm’.
• Responsible for handling challenging conversations through the production process

Collaboration & People Management:

• Maintain strong, trusting, open relationships with internal departments & global agency counterparts
• Manage vendor relationships; including active evaluation of new vendors
• Ensure proper training of production team within the pod & share best practices or learnings within the department
• Model exemplary time management and communication skills to producers
• Partner with other EPs on producer staffing, training and development for the team
• Actively track progress of producers through regular performance check-ins, ensuring they have clear goals, direct feedback & balanced workloads to grow appropriately

24 Seven Talent

Advanced Systems Group, LLC offers a wide range of technical and creative services for media and entertainment, and corporate clients, across the country and around the world. Whether our clients are in search of onsite or remote support, our Managed Services team provides scalable media production workforce solutions that can quickly adapt to their changing needs.

We seek a well rounded video production specialist to join our team who is comfortable working in a highly collaborative corporate environment.

Position can be remote for now but will be required to be on location and in the studio in the Bay Area as needed. This is an ad hoc, project based position.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide production support in studio, remote and on-location when needed.
• Deep knowledge of video production, how talent on camera should look like, helping talent to set up their home equipment via video calls, including framing, lighting tips and sound quality.
• Assist talent before and during remote recordings or livestreams.
• Operate camera, run audio, light, run a teleprompter and maintain all production gear.
• Operate voice overs and podcast material.
• Operate and maintain computer systems related to video production.
• Prep and load equipment for on-location shoots and ensure all equipment returns to the studio and storage areas.
• Help maintain and update inventory of equipment at the studio.
• Keep storage areas and studio organized, clean, and safe.
• Review footage and actively seek and recommend improvements to increase production quality and streamline various workflows.
• Ingest, organize, and hand off media to the post-production team using established workflow.
• Assess equipment needs for upcoming productions and consult with producers and studio leads.
• Maintain expert level status by staying up to date on current equipment and emerging production processes.
• Assistance with location scouting when needed.
• Conduct tests of new equipment and production concepts.
• Work with production and editorial teams to make sure there are no issues or improvements that can be made on set.
• Provide feedback to the studio lead of any equipment issues to be repaired.
• Meet regularly with studio leads to ensure best practices and standards are being met.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Friendly and helpful attitude toward producers, talent and stakeholders on shoots.
• Understanding of all steps of the production process to properly communicate with the team.
• Respectful and clear communication with team members and stakeholders through written form as well as in person meetings.
• Willingness to help other team members.
• Responsive, clear and concise communication through Gmail and Google Hangouts.

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LA  – EXTRAS AS FOOTBALL PLAYERS – RUSH BOOKING FOR SATURDAY JAN 15

• Big Football Player Extras – Linebacker Types
• 20 – 35 / Man / Any Ethnic Appearance
• $275/10 + $50 Covid Test Stipend

Big Football Player extras – Large Builds, Linebacker types for Non Union Sports Commercial working Saturday January 15 in DTLA.

Must also be available for a covid test today 1/13 or tomorrow 1/14

Assistant Video Producer, UCAN AV Studio

Seeking an individual who will support our clients’ Creative Content Managers on the AV Studio team (specifically for US/CANADA markets). Key responsibilities include being able to ensure AV creative content assets are QC’d, delivered on time for maximum impact, and supporting the overall mechanics of executing shoots and delivery of content to all internal partners. Being a passionate and excited storyteller, being hyper organized, and being collaborative are critical to the success of this position.

Ideal Candidate.

This person is someone who has the ambition of being a producer and/or editor and can multitask well. Someone who is able to juggle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively against deadlines in a high volume environment with grace and patience. The candidate may have a history of working at a large agency or within an internal creative department at a studio (i.e. Disney’s Hive or Uni’s Inside Job). At their core, they understand project management and have an appreciation for and a passion for creativity, and most importantly for FILM. They enjoy logistics, planning, and creation relatively equally – they are excited by all aspects of the job, not just the shiny fun/glamorous parts.

The candidate is someone who is detail-oriented and able to catch small mistakes naturally: misspelling, poorly formatted documents, as well as technical errors with video (i.e dropped frames, wrong color, missing fades, wrong slate, wrong frame rate, wrong resolution etc).

