Toronto Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

CASTING HOMEOWNERS!

RECEIVE $20,000-$40,000+ IN DESIGN SERVICES AND MATERIALS, IF SELECTED. 

WE’RE SEEKING HOMEOWNERS IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA, WHO WANT TO RENOVATE PART OF THEIR HOME AND HAVE A MINIMUM BUDGET OF $100,000. 

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO REALIZE YOUR RENOVATION DREAMS (QUICKLY) AND BE ON THE INCREDIBLE HGTV SERIES, STYLED!

Free items include furniture, flooring, bathroom/kitchen materials and fixtures, etc. In addition, you would receive access to an incredible design and construction team, capable of executing high quality renovations on a quick timeline (6-9 weeks!) 

Dreaming of finally renovating your kitchen to make it chef/entertainment friendly? Want to create a Zen master bedroom and spa-like ensuite? Looking to add square footage by finishing your basement into a home gym/theatre/playroom?

Looking for someone to handle all the heavy lifting: the design, sub trades, construction, installation, styling, and more? Want to see your reno finished fast? 

PLEASE NOTE-  TO BE ELIGIBLE YOU MUST:

– Own a house (detached, semi-detached or townhouse) in the Greater Toronto Area (Mississauga to Newmarket to Whitby).

– Have a minimum budget of $100,000 not including HST and contingency fund (25%).

– Have funds available or easy access to financing via mortgage, HELOC or other credit facility.

– Not have plans to do an addition or basement underpinning. (Due to tight timelines, we are limited to interior renovations and minor structural work only.)

– Be able to move out for the duration of the renovation (6-9 weeks) and find your own temporary accommodations

– Be available for three full days of filming (interviews) over the course of the renovation, which will take place between November 2022 and January 2023.

– Be outgoing and comfortable being filmed and interviewed.

NOW CASTING – PROJECT BANK – Commercial – NON-UNION

Run or Usage: 1 year digital online

Conflicts: None

Director: Kajal

Casting Director: Jesse Griffiths

Casting Assistants: Leah Galloway, Tanu Ravi, Shaunie Frontin

Audition Date(s): First Round By Self-Tape

Callback Date(s): October 11th, 2022

COVID Test Date: October 17th, 2022

Wardrobe Date(s): October 18th, 2022

Start Date: October 19th, 2022

Rate of Pay: $500 Session Fee + $1000 Buyout + $75 Wardrobe Fee + $75 Covid Fee

Location: Toronto

ROLES

• [MAE] 70 to 80 years old, Black female. Colorful and full of character. Can be anywhere from straight-laced to artsy while exuding youthful spirit. Ability to play a brass instrument ideal but not required…SOC
• [FEATURED BAND] 65 to 80 years old, Black male…SOC

If you have an agent, let us know and we will reach out on your behalf. 

Blackjet, a boutique branding & creative consultancy, is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Integrated Producer for our Toronto office. 

The Integrated Producer reports to the VP, Digital & Content. 

Responsibilities include:

• Pioneering the refinement of the production process.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams throughout the lifecycle of the project; establish and set expectations on how the team will work to complete projects and team objectives.
• Manage schedules, budgets, assets, and overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverables dates are clearly communicated, understood, and executed upon.
• Work with the accounts team to accurately scope projects, be involved in Discovery, and all stages of traditional & online content projects including dealing w/ actra and non-union talent. 
• Launch and manage multi-platform content marketing campaigns.
• Familiarity working across multiple creative disciplines; experience working with or at advertising agencies. 
• Soft skills: conscientious, entrepreneurial spirit, solid work ethic, organized, and driven.
• A diligent project leader who makes everyone in the team understand exactly what their role is and what is required of them, and holds them accountable to that. 
• Experience working on simultaneous projects for a variety of clients and does so exceptionally without letting the quality of any project suffer.
• Manage resource assignments to the project, and proactively identify resource challenges.
• Work with the creative team to execute creative briefs.
•  Gather bids from vendors, manage and source creative teams.
• Actively monitor project risks and scope creep to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address them in advance.
• Responsible for reporting and bottom-line accountability.
• Work with the Accounts team to consistently manage client expectations, ensure delivery of the highest quality service, and solicit and act on client feedback.
• Communicate and document project status to team members, and management on a regular basis; escalate issues accordingly via the appropriate channels.
• Recap and create debriefs for every completed project; facilitate discussions on lessons learned and new knowledge gained; document properly and share.
• Oversee and execute on content collection and content population in Content Management Systems.
• Review and address weekly resourcing requirements as required, replying to triage/status emails with updates.

