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Executive Producer, World Science Studios

About the Opportunity:

World Science Studios (WSS) is the centralized media production arm of the World Science Festival, creating innovative visual content including short-form videos and animations for World Science Festival live programs; original documentary and series programming for broadcast and digital distribution; visual content for onstage theatrical works; experiential AR and VR; short and long-form educational videos; marketing and social media content.

We are seeking an ambitious, energetic, innovative and experienced Media Executive to lead all aspects of media production and operations across the organization. The EP will manage the entire workflow of pre-production, production and post-production; oversee two studio facilities; define and operationalize a technical pipeline from development through delivery; build and lead an efficient, high-performing team of production and post-production professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage media production, post production and studio operations for all programming and media needs across the organization, including short and long form content; animation and graphics; field and studio shoots; multi-camera capture of live programs; promotional and marketing video; social/digital content.
• Drive all phases of media production — creative, editorial, production and post-production — from ideation to execution.
• Recruit, train and lead a team of internal and external producers, crews, editors, animators, as well as production and operations personnel.
• Work with internal and external producers and directors to meet all project deadlines, including delivery of pitches, scripts, rough cuts and final cuts on time, on budget, and at the highest editorial, creative and production quality.
• Build and manage budget, staffing, schedule and workflow for all media projects.
• Work collaboratively with senior leadership on a strategic vision for growth, and with all departments including editorial, live events, digital, marketing, sponsorship and education to meet media needs.
• Stay current in production trends, new technology, and distribution platforms.
• Push the boundaries of visual storytelling with novel production techniques, formats and creative elements.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience working in broadcast, film and/or digital media production in an EP, EIC, Line Producer or Showrunner capacity.
• Record of projects that show high editorial standards, and creative visual storytelling skills.
• Experience in all aspects of media production including: pre-production research and reporting, script development, production, post-production and multi-format conversions.
• Track record of fulfilling large quantity of deliverables on schedule and within budget.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and work in a demanding, fast-paced, diverse and high-performance professional environment.
• Strong hiring, team-building, communication and management skills.
• Familiarity with major production software and applications for use in a dynamic media operation.
• Self-motivated, curious, addicted to excellence, fearless and fun.

Additional Information:

The hiring salary range for this position is $180,000 to $225,000 annually. World Science Festival offers a comprehensive benefits package.

About the Organization: World Science Festival (WSF):

Originally known for our groundbreaking week-long live festivals placing science at the cultural core of New York City, the World Science Festival (WSF) has grown into an innovative multi-media organization that produces original content straddling science, technology, the arts, media, performance, journalism and education, with formats ranging across vibrant discussions and debates, to inspired collaborative works of theatre, film and music. Featuring outstanding talent and novel production techniques, our programming brings the most far-reaching and transformative ideas, discoveries and perspectives to a broad general audience. WSFs live events in 13 countries have garnered an in-person audience of over three million and its digital, educational and broadcast programming has received over 200 million views.

The World Science Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, doing business as the World Science Festival and is headquartered in New York City.

How to Apply:

Please email resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Executive Producer, World Science Studios” in the subject line.

No phone calls please.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status or sexual orientation. The World Science Foundation is an equal employment opportunity employer.

World Science Festival

Clutch is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent for their open opportunities to help their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

We care, we’re honest, and we hustle—that’s what makes us Clutch.

Our client is looking for a Creative Lead to join their team. This candidate must have experience working as a director managing but also able to be a hands on creative.

