Talent Casting Calls and Auditions

Job Title: TV InvestCo Commercial – Legacy Classic Casting Call

Job Description: We are currently seeking talented and dynamic individuals for an exciting TV InvestCo commercial for the Legacy Classic. We are specifically looking for recent graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who embody the spirit and excellence of HBCU athletics. If you are a passionate athlete with an acting or theater background and exceptional basketball skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your talent and be part of a groundbreaking project.

Job Responsibilities:

• Portray the role of a spirited HBCU athlete in a TV InvestCo commercial.
• Demonstrate outstanding basketball skills for on-screen action sequences.
• Collaborate with the production team to deliver a compelling performance.
• Be punctual and professional throughout the casting and production process.

Requirements:

• Recent graduate from an HBCU.
• Strong athletic background with a focus on basketball.
• Acting or theater experience is preferred but not mandatory.
• Age range: 22-27 years old.
• Must be of African American descent.
• Ability to follow direction and work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and on-screen presence.

Compensation:

• Payment will be provided for your time and talent. Compensation details will be discussed during the casting process.
• This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure and experience in the entertainment industry.

Casting Call: Instagrammable Couples Wanted in Washington, DC

Job Details: We are seeking REAL COUPLES to participate in an exciting photoshoot to capture Instagram-worthy moments in the heart of Washington, DC. We seek couples of all orientations, including straight, same-sex, and interracial couples, to share their love and create stunning memories with us.

Job Responsibilities:

• Pose and interact naturally with your partner while our photographer captures beautiful moments.
• Engage in romantic and candid scenarios around iconic locations in Washington, DC.
• Contribute to creating captivating and shareable content for social media platforms, particularly Instagram.

Requirements:

• Both partners must be 18 or older, with a preference for ages 25-50.
• Must be a real couple in a genuine relationship.
• All ethnicities and orientations are welcome.
• Come dressed and groomed, camera-ready, ready to showcase your unique style.
• We will provide an advance of up to $75 for a manicure to ensure you feel fabulous on the day of the shoot.

Compensation:

• Each talent will receive a compensation of $1500 for the shoot day.

Casting Call: Commercial Talent for Vitamin Company

Job Description: We seek male and female talent for an immediate casting call for a Vitamin Company commercial shooting in Washington, DC. This exciting opportunity requires individuals between the ages of 30-50 years old, open to all ethnicities. We are also available for submissions from duos/pairs who can complement each other on screen. Please note that one of the scenes includes interaction with a dog, so applicants must be comfortable around animals.

Job Responsibilities:

• Act and perform in various scenes as required by the script.
• Follow direction from the director and production team.
• Maintain a positive and professional attitude throughout the shoot.
• Collaborate effectively with other talent and crew members.
• Ensure on-set safety and adhere to all production guidelines.

Requirements:

• Male or female talent between the ages of 30 and 50.
• Open to individuals of all ethnic backgrounds.
• Duos/pairs are encouraged to apply if they have a natural on-screen chemistry.
• Comfortable and at ease when interacting with a dog during the shoot.
• Prior acting or on-screen experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• Must be available for the September 9, 2023 shoot from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM in Washington, DC.

Compensation:

• Rate: $240 (for a half-day shoot)
• Payment will be made via check or direct deposit within 14 business days after the shoot.

Casting Call: “THE PREPARED MIND” – Indie Feature Film

Production Company: BOOBAT PRODUCTIONS, LLC

Job Details: BOOBAT PRODUCTIONS, LLC seeks talented actors to fill three crucial roles in our upcoming indie feature film, “THE PREPARED MIND.” This compelling drama explores the lives of three unique characters whose paths intertwine unexpectedly. Join our dynamic team and be part of a thought-provoking cinematic experience.

Job Responsibilities:

1. BRIAN: Portray the complex character of Brian, a disturbed high school student obsessed with ultra-violent video games, hard-right politics, and white supremacy. Convey the tension and unpredictability that surrounds Brian, as those close to him fear his potential for violence.

