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JOB TITLE: Art Director

REPORTS TO: Vice President of Marketing

DEPARTMENT: Marketing

OVERVIEW

We are seeking a highly creative and experienced Art Director to lead the visual and creative department at Summer Fridays. As the Art Director, you will be responsible for managing the overall visual identity of the brand across all touch points, including digital, social, print, packaging and retail. You will be responsible for managing direct reports and agencies to ensure the delivery of exceptional visual and creative work that aligns with Summer Fridays’ brand standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development and execution of the brand’s visual and creative strategy across all channels, including digital, social, print, packaging and retail
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including Founders, Marketing, Product Development, Digital and Sales) to ensure consistent messaging, alignment to brand standards and all touch points are optimized for performance
• Manage and mentor direct reports to ensure the delivery of exceptional visual and creative work
• Evaluate, select, brief and collaborate with external agencies and vendors as needed to ensure the delivery of high-quality work that aligns with brand standards
• Develop and maintain brand guidelines and standards to ensure consistent execution of visual and creative assets
• Oversee the production of all visual and creative assets, including but not limited to, photo shoots, videos, digital ads, brand website, social media content, OOH, packaging and in-store displays
• Oversee in-store visual merchandising to ensure consistent execution of brand standards and elevate the brand’s in-store shopping experience
• Oversee packaging in partnership with our creative agency, ensuring that all concepts are visually appealing, aligned with overall brand identity, feature/benefit-focused and compliant with packaging and regulatory specifications
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to ensure the brand remains innovative and competitive
• Concept and design assets as needed
• Other responsibilities and tasks as needed and assigned

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in art direction, creative direction, or related field
• Strong portfolio showcasing visual and creative work for beauty, fashion or lifestyle brands
• Experience managing a team and mentoring direct reports
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills
• Knowledge of design software (Adobe Creative Suite) and experience managing photo shoots and video production
• Knowledge of current industry trends and best practices in beauty, fashion, and lifestyle
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and a problem solver
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Must be based in Los Angeles and able to commute to an office 1-2 days per week

Summer Fridays

As the People & Culture Coordinator, you report directly to the People & Culture Director. The People & Culture Coordinator will partner with the leadership team to attract and retain top talent and create a highly effective, motivated workforce within a fun, unique work environment. The People & Culture Coordinator will provide support to senior leaders in the alignment of culture and business strategy, change leadership, organization design, group dynamics, and team development. The People & Culture Coordinator will also be responsible to support the People & Culture Director with recruitment, compliance, benefits, and payroll.

Job Overview:

• You are the brand ambassador who drives the MAMA Spirit through the organization.
• Support the hiring process to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and policies.
• Support the recruiting, new hire documentation, and onboarding process.
• You reinforce MAMA’s unique working culture in partnership with Global HR initiatives.
• Coordinate in partnership with the leader’s necessary training and ensure the quality of training delivery is to the standard of MAMA.
• You break down walls and foster collaboration through all levels and departments in the organization.
• Assist with the implementation of policies and procedures.
• Provide support to comply with all HR-related federal, state, and local legal requirements and stays current with new legislation.
• Help maintain Employee records up to date.
• Assist with internal communication, and internal events (birthdays, staff parties, “fun at work”, etc.)
• Other HR tasks and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 2 – 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Must have the ability to work flexible work hours.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• You’re a team player-At MAMA, we all roll up our sleeves together.
• Maintaining and improving change management programs
• Recruiting experience
• Ability to build and strengthen employee relations at all levels throughout the organization
• Ability to raise difficult issues and provide real-time feedback.
• Experienced in a variety of HRIS platforms.

MAMA Would Love It If:

• Competent in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word
• You’re passionate and creative about what you do and how you do it.
• You’re not easily stressed and perform at your best under pressure.
• You stay up to date with all current and upcoming People/Human Resources trends.

Other Duties:

• This job description is not an exhaustive list of all the job functions that a team member may be asked to perform from time to time at the direction of the leadership team.

The Company participates in E-Verify.

