San Francisco Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

We are seeking a Associate Advertising Producer with a real passion for customer excellence to join our Search Ads team to help businesses with promotion and discovery across Client services. Associate Advertising Producers are key contributors, responsible for supporting our teams with building, maintaining and growing client relationships both in a pre- and post-sale capacity. We’re looking for a high-energy, collaborative, detail-oriented individual who is ready to take on new and exciting challenges, and make a big impact from the beginning.

You have a consistent track record supporting account managers in building and maintaining great relationships with performance advertisers in both the mobile and app developer space.

Description

-Support our Platform Specialists and Client partners to provide a superior client experience in order to influence and drive the business forward

-Use a mix or proprietary and 3rd party tools in order to provide advertisers with the best and most efficient ways to optimize and maximize their campaign goals

-Use search marketing experience to drive efficiencies

-Build, shape and deliver campaign metrics to help grow the client’s business

-Be an expert of the tools that are built to support the business

Key Qualifications

-Minimum of 3 years experience successfully supporting internal account teams

-Extensive background servicing and understanding Performance

-Advertisers needs and expectations preferably in the search marketing ecosystem

-Strong knowledge of the mobile advertising landscape

-Familiar with the agency world, and comfortable with supporting their needs

Education & Experience

Bachelors Degree in a related field, or equivalent experience

Client Description:

Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.

Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else. There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.

One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.​

WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent gets you access to some pretty cool things:

– You’re paid weekly

– Subsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk)

– Access to Fidelity 401(k)

– Access to FSA Program

– Direct deposit for your pay check

– Access to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!)

– Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: https://gymnasium.aquent.com/

– Access to free online courses via Lynda.com

– Aquent support: your Aquent Resource Manager checks in with you during the course of your contract to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up)

Aquent

Job Title: Producer III

Duration: 6 months contract

Location: San Francisco, CA / Menlo Park, CA/ Los Angeles, CA

Job Description: Client is looking for a Producer to join the client team focused on shipping best-in-class creative collateral representing the client brand in product. The Producer will establish and maintain operational procedures and tools for the in-product creative team, align with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth and consistent communication between all key stakeholders, as well as identify and manage external creative teams to support product. The Producer role requires broad knowledge of design and development processes, keen understanding of visual brand and positioning, excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

; Work closely with creative leads to set strategy and goals for development efforts

; Establish and maintain project production schedules to ensure a smooth end-to-end development plan that meets product goals and quality bar, and ensures that all assets are delivered on time and implemented to spec

; Establish and maintain an efficient and flexible project process that facilitates the creation, review, feedback, revision, deployment cycle of art asset production

; Strategically source and manage resources to keep project on-track

; Source and manage external vendors to budget to fulfill project needs

; As point of contact for team communication, establish clear communication channels and process across creative and cross-functional teams, including PMM, PD, Eng, QA, Legal and Policy

; Schedule, manage and address cross-functional feedback and stakeholder approvals

; Predict and/or identify roadblocks and obstacles, and proactively establish meetings or integration points between teams to address and resolve them

; Serve as team lead to align and anchor resources in fast-paced environment

; Work closely with cross-functional product and engineering teams to unlock future possibilities that marry emerging technologies and creative expression

; Facilitate, document and disseminate decisions to key stakeholders

; Prioritize competing needs with good reasoning and creative solutions

Requirements

; Comfortable working in ambiguity, with shifting priorities

; Experience working with designers, animators, engineers & directors to design, build, and deliver high quality creative collateral (including video, illustration & emerging technologies)

; Experience in design, animation & CG creative asset production highly desired

; Experience articulating design direction to designers and non-designers alike

; Experience working with external vendors (individual artists and agencies) including sourcing and contracting, advising on/defining schedules, assessing proposed production processes, managing assets as they are delivered, and being the daily point of contact for the internal team

; Experience in project management and relationship building

; Experience establishing and managing ongoing production processes

; Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires time management, task prioritization, and ability to identify problems and work towards solutions

; Ability to thrive managing a globally distributed team

; Knowledge with Sketch, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and other design packages

US Tech Solutions

TBWAMedia Arts Lab (or MAL as you’ll hear us called) is the bespoke global advertising agency dedicated solely to Apple. Our mission is to create smart, simple and iconic work that transforms business and makes culture for the world’s best brand.

We believe that what MAL creates belongs to everyone; and everyone belongs at MAL. We think creativity lives in open, safe and brave spaces, where diverse perspectives can come together, free of prejudice and discrimination. We strive to be a partnership of equals. Everyone has a role to play here, and we invite you to bring your fully authentic and crazy selves to this space. Together, we’ll do the best work we’ve ever done.

We’re headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with 5 international hubs and over 700 people making great work for Apple in 26 markets around the globe. We’d love to meet you!

