Toronto Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

NOW CASTING

PROJECT SHAWARMA

Commercial

NON-UNION

Run or Usage: 12-month Broadcast

Conflicts: None

Shoot Dates: Feb 13th – 14th, 2023

Rate of Pay: $500/session, $500 buyout (all-inclusive)

Location: GTA

ROLES

1. [MOM] 50 to 55 years old; Middle Eastern, South Asian; woman. Gives off a stern vibe that you wouldn’t want to mess with, and watching someone else mess with her has you expecting trouble.
2. [DAUGHTER] 15 to 16 years old; Middle Eastern, South Asian; girl. Gives off a playful-troublemaker vibe. You can’t help but root for her.
3. [LUMBERJACK] 30 to 40 years old; white; man. Heavy build. Thick and bushy beard, stoic face. The kind of guy you wouldn’t mess with.
4. [TEENAGER] 15 to 16 years old; South Asian; boy. A bit nerdy. The type that’s never interacted with a girl outside of his family.
5. [INSTAGRAM MODEL] 18 to 22 years old; East Asian; woman. Gives off a flirty vibe. Knows she can use her charms to get what she wants.

NOW CASTING ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

For a new digital series ‘THE ELEVATOR PITCH’

The Toronto Raptors and GoDaddy are seeking DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALS across the GTA with the NEXT BIG IDEA!

If this sounds like you – we want to hear from you!

Entrants will have the chance to WIN $10K and a full suite of GoDaddy services!

Raptors fans will vote for who they think should win the grand prize!

We’re looking for a variety of entrants – whether you have a new idea for a business, an existing business with a new idea, or something in between.

ELIGIBILITY & INFORMATION

– Small Business Owners/ Entrepreneurs (new owners & existing owners) in the Greater Toronto Area.

– Must be 18-54 years old and an Ontario resident.

SHOOT DATE: The end of February or early March 2023 – TBD. Talent required for one day only.

LOCATION: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON – TBD

Milo Casting is looking for South Asian Mature Adults/Couples in Vancouver for a Power Tool Commercial!

About You

• You are of South Asian/Indian heritage, of any gender.
• You live in or near Vancouver, British Columbia
• You are approx 50-70 years old, with a great smile! 
• Previous on camera experience, not necessary, we are looking for real South Asian/East Indian individuals or couples! 

ZOOM AUDITION: Friday February 10th

FITTING: February 22nd

SHOOT:  February 23rd & 24th (You will only be needed for 1 day) 

MISSION STATEMENT

Spruce Meadows is committed to being the leading venue in the world for the international horse sports with a focus on the organization of hosting show jumping tournaments of unmatched quality for junior, amateur and professional athletes in a manner that reflects basic family values in a clean, green and welcoming environment that celebrates the horse and encourages the breeding and training of quality sport horses and the teaching and development of athletes.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Graphic Designer and Content Coordinator, Full Time

Department: Graphic Design

Reporting to: Manager, Graphics & Print Design and Vice President, Administration

Scope of Practice: As part of a collaborative team, the Graphic Designer and Content Coordinator will contribute to the execution of marketing campaigns and social media profiles across all branches of the organization – while ensuring the approach aligns authentically with the brand.           

• Social Media Content Creation, Scheduling, and Posting (includes digital, print and short videos/reels/stories for social media)
• Work with the Spruce Meadows team to produce video, photograph and digital/print graphic assets
• Document Management
• Market Research and Analysis
• Online Presence for Comment Response
• Campaign Performance/Analytics
• Ensure brand standards are followed for both Spruce Meadows’ brands and those of our sponsors

Special Circumstances: Spruce Meadows is an entertainment and sport venue that is dedicated to being number one in the world. Our culture is focused on family values, sport, entertainment and community involvement. To attain this goal, means the family of employees at Spruce Meadows come together as a group and work as an office-based team. Working as a team means that everyone works to assist our fellow employees, no matter what the job is.