MAMA SHELTER

Casting Call

We are looking for our lead on our upcoming short film

• All ethnicities and backgrounds are welcome
• Age: 60s-70s
• Actress/dancer (flamenco preferred)

Shooting in LA on August 24th-27th

Join the NEXT LA team

We are currently looking for the right person to fill an assistant position. This person will be responsible for learning from and catering to our main board agents, coordinating travel for talent and multi-tasking in a range Of areas. We have a fast-paced and creative office.

Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Welcome visitors in a professional and accommodating manner.
• Answer, screen, take accurate messages &/or transfer moderately busy phones.
• Assist agents with model’s schedules and logistics.
• Multitask and problem solve with agents.
• Responsible for various copy, file set-up or mail projects
• Book travel for all talent including flights, hotels, car service, train etc.
• Communicate via email at fast space.
• Play middleman between model and immigration lawyer.
• Schedule castings
• Data entry, new client paperwork
• General day-t-o day bookings, data entry
• Sending regular emails to follow-up with clients and models
• Open call screening
• Manage incoming and outgoing mail.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of fashion a must
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• US work authorization (Required)
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining focused, proactive,
• resourceful and efficient.
• Possess a dynamic personality, and positive attitude, with excellent phone presence.
• Dependable and punctual
• Professional work ethic
• ExceIlent verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate under minimal supervision.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Very well-organized and punctual
• Microsoft Word, Excel a plus
• Excited to be a part of a fast-paced agency and wants a long-term position
• PLUS: if you know a camera and Photoshop
  Hours are 9 am — 6 pm, Mon— Fri.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Entry Level

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8-hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Ability to commute/relocate: Beverly Hills, CA 90211: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Beverly Hills, CA 90211

NOW CASTING

NON-UNION ONLY!

CASTING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

WE ARE SEEKING:

• PEOPLE OF ALL DIVERSITIES
  • Real male and female barbers (30-40)
  • Real Family must include a father (45-55) and daughter (12-17 open to kids with disabilities)
  • Real Football players/ athletes, girls and boys (8-12)
  • Real Mom (20-30) with son (6-8)

Casting Call for Editorial

Looking for: 1 male model, Black with dreads

Rate: $500/ 8 hours

Dates: 7/5 (fitting), 7/7 (Shoot)

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Hosting

• 1 Female Model to host a day party in Hollywood

Location: LA- Hollywood

Call time: 3 PM – 6 PM

July 2nd

Paid

LA Casting Call: Bad English

Hosted By: Damian Bao Casting

Damian Bao Casting is launching an open call for Korean talents for Bad English, an upcoming dramatic short film about a newly single Korean American woman who tries to retake her son’s first school picture with her two sisters.

Bad English is currently being produced via the coveted American Film Institute Directing for Women Workshop program and was a Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge semi-finalist in its inaugural year.

Rehearsal/ Shoot dates: July 28- August 8, 2023 (TBC)

Shoot Location: Los Angeles, CA

Contract: SAG-AFTRA/AFI Short Film Agreement

Paid casting opportunity

Open to union and non-union talent. No prior acting experience is required.

Open to all Korean or Korean American talents as long as you will be in Los Angeles during the shoot dates.

Job Description

Our team is searching for a social-first creative Senior Art Director who is passionate about TV, film, sports, pop culture, and art. You will have a digital portfolio with social-first art direction examples ( IG + TikTok).

You will be a part of shaping the future of entertainment and media with one of the world’s leading streaming services for TV and film. You’d lead the way with a radically collaborative crew that excels at audacious thinking. We want challengers who know what it takes to command attention, architect fandoms and never lose sight of even the smallest of details when it comes to opportunities for impact. You will report to a Creative Director, and partner with a Senior Copywriter (and we’d love to hire an existing creative team!). You will immerse yourself in top streaming TV and film and create big ideas to land on our client’s social channels.