Objectives of this role

• Lead and review the work of the creative teams for all web, print, and digital marketing collateral
• Spearhead and manage content strategy for both small and large projects, harnessing brand design, copy, art, and digital technology
• Collaborate with the marketing and sales departments in developing marketing plans, analyzing results, and identifying opportunities
• Develop internal marketing campaigns that translate objectives across business units into clear and motivating creative strategies
• Analyze brand tracking, market trends, consumer needs, and the competitor landscape
• Meet budget requirements by forecasting and managing expenses

Responsibilities

• Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social-media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of messaging and deliverables
• Prioritize work and resources across engagements, based on short- and long-term needs, and develop schedules by collaborating with designers, copywriters, and production artists
• Conduct brainstorming sessions with creative team, maintaining strategic thinking to develop innovative and actionable initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
• Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring that deliverables address marketing goals and challenges effectively
• Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling print materials and digital experiences for sophisticated audiences
• Oversee the presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables

Required skills and qualifications

• Ten years of relevant experience in creative leadership within an agency setting
• Experience in creating marketing/advertising campaigns — from developing the vision and messaging platform to overseeing production on time and within budget
• Experience in creating integrated content across all marketing channels: digital, social media, paid media, mobile, offline, and print
• Proven ability to develop successful concepts
• Proficiency in leading a team of diverse, talented creatives
• Strong creative vision, with an eye on business objectives
• Hands-on involvement with key projects, while still being able to empower, challenge and champion your team

Clutch

We’re looking for Lead Art Director to join our client, an engagement and experiential agency, to work on a national restaurant account. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a new piece of business in an agency environment. If you’re a seasoned Art Director with experience working on food & beverage, restaurant, or retail accounts, this one is for you!

Location: Denver, Colorado

Salary Range: $120k-$150K

Benefits and Perks: Health/Dental/Vision/PTO

Workplace: Hybrid – 1-2 days in office p/w

Contract-to-Hire or Direct Hire – it’s up to you!

Why We Love this Opportunity:

• You’ll get to work on a new piece of business and lead the creative charge!
• Offers the opportunity to work on a large, national restaurant account.
• The ability to grow a small team and be on the ground floor of a new account.
• Hands-on culture, rapidly growing team, with lots of work.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as an Art Director in an agency or in-house environment.
• Experiential design and marketing experience are a plus.
• Food, Beverage, CPG, or Restaurant experience preferred.

Skills:

• Adobe Creative Cloud – Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Advertising, or similar.

To be considered, please apply with an updated resume AND portfolio today!

Coda Search│Staffing

A hugely successful global sports & entertainment agency are hiring for a PR Account Manager to join their award-winning team who produce impressive PR campaigns across lifestyle and sport.

This is a fabulous opportunity for a talented storyteller who has experience with planning and delivering projects for consumer and lifestyle or sport clients.

Responsibilites

• Collaborating with the PR team to deliver lifestyle and sport coverage in key titles and outlets
• Attending media pitches, PR events and developing creative ideas that align and enhance the clients objectives
• Deliver PR & content shoot days, and be responsible for managing costs, working with creative on the direction, and liaising with management
• Commission a trusted and skilled videographers and photographers to work with on rotation
• Build strong and trusting relationships with senior clients across PR and Partnerships
• Help deliver on-site activations to amplify client’s partnerships
• Support on event management and logistics including working with trusted suppliers and
• partner agencies to deliver a premium experience
• Deliver client facing campaign and event media coverage reports
• Look for new partnership opportunities that deliver against brand objectives

The candidate

• A background in sport PR or lifestyle PR
• Previous experience working within PR either within an agency or in-house
• Experience working with talent and across high profile partnerships
• Excellent communicator with expert level of account handling experience
• A desire to work within sports

Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds – we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Handle Recruitment

ROLE: CREATIVE DIRECTOR

TEAM: THE KITCHEN NA

LOCATION: TORONTO (HYBRID)

ABOUT THE KITCHEN NA

About The Kitchen

The Kitchen is a team of creatives, strategists, producers, designers, content creators and social media managers working directly with brands to deliver breakthrough ideas. What makes us different is the way we work. We leverage our unique position inside Kraft Heinz to drive creativity and agility that’s only possible with trust and collaboration with our brand partners. Sometimes we’re focused on our brands’ biggest briefs and campaigns, and sometimes we’re creating our own briefs inspired by opportunities that arise from culture and current events. Together, we’re breaking down barriers and empowering more –more ideas, from more places, and more opportunities to earn our consumers’ attention, and learn more about them.

