Toronto Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Fulltime Permanent Role

Salary: 45-55K+

Toronto ON

Manufacturing experience required

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Reviews amends, completes work order forms.
• Separates orders for case labels.
• Checks artwork. Writes work order for any changes on artwork.
• Selects and assembles positives for screen making.
• Sorts and files completed orders, artwork and positives
• Processes invoices for artwork charges and completed orders for shipping
• Maintain Bill of Materials (BOM) for each job and create BOM for new jobs
• Records daily production count for each machine and finished product
• Complies with established job safety practices
• Prepares reports as necessary. Analyses inspection reports and quality complaints to determine trends and initiates corrective action if necessary
• Assists in quality training and development programs
• Performs such assignments as management may direct

Knowledge Required:

• Training usually acquired through Community College and on-the-job training.
• Standard operating procedure training (SOP)

Skills Required:

• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under general supervision
• Ability to work with other people, create and maintain a team environment
• Ability to read, write and comprehend written and verbal instruction in English
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to use a computer

Physical Requirements:

• Required to work a scheduled 8-hour shift
• Overtime as required

Working Conditions:

• The environment is noisy and hearing protection is required on the production floor
• Safety glasses may be required
• Working with or near automated equipment
• May required light lifting, carrying

Organization

Company: Company 3

Position: Post Production Coordinator

Location: Vancouver, BC

Position Summary

Reporting to the Head of Production, the Post Production Coordinator is responsible for providing day-to-day support to the Producers. Organized, professional and customer-service focused, this person is flexible, responsive, and a team-oriented member who is hands-on, a good problem solver, and exhibits a proactive and transparent style.

Possessing a sense of urgency, the Post Production Coordinator demonstrates an ability to work within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, deliver accurate and quality work on schedule, and has excellent skills in building relationships and communicating effectively. In an operations capacity, this role requires a highly professional demeanor and diplomacy when dealing with clients, production management and artists.

Main Duties

To oversee and support the Producers on assigned projects. This involves the management of the elements, schedules, budgets, workflow, client relationships & internal personnel.

Bids And Budget

• Gather all key information (bids, schedule, & delivery specifications, etc.) necessary to set up and schedule project.
• Book revenue in work orders, and under the direction of the Producer, send work orders to accounting to be billed out to client.

Scheduling

• After receiving schedules from clients, add holds in scheduling system.
• Generate work orders based on the approved work order template.
• Manage and maintain schedule as dates changes and potential new sessions are added.

Preparations For Projects/Sessions

• Ensure clients are aware of how and where to deliver elements.
• Help gather all project details and specs prior to the session.
• Verify Operator has all files necessary to begin session.
• Make sure all necessary elements and prep are acquired prior to session.
• Follow up at end of the session to chase necessary outputs, ensuring they are sent to the relevant parties.
• Coordinate and schedule meetings with internal team when necessary.

Execution Of Job

• Assist in greeting and escorting clients to the bays upon arrival.
• Track elements pertaining to upcoming sessions, ensuring all files are available to the operator.
• Submit tickets to engineering, IO, shipping, mastering and encoding departments to ensure tasks are acknowledged and complete in a timely manner.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. Record all technical and logistical information pertinent to each session.
• Supervise evening and weekend sessions (if required).

Clients

• Work with Client Services to communicate needs to support client visits and meetings, including outlining the need for overtime services.
• Along with the Producer and HOP, check in on artists, clients, and client services on a regular basis to make sure the session is well supported.
• Under the direction of the Producer, maintain effective communication with clients regarding deliverables and job status, including billing updates when workflow changes.

Final Delivery

• Follow up with client after sessions to ensure all elements were received timely and accurately.
• Coordinate the delivery of all required elements by the desired deadline date with the client/vault.
• Email the client all proper tracking information including contents and expected delivery date/time to the requested location.

Dailies

• Assist Producer with internal set up of dailies projects.
• Ensure accounting has the relevant information to add projects into our scheduling system.
• As requested, create work orders and schedule dailies projects/resources.
• Review call sheets, one liners, ensuring staff is scheduled and sessions are booked adequately to meet the needs of each project.
• When requested by Producer or HOP, be main point of contact with client, ensuring their needs are met throughout run of the series.
• Along with the vault, ensure drives are returned to clients on a daily basis in a timely manner.
• Along with IO department, ensure there is adequate stock to manage archiving content from set.
• Along with dailies supervisor, ensure a smooth handover from dailies night shift to Producers.
• Gather information and post night memo every evening.