As a sporting venue, it is understood that Spruce Meadows operates with a full employee compliment on many weekends and evenings.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor/Diploma, Design & Visual Communications or equivalent
• A minimum of 2 years of experience
• Valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Class 5
• Individual must be professional in deportment and have a service attitude in approach.

Technical Skills:

• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite in a windows-based environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro in a windows-based environment.
• DSLR/Mirrorless Camera knowledge is an asset
• Knowledge of Social Media platforms from a business perspective (Meta Business Suite; Content Planning; Instagram/Facebook Stories, Reels; TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn., etc.)
•  Knowledge of Adobe After Effects is an asset
•  Knowledge of Shopify platform and associated software is an asset
•  Knowledge of HTML coding is an asset

Competencies & Skills:

• Ability to communicate Spruce Meadows/Cavalry FC product knowledge.
• Ability to multi-task duties with short deadlines.
• High attention to details
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English.
• Ability to problem solve and exhibit conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings.
• Ability to adapt quickly when in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to speak a second language fluently (Asset).

Spruce Meadows

Full Time, Mid level Experience

Content Director – CBR/CL

Valnet’s CBR & Collider editorial teams are looking for a highly experienced Content Director to oversee site leadership on a rapidly expanding team of skilled writers and editors.

The ideal candidate will take charge of the sites, managing the scaling and the quality of the content operation with the intention of continuing to build an already well-sustained initiative. We will be relying on the candidate to apply their expertise in driving traffic, expanding coverage, improving article quality, and managing/growing the websites, all the while helping us achieve our ambitious goals.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee Comic Book Resources and Collider’s day-to-day operations (which include but are not limited to):
• Manage Movie, TV, Comics, Anime and Gaming verticals, working closely with managing editors in News, Features and Evergreen.
• Track and maintain editorial quality expectations. Propose and implement effective solutions to emergent challenges.
• Report to the General Manager regarding team progress, challenges and needs.
• Attend weekly staff meetings to offer team support and implement publishing best practices.
• Lead weekly model meetings with Valnet Core Group management to communicate staff bandwidth, and track progress on traffic goals and output initiatives.
• Develop content planning and story sourcing processes across all verticals
• Research and identify new topics and content types; find ways to implement expansions and new topic areas.
• Lead classes and workshops with editorial team members across all verticals.
• Review Managing Editors and Lead Editors editorial performance periodically.
• Team development and personnel growth support
• Liaise with HR on talent acquisition efforts
• Identify editor candidates and lead editor interviews.
• Coordinate with the training team to maintain up-to-date training systems.
• Team Management
• Oversee indirectly all Collider & CBR Lead and Managing Editors
• Manage Managing Editors directly
• Improve on the internal development of writers and editors.
• Provide feedback and ensure editors and adhering to publication standards, and are contributing/editing the necessary amounts
• Make the team a positive, engaging space for those who want to contribute actively and grow with the team.

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in senior editing/management roles of a digital publication, ideally specializing in entertainment content.
• Proven Film, TV and pop culture experience and/or interest.
• Mature SEO understanding on an article and site level.
• Analytics (GA, Ahrefs, Trends)
• Experience in Editorial team management
• Proven track record of growing a team, expanding coverage, and driving traffic.

What Valnet has to offer:

• Autonomy to lead and build out a team with the potential to become an essential resource
• Tremendous opportunity for growth within a well-respected, major player in the entertainment journalism sphere.

Only applicants who possess the necessary skills and experience will be contacted, and only applications containing a resume and cover letter will be considered. It is essential that you demonstrate your breadth of knowledge and experience in your cover letter. You will not be considered for the role if this information is not included. Please note that the next steps in the hiring process involve both a writing evaluation and an interview.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Valnet

As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON. With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