An Executive Producer at MAL must be a natural leader; perpetuating MAL culture and setting the example for what a MAL producer should be. This role requires innovative thinking and a hands-on approach. We 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 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

feedback & balanced workloads to grow appropriately

• 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 MAL 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

Who will thrive in this role?

• Someone with an unrelenting ambition to create smart, simple, iconic work for our client.
• A master communicator – someone who can give clear direction and support to the team and client
• Must be a proven leader who can handle programmatic management of multiple complex work streams at once, meet deliverables, create budgets and manage resources
• Must have experience in the online space and advertising deliverables; static and animated banners, rich media, website development and social activations. global localization experience a plus.
• Someone with the ability to keep teams motivated and positive
• A champion of DEI, with the understanding that the expectation of DEI for leaders at MAL is that it is a responsibility and not just a

passion.

• Someone who is mature and unflappable under pressure and tight deadlines, with an art for dealing with conflict resolution
• Someone with the ability to turn lessons learned from each project and experience into training tools & growth opportunities
• Someone who strives to get the job done cooperatively, respectfully and with a great attitude
• Someone who participates in and contributes to agency culture

TBWAMedia Arts Lab

Empower the Individual Through Crypto

Gemini is a crypto exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn more than 30 cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, litecoin, and Zcash. Gemini is a New York trust company that is subject to the capital reserve requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and banking compliance standards set forth by the New York State Department of Financial Services and the New York Banking Law. Gemini was founded in 2014 by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to empower the individual through crypto.

Crypto is about giving you greater choice, independence, and opportunity. We are here to help you on your journey. We build crypto products that are simple, elegant, and secure. Whether you are an individual or an institution, we want to help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Crypto is not just a technology, it’s a movement.

At Gemini, our mission is to empower the individual and that includes giving our employees flexibility of choice — our Office Optional Policy allows employees to choose to work from one of our physical locations or from home.

About Nifty Gateway

Nifty Gateway is the premiere, all-in-one platform that makes it easy to buy, sell, and store digital art and collectibles, otherwise known as Nifties (or NFTs). Nifty Gateway was founded by Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster in 2018, and acquired by Gemini in 2019, with the belief that crypto networks and the blockchain have the power to fundamentally change the art world by creating greater choice, independence, and opportunity for artists, creators, and collectors.

The Department: Marketplace Operations

The Nifty Gateway Marketplace Operations team works closely with artists and leaders of NFT projects across all vertical areas to bring content to the Nifty Gateway marketplace which has been deemed safe and legitimate. You will be responsible for facilitating a scalable process for ingesting legitimate NFT content while keeping out spam and other content which detracts from the marketplace user-experience or is otherwise undesirable. You will craft policies, define tools, automate processes, and provide support to the NFT community. You will leverage a deep understanding of NFT technology and community and use this visibility to identify opportunities. You will interface with a broad range of internal and external teams. You have an understanding of creator industry dynamics and economics including creator platforms, emerging content formats, and mixed media. You will be excited by the opportunity to shape the future of Nifty’s relationships and content in the face of ambitious growth plans.

Responsibilities

• Create framework and process to verify the safety and quality of Nifty Gateway content including smart contracts and NFTs across different verticals
• Communicate with and support NFT project teams participating in the Nifty Gateway marketplace
• Refine, communicate and enforce guidelines to create a marketplace free of confusing or undesirable content
• Proactively approach projects missing from the marketplace to support their onboarding
• Define and drive ingestion improvements and automation while evangelizing ideas and requests from project teams
• Understand and communicate technical requirements with partners, assisting their teams in finding the best formats and mechanisms for success
• Coordinate co-marketing initiatives between internal and external teams
• Direct and coordinate scheduling/production efforts amongst teams internally and externally

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Solidity preferred but demonstrated technical aptitude sufficient
• Experience working with metadata and data transfer formats such as JSON, XML
• Basic understanding of ERC-721 and ERC-1155 NFT standards
• Strong technical acumen, with the ability to navigate strategic uses of NFT technology
• A history of gathering and using data to drive decisions
• Outstanding brand sensibilities and the ability to both define and communicate the brand
• Strong passion for creating a disruptive and revolutionary platform for the art space and creator ecosystem as a whole
• Strong business acumen with a demonstrated track record of successful partnerships
• Familiarity with the NFT community including existing projects and their history
• Previous experience in a startup environment is a plus

“Do you have NFT experience? Passion? Show us on your application by writing about it on your resume before submitting. The experience does not need to be a “paid” experience and your personal story in this space can be a part of our process if you can share your NFT experience with us.”

At Gemini, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Gemini is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.

Gemini

***NON UNION & UNION ONLY*** 

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.

Brenda is taking submissions for a show that will Covid Test Saturday (12/4) to work Monday (12/6) in LA area.