This account is right-fit for social-experienced, entertainment enthusiasts: 

• Emerging platforms and the shifts that come with them don’t shake you 
• A day spent not rehashing the latest trends in film, sports and TV is not a day lived 
• Separate substantive, brand-building moves from quick-hit stunts 

Qualifications

• BA in Advertising, Graphic Design or related field
• 3-6 years of agency experience
• Experience with projects across all media, print, interactive, web, etc.
• Must be proficient with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is$70,000-$110,000/year.Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visitdentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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Hearts & Science has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing, where CRM and addressable channels converge, and decisions must be made in real time to aggregate effective reach and deliver the right message at the right time. Designed to inform brand strategies with real-time insights, Hearts & Science is a data-driven marketing agency with expert media planning and buying capabilities, among other services that include shopper marketing, marketing innovation and content activation.

About the Role:

The Entertainment & Content Marketing team works with clients to develop custom, integrated, cross platform entertainment programs, creating deeper and consistent consumer engagement. The team taps into a broad network of digital publishers, entertainment production companies, television networks, movie studios, social platforms, and streaming companies to produce breakthrough storytelling from large-scale properties to smaller, original programs, covering all budget levels and brand program needs.

This freelance role will help strategize, brainstorm, develop, and execute content partnerships for the one of our largest accounts, and will have the opportunity to work across multiple lines of business.

Strategic and Functional Team Lead:

• Support and contribute to the overall vision and management of branded content & entertainment initiatives on behalf of our clients
• Actively build out content opportunities that deliver on our clients’ marketing and media objectives with media networks, digital publishers, and more.
• Develop sound content recommendations to clients, with insights, big ideas, cultural proof points and compelling tactics
• Understand and implement approved measurement models to justify investment and quantify results from programs
• Stay atop of current content, storytelling and technology trends and apply these forecasts to build program recommendations, ad-hoc partnership opportunity POVs, and executional-stage optimizations
• Occasionally support the Executive Director with presentation materials, status updates, and ad hoc meetings to ensure successful communication with advertising and media clients and agency partners on a consistent basis

Execution:

• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact and content expert for clients, integrated agency teams, and partners to execute multiple programs concurrently, from strategy to ideation to creative development to execution
• Assist in the development and lead the activation of multi-platform distribution plans for programs across digital, linear, experiential, audio and social, involving cross-functional investment team to align on media plans
• Develop and execute timelines, manage production schedules, adhere to deadlines, set up/organize internal/client meetings, and enforce ongoing team communication throughout program
• Host partnership kick off calls across partner and clients to provided in-depth look at partnership components, working alongside publisher partner in deck content and build
• Ensure pre, during and post program measurement and optimization plans align to objectives and are in place for each program
• Evaluate final measurement data, address feedback with partners, and draw takeaways that provide agency and client teams learnings and insights into performance
• Manage internal and external work streams and production process for assigned projects during the creative development phase; development phase will require help with producing written and visual materials such as brand briefs to share with partners, client recommendations, program overviews, and more

Team Management:

• Reporting to the Director, you may also support the Executive Director based on assigned projects and client initiatives.

Thought Leadership:

• Offer support to Hearts and Science and TCC Leadership on new business pitches and marketing collateral on an as-needed basis

Requirements:

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in entertainment and content marketing, integrated partnerships, or strategic partnership development
• Proven analytical, strategic thinking, communication, client service and project management skills
• Exceptional project management skills, with ability to manage multiple work streams with strong quality control
• Stellar written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working on an integrated team
• Ability to address challenges, work under pressure, follow-through and solve problems quickly in the face of challenges
• Ability to effectively and confidently communicate information in both verbal and written formats (Development of ideas, pitches, research and recaps, client presentations, etc.)

Knowledge/Expertise:

• Passion for entertainment and culture opportunities for brands
• Experience working with various marketing communication channels (including digital and social)
• Experience in concept development, production oversight, and foundational understanding of working with and managing media partners
• Understanding of the digital and social landscape
• Experience implementing effective measurement models, synthesizing data to prove value and program success
• Can manage peer level clients with a successful track record in account management and client service

Compensation Range: $2,115 – $2,300 weekly. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, Benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependence Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation, sick, personal days, paid parental leave, and paid medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Hearts & Science is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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