Essential Duties

• Lead product development conversations with product and design to ensure our product solutions and evolutions meet and exceed our readers’ needs
• Communicate product challenges, feature mismatches, and other points of success
• Gather and synthesize product requirements and user feedback from our readers
• Partner with the analytics teams to define goals and track success of key launches and monitor results to prioritize product prioritization and future plan
• Work in an agile environment, continuously identifying opportunities, build digital solutions, and grow our digital product offerings to help enhance customer experience and drive revenue
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, marketing, content, and operation departments
• Communicate with a product team and engineering team in Korea on regular basis (via slack, email, andZoom) to manage two-way communication for all stakeholders in Korea and North America
• Explore emerging revenue-generating opportunities and refine existing processes
• Create detailed specification documents and mock-ups through flow diagrams, storyboards, and site maps if needed
• Continuously research the existing market and competitors in order to hold an intelligent, informed viewpoint on major risks and opportunities for the product
• 100% remote job. Business trip (domestic) expected once a quarter.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required;
• At least 3-5 years of experience in a product management role, with demonstrated leadership in the management of a product through the software development lifecycle, from conception to launch to ongoing performance measurement and optimization
• Must have a Korean / English bilingual language skill
• Fast learner with a good sense of judgment and critical thinking
• Able to maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm
• Excellent communication/presentation skills both in large and small groups.
• A sustained track record of making significant, self-directed, and end-to-end contributions to large and impactful software projects/products

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with application product management is strongly desired. (both iOS and Android)
• Candidates with more than 7 years of product management experience may be considered for a director position

Thanks to the $600 million acquisition of Wattpad in 2021, WEBTOON has expanded its reach to web fiction and the two brands now have a combined monthly user base of 166 million readers. With an eye toward bringing even more innovation to the digital fiction world, WEBTOON/Wattpad launched YONDER (www.yonderstory.com), the next chapter in storytelling, in Fall 2022. On our new, premium storytelling app with hundreds of titles from authors around the world, readers can instantly immerse themselves in a curated library of premium serialized mobile fiction. We’re bringing bookshelf quality stories from best-selling authors, publishers, and established web novelists directly to mobile devices.

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform. Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.

Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!

WEBTOON

Manager, Influencer & Social Media

Toronto

Do you live and breathe digital marketing? Are your social feeds filled with tastemakers and trendsetters? Are you a go-getter who is curious about the world around you? If so, keep reading.

Golin Toronto is looking for someone with 2-3 years of dedicated experience who is ready to move into a manager role and has a specialty in Influencer Strategy, Content Development and Channel Strategy/Community Engagement.

In this role, you’ll work across clients as part of our consumer digital team that excels at making brands hyper-relevant online to drive offline impact. You’ll work with a team to identify real-time influencer opportunities, monitor issues and trends, as well as identify influencers who are relevant to the brand and manage influencer relationships in a mutually-beneficial way to maximize your client’s investment. You’ll integrate across digital platforms, organic and paid channels to drive results.

Sound like you want to “Go All In” with us? Here are the details:

What You’ll Do:

• Develop influencer strategies across several CPG brands, and brand programs
• Recommend the optimal influencer approach relevant to a client’s program objectives
• Regularly identify and vet new and up-and-coming influencers for current and future programs
• Create meaningful relationships with influencers to deliver authentic brand/partner content
• Serve as a liaison between client teams and influencers to deliver mutually beneficial results
• Negotiate and coordinate influencer contracts, with guidance from legal and senior leadership to deliver solid ROI for clients
• Ensure all influencer engagements, both paid and organic, meet client and legal guidelines
• Manage off and online influencer engagements including experiential activations and media/influencer events from concept to execution to evaluation
• Serve as an ambassador of Golin’s influencer capabilities as it relates to organic and new business opportunities; participate in new business pitches by gathering research and recommendations regarding influencer marketing and partnerships
• Advise clients on, and execute, paid social media campaigns
• Serve as expert in integrated digital programs across, paid, owned and earned media in social campaigns
• Cultivate a culture of support, growth and partnership among team
• Foster and maintain productive and influential client relationships
• Identify solutions and work with teams and independently to drive client success and grow relationships
• Serve as culture builder and mentor, driving innovation and sparking ideas among your teammates