• Looking for REAL YOUNG COUPLES who are ok kissing their partner on screen! Appearing 18-28 years old.

This production has a mandatory vaccination policy for all Zone A workers, including Background Actors, Stand-Ins, and other talent ages 12 and above, working on its set.  To be eligible to work on this production, you must be either (1) fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson) or (2) have a disability or sincerely-held religious belief that prevents vaccination.  Any offer of work is “conditioned” on you providing adequate proof to Production that you meet either of the two criteria mentioned above.  If you are unable to show adequate proof to Production, then you are ineligible to be hired for this particular Production.  Please answer “yes” to this message if you can supply adequate proof to Production.  

If you answer “yes,” you are hereby attesting to the fact that you will provide such adequate proof to Production.  Do not send your proof to Central Casting.  Production will collect and verify your proof.

NOTE: Must be okay with any form test (nasal swabs, etc). Additional testing may also be done on workdays. While at the test facility and on set, Production requires that a face mask that covers your nose and mouth be worn.  

In order to be considered, you MUST update your profile with a current photo, and you MUST complete the Anti-Harassment Training in order to work

• Job Description:

To oversee and manage the color workflow on assigned projects. Encourage and grow client relationships, along with supporting internal personnel collaboration. 

Main Duties

Artist

• Drive artist schedule and manage one to two Colorists session time.
• Face to face interaction with assigned Colorist regarding sessions, new specs, and clientele.
• Coordinate Colorist time off with the color production team.

Clients

• Act as the main point of contact for clients, via e-mail, phone, in-person meetings.
• Maintain effective communication with clients regarding deliverables and job status, including billing updates when workflow changes;
• E-mail prep guide, contact clients for specs and update all Work Order specs.

Bidding and Budget

• Gather all key information (boards, rough-cuts, source material, schedule, & delivery specifications, etc.) necessary to bid & manage project.
• Regularly communicate budget status to clients.
• Establishing a project workflow with the EP to fit the clients’ budget.

Preparations for Projects/Sessions

• Receive a PO for project and/or session prior to its commencement.
• Have credit card authorization filled out and submitted to accounting prior to session for any COD clients.
• Obtain all project details, source, delivery and shipping specs prior to the session.
• Ensure all specs fit within the clients booked time and will meet their delivery deadlines.
• Work with EP/ Ops to find alternative workflows to accommodate the clients’ delivery deadlines.
• Ensure clients are aware of how and where to deliver elements
• Make sure all necessary elements and prep are acquired prior to session allowing for adequate prep time.
• Verify project is built and setup prior to session start / client arrival. Arrive a half-hour before first sup’d session when needed, double checking complicated setups/laydowns, etc.
• Communicate weekend and holiday staffing needs to the production team.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with internal team on complex projects.

Execution of Job

• Create Work Orders for all billable, non-billable, testing and pro bono work. No work is to be done without a Work Order, no exceptions. Generate work orders based on the approved work order template.
• Ensure that the production team is aware of any special set-up needs per project.[polycom, food orders…]
• Greet and escort clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Check in on artist, clients, color assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported. The client should feel the producer’s presence and know that you are taking care of them.
• Organize, supervise and monitor the progress of a session to make sure it is on schedule.
• Make the production coordinator team aware of any known pick up shots coming their way
• Update WO and the production coordinator team with any spec changes.
• Communicate any machine downtime to production, operations, engineering, and clients and arrange for other solutions to keep the session on schedule.
• Keep track of all elements pertaining to the projects being produced.
• Supervise evening and weekend sessions (if required)

Final Delivery

• Coordinate the delivery of all required elements by the desired deadline date with the client/vault.
• Email (via vault or yourself) the client all proper tracking information including contents and expected delivery date/time to the requested location.
• Prepare & send all elements (credit lists, still frames, completed commercials), to our PR division for proper publicity.
• Follow up with client after session to ensure all elements were received timely and accurately.

Final Billing

• Work with accounting to make sure the billing is properly done in accordance to the client’s needs.
• Make sure all Work Orders are reviewed and actualized by yourself (with applicable accounting information: i.e. rates, billable hours, etc)

What You Bring

• A solid understanding and background in Post-Production workflow.
• Media Pulse and/ or post production scheduling software experience
• Basic knowledge of offline editing workflows including but not limited to the understanding of EDL, XML, and AAF.
• Knowledge of file based workflow
• Excellent working knowledge with MS Excel, and at least one working experience with a production shot/asset tracking system.
• Demonstrated superior written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills are needed. Proven planning and problem-solving abilities are required.
• The ability to effectively handle multiple projects and reporting to multiple project managers.
• Very strong ability identifying clear priorities and meeting department goals.
• The ability to work overtime when necessary.
• Strong client interaction skills with excellent customer service experience with internal and external clients.

• Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:

Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.

