Talent Casting Calls and Auditions

The incumbent is an integral member of the Arts and Entertainment team. Develops and implements department-wide policies and procedures that provide guidance and structure to staff across the department. Serves as a role model for others to follow, while ensuring efficient and effective ongoing operations.

This list may not include all tasks and/or knowledge which may be expected of the employee, nor does it cover all specific duties which may be required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides extraordinary guest service which positively affects interactions with tour managers, clients, customers, talent, and team members and has the resiliency to deal with difficult guests in all types of business conditions. Trains staff members to provide the same extraordinary service. Possesses the ability to work harmoniously with co-workers.
• Works with the executive team with pre-production, advancement of all shows, contract negotiations, and post-production. Ensures appropriate advertising, billing, and facilitation of all acts. Focuses on maximizing ticket sales and yielding revenue in both the BCPA and Grossinger Motors Arena.
• Ensures ambiance, furniture, fixtures, and equipment cleanliness and quality of all venues is managed. Works with facility management staff as needed to keep quality controls and preventative maintenance plan. Creates an atmosphere that induces guests to want to return, giving each a positive experience. Implements, oversees, and ensures accurate inventory control for all Arts and Entertainment equipment.
• Assists Director in operating and overseeing department standards, guidelines and objectives and maintains other administrative processes such as budgets and staffing to ensure proper planning, efficient and effective operations. Assists with developing and administering capital, operating, and staffing budgets.
• Assists with implementation and oversight of the planning of all entertainment events and property venues to develop high quality entertainment schedules in all outlets.
• Prepares and ensures weekly entertainment pay schedule is confirmed and coordinated with the Finance Department. Works through industry channels and contacts to provide quality entertainers and performers. Manages partnerships and performance of third-party promoters
• Reviews contracts and terms with executives and legal counsel to ensure commitments, requirements, etc. are adhered to. Maintains professional relationship with all artists and performers. Works with entertainment partners, such as Live Nation and third-party promoters to select and price entertainers and artists. Provides direct oversight and supervision of box office, usher and production staff
• Ensures the adequacy and accuracy of all entertainment advertising in all forms of media by working with the Marketing Department.
• Attends and participates in meetings, completing follow up as assigned. Works closely with IATSE, Food and Beverage teams, catering/special events, the Accounting department and Marketing department. Provides consistent and thorough communications to all areas. Performs work regularly and predictably.
• Assumes duties of the Director in his/her absence which may include attending evening City Council meetings, special meetings, and making presentations to elected officials and to the public.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum 5 years’ experience in the entertainment industry
• Previous entertainment, hospitality, stage management, and staff management experience are all highly preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted

Certificates and Licenses:

• Driver’s License

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Work is performed in office settings, at various facilities and outdoors locations. Requires traveling between worksites in town and occasional travel to other locations for meetings. Evening meeting attendance is sometimes required and work may involve responses to emergency situations. Travel throughout the City to various Arts & Entertainment locations and facilities is required, and may include occasional travel to attend state, regional or national meetings.
• The physical demands on this position may include traveling to and traversing outdoor worksites with uneven terrain to inspect work and physical locations. Physical activity is generally of an oversight nature. Some oversight activities may take place in dusty, moist or humid conditions and in a wide range of outdoor temperatures.

City of Bloomington

About the Role

The studio manager is responsible for the general operations of the photo studio. They will be in charge of ordering supplies, keeping the equipment organized, and maintaining the shoot bays and workstations. During e-comm shoots, they will also give production support and be the main point of contact from a location standpoint. The ideal candidate has experience working on photo sets or in a studio setting and has some working knowledge of photo equipment and/or digital capture, asset management, and image software. We will be able to train the right person who has other important skillsets, but this person should feel generally comfortable working on the computer and learning new platforms and software. This position is full time and in-person. There is potential for growth in this role depending on the skillset that is brought to the position. There could be opportunities in production and/or digital asset management.