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications or related field with a total of 4+ years of related work experience. 2-3 years of those years to be dedicated influencer and social media experience at a digital, advertising, media or PR agency, and a deep understanding of social media, specifically influencer strategy, management and execution
• Passion for uncovering the latest digital marketing and social media platforms and tools
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with influencer networks, individual influencers and influencer identification, management and measurement tools
• Experience creating and executing influencer campaigns across social channels such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
• Experience executing brand-level influencer strategies and ability to communicate them with complete digital fluency
• Ability to execute and measure multifaceted campaigns and day-to-day communications initiatives
• A strong understanding of digital and content marketing strategies, the ability to integrate campaign elements across earned, owned and paid media, and apply analytics to measure results and provide insights
• Highly adaptable and ability to shift priorities in real-time to meet client needs
• A genuine passion and curiosity for popular culture – from sneaker drops to foodie trends, sports and entertainment. Your passion for tracking trends means you’re ready to develop engagement tactics that will creatively target consumers around the country

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.

Golin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Golin recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

Golin

CASTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES for upcoming Inclusive Workplaces Ad Campaign (Toronto & Halifax). This spot is joyful in nature. It also delivers an important message that can’t get lost.

Union Status: ACTRA (PLEASE NOTE: we will consider non-ACTRA talent for some of these roles)

Submission Deadline: Friday, February 10th @ 8pm EST

Shoot Date(s): Feb 28-Mar 1 (one shoot day within this date range)

Callback Date(s): 02/14/2023 (Remote Virtual Video Audition)

Shoot Location: Halifax, NS, Canada (If Ontario talent are booked for role(s), flight and accommodation + scale Per Diem will be provided.)

Rate of Pay / Contract: ACTRA SCALE

Usage: Usage will be one year online.

SPECIAL NOTE:*THERE WILL BE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS CAMPAIGN (FRENCH & ENGLISH). THEREFORE, WE ARE LOOKING TO CAST FRENCH & ENGLISH TALENT. PLEASE INDICATE IF TALENT IS FLUENTLY BILINGUAL, AS THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR BOTH VERSIONS OF CAMPAIGN.

ROLE(S):

1. EMPLOYEE WITH DISABILITY: Ages 18 + years old; all ethnicities; any gender. *THERE WILL BE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS CAMPAIGN (FRENCH & ENGLISH). THEREFORE, WE ARE LOOKING TO CAST TWO DIFFERENT TALENT FOR THIS ROLE (ONE FRENCH SPEAKING AND ONE ENGLISH SPEAKING).
2. HEARING-IMPAIRED EMPLOYEE: Ages 18 + years old; all ethnicities; any gender. Talent must be able to sign ASL and/or LSQ. *THERE WILL BE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS CAMPAIGN (FRENCH & ENGLISH). THE PHRASE WILL BE “I’m right here!”

SHARE YOUR RECENT FIRST HOME BUYING OR SELLING STORY – Halifax & Toronto ($1,200 COMPENSATION) 

Casting recent home buyers and home seller success stories working with their realtor (realtor will not be featured) for a branded content video documentary series for VICE. Appearance Fees: $1200 per couple/family for two-day shoot. (Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 12th by 8pm EST.) 

– Candidates featured must reside in either Toronto, ON or Halifax, NS.

Candidates featured must live in either Halifax or Toronto and must be recent first time home buyers or first time home sellers.

In each 5–6-minute episode, we will feature a unique story of modern and diverse Gen Y home buyers or sellers in Halifax or Toronto.

Each of our subjects will highlight their relationship with their REALTOR and how they are helping them navigate the complexities of these major life decisions (note: individual realtor names and stories will not be featured). Through real-life storytelling, we will provide a deep dive into the real estate process, and reinforce the importance of using a REALTOR to guide them through one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever make.

– We encourage diverse couples to apply with regards to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, relationship status.
– We encourage couples diverse locations of urban/suburban and small towns if possible.
– Candidates must be sympathetic, credible and authentic.
– Diversity is VERY important, and we encourage LGBTQIA+ families.

Harlo Entertainment is a Toronto-based operator, management and private equity company, delivering value over 30 years of aggregate experience in both the hospitality and entertainment industry. With first-hand insights and perspectives, Harlo Entertainment defines best-in-class, luxury experience and is deeply committed to the highest level of guest satisfaction.