Position Summary

This role is an opportunity to lead a team of creatives within a team we call The Kitchen: a new approach to creating ideas and content inspired by culture, trends, and the world around us for some of Canada’s most iconic food brands at Kraft Heinz.

As the Creative Director in the Kitchen, you will lead a creative team in creating the ideas and content that earn a place in the online (and media) conversation. As an experienced creative leader, you know how to have an impact on your team, and an ability to ensure every project they’re working on reaches its potential – from agile responses, to online moments, to bigger concepts born from cultural trends.

You’re more than a creative manager; You’re a teacher to other creative managers and talent. You know how to help a senior creative-pair get the most out of their team. You’re able to show the junior creatives ‘the ropes’ and get them to a great idea that they feel passionate about. You are hands-on in contributing to ideas and producing great work.

You’ll supervise a team of creatives including a senior creative pair who are constantly thinking through ideas that evolve our brands; an agile social team; and a team of supporting designers and resources tasked with making clever, reactive and planned content that cuts through the noise on social.

You’re always thinking about your team and its capabilities – addressing skill gaps, training talent, and making sure you’re holding them to a high standard.

You’re an enthusiastic pitcher and want to be the creative face of the agency to your brand partners.

Primary Responsibilities

• You lead. You Inspire and direct a team of writers, designers, producers, social media/community managers and strategists to ensure a culture conducive to great work. You are responsible for growing, retaining, and motivating this team to succeed.
• You’re adaptable: You demonstrate resiliency in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment where ideas and opportunities happen fast and require flexibility.
• You hold your team to high standards. You ensure the highest level of creative quality from your team and for the brands you work with. You understand how to give clear feedback that your teams can use to improve their work.
• You manage and supervise multiple creative projects and workflows, sometimes bringing your creatives together, sometimes focusing them on separate asks.
• You direct the design and development of creative materials.
• You ensure brand identity and message consistency across channels.
• You care about being a good partner: meeting business objectives, values, budgets, and deadlines with work that makes you proud. You present work and develop relationships of value and respect with the team.
• You will lead and participate in brainstorming sessions and bring interesting opportunities and trends to the team’s newsroom process.
• You’re a hands-on creative, writing copy or designing against guidelines and brand tone of voice for film, print, digital and social as needed to support your team.
• You lead teams and ensure strong and non-traditional creative output, collaborating with and working under the direction of the Kitchen’s Executive Creative Director.
• You help the agency develop a strong and positive relationship with the advertising community to help recruit top talent.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of success in digital/social or traditional advertising.
• An established leader with a track record of developing talent.
• 8+ years experience in Advertising, social, or medium agnostic creative…. or a track-record that shows why you’re ahead of your peers.
• Strong Portfolio: You demonstrate originality, innovation, and a multi-disciplinary thinking through your work.
• International Recognition: You have created a world-class campaign that achieved international fame or won multiple international awards.
• Leadership Skills: You demonstrate strong leadership skills and can organize, motivate, and improve the creative output of those around you.
• Big Unconventional Idea Thinker: You go beyond the executional or tactical tasks and come up with innovative approaches that earn attention.
• Versatile: You are a strong art director with design pedigree that can work in film, print, web and social.
• Team Player: You are positive, collaborative and a contagious spirit, who works well with others.
• Entrepreneurial: You take initiative and proactively come to the table with new ideas to push forward the creative work and develop relationships with the team
• Production Savvy: You know how to work within budgetary constraints and have experience working with photographers, directors, and vendors.
• Time Management: You can manage your time, hit deadlines and be on time for meetings, while juggling multiple projects.

The Kitchen, Kraft Heinz, and Salt are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.

The Kitchen

Are you a highly skilled Creative Director looking for an exciting opportunity to showcase your talent and take your career to the next level?

As a Creative Director, you will lead and manage a team of creative Interior design professionals from concept to execution for a portfolio of client work. You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of retail clients from various industries locally and internationally, and your work will involve all aspects of the design process, from initial sketches to project documentation.

