Talent Casting Calls and Auditions

Creating Communities Beyond the Home

We are one of North America’s largest private homebuilders, with locations in Ontario, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. Our vision is to continue to grow, innovate and Create Experiences That Matter for our homeowners and each member of our team.

There is no set path at Empire; we offer you the opportunity to build your career in ways you never imagined. Your experiences at Empire will take you where you want to grow.

Be a Part of Creating People Experience – our People & Culture team is hiring a Coordinator!

The People & Culture Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day administration support and coordination of People & Culture programs, services, projects, and operational excellence. You will provide exceptional customer service to our team members, employees, and assist with any queries in a timely manner.

What You Will Do:

• Work closely with the Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers on entry level and coop recruitment position which includes but not limited to recruitment intake, creating job requisitions, sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates, presenting offer letters, and completing background checks through third-party company.
• Process all onboarding and off-boarding activities for non-union and union employees which includes but not limited to, new hire announcements, creating onboarding schedules, conducting new hire orientation and complete 30 day follow up and exit interviews, etc.
• Works closely with the Director, People & Culture to deliver and implement programs i.e., performance management, talent reviews, training, succession planning, and compensation planning.
• Participate on the Divisional Joint Health & Safety Committee and provide a safe working environment by ensuring local regulations are upheld for workplace health and safety.

What You Will Bring:

• Post-secondary education in Human Resources Management or similar course of study
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop positive interpersonal relationships and interact with all levels of employees within the organization
• Highly responsible and able to handle confidential information with the utmost discretion
• Aspiration and ability to grow their career in Human Resources and Empire Communities

Why Join Empire?

At Empire, it’s important to have a genuine connection with the work you do. We believe our employees bring meaningful stories and experiences that serve as inspiration to do great work and build communities that matter. As part of your unique experience:

• You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate and develop with some of the most talented People & Culture professionals in the industry
• We have rare offerings including our Employee Home Ownership Program

Learn more about Empire: https://www.empirecommunities.com/ontario/careers-ontario/

Empire Communities

POSITION DESCRIPTION

ROLE: CREATIVE DIRECTOR

TEAM: CREATIVE

LOCATION: TORONTO

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Salt XC is an agency driven by the philosophy of Experiential Commerce™. Our unique framework for designing better consumer experiences that earn attention and drive action. We take an integrated approach that connects your consumer’s online and offline experiences through data, media and the memorable moments that drive brand transactions.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We’re looking for a Creative Director to work across a range of leading North American CPG and lifestyle brands, across a fully Integrated service offering.

This role Is Ideal for the kind of creative director who understands great ideas: how to Invent them, how to evaluate them, how to bring them to life, and how to teach others to do the same.

A Creative Director at Salt knows that great Ideas don’t all look the same. The most powerful Ideas don’t always start with scripts, they each come to life in their own way to make memorable moments across content, experiences, brand acts, and in unexpected ways. A creative director at Salt will succeed If they have the confidence to let Ideas come to life in unique ways, and the curiosity to learn new tactics and mediums from the diverse creative team around them.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Creative Development

This role Is about the Ideas, and your ability to translate “big” thinking into clear, powerful presentations that span a range of tactics and mediums.

Storytelling

You craft compelling stories that are easy to understand, and deliver them with confidence. You’re the face of the agency for your portfolio of brands, and take pride in the work you put forward, and how It’s presented.

Creative Leadership

You lead by doing: you don’t just direct the work, you work alongside your team, and sometimes on your own to show others how quality work Is made. You respect others by working proactively. You respect timelines and process so that your strategy, client service, and production partners can work alongside you to make the work stronger.

Team Management & Talent Development

You manage a team of creatives (Jr. Creative, ACD, Designers) to help them put forward great work they’re proud of. You help them break through their creative blocks and help them grow and develop the skills they need to succeed. You take responsibility for their ideas alongside them, ensuring only high quality work gets to your clients. You evaluate and address talent gaps on your team to train, or attract new talent to a fast-growing agency.