2. JET: Bring life to Jet, a classmate of Brian’s, known for her passion for goth culture, hardcore video games, and headbanger music. Showcase Jet’s journey as she gets closer to becoming Brian’s girlfriend, navigating the complexities of their relationship.

3. CLARKE: Take on the role of Clarke, an older version of Brian, who lacks his intelligence but is filled with anger and hostility. Show the evolution of Clarke’s character into his mid-to-late 20s, exploring the depths of his meanness.

Requirements:

• Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to apply.
• Prior acting experience preferred but not mandatory.
• Availability for filming starting in November 2023.
• Commitment to delivering a compelling and authentic performance.
• Must be comfortable with the challenging and thought-provoking themes of the film.

Compensation:

• This is a paid gig.
• Compensation details will be discussed with selected actors based on experience and role.

Additional Information:

• Both SAG and non-SAG actors are welcome to audition.
• Filming will take place in and around central New Jersey.

Join us in bringing “THE PREPARED MIND” to life, where your talent and dedication can make a lasting impact on this gripping indie feature film. We look forward to receiving your applications and creating cinematic magic together.

USIM is a full-service, integrated, media planning and buying agency. We align the most successful and efficient media strategies with the goals of our clients, regardless of channel. This position is key and covers either one major account or a portfolio of clients.

Working with USIM leadership, this position will be critical to managing and growing client business. In this role, the AMD has the opportunity to help shape the client’s complete media strategy and work closely with creative teams

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategy: AMDs are the primary authors of client media strategies
• Measurement Strategy: AMDs are responsible for working with the client to create clear actionable measurement strategies
• Briefs: AMDs need to be able to create and deliver clear concise briefings for USIM vertical services so that they can deliver buys and ideas that effectively map back to the media strategy and KPIs.
• Working with our vertical services: Search, social, programmatic, broadcast, etc.
• Leading in the creation and presentation of media plans.
• Implementation: Directly/indirectly overseeing the execution of media plans by buying teams and ensuring that results are reported in a way that is insightful, timely and accurate.
• Talent Development: Building teams that are smart, strategic, client-facing, ready to be promoted.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Minimum 7 years in media, including digital media
• Complete knowledge planning, buying and reporting processes for all major media
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources
• Strong, up to date understanding of Search, Social, Programmatic, new TV models, tagging, ad tech, audience segmentation: tracking and tagging, database modeling, emerging media
• Baseline working knowledge and understanding of offline media, DR, CRM
• Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency
• Ability to analyze data and deliver meaningful insights and actions
• Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure
• Ability to lead a team and develop its members to get them to the next level. This includes the ability to interview, evaluate and hire successfully.
• Happy to “work down”, working with teams to get work done, even if this means working below the AMD level.
• Possessing excellent client services skills
• Solid financial management skills

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a concentration in advertising, marketing, business administration, and communications

USIM

Prime Legal is supporting a prominent firm in South Carolina on their search for a Director of Communications to oversee their busy call center legal department. This role will provide a qualified candidate with a seat at the table – leading a large department and implementing strategies for growth & success. The firms success and continued growth mean you have an open runway to do the same.

Candidates will receive :

• Excellent benefits, salary and ability to work autonomously, as the Director for the department
• A place to learn law firm operations, growing your areas of expertise and management
• Ability to make changes without excessive red tape, seeing the difference in success from your work.

Qualifications:

• 4+ Years of Call Center Management or Director level experience
• Experience with analyzing KPI’s, report running and ability to implement changes that will positive effect results.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills are a must! Both with employees and law firm clients

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual’s race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Prime Legal Staff Corporation

BBDO is the world’s most awarded advertising agency. Today BBDO is 15,000 employees in 289 offices across 81 countries, all focused on: The Work. The Work. The Work.

Simply put, our goal is to create and deliver the most compelling content for our clients. Consequently, we seek those who love ideas, get excited by creativity and rise to the challenge of making “The Work” happen.