General

• Organize internal files and ensure schedules, contact lists, paperwork are kept up to date
• Keep email distribution groups updated for all of Post.
• Create and update e-mail templates for various projects.
• Liaise with Dev Ops on maintenance and development.

What You Bring

• Minimum of 1 year experience in an administrative or customer service related position
• Experience in a production environment, Post Production or VFX an asset.
• Ability to work in a team environment to collaborate with others.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are essential.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Media Pulse and/ or post production scheduling software experience.
• Basic knowledge of dailies and offline editing workflows.
• Basic knowledge of Finishing, VFX, and Sound workflow a plus.
• Basic knowledge of HDR and Dolby Vision finishing a plus.
• Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files.

About The Company

Company 3 / Method Studios provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.

Diversity And Inclusion At Company 3

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

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

Zulu is looking for an ambitious Senior Art Director to join our Creative team.

About You

You are as comfortable expressing your ideas through a tweet as through a 60 second TV script. You have a track record of delivering cohesive, integrated campaign work that delights and challenges clients, while solving their business challenges. We want you to bring ideas that engage and entertain, regardless of where they fall on the media spectrum.

Key responsibilities include:

• Create engaging and original visuals based on the creative brief, working closely with a copywriter
• Produce sketches, storyboards or computer roughs to visualize concepts
• Explain and support your thinking to team members and creative directors
• Collaborate with team members, incorporate feedback and adapt your work with a positive attitude
• Balance multiple projects and manage your own time
• Work under pressure, taking concepts to final execution within tight deadlines

Experience, Skills & Attributes:

• 6+ years of experience art direction at an agency
• Advanced understanding of photography, typography, advertising and design
• A keen eye for visual details and accuracy
• Ability to establish great working relationships with clients
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of advertising, ranging from traditional to social media campaigns and all things in between
• Strong understanding of pop culture
• Great at presenting and communicating your ideas
• You are hungry and passionate about the work. You want to do great work and win awards.
• Positive attitude.
• You are fearless. Fortune favours the brave.
• Good sense of humour. This business can be tough. It is important to know when to laugh.

Zulu Alpha Kilo is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. Zulu Alpha Kilo is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation during the interviewing process, please let us know.

Please provide link in application for your portfolio. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in Zulu.

Zulu Alpha Kilo Inc.

Park West Gallery

Meet SJC. We create, publish and print best-in-class content. As Canada’s largest privately owned communications company, we partner with our clients to provide marketing solutions that inform, inspire and empower audiences across every platform. Owner and publisher of Canada’s most iconic portfolio of media brands (Toronto Life, Chatelaine and Maclean’s to name a few), we provide incredible reach to an influential audience. SJC has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the last 18 years.

Are you ready to join a forward-thinking, creative and collaborative team? Then come join us at Content in the role of Sr. Photo/Video Producer.

Summary:

Reporting to the Studio Manager, the Sr Photo/Video Producer will produce still and OLV productions with a key retail client. This role entails the production of all aspects of digital, video, mobile, social, signage, online and photography content creation. The successful candidate must communicate with the Creative team, Accounts Directors, third party vendors & freelancers for daily productions. The Sr Photo/Video Producer must have a keen eye for detail and a strong desire for promoting best practices and development standards. They must have a passion for building compelling digital marketing imagery across multiple digital channels.

• Division: Content
• Department: Studio
• Reports to: Studio Manager
• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Status: Full-Time

In this role you will:

• Produce still photography and OLV video, working hand in hand with the PM, Creative and Account team at SJC. The Sr Photo/Video Producer must be an experienced Producer comfortable managing both photographic and video crew on a daily basis.
• Obtain and confirm project specifications; liaise with internal stakeholders and client for statement of work, provide quotations/estimates
• Ensure completion of all deliverables throughout the entire project lifecycle: end-to-end from requirements to post Implementation phases, working hand in hand with the PM
• Ensure resolution of project issues, identify dependencies, risks and determine mitigation plans
• Track and manage project scope during filming & production phase, deliverables and obtain formal approval of change requests
• For any automotive shoots, coordinating vehicle transportation for shoots; organizing and arranging vehicle
• Arrange pick-ups and transportation with client or SJC shipping team
• Manage talent and freelancer costs of any production and/or in-studio elements
• Book and manage staff and freelance photo and video crews
• Act as a casting producer and hire talent as needed
• Manage all talent holds and ensure availability and accuracy
• Create schedules for upcoming productions
• Coordinating and arranging lunch, dinner, craft services for production crew
• Advocate exceptional client value through negotiation of models and production crew rates
• Ensure all invoices are received and applied against the appropriate docket
• Ensure studio and shooting space is adequately prepared prior to shoot
• Collaborate with the studio team to share and book resources
• Model SJC’s Values and cultivates an environment of teamwork, diversity, accountability, openness, and excellence.
• Ensure all team members have all necessary information, materials and elements in a timely manner
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Contributes to the over success of the Content Department and Photo Studio.
• Maintain a high attention to detail.
• You are able to work in a fluid, often rapidly shifting environment.
• Additional tasks as assigned.