Requirements

• 5+ years agency producers experience managing projects in an agency environment
• Experience managing project budgets for marketing, creative or technology projects
• Knowledge of production, animation, editing, audio and post-production.
• Solid understanding of production principles
• Understands all facets of both online and traditional productions.
• Demonstrated ability to work within tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; experience developing statements of work and client estimates.
• Strong prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, project management & planning skills.
• A fearless approach to process improvement.

blackjet inc

Senior Producer Games

Position

We are looking for a Senior Producer to join our mighty production team! As producers we help our studio drive vision and ideas from conception into reality. We pride ourselves on facilitating a collaborative and agile environment.

About you:

●    You are passionate about games and the game development process

●    You are comfortable working with international teams

●    Are an expert working in different agile methodologies

●    Are comfortable navigating an existing studio process and helping to iterate on it

●    Have experience helping a new team build a strong foundation that allows them to thrive

●    Value collaboration and team culture as much as effective process

●    Can both recognize problems and know how to find the root cause

●    You like working in a fast paced, high energy environment with a high amount of dependencies between teams

●    You are adaptive and believe processes should evolve and change to fit the needs of the team

●    You pride yourself on your communication skills

●    Tools like jira/confluence/airtable/google suite feel like a second home

●    You believe in iteration

●    You are a lifelong learner and also love sharing knowledge

What you’ll do:

●    Facilitate effective team meetings: stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives

●    Create a team environment where everyone feels comfortable having a voice

●    Creatively solve problems across disciplines

●    Define and maintain complex work pipelines

●    Build strong communication bridges between teams

●    Uncover and remove team impediments that prevent our teams from achieving their shared goal

●    Manage product scope and control scope creep during the development sprints

●    Work with the project team to provide estimates

●    Continuously work with teams to help improve/maintain velocity

●    Identify, manage and mitigate project and team risks

●    Coach and train studio team members on agile tools and practices in an Agile game development environment

●    Roadmap and resource planning

GSN Games

Soho VFX, a leading visual effects studio located in Toronto, is currently seeking experienced VFX Coordinators to join our growing team. We have many exciting projects in the works and we offer a great working environment and team of artists to collaborate with.

Duties & Responsibilities:

·      Assisting VFX Production Managers and VFX Supervisors

·      Track shot progress and maintain organized and clear notes from shot reviews and meetings

·      Coordinate and track all deliveries, including uploads and downloads, as well as all physical shipping and receiving

·      Keep track of shot reviews, meetings for a project and keep the team well informed of any changes

Qualifications:

·      Must be proactive, detail-oriented and highly organized

·      Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

·      Must have good understanding of the postproduction process, as well as a clear understanding of all aspects of visual effects and production.

·      Must be a team player and have a friendly and positive attitude

If you think you would be a good fit for this position please email your resume, cover letter and link to your demo reel to [email protected]. Please indicate “VFX Coordinator” in the subject of the email.

We appreciate all who apply but due to the volume of applicants only the candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.  

Soho VFX

We are seeking a digitally savvy, experienced marketing mind to develop and execute our influencer marketing strategies and creative campaigns. You will be working with the Marketing and Product Teams to develop strategy and events that represent Nourish’s brand DNA.  

The Influencer and Community Specialist will be responsible for influencers and media outreach, manage blogger, influencer campaigns and related events as well as develop and maintain relationships with established and emerging influencers across social and digital platforms.

Responsibilities and Objectives of this role

• Develop and execute influencer marketing strategies and creative campaigns
• Develop content ideas and prepare campaign briefs
• Research relevant industry experts, competitors, target audience and users
• Brainstorm new, creative approaches to influencer campaigns
• Keep abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and influencers
• Liaising with the marketing team to create and coordinate marketing strategies that work across different channels
• Build and maintain relationships with of local community – businesses, organizations, institutions etc.,
• Work with cross-functional teams to plan, coordinate, and execute community events
• Manage social media content plans and influencer outreach to increase brand awareness
• Work with product and eCommerce teams to support brand, product launches 
• Create and manage Influencers, community and media collaboration calendar and budget 
• Monitor and track influencers and campaigns performance 
• Preparing detailed monthly, quarterly, and annual marketing reports.