Senior Experiential Producer

BBDO Los Angeles is looking for a Senior Experiential Producer with a focus on experiential production to join its integrated production department.

As a Senior Experiential Producer you are responsible for the oversight of all experiential work and activations for at least one client. This includes ball-parking, engaging vendors, full execution of ideas, while also identifying and championing opportunities for innovation. The role requires a close collaborative relationship and regular communication with client-team members from all departments, inclusive of creative, account, strategy and comms planning.

While a significant aspect of the role will be to own each assignment, mentorship of junior team members and enthusiasm for aiding in the growth of others is key. We are looking for people who are problem solvers at their core and who are able to find creative solutions and work well with others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Estimate and execute the scope of work required to produce interactive/experiential/activation ideas
• Establish production approach, and work well with creative teams to meet production milestones and deliverables
• Focus on finding solutions for problems and overcoming barriers in production
• Generate budgets and schedules for non-traditional interactive/experiential/activation projects
• Own the production of interactive/experiential/activation projects from conception to completion
• Mentorship and management of other producers
• Develop, grow, and maintain relationships with vendor partners
• Setup and manage the bidding processes for interactive productions
• Draft and manage interactive production documentation (Bid Specs, Calendars, and Estimate reviews with the Cost Consultant.)
• Communicate clearly and regularly with our internal teams (creative, account, production) and with our clients

REQUIRED SKILLS

• A strong desire to work in production for advertising
• A drive to champion innovative work
• 8+ years of experience in creative production with a strong emphasis on interactive/experiential/activation
• A curious mindset and a positive, can-do mentality
• Strong communication skills
• Exceptional organizational talent
• Good judgment and a level-headed temperament
• Team player mentality
• Making the impossible possible

We are only considering candidates that currently live in or wish to relocate to Los Angeles, in the near future (first 90 days of employment). The targeted annual salary range for this role is $140,000 to $150,000 and may vary depending several factors including but not limited to the candidate’s experience, education, skills and job qualifications. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock purchase, vacation, sick and personal days.

BBDO LA

Who We Are

Serving more than 3,300 scholars in sevenschools across two cities; Jackson, Mississippi and Nashville, Tennessee, RePublic Schools is the only school network solely dedicated to reimagining public education in the South.

Part of reimagining education in the South means that we confront the historic inequities that work against our scholars and actively work to dismantle those inequities. We are doing this by intentionally creating environments that embrace, honor, and celebrate our scholars’ identities and experiences, as well as the identities and experiences of every member of our community.

At RePublic, we know that people are the key levers to the ultimate success of our scholars. In order to actualize our mission, RePublic’s team must be composed of the highest-quality talent. We are looking for a people-focused, story-telling, wordsmith to serve as Director of Communications + Marketing at RePublic Schools.

What You’ll Do

Develop a comprehensive communication and marketing strategy for RePublic

• Create a comprehensive communications approach for strategic engagement with RePublic Schools staff and families
• Develop a marketing strategy to include content strategy, outbound student communications innovations, paid media, data and trends analysis, and project management.
• Develop and systematize various ways to engage and communicate with our RePublic schools community including the use of communications platforms and tools
• Codify practices and develop systems that will increase efficiency, eliminate redundancy, and advance the work of mission-aligned communications
• Build systems to receive ongoing feedback from key stakeholders to ensure that the communications systems are responsive to the needs of key stakeholders

Build and maintain a strong online presence for RePublic

• Build a robust, highly engaging profile on social media including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter by developing a strategic social media plan in alignment with organizational initiatives.
• Support schools to execute strong social media plans that further the RePublic brand and strengthen relationships with families.
• Build innovative social media campaigns to distinguish RePublic’s brand among competitors for jobseekers and potential scholars.
• Ensure that the RePublic website is up to date and reflects various network initiatives.
• Manage the RePublic blog by sourcing and developing stories that embody the network’s core values.
• Ensure that the RePublic website is up to date and reflects various network initiatives.

