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{The And} Documentary Series Open Casting Call

in Los Angeles | Cultural Identity | New Participant Form

~ 18 and over ~

The Skin Deep, an Emmy award-winning creative studio exploring human connection and relationships, invites you to become a part of their interactive documentary series, {THE AND}.

We are interested in exploring cultural identity between Latin American immigrant FATHERS and their U.S born and/or raised CHILDREN. We are curious about the “Ni de aquí, ni de allá” experience, feelings of displacement, what home means, and how that is passed down between generations.

We ask that the person you want to participate with is also on board, as the intention of this is for there to be genuine and open dialogue between the two of you.

{Parent must be Non-U.S born immigrant and child must be U.S born/raised 1st-Generation Latino-American age 18 and over. We are specifically looking for Father/Son or Father/Daughter duos}

*Please note that all information submitted via this form is 100% private. Your {THE AND} partner will never see your responses nor will your information ever be disclosed, re-distributed, or sold to a Third Party.*

IMPORTANT DATES

*Please do not submit an application if you ARE NOT available for the dates below*

POTENTIAL 5-MIN ZOOM INTERVIEW

We will be holding brief, 10-min Zoom interviews on:

Friday, November 18th OR Monday, November 21st

(Ideally, both parties are present for this. These casual interviews are done from the comfort of your own home.)

90-MIN IN-PERSON STUDIO SESSION

If selected, you and your partner will be asked to film in a studio location in central Los Angeles on December 1st, 2nd, 3rd, OR 4th (one day only) Filming will require no more than 90 minutes of your time from start to finish.

(both parties MUST be present)

COMPENSATION

IF BOOKED TO FILM IN-STUDIO (one day only):

$100 per person for 90 min max., guaranteed.

Additional compensation may be offered in the event that your footage is selected to be featured in a major Social Media platform and a major Streaming Platform. More details will be disclosed if selected.

GUARANTEED USAGE:

The Skin Deep Social Media Channels

POTENTIAL USAGE:

Social Media, major streaming platform

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Main role

• Promote more innovation and ideation across Tencent’s overseas game companies, and drive pitch management and IP management
• Support the upgrade of the overall project portfolio/pipeline, including providing assessments on in-development projects and pushing for quality improvements
• Provide advice and support on production issues and challenges faced by the development teams, as needed

Key responsibilities

• Focused on Content & Editorial Management
• Drive creative and quality upgrade and management
• Help promote more ideation across portfolio companies, and support pitch management
• Work on IP management
• Deliver on-ground support for project/production troubleshooting (including product concept, dev management, community strategy, etc.)
• Advise to the investment team on the quality and market forecast of potential deals

Main requirements

• 15+ years of professional experience in videogames industry and business team management
• Game development (or publishing) background in PC/Console, global/western markets, experience with GaaS preferred, AAA title experience a plus
• Has shipped a game or been part of a team that shipped a game
• Experience in creative process of game development, IP creation and management
• Great interpersonal and communication skills, and collaborative approach
• Proven ability to navigate complex, cross-cultural work environments
• strong senior network in gaming sector. Capable to establish CXO level conversation between Tencent and major developers and publishers

Tencent

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At Xpedition, telling great stories is at the heart of everything we do. Each day, our team works together to produce heartfelt, human-driven content and events for clients like Google, Adidas, McKinsey & Company, YouTube, fitbit, RingCentral and Discovery+. Due to our fast growth and incoming slate of new projects, we are looking for a creative Producer to join our team.

The Role:

We are looking for a seasoned Creative Producer who is passionate about storytelling and creative projects to work as a part of our technology client’s internal video team — someone who aims to help client visions come to life from start to finish! The role will need to be available to work from our client’s Sunnyvale, California offices a minimum of three days a week preferably Tuesday to Thursday with some flexibility depending on shoot schedules.

The Creative Producer will lead/manage projects and report to a Supervising Producer. Projects may include, but not limited to, documentary-style case study videos to demo videos, animation and motion graphics projects, sizzle reels, deck creation, and story research.

A portfolio showcasing your work is required to be considered for this position.

A working knowledge of filmmaking, photography, and/or graphic design a plus!

Responsibilities Include:

• Build a solid understanding of client asks to contribute/shepherd the creative execution.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously from ideation to execution and final delivery, ensuring all steps and deadlines are satisfactorily met.
• Lead client relationships including building an understanding of the client needs, building rapport with day-to-day clients, leading agenda creation and presentations, communicating clearly and professionally with clients and stakeholders based on their preferences, and anticipating client needs whenever possible.
• Maintain effective communications with clients, team members, talent, production partners, and other stakeholders to ensure deliverables are in line with a client’s ask. Including coordinating and leading production meetings and client check-ins.
• Assist with and/or oversee project briefs, attain releases and clearances, project research, write and/or review script drafts.
• Build project timelines and workback schedules.
• Generate and review interview transcriptions and select strong soundbites.
• Source visual references, images, stock footage, music options.
• Provide feedback on video cuts; ensure client input and feedback are addressed on deliverables.
• Build or work on slide decks containing mood boards, creative treatments, etc.
• Assist in directing video shoots as assigned.
• Partner with and help direct a videographer on all content captured.
• Outsource editing to Xpedition’s editor team as needed.