Other Responsibilities:

• Manage and supervise multiple projects and teams while meeting deadlines
• Ensure resources are allocated according to project needs
• Direct the design and development of creative materials
• Ensure brand identity and message consistency across channels
• Meet client objectives, values, budgets, and deadlines
• Lead and participate in brainstorming sessions
• Keep up with the latest trends, strategies, and technologies
• Write copy against copy guidelines and brand tone of voice for film, print, digital and social
• Lead teams and ensure strong and non-traditional creative output, while reporting into and partnering with the Executive Creative Director
• Process information supplied by client/strategy/account services and translate into effective creative work
• Present work and develop relationships of value and respect with the client
• Help the agency develop a strong and positive relationship with the advertising community to help recruit top talent

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Big Unconventional Idea Thinking: You go beyond the executional or tactical tasks and come up with innovative campaignable thoughts that work across all media.
• EITHER a proven track record of success in Integrated marketing, OR a track record in traditional advertising or experiential with a portfolio that showcases examples of integrated Ideas (experiential, content, brand acts, social media)
• An established leader with a history of developing talent
• Strong Portfolio: You demonstrate originality, innovation, and a multi-disciplinary thinking through your work. Your portfolio should show examples of work you created, and work you helped lead with others. It should show a range of Ideas that demonstrate strong Ideation, copywriting and art direction.
• Leadership Skills: You demonstrate strong leadership skills and can organize, motivate, and improve the creative output of those around you
• Proactivity: You work ahead of, not right up to deadlines. You are able to prioritize and plan your work to allow others time to contribute, and you are receptive and open to feedback and alternate perspectives.
• Entrepreneurial: You take initiative and proactively come to the table with new ideas to push forward the creative work and develop the client relationship
• Production Savvy: You know how to work within budgetary constraints and have experience working with photographers, directors, and vendors
• You live Salt’s values, and contribute positively to the agency culture.

SALT’S VALUES

• Salt of the Earth: We aspire to be good people. People who are humble, hardworking, honest, and kind to one another. People who are fun to work with, who trust and are respectful of each other.
• Do What’s Right: We don’t believe in taking shortcuts. We believe in doing what is right, not what is easy or expected.
• Earn It: We believe in rolling up our sleeves and not being afraid of hard work. We want to earn the respect of others, the results we deliver and the praise we receive.
• Make things Better: We aspire to leave things better than we found them and are always looking for a better way. Great ideas come from anywhere, they come from being curious, passionate, solutions-oriented people who care deeply about what we do
• Seek Different Perspectives: We believe in embracing difference; the perspective it brings, how it challenges us, how it spurs creativity, and its ability to make us better.

Salt XC is 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.

SALT XC

Project Name: HGTV/Home Depot

Project Type: Commercial

Project Union Status: Non-Union

Usage / Run: The rate of $3,300.00 +15% includes a 2-day shoot with OT after 10 hours each day. The usage is also included at that rate for two years for TV and Internet on 2 Networks: HGTV and Discovery

Project Rate: $3,300.00 +15%,

Project Synopsis: We are casting 4 talents that will play couples. They do not need to be real couples. The talent is speaking in the spots and there is a little deadpan comedy to them. They are on the Home Depot app, and they snap their fingers, and things appear redone or spruced up in their yard because it is that easy. Almost.

***UNION MEMBER ONLY SUBMISSIONS*** 

!! 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 the shoot day. 

Deborah S is taking submissions for a show seeking background to portray Mariachis, rappers, and country singers. There will be no singing involved. Must be able to provide wardrobe for the role you’re submitting to.

DATES:

COVID TEST AND POSSIBLE WORK: Friday 2/17

RATES: $100 covid stipend, $187/8 work date + $20 wardrobe bump

As a condition of working on set, all talent are required to get Covid-19 test at a production sanctioned testing facility prior to any work date. 

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.

Ryan Hill Casting is seeking local people from all over Michigan for a national TV commercial campaign!  

No prior experience necessary. MICHIGAN RESIDENTS ONLY, PLEASE! 

Individuals are welcome! Friends (pairs/small groups (4 MAX)) and Families are encouraged to submit together!  Please submit one form per person, and upload individual pictures of each group member. Group videos are OK, as long as everyone introduces themselves. 

This PAID (SAG National Commercial Rates) opportunity is open to union (SAG) and non-union models and talent and anyone else interested.  

Selected participants will need to be totally available for ONE of the filming days. 

Current filming dates and areas: 

• Feb 14th – Muskegon – Ice Skating  
• Feb 16th – Traverse City Area – Crystal Mountain (Ski & Board)  
• Feb 20th – Munising – Hiking  
• Feb 22nd – Oscoda – Ice Fishing & Snowmobile   

PICTURES: Please upload 2 CURRENT pictures of just you. 1 head & shoulders, 1 head to toe. Phone pictures are fine. No hats, sunglasses, or filters. The director needs to see what you actually look like.  