This person is tech-savvy when it comes to post production workflows and software, while also

understanding the basics of production gear.

Qualifications:

This person has 3 – 4 years experience working across TV or Films in a marketing, publicity creative or production capacity. This person LOVES film, always seeks ancillary show content – searching for and scouring the internet for more. Creative content, talent interviews, everything they can get their hands on when it comes to the shows they love and watch. They are excited for the opportunity to work in a service-oriented role but have ambitions for creative excellence within a marketing or publicity capacity.

Responsibilities.

• Be a passionate storyteller with a creative eye
• Strong organizational skills
• Enjoys the logistics of production and post-production organization
• Quality control all files before going out to partners
• In-depth knowledge, and passion for, video creative through all stages of a piece’s life cycle
• Collaborative – open to taking direction and executing on it, though also comfortable proposing new workflows, and sharing ideas (creative or otherwise), for the sake of efficiency and scalability when appropriate
• Project management
• Manage delivery schedules of final assets
• Keep track of important dates and milestones
• Start of productions, access to cuts (to get started on clips)
• Organize and create documents
• Shoot concepts / divided by talent
• SOW’s / MSA’s when setting up vendors
• Attention to technical detail
• Clips – a knack for identifying key moments in a given show or episode with an understanding for how they can be used (online debuts, broadcast interviews (daytime vs. late night), etc)
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects effectively while meeting deadlines
• Assist the Creative Content Manager title lead with securing talent approvals and ensuring notes are properly executed (QC) as revisions are delivered
• Ensure that all shoot files are easy to trackable within our internal asset management tools/systems
• Update internal tracking tools with appropriate links and files as needed for a given campaign
• Capable of assisting in all facets of a shoot (remote or in person when safe/appropriate) however necessary. Including:
• Operate Open Reel/remote application software when needed
• Creating consistent documents and tracking grids across a given shoot for cross functional team access and visibility
• Scheduling
• Organize shoot files / Transcode / upload / create links at wrap
• Follow up with internal/external partners re: transcripts, file delivery, etc in order to facilitate the execution of creative kicking off
• Help with shoot and creative content planning from start to finish: Reviewing creative, helping with shot lists, broll capture needs,, reviewing and/or drafting EPK questions for talent interviews, and more

Cypress HCM

Who We Are:

Imprint Projects is a post-advertising creative agency. We are delighted and humbled to have won The Drum Experience Awards 2021 “Experience Agency of the Year (Under 40 Staff)” and “Brand Activation as Part of an Integrated Marketing Campaign of the Year (Amazon Studios, All In for Voting)”. In 2019, AdAge named us “Small Agency of the Year, Culture” and “Small Agency of the Year, Experiential”.

Since 2011, our mission is to replace advertising with cultural production and dialogue. We elevate the world’s most influential brands with cultural content, experiences, and community programming. We provide Brand and Campaign Strategy, Experience Design, Event Programming and Production, Print & Digital Design and Social / Digital Strategy and more for our clients.

We value long-term partnerships with companies like Levi’s, Sonos, and Spotify, and leading nonprofits like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art.

Our days are fast-paced, exciting and fun, and the vibe is comfortable and collaborative. We take care of our people with great benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Who We Seek:

We are looking for a talented Freelance Producer with deep Discord knowledge to support a heritage fashion brand who recently launched a server for a community of aspiring and practicing musicians. Our APs are vital to our producing team of Senior and Executive producers, supporting on the day-to-day of a project from start to finish, and leading distinct work streams within our largest and most complex campaigns, platforms, and initiatives.