It is our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company’s HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
Company 3

Lakeshore Learning Materials

Who We Are:

Imprint Projects is a post-advertising creative agency. Two time Award Winner of 2019 AdAge 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 stellar agency Executive Producer to lead a team of senior producers, associate producers, and freelancers to develop and execute award winning work for our roster of amazing clients. The Executive Producer (EP) will be responsible for day-to-day project management, full cycle budgeting (financial health and project profitability) and scope adherence.

Wearing many hats, you will collaborate with our internal teams, serve as direct management, support, and a mentor to the team of Producers executing work in experiential, digital, social, and content across the projects they lead.

What You’ll Do:

• Define project scope and deliverables in close collaboration with Strategy, Creative and Bus Dev teams
• Direct and manage production from planning to post-mortem, including: project schedules, production plans, staff resourcing, vendor engagement, budget building, contract negotiation
• Manage the creation, development and presentation of project documents including strategy proposals, plans and recap documents
• Develop, present and negotiate project budgets and scopes with clients
• Guide multiple projects concurrently and troubleshoot if project strays from original, established scope, schedule or budget
• Organize, lead and report out during all project meetings (internal and external)
• Identify opportunities to better differentiate our project deliverables, highlighting the cultural and philosophical integrity of the Imprint Projects brand
• Lead, inspire and develop your team of Senior & Associate Producers
• Drive, maintain and champion all collaboration tools: project management software, calendars, file-sharing, time tracking, and company expense tracking
• Build, develop and grow business relationships with clients and external partners

What You’ll Bring:

• Minimum 10 years’ successful experience leading complex projects in an agency environment; a combination of agency and brand will be considered
• Minimum 5 years in a leadership role as a manager of people, team-builder and staff mentor
• Deep understanding and passion for the strategic and creative process, with consistent experience collaborating in the development of best practices in experience design, digital technology and content production
• Enthusiastic curiosity for identifying the new and compelling not just following the status quo
• Solid grasp and expertise budgeting projects from $50K to $5M
• Working knowledge of Google Apps and Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of Mavenlink is a plus!
• You are: Resourceful, Flexible, Accountable, Organized, Rigorous
• You have: Expert Judgment, Nimble Time Management, Collaborative Communication, Excellent Writing, Presentation Prowess

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

Job Description

Goal Overview

To oversee the episodic assistants while providing support for production.

Associate Producer Responsibilities

Production Support

• Firsthand communication with Producers upon arrival and throughout the day.
• Keep the production team up to date on project status.
• Generate prep and post status reports.
• Working with the production team to manage project SAN space.

Assistants Team

• Ensure your assists have all the information and elements require to perform and complete their tasks.
• Evaluate and reprioritize tasks as needed to accommodate changes in the daily schedule.
• Organize your assistants’ tasks to ensure projects meet their deadlines.

Preparations for Projects/Sessions

• Assist producers in WO and task creation, job spec wrangling
• Actualizing and billing out work orders.
• Confirm all material needed for project has arrived and has been forwarded to the appropriate individual(s)
• Interface with client if required materials for jobs are missing (i.e. rough cut, drives, etc.)
• Coordinate with Operations the rental and installations of any additional resources needed for projects.

Execution of Job

• Ensure all resources assigned to job are available as scheduled
• Make sure projects are ready for sessions to begin on time.
• Verifying project prep for any issues and/or missing items, and communicating them with the Producer and client.
• Communicate all session changes to Producer
• Work with Producer and assistants to troubleshoot any session related problems
• Assist in greeting and escorting clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Assist in checking in on artists, clients, assists, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported. The client should feel the producer’s presence and know that you are taking care of them.

Final Delivery

• Work with the vault to ensure delivery specs have been met
• Notify the Producer if any delivery deadlines that will or are in jeopardy of being missed
• Coordinate the archive of final VAM and CCM

Final Billing

• Ensuring all work orders and tasks are filled out and submitted, following up where needed.
• Actualize work orders for Producers sign off.

Virtual Sessions

• Setting up test feeds prior to session, including all face to face virtual interaction.
• Communicating with our Engineers if any network issues arise.

Engineering

• Engage Engineering staff to resolve urgent technical problems
• Ensure all rental resources are set-up and tested

Requirements / Background

• 2 year TV Post Production
• Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files
• Background and/or knowledge of offline editing
• Avid and/or FCP experience
• File based workflow experience
• Media Pulse and/ or post production scheduling software experience
• Post scheduling experience

Company 3

MAJOR SNEAKER BRAND CAMPAIGN – 12/09 TO 12/10 (LOS ANGELES)

Seeking:

Pole Vaulter 

• Female
• Any Ethnicity
• Ages 16 to 26
• Rate: $1,000/day

Body Builder

• Female
• Any Ethnicity
• Ages 16 to 26
• Rate: $1,000/day