You’ll Make a Difference By

• Creating organizational standards for the photo studio as a whole
• Maintaining and organizing shoot bays, capture stations and workstations
• Stocks/orders studio supplies
• Keeping photo equipment organized and in working order
• Opening and closing the studio during photo shoots
• Generally acting as the Production Assistant during on-figure photo shoots: orders crew lunches, stocks craft supplies, prints documents, ushers talent, etc.
• Is the main point of contact for freelancers during product laydown shoots
• Is aware of the photo calendar and shot lists for each shoot and is proactive in prepping the studio for different shoots and projects
• Helping to keep studio documents updated: Casting roster, process documents, and studio and lighting diagrams

About You

• Proficient in MS Office applications, with intermediate Excel skills required
• Excellent collaborator with a demonstrated ability to work with cross functional team
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Extremely well-organized possessing multi-tasking skills
• Pro-active and able to show initiative/ideas to improve standards
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Able to lift 40 lbs unassisted

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

Ariat International

Our client, a top cannabis brand, is seeking a multi-talented Creative Director, bringing strategy to life through attention grabbing, dynamic, and emotional multi-channel marketing initiatives. The ideal candidate will understand how advertising, public relations, marketing, web, and social media play together in today’s media landscape by elevating brands and maximizing consumer appeal. This role will report directly to the COO.

Only experienced creative marketing directors with a proven background in online marketing, analytics, social media, campaigns, product launch, strategy, website traffic and SEO will be considered.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Manage the creative process from concept to completion.
• Translate the cannabis company’s marketing objectives into clear and creative strategies and ensure brand continuity across all marketing channels.
• Lead and direct the creative team in the production of all marketing collateral
• Be a digital native and social media guru capable of leading teams to produce relevant and award-worthy work on all digital and social platforms.
• Increase revenue generation through use of proactive and innovative methods that will reach, engage, and retain customers.
• Promote synergy between marketing and retail cannabis dispensary outlets.
• Develop and execute their social media campaigns with quantifiable objectives to measure results.
• Launch new products to include ecommerce platforms.
• Reconfigure and implement landing website.
• Track and analyze social media growth and engagement using apps and social media analytical tools.
• Participate in interpreting, defining, and enhancing the user experience; and contribute to product development initiatives through shared customer feedback.
• Ensure that the brand is strong and consistent in every marketing tactic, and that the Company story is communicated with creativity and impact.
• Lead the creation/production of inspiring design, content and campaigns that builds the brand.
• Facilitate business partnerships with creative affiliates including designers, art directors, copywriters, photographers, and web developers.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years Social Media Marketing and 5+ years Marketing experience required – cannabis industry experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, or related discipline
• 3+ years SEO and website traffic analysis and 5+ years of relevant work experience in the advertising, marketing, or design sectors
• Experience design and branding
• Agency experience a plus
• Extensive experience in social media marketing and social networking using social analytics tools
• Strong knowledge of writing and creating content for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Entrepreneurial minded with the ability to facilitate seamless synergy with executive management, vendors, partners, and their creative teams.

Compensation: $120,000 – $150,000 includes full medical coverage, PTO, and Paid Holidays

If this sounds like the position you have been waiting for, please apply using the online application or the link below – all inquiries are strictly confidential. Our focus is to assist you to make your best next career move, and we will not use your information for any other purpose.

CannabizTeam is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. TEAM200

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CannabizTeam – Executive Search and Staffing

Job Title: Ecommerce Art Director

Reports to: Sr. Art Director

Brand Overview:

Vuori is re-defining what athletic apparel looks like: built to move and sweat in but designed with a casual aesthetic to transition into everyday life. Our high energy, fast paced office environment is reflected in the clothes we make. We aim to inspire others to take on all aspects of their lives with clarity, enthusiasm and purpose….while having a lot of fun along the way. We are proud to be an outlet for opportunity of personal growth and success.