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working on client facing projects, budget and project management efforts, with an emphasis on knowledge of Discord and virtual events.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with Senior Strategist and Community Manager in the on-going management of client’s Discord Server
• Traffic bi-weekly reporting on community activity to our clients
• Support brand’s regional marketing teams with activations happening within the Discord Server
• Scheduling, maintaining and facilitating rehearsal windows, allowing regions to practice “going live” with video or voice channels for brand activations
• Maintain FAQ documentation and learnings for activating regions
• Support the quarterly re-publication of Documentation Playbook, sharing learnings with regions
• Project Management of regional promotions and activations in regional line up calendar to ensure steady cadence of excitement in the Discord server
• Managing permissions and channel set up for regional marketing teams and their production partners
• Support with monthly regional trainings to share out learnings and best practices
• Schedule internal and client meetings, collate recap notes, file management, tracking documents, etc
• Assist in budget management and weekly burn reports
• Support the management of internal projects teams, freelancers
• Assist in negotiation, set up, hiring and management of freelancers, collaborators and vendors on a project basis; foster and maintain collaborative, strong relationships
• Proof client-facing documents and contracts, gather statistics, press and prepare recap documents.

What You’ll Bring:

• Minimum 3 years’ proven experience as a Producer or Project Manager in an agency or brand context for a
• Required: Knowledge of Discord, experience engaging audiences from a brand perspective a plus
• Knowledge of best practices in experience design, digital technology and content production
• Excellent writing, document preparation and presentation skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities with aptitude in fostering long-term relationships
• Outstanding organizational and leadership capabilities
• Bonus if you have a proven interest in music and/or building community amongst creators
• Working knowledge of Google Apps and Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of Mavenlink is a plus!
• You are: Resourceful, Flexible, Accountable, Organized
• You have: Great Judgment, Nimble Time Management, Collaborative Communication, Excellent Writing

We strive to reflect the communities we serve and model the values we hope to see out in the world. Imprint Projects is committed to cultivating a diverse workforce and supporting an experimental and inclusive culture. We encourage applicants of all cultures, ethnicities, races, gender identities, nations of origin, ages, languages spoken, veteran’s statuses, religions, abilities, sexual orientations and beliefs. Imprint Projects will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Imprint Projects

Agency Guacamole is an award-winning, LA-based PR, influencer marketing and events agency. We help clients in the beauty and lifestyle space tell their stories in a variety of ways—in partnership with the media, on social media channels, in collaboration with influencers and through cool events.

Check out some of our work on our Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/agencyguacamole/

We are a small but very hard-working team, and are looking for a PR/Influencer Account Director.

This client-facing role requires a leader who has solid experience in the field and knows public relations and influencer marketing extremely well. She/he can counsel internal and external stakeholders on strategy, campaigns and challenges, and is an excellent presenter.

Our ideal candidate has ~5-7 years of experience in PR/marketing (brand or agency side), which includes campaign development, team and client management, media relations and creative strategy. She/he has a solid understanding of influencer culture, has existing relationships (media, influencers, etc.) and is good under pressure. Beauty/lifestyle experience required.

Full details below. If a collaborative, supportive and inclusive team sounds appealing to you, send us a short note of introduction and your resume.

The Public Relations/Influencer Account Director role entails:

• serving as a key point of contact for clients and managing those relationships to ensure client satisfaction and growth
• budgeting projects, reporting on progress and troubleshooting where needed
• preparing client-facing communications and reporting
• producing and supervising campaigns on schedule and budget
• mentoring and developing junior team members
• supporting various internal and external initiatives

You should be very comfortable with:

• the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Docs, Cision, influencer dashboards
• a fast-paced environment where attention to detail and follow-through is crucial
• writing and presenting

Here’s what’s in it for you:

• The opportunity to work on cool and impactful campaigns for top-tier beauty and lifestyle brands
• Flexible schedule and work environment
• Get to be part of a fun and hardworking team, and learn from people who not only have fantastic experience in marketing/PR, but also teach the subject

Other notes about what we’re looking for:

• Trustworthy, honest and excited individuals looking to grow, lead and build
• People who want to make a positive contribution on our client projects and see the results of their hard work
• People who are genuinely curious about the world and the categories in which our clients compete (e.g., beauty, men’s grooming and lifestyle)
• You don’t have to be a beauty junkie to apply, but you should be open to testing whatever latest product we’re playing with
• You are a trustworthy, reliable and honest individual, and are excited about beauty/lifestyle PR, events and social media

Note: If you’ve read this far we already think you’re awesome, but due to the anticipated volume of responses, we will contact only those candidates who most closely match our requirements.

Agency Guacamole