Share what is happening at RePublic

• Build a scope and sequence of potential media stories to position RePublic Schools as a thought leader in the local and national education spaces, as well as to generate positive coverage of the network.
• Source and pitch stories to local media.
• Develop relationships with local media.
• Respond to media requests.
• Work with consulting firms to meet external communications goals.
• Identify opportunities for the CEO to build public profile through speaking engagements.
• Support the CEO to prepare for any communications opportunities.
• Maintain the CEO’s online presence.
• Prepare senior leaders for speaking engagements.
• Develop protocols and systems for communicating to staff and families in risk management and other time-sensitive developments
• Respond to immediate risk management situations by drafting correspondence and talking points for the leadership of Breakthrough Public Schools

Leadership and Accountability

• Lead the organization’s marketing and communications initiatives and provide leadership and accountability for the communications and marketing team.
• Coordinate with schools and departments across the organization to ensure brand alignment, integrity, and network communications standardization.
• Report directly to the CEO and work closely with the senior leadership to ensure communication captures the mission and brand of RePublic as well as the voice of the CEO and senior leadership.
• Develop metrics to adequately assess brand awareness.
• Provide regular monitoring of metrics via measurement of website traffic, social media engagement, search volume, and survey.

Who You Are

Our Director of Communications must demonstrate a deep understanding of and commitment to RePublic’s mission and the communities and families we serve in the South. Beyond that, you are:

• A serial optimist. You’ve got a deep, personal commitment to the mission of RePublic Schools, and a genuine belief that all students can achieve academic excellence, regardless of race or socioeconomic status. You’ve got a “healthy rage” about the state of public education in the South – and you want to be a part of a team that is doing something about it every single day.
• A details maven. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to tailor messages for various audiences.
• A storyteller. You are a word wizard, and love to craft a compelling narrative. You understand the importance of storytelling.
• A hustler. You are doggedly persistent. You will do whatever it takes to capture the right visuals and stories to effectively and persuasively share the RePublic story with diverse audiences. You are self-directed, take initiative, and seek opportunities for feedback.

The Fine Print

• Qualifications.
• Bachelor’s degree required. A Bachelor’s degree in Communications , Public Relations, or a related field is preferred.
• At least 4 years of experience in a communications role. Management experience is highly preferred.
• Candidates must have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as outstanding oral and written communication skills, and strong attention to detail. Strong problem-solving skills and time management skills are required. Excellent adaptability, cultural sensitivity, and an ability to work with many different types of individuals is required.
• Candidates must be a proven leader with supervisory experience who can set priorities and carry out initiatives to drive successful outcomes and to manage a high-performing team.
• Candidates must be effective decision makers with an ability to manage competing priorities. They must be able to analyze and interpret data to solve problems, and to provide effective communication across all stakeholders (internal and external).

Diversity Statement

As a part of reimagining public education in the South, we are intentionally creating an environment that embraces, honors, and celebrates our scholars’ identities and experiences. We are working to make environments that affirm our differences across race, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender orientation, physical abilities, socio-economic class, and other characteristics that make up our unique identities. Additionally, we’ve committed to hiring and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe these individuals have an additional impact on our scholars.

RePublic Schools

Position:

Multimedia Sales Manager

About the Company:

Our client is a family-owned media and technology company that has been providing trustworthy, quality journalism and business solutions for more than a century. They’ve always been in the business of telling stories, but they’re more than just a newspaper today. As one of the Upper Midwest’s largest media organizations, they are leaders in the business of print and digital news, broadcasting, printing, and agency advertising.

The company is comprised of passionate and purpose-driven people fueled by collaboration and innovation. In addition to a generous benefits package, you’ll enjoy development and growth opportunities, an inclusive and creative culture, and a safe working environment. They believe in supporting each other, working hard towards common goals, and having fun. Come for the perks. Stay for the people.