We are a collection of diverse individuals with unique skillsets and subject matter expertise focused on building and scaling ventures. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work across multiple high-profile, growing brands including: SPINCO, Kasa Moto, MIMI Chinese, VVINES, Moneybag Vodka, Sunny’s Chinese, Parc Ave, Valerie Rooftop, Roses Cocina and more. Check out our website to learn more: www.harloentertainment.com

We are a people first culture. We strive to create great outcomes and to establish win-win partnerships through integrity, reliability, inclusivity, and great communication. Our greatest asset is our people, as they are the powerhouse behind our outcomes.

We challenge the status quo. We are disruptors. We are bold in what we do. We are brave, think big and move swiftly. We don’t just acknowledge change, we initiate and embrace it.

We always bring our best. hold ourselves accountable for over-delivering on a consistent basis. We take responsibility for the outcome of our work. Done is better than perfect.

We find a way to make it possible. We are in the business of storytelling and remarkable experiences to create moments that matter. We ooze passion and pride in everything we do. We are relentless, driven and proud. We dig deep, we get our hands dirty. There is no challenge is too big or too small for our team.

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our team. As the Talent Acquisition Manager, you will partner with leaders in our operating portfolio to source, attract and hire top talent while providing an efficient, innovative and experience driven process. This position will support the Director of Talent in leading best practice initiatives while building out and maintaining effective employment brand marketing and other initiatives as it relates to our talent acquisition strategy.

Our Talent team is dedicated to partnering with our portfolio businesses to maximize the potential of our greatest asset – our employees. We embrace change and the opportunity it brings. We are focused on delivering quality customer service and are committed to recruiting, developing, rewarding and retaining our diverse workforce.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as an expert in conducting full cycle recruitment activities, including but not limited to, creating job descriptions, posting roles, sourcing, screening, and short-listing candidates, providing a best-in-class experience for both active and passive candidates.
• Work with Director of Talent, departmental leaders and active portfolio business units to build and develop out-of-the-box recruitment strategies and solutions for all open positions.
• Strong customer service and stakeholder management experience. Proven ability to serve as a strategic partner to stakeholders when recruiting for positions at all levels
• Proactively build and share diverse candidate pipelines, with diversity, fit and succession planning at top of mind.
• Develop, maintain and train team members on effective and appropriate interview guides, including but not limited to process, question banks, score cards and etiquette.
• Develop recruitment strategies (targeting both active and passive candidates) to effectively network and identify internal and external talent pipelines for relevant positions.
• Remain up to date with current recruitment trends and impact/efficiency of department initiatives through networking, data analytics and insights. Use this data to continuously improve strategy and initiatives.
• Proactively use networking opportunities, talent acquisition tools, social media, and employer brand marketing to attract and maintain external partnerships with potential candidates for our companies.
• Work with department and cross-functional teams to optimize employee retention and development.
• Seek, organize and attend events to boost talent acquisition efforts.

What You’ll Need

• Proven experience within Talent Acquisition, supporting full-cycle recruitment, sourcing and employer branding in a high-volume environment (hospitality experience is a bonus).
• A people-first mindset with provide ability to deliver a best-in-class and high-touch candidate experience to both hiring managers and candidates.
• Ability to approach Talent Acquisition with out-of-the-box, creative solutions to provide competitive and engaging solutions to meeting recruitment needs and targets.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic and entrepreneurial working environment. This requires the ability to shift-gears and re-prioritize on a consistent basis.
• A passion, enthusiasm and understanding of hospitality and start-ups.
• Degree in Business Administration, Psychology, Human Resources or relevant field.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation, including comprehensive benefits, spending account and professional development program.
• Opportunity to develop skills and gain experience in multiple disciplines in a fast-paced environment.
• Dynamic and fun office culture with colleagues who share the same core values.
• Exclusive perks from our portfolio companies, including restaurants and fitness studios.
• Unlimited vacation policy.

Harlo Entertainment