You will work closely with all levels of staff to ensure the timely completion of projects while maintaining the critical path of each project. You will also liaise with other client project consultants, such as Architects, Engineers, contractors, suppliers, manufacturers, and more throughout the life of the project.

To be considered for this role, you must possess a Design Degree, a minimum of 10 years of Retail Design experience in a mid to large size firm, and strong technical expertise in all aspects of design. You must also have demonstrated design proficiency, both directive and hands-on, as well as exposure to team management.

Your in-depth understanding of Retail strategy and your demonstrated ability to translate strategy to design deliverables are key to this role.

If you are an individual who is principled, determined, positive, and has a collaborative attitude, we want you to join our team! We value individuals who have excellent work ethic can handle multiple projects/tasks, and a true passion for retail design.

With an average employee tenure of 12 years, our firm is a place where you can continue to grow your career long term. To join this team APPLy with your resume and portfolio.

Vered Klein Recruitment Consultants

NOW CASTING:

LOS ANGELES-BASED TALENT FOR A SKINCARE COMMERCIAL:
– ALL AGES (18+) AND ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE US ON A W9 $$$
– MUST BE AVAILABLE MARCH 18-19 FOR THE SHOOT DATES

ROLES:
– REAL COUPLE
– REAL GOTHS
– BASKETBALL PLAYERS
– SKATEBOARDERS
– TRAINED DANCERS
– + GENERAL BACKGROUND EXTRAS

-ALL SIZES, GENDERS AND BACKGROUNDS ARE WELCOME

URGENT!!!! CASTING NEW ROLE! BEER CAMPAIGN CONTINUATION

Jigsaw Casting seeks LGBTQIA+ couples or two friends for a Beer Campaign in Toronto!

We are looking for LGBTQIA+ real couples or two friends to see their natural chemistry. You will be Eating at a pho restaurant. Any ethnicity. Any gender. Ages 30 to 45. Must be comfortable eating pho and using chopsticks.

ALL TALENT SHOULD BE OVER THE AGE OF 25 LEGALLY SINCE THIS IS AN ALCOHOL COMMERCIAL.
If you happen to know of someone, please pass this on.
DEADLINE TO APPLY – THIS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AT 11 AM EST!

If selected, each person will be paid approx. $2,500+. This is a union (ACTRA) campaign. Nonunion members are welcome to apply. A COVID test will be required before the shoot. You don’t need any previous acting experience. Must be a Canadian citizen or Permanent resident.

Must be available for these critical dates, filming in Toronto:
Covid Test: TBD 48 hrs prior to shoot
Toronto Talent Wardrobe Call: March 2, 2023.
Shoot Date: March 3 or 4, 2023 in Toronto.

We’re searching for actors who can play deaf and hard-of-hearing characters, including by being able to perform lines in ASL

For the following role for a  Premium series filming March 27- Early Sept 2023 in Wilmington, NC.

The character will portray Mexican-American
Male,
Age 40s

CAST PARTNER

HP x BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, MANAGERS, & CREATIVES
We are working with HP in their search for business + creative professionals, business owners, IT managers, accounting + tech employees, & real administrative assistants. They hope to find REAL individuals within these careers willing to use their workspaces (at home, a studio, or a business office) for the shoot. The focus is on the individual within their space, with an HP printer helping you execute your needs!

Note: offering your workspace to shoot in is not optional – this is required for your submission to be considered; talent will receive additional compensation for their location use! (+$2,000 minimum)

Some ideas of office/studio workspaces we’re looking for: Businesses with an office workspace, Interior Designers, Insurance companies, Bike/Auto Body Shops, Architects/Landscape Architects, Tattoo Shops, Art Suppliers, Stylists, Plant Shops/Florists, Doggy Daycares, Shipping centers, personal home offices, bakeries, Home goods/wine shops, ceramic studios, etc. 

BTW- shooting in natural spaces means allowing crew into your room! 

Quick notes from Casting – Cast Partner prefers natural-looking and relaxed camera phone photos ovoverheadhots and professional photos.