About You:

Are you looking for a role that offers you a flexible work schedule, the ability to influence your own earning potential and the opportunity to contribute to important work in the community? As a Multimedia Sales Manager you will leverage your knowledge of sales and account management to sell marketing solutions and advertising across both print and digital formats. You will demonstrate your creativity, drive, and passion in developing sales strategies, prospecting new clients, growing existing clients, and fearlessly asking for the sale. You thrive on the win and on building relationships within in your community, and you have a knack for assessing and translating business needs and challenges into a successful advertising and/or marketing solutions.

In this role, it is paramount to maintain strong communication with both clients and internal parties. The company specializes in adapting to clients’ needs, and as such, clients need to be confident in your ability to put their vision to the page and screen, as well as direct in-house designers to do the same. You are not just selling a product, but an investment in clear messaging from a trusted source.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop and prepare monthly/quarterly sales strategies within assigned territory to meet revenue goals
• Demonstrate clear understanding of all products and services and effectively communicate how they provide value to different businesses and industries
• Prospect to acquire new business; prepare and deliver customized proposals and presentations to clients
• Manage the day-to day relationships with existing clients, including analyzing their business, conducting business reviews, providing solutions, resolving issues and serving as an extension of their business
• Examine current clients for unmet needs; present recommended solutions and share new product capabilities
• Complete thorough needs analysis for every client to make a clear connection between company products and the return on investment
• Effectively communicate and offer input between the client and our creative department to help facilitate an effective campaign
• Share knowledge, experience and information in order to optimize overall team sales strategies and team effectiveness
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Key Success Factors:

• Strategy Deployment – Creates and develops unique strategies for prospecting and managing campaigns
• Research and Retention – Demonstrates an ability to research new industries and markets and apply findings to campaigns
• Relationship Building – Maintains relationships with both clients and prospects in order to strengthen and grow the book of business
• Setting Aim – Can manage company and personal goals in order to generate revenue
• Self-Development – Can adapt to a changing environment with new and different projects and campaigns; pushes oneself to rise to the challenge

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and experience in sales and marketing
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and a driving record that is insurable by the company
• Must carry an acceptable level of vehicle insurance as required by the company

Your Skills and Attributes:

• Open to development, with a drive to take on new projects and challenges; curious to learn more
• Comfortable working independently and communicating with clients and prospects confidently
• Fearless to bring new ideas to the table, both internally and externally
• Adept at both building and developing relationships; ready to handle change
• Customer focused mindset, with an ability to adapt to different personalities
• Exceptional follow-through and perseverance; comfortable following up with prospects
• Ability to think strategically in prospecting and developing campaigns
• Flexibility to sell a wide range of products and services
• Excellent communication skills and ability to close
• Organized, with close attention to detail

Grey Search + Strategy

Derflan is hiring a Business Program Manager: Employee Engagement, Change Management Communications for a contract role with our client Microsoft. This role requires that you have been employed by Microsoft in the past. (FTE or Contract and have a fresh 18 Mo V- Available.)

Start date: ASAP

End date: 6/30/2024

Hours: 40 hr/wk

Salary: $125,000-$132,000

Location: Onsite preferred, remote okay

REQUIRED 1+ years employed by Microsoft. (FTE or Contract)

Must have a fresh 18 Mo V- available

DESCRIPTION

Business Program Manager: Employee Engagement, Change Management Communications

The person in this role has experience in employee engagement, change management and communications. This PM on our Business Ops and Programs team will be responsible for ensuring that in an organization of constant change, there is human-centered approach to our Program Portfolio Management with thoughtful change management strategies that drive the transformational business outcomes and care for our employee experience as initiatives are launched and embedded.

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrates the global program management operations that connect and enable communities (ie: Senior Leadership Community Councils, Independent Contributor Principal Tech Talent, or Manager Advisory Boards), working to influence a culture of empowerment, growth, inclusion and belonging within the global CSS Apps & Infrastructure organization. Responsible for strategy development and execution, site engagement, leader development, SLC community building, and coordinating day-to-day operations for the Apps & Infra community experience priorities.

• Define, implement and manage a Business Representative Framework to align with our strategic priorities and Senior Leadership Community, taking into account their capabilities, experiences, skills, interests and passion areas so we connect our leaders to our most important work in a way that helps develop change agents and a culture of inclusion, and builds our bench of emerging leaders.