What we’re looking for:

• Min 2 years experience at a creative agency, production company, in-house creative team, or something similar.
• Min 5 years experience in video production and storytelling.
• Has experience or high interest in working with branded projects, familiarizing with a client’s brand, and incorporating marketing messaging into creative projects.
• Strong and influential presentation skills (ie. storyboards, scripts, etc) and can constructively address client feedback, questions, and concerns.
• ‘Can do’ attitude with an outlook that no task is too small or unimportant.
• Experience in both creative and logistic aspects of projects and content production.
• Experience collaborating with motion graphics artists.
• Capable of taking a client’s vision and turning it into compelling creative content.
• Advanced leadership skills and can effectively lead a team through the creative process, anticipating project needs along the way.
• Effective communicator (oral and written) with clients, team members, as well as all stakeholders. And comfortable bringing ideas and solutions to the table.
• A highly organized team player that can also work independently with minimal supervision (in a remote environment).
• Flexible, proactive, and able to work with tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Adobe premiere, After Effects and/or Photoshop

Travel:

• approx. 10-15% travel may be required

Schedule:

• Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PT with scheduling and work flexibility based on business needs.
• This position is required to be in the client’s Sunnyvale offices 3 days per week, preferably Tuesday to Thursday with some flexibility depending on shoot schedules.

COVID-19 Precautions:

• Employees must be fully vaccinated, including a booster, and will be required to follow any client requirements when on site.

Job Type: Full-time or contractor minimum 30 hours/week

Salary: From $80,000.00 per year

Benefits (if full time):

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

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Some Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:

Employees must be up to date with their vaccination and will be required to follow any client requirements when on site.

Experience:

• Video Production and storytelling: 5 years (Preferred)
• Creative Agency or Production Company: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Sunnyvale, California. We will not be offering relocation for this role.

Xpedition

Description

Surprise.com is on a mission to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event – because it makes people happy. Our Surprise Box, and delightful companion app, is the most exciting way to get amazing goodies from brands you love and brands you’re about to love. With daily games, the ability to send and get Surprises from friends, and Grand Surprises – every day is filled with wow!

We are looking for an Executive Game Producer to help drive the development of multiple delightful casual games. Our ideal candidate is an extraordinary game maker with a deep knowledge of the mobile landscape. You will bring an excellent track record of leading, motivating, and supporting game teams, as well as developing and managing the production schedule to ensure the successful delivery of multiple game projects.

So, if you’re eager to bring your producing skillset to this rapidly-growing, dynamic team, we want to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

• Ideating, developing, releasing, and maintaining an array of fun and rewarding casual games;
• Creating and maintaining the production plan in partnership with the team and leads, then working with the team to execute on it;
• Tracking progress throughout production to learn and adjust in order to successfully deliver on expectations;
• Providing production overview and status to stakeholders and leads;
• Aligning the team around clear and motivating goals that are connected to strategy and leading and supporting them to deliver quality features and content;
• Coordinating and aligning backlogs with Product teams and managing production dependencies;
• Helping the engagement and game team to proactively identify and mitigate known and emerging problems and risks and promote team-wide visibility;
• Driving and coordinating the team to deliver ongoing maintenance activities (ex: bug fixing, ad hoc requests, releases);
• Identifying and planning for opportunities for short-term and long-term efficiency improvements;
• Nurturing all Roadmap features from kick- off to release.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience as a Mobile Game Producer;
• 5+ years of leadership experience in the video game industry;
• 5+ years of experience leading multiple concurrent games from concept to release;
• 10+ years of experience as a Game Producer;
• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience;
• Demonstrated analytical and data- informed decision making;
• Experienced partner management and relationship-building skills;
• Experience in several stages of development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support);
• A strong passion for games and gaming.

What skills will come in handy?

• Experience working with an international team;
• Experience cultivating a positive, creative, feedback-focused culture in your teams;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
• Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
• Competitive comp and equity;
• Paid time off and Public Holidays;
• Close collaboration between international team members;
• A team of extraordinary people, working hard to better themselves and further our mission;
• Company-paid medical, dental and vision;
• And, of course, we get Surprises internally!

Surprise.com

Description

Surprise.com is on a mission to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event – because it makes people happy. Our Surprise Box, and delightful companion app, is the most exciting way to get amazing goodies from brands you love and brands you’re about to love. With daily games, the ability to send and get Surprises from friends, and Grand Surprises – every day is filled with wow!

We are looking for an Executive Game Producer to help drive the development of multiple delightful casual games. Our ideal candidate is an extraordinary game maker with a deep knowledge of the mobile landscape. You will bring an excellent track record of leading, motivating, and supporting game teams, as well as developing and managing the production schedule to ensure the successful delivery of multiple game projects.