VIDEOS (Optional): Please upload a brief video introducing yourself. Clearly state your name and the area in which you live at the beginning of your video. Then, tell the director a bit about yourself and any activities you do for fun Ice Skating, Skiing, Snowboarding, Hiking, Ice Fishing & Snowmobiling. If it’s at all possible, show yourself doing one or two of those activities in your video. If nothing else, show yourself walking around and admiring your surroundings a little. If more than one of you are in the video, have a short conversation about something you like to do together (while doing it would be ideal). Most importantly, BE YOURSELF!   

New Orleans Film Society

Development Director

(Full-Time // Year-Round)

MISSION:

The New Orleans Film Society is a 501(c) (3) arts non-profit organization whose mission is to discover, cultivate, and amplify diverse voices of filmmakers who tell the stories of our time. We produce the Oscar®-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival annually and invest year-round in building a vibrant film culture in the South to share transformative cinematic experiences with audiences and connect dynamic filmmakers to career-advancing resources.

VALUES STATEMENT:

• Start with the art and allow artistic vision, equity, and social impact to guide our search for resources.
• Champion filmmakers who have been historically denied access to resources and opportunities within the industry–– including Southern artists, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with disabilities.
• Seek deep audience engagement.
• Build a working environment that is fair and fulfilling.
• Exhibit dedication and passion and believe that inspired and impactful programs arise from collaboration and mutual respect.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) is seeking an experienced fundraiser with the poise, passion, and skills to close successfully on budgetary funding requirements that will ensure NOFS’s success as the presenter of an Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF) with a national reach, as well as other programs focused on filmmaker professional development and bringing quality film experiences to local audiences in New Orleans. The Development Director plans and implements strategies and activities to ensure the attainment of fundraising campaign goals focusing on individual donors and members, in-kind and cash corporate sponsorships, and foundation and government grants.

In addition to cultivating and maintaining relationships with supporters and planning special events related to membership and donor cultivation, the Development Director works closely with the Executive Director, Managing Director, Artistic Director, and Marketing and Communications Director in achieving the established financial goals and cultivation objectives for NOFS.

The Development Director reports directly to the Executive Director and oversees the full-time Development Coordinator as well as select seasonal hires and focus-area interns.

Principal Duties:

• Work closely with the Executive Director to identify opportunities to facilitate the growth of earned and contributed income for a $1.5M cash budget and $500K-$1M in-kind budget, and direct the Development Coordinator in relevant prospect research projects.
• With oversight from the Executive Director and Managing Director, manage the year-round development budget.
• Work closely with the Board of Directors to identify new leads and actively support the Development Committee of the Board with information, coordination of meetings, and active participation as a Committee member.
• In collaboration with the NOFS team, develop and maintain effective working relationships and collaborative arrangements with stakeholders, funders, patrons, agencies, organizations, and the general public.
• Work with the Marketing & Communications Director to gather information, design, and produce development and membership digital and print materials to ensure the inclusion of sponsors, donors, and member-focused content that underscores recognition, appreciation, and the impact of sponsorship and donations.

Grants + Sponsorships

• Working closely with the Executive Director and Artistic Director, identify local, regional, and national grant opportunities for NOFS and, with support from the Development Coordinator, maintain the annual grants calendar, write funding proposals and grant reports, and manage grants throughout the year.
• In consultation with the Executive Director, cultivate, develop, maintain, and pursue regional and national corporate sponsorships.
• Prepare sponsorship materials (decks, proposals, outreach materials, contracts, and invoices, among others) for cash and in-kind sponsorships and ensure that team-used Google documents and Airtable are accurately and timely updated.
• Manage sponsorship benefits for all revenue sources (e.g., corporate, government, foundation, individual, trade sponsors, and media partners) and ensure that deliverables are met, and timely acknowledged with a thank you wrap report detailing their specific involvement, reach, and delivered benefits post-festival

Fundraising Campaigns + Events

• Oversee individual donor and membership campaigns and special donation appeals (EOY, GiveNola, Giving Tuesday, among others), including maintaining up-to-date mailing lists and coordinating communication plans with the Marketing and Communications Director
• Serve as liaison for all board fundraising events (spring gala, festival parties and receptions, donor events and activations, etc.) and, with the Executive Director’s approval, manage event planning teams and seasonal hires in the planning and execution of the event.
• Manage and solicit ticket and table purchases and donations for NOFS’s annual Gala fundraiser
• Manage VIP sponsors, donors/members, and guests and, with help from the development team, serve as on-site liaison at NOFS events