• Lead the creation and management of a change plan, creating communication plans for global enterprise “people, process or tooling” initiatives (estimate 6-12 initiatives in our portfolio at any given time.)

• Help our communications team and site leaders build local energy, cohesion, and connection through our Site Visit strategy.

Skills and experience:

• Demonstrated capability to translate business strategies into critical talent and workforce strategies/ initiatives.

• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.

• Demonstrated experience with change management principles, methodologies and tools.

• Ability to innovate and challenge current norms to drive change in the organization and work with people of varying backgrounds and organizational levels.

• Highly flexible and adaptable to changing structures and priorities.

• Demonstrated experience in program development/design that is customizable and scalable; able to effectively tailor and present initiatives to a diverse group of constituents.

• Analytical and critical thinking skills, and the ability to organize, analyze and summarize with superior writing and editing skills.

• Ability to independently plan, organize, schedule, coordinate and make decisions and judgment relating to assigned projects and other responsibilities.

• Commitment to diverse and inclusive engagement and an ability to connect with others and cultivate relationships based on mutual trust and respect.

• Ability to anticipate and avoid issues and to negotiate effectively.

• Ability to anticipate future needs and opportunities, and make decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing business environment.

• Enthusiastic team player that builds a positive, collaborative work environment and relationships.

• Expertise in both visual and written communications – strong PowerPoint and SharePoint skills, exposure to ADO appreciated but not expected.

• Participates in or manages projects led by the Engagement team as needed

REQUIREMENTS

MUST HAVE:

1. Msft suite of products experience – 2-4 years of experience
2. Experience with PMO process phases and toolset – 2-4 years of experience
3. building dashboards and effective outcomes communications with roadmaps etc. – 2-4 years of experience
4. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field

PREFERRED:

1. PMI or PMP certification preferred
2. Experience working on building portfolio function for a PMO team, meaning setting up operations so team can function well
3. No job hopping

Skills and experience – MUST HAVE

• Demonstrated capability to translate business strategies into critical talent and workforce strategies/ initiatives.

• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.

• Demonstrated experience with change management principles, methodologies and tools.

• Ability to innovate and challenge current norms to drive change in the organization and work with people of varying backgrounds and organizational levels.

• Highly flexible and adaptable to changing structures and priorities.

• Demonstrated experience in program development/design that is customizable and scalable; able to effectively tailor and present initiatives to a diverse group of constituents.

• Analytical and critical thinking skills, and the ability to organize, analyze and summarize with superior writing and editing skills.

• Ability to independently plan, organize, schedule, coordinate and make decisions and judgment relating to assigned projects and other responsibilities.

• Commitment to diverse and inclusive engagement and an ability to connect with others and cultivate relationships based on mutual trust and respect.

• Ability to anticipate and avoid issues and to negotiate effectively.

• Ability to anticipate future needs and opportunities, and make decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing business environment.

• Enthusiastic team player that builds a positive, collaborative work environment and relationships.

• Expertise in both visual and written communications – strong PowerPoint and SharePoint skills, exposure to ADO appreciated but not expected.

• Participates in or manages projects led by the Engagement team as needed

TYPICAL DAY IN THE ROLE

• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm – 40% meetings, 30% online collaborative, 30% independent and producing outputs

• Interaction level with sponsor/team – high

• Chance for extension later? – unsure right now

• Expected working hours – 40 HRs, Mon-Fri

• Location Requirements & EC Details – Remote okay, prefer onsite

BACKGROUND

• Business group – Apps Infra Mgmt_Fixed US
• Purpose of this team – lead the business ops and program portfolio team, does all of the CSS apps and infra business annual planning, and day to day business operations manages portfolio of organization wide initiatives.
• Reason for the request – backfill
• Surrounding team & key projects – complex initiatives that improve the people process, tooling experiences for our employees globally. Scheduling and routing initiatives to improve efficiency.

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