A bit about yourself:

• Post-secondary education in Photography or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 3-5 years working in a studio environment managing photo shoots and OLV productions.
• You have knowledge of Google Workplace/ G-Suite, MS Office Suite, understanding of Adobe CC and Keynote required.
• You are a critical thinker who can see the big picture but are adept at questioning details and assumptions, making recommendations and solving problems effectively.
• You thrive in a fast paced environment and enjoy managing details.
• You can juggle competing deadlines, budgets and objectives while staying focused on critical tasks, prioritizing appropriately.
• Your have superior time-management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work according to deadlines
• You have an excellent understanding of photography and its process.
• You demonstrate a high level of trust, integrity, and diplomacy.
• You are self motivated, proactive and solution driven in nature.
• You have excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Relationship building is one of your strengths, you gain the trust and support of peers and partners quickly through common ground, collaboration and candor in difficult situations.

Working Environment

• The job is performed in a studio setting with the occasional need to attend / work in other locations for photo and video shoots
• Requirement for multi-tasking and managing urgent demands
• Required attention to detail and requiring an accelerated work pace or deadlines.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the production at hand is required.
• Sustained requirement for manual dexterity / coordination for computer use.
• Sustained requirement for light physical exertion typical of an office job, such as sitting, standing, walking and operating office equipment.
• Regular requirement for low-intensity mental, visual or aural concentration for such activities as reading, inputting data, taking notes.
• Willingness to see projects through to the end and able to work longer days or weekends when required

If this sounds like you, apply below!

SJC Values

• Amaze our customers: We put our customers’ evolving needs at the heart of the business and inspire through our ideas, quality and service.
• Be relentlessly curious: We take the initiative to learn, try new things and brainstorm the next big idea.
• Respect every individual as equal: We value diversity as the means to creativity and cultivate a collaborative environment where everyone belongs.
• Innovate and adapt with urgency: Forward-thinking and flexible, we react quickly and boldly to change.
• Contribute to our community: We apply our resources and passions to make a difference – for people and our planet.

SJC Perks

• Health and Dental Benefits
• Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and online health & wellness resources with Homewood Health
• Scholarship program for employees’ children
• Exclusive employee magazine subscription rates
• 1-year complimentary Toronto Life Insider membership
• Discounted annual GoodLife membership
• Perkopolis Perk Program and employee pricing at major retailers

Accommodations at SJC

SJC is an equal opportunity employer. SJC is committed to inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection processes and work environments. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise the Human Resources department if any accommodations are needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. Any information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

Inclusion at SJC

Equality and respect for all is one of our founding values and core beliefs at SJC. We are a diverse group with associates of all ages, orientations, races and talents. We celebrate this diversity and we draw strength from it. Inclusivity at SJC means fostering a culture that welcomes and respects each individual as equal – both inside our walls and within the larger community.

SJC

Political Content Producer – Vancouver, BC

Do you love going down rabbit holes? Do you question the mainstream media? Is seeking the truth and reporting on facts important to you? Then this is the job for you!

Coastal Front is a new media organization. Our focus is twofold:

• Telling the stories of politicians, CEOs, community leaders and influencers;
• Researching and uncovering the truth behind gov’t and industry.

We are hiring for a full-time Political Content Producer, based out of our downtown Vancouver office.

This role will entail the following activities:

• Researching newsworthy stories, politics, and analysis of government / financial policies;
• Staying ahead of Canadian news, politics, finance, and culture;
• Analysis of content and organizing your findings in a logical way;
• Writing content to create a story around the subject or topic;
• Working with the host of Coastal Front to prepare scripts for filming;
• Working with the marketing team at Coastal Front to write content and distribute through various online platforms and social media channels.

Skills & Qualifications:

• An undergraduate degree in political science or higher level of education; bonus if you have experience in Journalism.
• Industry experience or passion for writing or politics;
• Vibrant and professional demeanor;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Attention to articulate clearly;
• Self-starter attributes, motivated and hardworking;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Adaptability to work in a constantly changing and highly demanding environment;
• Able to present a polished appearance in a formal business environment;
• Comfortable using cloud and Android applications: WhatsApp, Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs,) Box, Salesforce, LinkedIn, and Slack.