Donor + Membership Cultivation

• Serve as primary liaison to all member levels with a special emphasis on cultivating and renewing Producer Circle and above member levels.
• Track all donor and member contributions and ensure that proper acknowledgment of all contributions is maintained and donors and members are invoiced and renewed with appropriate timing
• Ensure member inquiries and issues, such as those related to ticketing, payment, and timely receipt of benefits, are resolved in a timely manner
• Research and pursue individual donor prospects

Other Duties

• Represent NOFS at regional and community events and at other outreach activities as needed
• Identify relevant community activities where NOFS presence would increase community awareness and work with the team to ensure adequate NOFS coverage and materials
• Maintain festival pass lists for Sponsors, Grantors, and high level NOFS members and ensure that passes are properly created and timely distributed
• Other duties as assigned

Skills, Experience + Qualifications – Required:

• Alignment to the organization’s stated mission and values
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in non-profit development and fundraising, and 2 years in a supervisory role
• Proven track record securing and managing grants, individual donations and corporate sponsorships
• Proven success at drafting and enacting an annual fundraising plan
• Self-starter with strong initiative, drive, sense of urgency & ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Excellent relationship management, networking and negotiation skills
• Proven & effective team and project management skills
• Must have the ability to travel to in-person events in New Orleans and work nights and weekends during scheduled festivals and events.

Skills, Experience + Qualifications – a plus:

• Experience in major gift cultivation and planned giving
• Strong eye for design and basic ability to lay out content in user-friendly design software such as Canva; ability to provide detailed feedback to graphic designer and foresee design-based challenges with sponsorship assets
• Knowledge of experiential marketing trends that impact the corporate sponsorship world
• Experience working with arts or film organizations
• Knowledge of the independent film and media landscape
• Direct experience with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Airtable, Salesforce, Quickbooks, and Eventive

Benefits & Compensation:

This position is full-time exempt, and the salary range is $65,000.00 per annum. Full-time staff members are eligible to receive the following benefits:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, group term life) fully paid by New Orleans Film Society;
• 8 paid weeks of parental leave;
• 13 paid holidays per year;
• Short- and long-term disability insurance;
• Flexible vacation policy;
• Home office set up (up to $50) and home internet reimbursements (up to $50/month) while working from home.
• Simple IRA with 3% employer-matched contribution
• Professional development opportunities.

The New Orleans Film Society reserves the right to change the listed benefits at any moment, with advance notification to employees.

Location

New Orleans Film Society staff are working on a hybrid schedule, with a portion of the week in the office and a portion remotely. Remote candidates will be considered with a proven track record of securing and managing national corporate sponsorships. The New Orleans Film Society is not able to offer a relocation package at this time.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

No phone calls or inquiries from recruiters will be accepted. Please do not email any staff member individually.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

New Orleans Film Society fosters a creative and professional environment that reflects the diversity of New Orleans. We actively recruit a wide pool of applicants representing dimensions of difference that include — but are not limited to — age, national origin, ethnicity, race, religion, ability, sexual orientation, gender, or political affiliation.

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Samsung Electronics

Newsmax Media, Inc., or Newsmax, is a multi-media broadcasting and digital publishing company based in Boca Raton and New York City.

Newsmax focuseson America’s Baby Boomers, Newsmax reaches millions of heartland Americans every month through its cable TV channel NEWSMAX available in over 100 million homes, its popular website Newsmax.com, a magazine, App and several other platforms.

Forbes has called Newsmax a “news powerhouse.”

We are currently seeking a Paid Media Manager (PMC or PPC) who will take ownership of continuing to grow our digital presence.

The PMC Manager is responsible for running paid online advertising campaigns and monitoring paid ad budgets. The successful candidate will be well-versed in a variety of ad platforms including Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Bing, Google and other major networks. Your goal will be to ensure our online marketing efforts have the highest possible return on investment (ROI) along with a focus on growing volume and maintaining CPA targets. The successful candidate will develop and implement strategic marketing plans that promote Newsmax properties, grow our audience and viewership, increase circulation of our publications, all while staying abreast of changes in the marketing environment to best serve the objectives of the organization. This candidate will have experience in lead generation and be able to grow online campaigns to meet or exceed company growth objectives. This is a hands on role, and it involves a variety of tasks related to the daily management of a variety of online campaigns.