So, if you’re eager to bring your producing skillset to this rapidly-growing, dynamic team, we want to hear from you!

What will you be doing?

• Ideating, developing, releasing, and maintaining an array of fun and rewarding casual games;
• Creating and maintaining the production plan in partnership with the team and leads, then working with the team to execute on it;
• Tracking progress throughout production to learn and adjust in order to successfully deliver on expectations;
• Providing production overview and status to stakeholders and leads;
• Aligning the team around clear and motivating goals that are connected to strategy and leading and supporting them to deliver quality features and content;
• Coordinating and aligning backlogs with Product teams and managing production dependencies;
• Helping the engagement and game team to proactively identify and mitigate known and emerging problems and risks and promote team-wide visibility;
• Driving and coordinating the team to deliver ongoing maintenance activities (ex: bug fixing, ad hoc requests, releases);
• Identifying and planning for opportunities for short-term and long-term efficiency improvements;
• Nurturing all Roadmap features from kick- off to release.

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of experience as a Mobile Game Producer;
• 5+ years of leadership experience in the video game industry;
• 5+ years of experience leading multiple concurrent games from concept to release;
• 10+ years of experience as a Game Producer;
• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience;
• Demonstrated analytical and data- informed decision making;
• Experienced partner management and relationship-building skills;
• Experience in several stages of development (planning, execution, delivery, post-release support);
• A strong passion for games and gaming.

What skills will come in handy?

• Experience working with an international team;
• Experience cultivating a positive, creative, feedback-focused culture in your teams;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
• Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
• Competitive comp and equity;
• Paid time off and Public Holidays;
• Close collaboration between international team members;
• A team of extraordinary people, working hard to better themselves and further our mission;
• Company-paid medical, dental and vision;
• And, of course, we get Surprises internally!

Surprise.com

Description

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children’s media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

The Role

Moonbug is seeking an Art Director responsible for the visual style of the series and related marketing materials. This role will directs how the characters, props, and environments are going to look. The Art Director determines the design language of the show, which requires them to have an understanding of what the final, on-screen image should look like and how to get there. Working along with the show’s artists, the Art Director is involved in the visual development that communicates the artistic vision to vendors.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and provides approvals of artwork, providing thoughtful feedback, as well as drawovers if necessary to external vendor pre-production stakeholders.
• Generates artwork in areas of specialization which may include character, environment, props, textures, mood, lighting, and story concepts, which clarifies creative intent.
• Participates in establishing key lighting for series episodes.
• Accountable for on time, on-budget execution, and delivery of all design assets.
• Communicates with senior production leadership to ensure designs fall on schedule and within scope.
• Understands the design elements of projects, inspires and leads other creative workers, and keeps projects on budget and on time.
• Determines how best to represent a concept visually.
• Develops and maintains the overall look of the series as well as related content.
• Reviews and approves designs, artwork, and additional graphics developed by other staff members for the series.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience within animation and visual development/production design.
• Must have significant animation CG art direction experience in either/both short form or/and long form.
• Extensive art direction experience in the children’s media space, ideally preschool content.
• Keen eye for creating appealing designs for young audiences.
• Leadership experience and well-developed teamwork skills.
• Proven leader of teams and developer of people.
• A problem solver; able to foresee issues and strategize and execute solutions.
• Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable and personable, with a diverse skill set.

Moonbug Entertainment

Description

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children’s media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?

Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

The Role

Moonbug is seeking an Art Director responsible for the visual style of the series and related marketing materials. This role will directs how the characters, props, and environments are going to look. The Art Director determines the design language of the show, which requires them to have an understanding of what the final, on-screen image should look like and how to get there. Working along with the show’s artists, the Art Director is involved in the visual development that communicates the artistic vision to vendors.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and provides approvals of artwork, providing thoughtful feedback, as well as drawovers if necessary to external vendor pre-production stakeholders.
• Generates artwork in areas of specialization which may include character, environment, props, textures, mood, lighting, and story concepts, which clarifies creative intent.
• Participates in establishing key lighting for series episodes.
• Accountable for on time, on-budget execution, and delivery of all design assets.
• Communicates with senior production leadership to ensure designs fall on schedule and within scope.
• Understands the design elements of projects, inspires and leads other creative workers, and keeps projects on budget and on time.
• Determines how best to represent a concept visually.
• Develops and maintains the overall look of the series as well as related content.
• Reviews and approves designs, artwork, and additional graphics developed by other staff members for the series.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience within animation and visual development/production design.
• Must have significant animation CG art direction experience in either/both short form or/and long form.
• Extensive art direction experience in the children’s media space, ideally preschool content.
• Keen eye for creating appealing designs for young audiences.
• Leadership experience and well-developed teamwork skills.
• Proven leader of teams and developer of people.
• A problem solver; able to foresee issues and strategize and execute solutions.
• Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable and personable, with a diverse skill set.

Moonbug Entertainment