What We Have to Offer:

• Competitive salary and potential for bonuses;
• Competitive benefits package including Medical / Dental coverage;
• Other benefits including weekly catered lunches, health & wellness perks, fun team events and daily healthy snacks.

How to Apply:

If this sounds like you, please email us your resume and writing samples, in the subject line “Political Content Producer” to [email protected] and your LinkedIn profile URL.

This posting will remain open until a qualified candidate is hired. To learn more about Coastal Front visit https://www.andrewjohns.ca/coastalfrontpodcast.

Want to get noticed? Follow us on Twitter (@coastalfrontpod) and subscribe to our YouTube Channel (Coastal Front).

Coastal Front

Casting Call for Experienced Chefs

Project Bank Commercial Casting Call

Comedy Show Casting Call

• Any male
• 18 – 35 years old

Crossover is the world’s #1 source of full-time remote jobs. Our clients offer top-tier pay for top-tier talent. We’re recruiting this role for our client, Write of Passage. Have you got what it takes?

Are you looking for a massive creative opportunity within a growing company—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Are you constantly writing scripts in your head? If so, help us create epic media that makes learning to write fun— and share the Write of Passage brand with people all over the world.

Your role is to translate words into compelling imagery. Listen, it’s way more than that, but that’s the essence. Our company is bursting with personality, and we want you to translate that energy into a radical overhaul of our narrative presence.

Write of Passage is creating the best online writing school in the world. Over 1,000 students worldwide have learned a system for publishing quality ideas, connecting with like-minded people, and elevating their careers through writing on the Internet. Our graduates are using online writing to build audiences, launch businesses, and make an impact—living life on their terms!

Write of Passage is considered the gold standard for community-driven, cohort-based, online courses. And, we’re growing. Our vision is to build a global platform for writing instruction in the 21st century while delivering the best educational experience in the world.

We’re a writing company, so the bar is high. Writing visuals is a unique (and niche!) skill with a different mindset than text. You know how to make information aesthetic and infuse stories with a narrative pulse.

We work within limited recording windows, so our creativity happens in prep and post. You help us develop captivating ideas that we execute swiftly on shoot day and set us up with room for innovation in post-production.

What You Will Be Doing

• Writing scripts for a variety of purposes (YouTube videos, courses, workshops, ads, reels, podcasts, etc.)
• Generating first drafts from the title/thumbnail directives of our YouTube Strategy team and bullet points of Product/Marketing
• Relentlessly filter every line of the script through the question “is this visual?” to ensure we add depth and counter-melody to the voiceover, not just 1:1 representation
• Come up with wonky approaches to integrating archival/stock footage so that it feels dynamic, playful, and uniquely Write of Passage

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Constantly being interrupted by meetings; you’ll get in the zone and do deep creative work
• Sticking to the tools and techniques you’ve always used; you’ll be forever expanding your creative arsenal
• Being told exactly what to do and when to do it; you’ll flex your creative muscle daily

Production Writer Key Responsibilities

You’ll visualize scenes, then create the blueprint for communicating their vital essence.

Basic Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional experience as a writer (screenwriter, script writer, copywriter, etc.)
• Technical expertise with editing and production, either directing or producing
• Experience working with remote, asynchronous communication and editing tools

Nice-to-have Requirements

Technical expertise and professional experience in any of the following:

• Storyboarding
• Design/Typography
• Comedy
• Acting/Public Speaking
• Music

About Write Of Passage

Write of Passage is the gold standard for community-driven, cohort-based, online courses. And, we’re growing. Our vision is to build a global platform for writing instruction in the 21st-century while delivering the best educational experience in the world.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with Crossover

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover. The compensation level for this role is $30 USD/hour, which equates to $60,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

What to expect next:

• You will receive an email with a link to start your self-paced, online job application.
• Our hiring platform will guide you through a series of online “screening” assessments to check for basic job fit, job-related skills, and finally a few real-world job-specific assignments.

Important! If you do not receive an email from us:

• First, emails may take up to 15 minutes to send, refresh and check again.
• Second, check your spam and junk folders for an email from Crossover.com, mark as “Not Spam” since you will receive other emails as well.
• Third, we will send to whatever email account you indicated on the Apply form – by default, that is the email address you use as your LinkedIn username and it might be different than the one you have already checked.
• If all else fails, just reset your password by visiting https://www.crossover.com/auth/reset-password if you already applied using LinkedIn EasyApply.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-4832-CA-Vancouve-ProductionWrit

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