Role Overview:

Vuori is seeking a Ecomm Art Director with an excellent eye for studio photography, fashion art direction experience, and excellent planning and time-management skills, to join our quickly growing creative team. This role will be responsible for directing the visual aesthetic of our ecomm photoshoots, and managing freelance talent to ensure that our photography is on-brand and the highest quality. This person will have extensive experience in the fashion and active apparel industry, leading photoshoots for aspirational global brands. The Ecomm Art Director will report to the Sr. Art Director and will partner with the Studio Producer, Product Marketing Manager and the ecommerce team to make sure images are accurate, on-schedule and on-brand.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

This role is an important leadership role on the Vuori creative team. This person will own making selects for our ecommerce channel, which is an incredibly important part of our business. This person will collaborate with multiple teams, and will be open to feedback while still maintaining the creative direction for brand photography. The Ecomm Art Director will oversee both on-model and off-figure photography. This person will work under the direction of the Senior Art Director, and will be required to complete tasks on-time according to the ecommerce studio processes.

• Make selects for all ecommerce photography, including on- and off-model. Selects must be completed on time, organized according to our studio needs, and be in the Vuori brand aesthetic.
• Partner with the Studio Producer, Sr. Art Director and Marketing leads to curate model selection and update as needed, seasonally. Create moodboards to support presentations and discussions.
• Direct models and freelancers on set, clearly communicating specific notes to achieve on-brand, best-in-class imagery.
• Direct flat-lay and pin-up stylists and photographers on set, clearly communicating specific notes to make sure all off-figure photography is aligned to our style guide, and retouched correctly.
• Create moodboards, and go-bys for freelancers so they have clear direction for photography, crops, poses, hair & make-up and styling.
• Make retouching notes and crops in the Vuori studio software management system in a timely manner, meeting the studio deadlines
• Oversee image quality upon receipt from the retouching vendors. Partner with the Asset Manager to make sure images are retouched accurately, named correctly and organized in the correct folders in our DAM.
• Keep up to date with emerging trends in fashion, design, film, art, media and technology as relevant to ecommerce photography.
• Work closely with the Studio Producer to continuously improve processes and make sure all ecommerce creative operations are working as smoothly as possible.

Education/Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or combination of relevant education, experience and training
• 7-10 years leading art direction in an agency, editorial or marketing environment, working in fashion, active, and/or lifestyle category.
• Accountability to follow processes that are time-sensitive and affect multiple work-streams and teams.
• Highly skilled at working with freelance talent and clearly communicating direction to ensure a desired result.
• Highly skilled at making selects according to brand direction. Will integrate feedback and adjust selections accordingly.
• Experience building mood boards for styling, poses, crops, and hair & make-up direction
• In-depth knowledge of the ecommerce photography industry (ie sample management, making selects, using software to organize and select images, etc)
• Detailed understanding of today’s media landscape and how people engage with content, with in-depth knowledge of interactive communication, processes and user-interface design for digital products
• Excellent time management with ability to toggle between daily and long-term tasks, keeping workstreams moving forward simultaneously
• Proactive approach to identifying and acting on ways to improve the work, continually pushing the vision forward

Vuori

An ever growing social media-led creative agency is looking for a Creative Director, Art to join their NYC team. Their mission is to deliver world-class creative ideas for forward-thinking brands that connect them with people in culturally significant ways by generating ideas people like and share. This temp to perm role will operate on a hybrid schedule with 1 day a week onsite.

• Rate: $90-110hr BOE

Responsibilities:

• Generate and develop great ideas and then turn them into great executions.

Qualifications:

• Great ideas can come from anywhere across the agency. It will be your job to spot, inspire, ideate, and develop great ideas and then turn them into great executions.
• Need a good sense of craft and desire to get your hands dirty, understand strategy, and most importantly, possess the ability to bring out the best in others.
• Someone with superior knowledge of and passion for sport, particularly soccer, and gaming.
• Expertise in crafting social first campaigns for platforms like; TikTok, IG, Twitter.
• Hands-on leader with 3+ years as a ACD/CD in agency setting.
• Ability to review, critique, and elevate the overall quality of craft and output.
• Portfolio with samples of work that represent big campaign thinking in addition to social engagement campaigns.