Qualifications:

• Experience with Google Analytics, Google TagManager, Google Ads, Bing Ads and Facebook.
• Experience placing video ads on platforms like Youtube.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Experience A/B testing
• Functional experience purchasing and managing campaigns within all channels of Social Media
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, listening skills, and an articulate presenter
• Excellent writing proficiency and content creation skills
• Creative Thinking
• Analytical skills
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Curious, quick to learn, and receptive to constructive criticism

Responsibilities:

• Plan, create, and manage PMC and PPC campaigns across a variety of channels
• Keyword research and management to optimize bids (add PMC keywords and negative keywords)
• Optimize bidding at keyword, placement, device, geographic, demographic, and other levels
• Perform daily account management of PMC campaigns (review expensive under-performing keywords and ensure PPC campaign does not exceed weekly and monthly ad spend budget, maintain CPA targets)
• Write engaging and concise copy to modify CTAs on ads to boost click-through-rates and landing pages to boost conversion rates
• Monitor, evaluate, and present the performance of campaigns by generating weekly and monthly performance reports to clients analyzing trends, goals, opportunities, and other key performance indicators
• Stay on top of search engine and PMC industry trends
• AB test landing pages to improve conversion rates
• Perform other duties assigned

Newsmax Media, Inc.

Introduction

In the four years since our launch, DLMDD has reverberated across the advertising and branding landscapes by making some of the world’s biggest brands come to life through sound.

We’re now on the search for a Content & Brand Manager to join the marketing team in our London office. This is a key role in communicating our mission, work and thought leadership to the advertising and branding communities.

The role in a nutshell

We build relationships and develop commercial opportunities based on creativity, trust and impact.

You will be responsible for creating and executing the company marketing strategy through the creation of company films, written articles and wider media tactics.

Your goal is to drive engagement with our target audiences; enhancing the awareness and reputation of the DLMDD brand through our unique company style and tone of voice.

Your workstation will be a myriad of Google docs, Final Cut, Premiere, Photoshop and of course a trusty Keynote from time to time. You’ll also have all the best tech in your locker to ply your craft.

You’re the right person if:

• You have a passion for music and sound

• You are highly persuasive and have a way with words

• You are experienced in media creation particularly film making and photography

• You hear the term ‘spin doctor’ know it’s not someone to fix your Peloton

• You can take a story and find and angle to elevate its message for maximum impact

• You can deliver both valuable sales content and editorial output as required

• You enjoy tracking and improving the effectiveness of your output against benchmark KPIs

• You can develop and execute a paid media strategy

• You have strong reporting skills

• You can work collaboratively to bring to life content and marketing ideas from across the agency 

• You’re as adept as a soloist as you are playing in a band

Requirements & Experience

• 3+ years experience in a content creation role ideally in the advertising and marketing industries

• Ideally you can play an instrument but if not, you’re a proper music and sound lover

• You have a strong interest in current affairs and all the latest news across the worlds of advertising and branding

Practicalities

Based in Borough, London

Flexible working by mutual agreement

Salary commensurate with experience

Equal Opportunities

DLMDD is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

DLMDD

PR AND CONTENT MANAGER

We’re looking for someone join our B2B team and take all things PR and Content to the next level? Maybe even grow an entire new side of the business out? Sound exciting? I thought so too!

• 3+ years’ experience in PR and Content
• Hybrid role – 2 days a week in the West Midlands based office
• Up to £40K + benefits
• Line management opportunity

To apply please call 01244 567977 or email [email protected]

WHO ARE WE?

We are a full-service digital agency who have been in operation for over 50 years’; our speciality of B2B clients simply fell into our hands when our clients realised we did things different to others; priding ourselves in constantly being ahead of our competitors and keeping our clients leaders in their international markets.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

As our PR and Content Manager, you will use your creativity to turn technical and unattractive information into an engaging project across all forms of media, ranging from press releases to social media posts. Your communication skills will allow you to perform effective journalist outreach, that results in our combined features running above competitors. Being at the forefront of the market for our clients is essential, you will utilise your wealth of experience to ensure positive exposure that results in sales. To carry out your role to the expected standard, your management skills will be of the highest importance, you will be required to strategically delegate, organise and mentor your small team of talented individuals to ensure all other tasks are completed impactfully, allowing your team to grow with the business.

WE NEED YOU TO HAVE…

• 3+ experience in content and PR
• Experience working on the top social media platforms
• Excellent communication skills – particularly B2B and management
• A creative outlook

IT’S NICE TO HAVE…

• A black book of PR contacts

TO BE CONSIDERED…

Please apply by clicking online or emailing me at [email protected].

For further information, please call me on 01244 567968. If unavailable, please leave a message and either myself or one of my colleagues will respond. By applying for this role you give express consent for us to process & submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only. Also, follow me on Twitter @SearchableShan or connect with me on LinkedIn, just search Shannon Harrison in Google.

I look forward to hearing from you!

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