If interested please apply!
The Solomon Page Distinction
Solomon Page offers a comprehensive benefit program for hourly employees. We pride ourselves on offering medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits to our employees, including freelancers – which sets us apart in the industries we serve.
About Solomon Page
Founded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industries. The success of Solomon Page reflects an organic growth strategy supported by a highly entrepreneurial culture. Acting as a strategic partner to our clients and candidates, we focus on providing customized solutions and building long-term relationships based on trust, respect, and the consistent delivery of excellent results. For more information and additional opportunities, visit: solomonpage.com and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Opportunity Awaits.
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HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL

Hamilton is holding a nationwide virtual search for future replacements now!

• Seeking dancers, with extensive training in all areas of dance and who sing very well, for the currently running Broadway and touring productions of HAMILTON.
• Equity and non-equity performers age 18+ of all ethnicities, all genders, and all bodies encouraged to submit. We want to see you!

Interested in Auditioning?

Please submit by November 7, 2022

MIAMI – MD NOW COMMERCIAL

Shoot Date: November 4th 2022

Talent Rate: $400/12

General Extras: $200 

Roles:

• Mother: Middle aged (40-50), Cauc or ethnically ambiguous
• Father/husband: Middle aged (40-50), Cauc or ethnically ambiguous
• Grandmother: Mature (60-70), Cauc or ethnically ambiguous
• Teenager: Late high school/early college (16-20), Cauc or ethnically ambiguous
• Tween: Middle school (10-14), Cauc or ethnically ambiguous
• Front desk person (female): Young adult (24-30), Latin or African-American 
• Extras in lobby:
• Skew female or middle aged (40-50) male (Cauc or ethnically ambiguous) 
• plus middle aged woman (40-50, Cauc or ethnically ambiguous) with a male or female tween or teen. 
• Also a senior person (50-60, male or female, Cauc or ethnically ambiguous)

Nestle Commercial Casting Call

Vicky Boone Casting is seeking real families and real groups of friends for a Nestle commercial shooting in Dallas, Texas. See below for full details. Please submit ASAP!

Ad Agency: Hogarth NY

Production Company: Yacht Club

Producer: Joe DePaquale

Casting Director: Vicky Boone

Rate: $500 /day (session), $1,250 (usage)

Shoot Date: Nov 2, Nov 3 (will likely shoot two days)

Shoot Location: Dallas, TX (talent must work locally)

Note: All those cast must be fully vaccinated.

CASTING:

• REAL FAMILY – REAL family, with 1-2 kids between the ages of 10 and 16 years old. NO food allergies. Everyone must be fully vaccinated and able to work local hire to Dallas. 
• REAL FRIENDS – Ages 25-45. A group of four friends (or two couples who are friends with each other). NO food allergies. Everyone must be fully vaccinated and able to work local hire to Dallas.

***UNION AND NON-UNION 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 shoot day.

Christian P is taking submissions for a show seeking background with Vespas, E-Scooters, One Wheel Scooters, etc. and have experience riding them.

Dates:

RUSH COVID Test: MONDAY, Oct 24th

Possible Work: Tuesday, Oct 25th

Location: LA Area

NOTE:

Regardless of vaccination, you must still test negative for COVID-19 on one or more tests to be arranged by production prior to the first production work date. 

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.

$350/Day Disney Video Shoot Casting Call for Families

LOOKING FOR REAL FAMILIES OF 4-5 FOR AN OVERNIGHT DISNEY SHOOT MONDAY 10/24!!!

We are looking for Real Families of 4-5 members with Kids ages 8-13 for an overnight DISNEY SHOOT Monday evening 10/24 into Tuesday morning 10/25. 

Looking for Caucasian, Hispanic, and Ambiguous talent. 

Rate is $350/12hrs