Skills and Qualifications

• 3+ years of work experience in social media, PR, community, or a related field
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work well as part of a team
• Proven track record in outreach campaign strategies
• In depth knowledge of social media marketing industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations, communications, English, Marketing, or a related field.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related writing and presentation software
• Well organized with great time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Networking aptitude

Company Overview: Founded in 2021. Nourish is a one-stop platform for clean beauty and sustainable wellness products from around the globe. Our office is located in Vancouver, B.C. We’re a team of entrepreneurial thinkers, with a relentless drive to get things done, passionate about what we do and the innovative impact we are making.

This is a very exciting time for you to join us as we are going through a rebrand and building a new website, which is a great opportunity for you to be a part of a growing brand. 

Nourish Clean Beauty

Company Description

This role is currently an open call. We are accepting submitted applications and will reach out when active recruitment for role is open. Please expect a delay in outreach as we are currently not actively recruiting for this position

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, dedicated to feature films and episodic content. Since its inception, Mikros Animation has always put creativity and CG artistry at the heart of its animation and production activities, allowing our artists to work across a great variety of stories with a high level of stylized craft. So far, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality animated series, for the world’s best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our animated episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.

At Mikros Animation, we believe great animation is about making real connections with real people. By partnering with filmmakers to unite their creative visions, with our industry-leading craftsmanship and artistry, we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level to bring powerful stories to life.

Job Description

In the context of the development of its animation projects, Mikros Animation Paris and Montreal are looking for a Line Producer. The Line Producer is a key member of the production team. He/She manages the production budget, hires and manages key members of the team, while negotiating with the HR, agreements with the artists. He/She works closely with the Directors, Executive Producer, Artistic Director, CG Supervisor and Heads of Department to manage changes in planning and budget along the way. During production, he/she is ultimately responsible for the smooth running of the activities and ensures the respect of deliverables, deadlines and costs. The Line Producer reports to the Head of production of Mikros Animation and directly supervises a team of production managers and coordinators in charge of the manufacturing departments.

• Provide and adapt frequently a detailed project delivery plan to the executive producer and supervisors
• Provide weekly and monthly progress reports on the outstanding amount and the balance to be produced
• Plan studio resources to create an effective approach to CG work
• Build and operate in cooperation with the relevant head of departments a production strategy to guarantee delivery and quality (quota plan / approval charts and reports / …).
• Ensure that the team understands the objectives and delivery dates of the sequences, research and development projects, etc.
• Work closely with supervisors to ensure the work schedule is on track and meet quality standards.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience as project manager in CG Animation or VFX
• Experience as a producer within a production-oriented environment
• Experience in project management with Shotgun software or similar is considered as a great asset
• Good understanding of CG processes
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Experience in team management, negotiation and budget management
• Experience on an animated feature film is a strong asset
• A good knowledge of Excel and project management software are valuable for this position

Additional Information

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If you require assistance applying, please reach out to [email protected] and we’ll be happy to assist.

TECHNICOLOR IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Technicolor complies and prohibits against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state/provincial or local law.
Mikros Animation

NOW CASTING FEMALE VO – VIRTUAL CASINO 

 REMOTE NON UNION PROJECT

• Production states: “It’s an immersive game with cutting-edge visuals and design to transport you to the frontline of VR entertainment”.
• Audition: Talent must have their own professional studio to record audio.
• Recording starts: October 4th – 10th 2022 (TBC)
• Medium and rate: $1000/day – approx 500 words. The script length is three pages. Unlimited usage.
• Tutorial Host: Female Voice-Over / Voice-Only 20 – 40 yrs.

All Ethnicities. Fun and engaging, yet professional. The tutorial host will greet users and walk them through the game.

Job Description

The Digital Coordinator contributes to the coordination of the media buying process and is essential to the day-to-day management of client and business through the MBP process, buy maintenance, and performance. The individual in this role is required to work well in a team-based, fast paced, detail-oriented environment. A successful Digital Investment Coordinator is resourceful and demonstrates the initiative to participate in advanced projects.

• Assists in the development of digital media presentations and tactical POV’s.
• Ensures key information is provided to the media operations and media planning teams throughout the campaign activation and maintenance process.
• Supports strong working relationships with vendors to achieve campaign objectives and fulfil client campaign goals.
• Supports the negotiation process for approved media buy activations – Video, Display, Social, Programmatic, etc.
• Works with Traffic Launch and Campaign Delivery teams to ensure flawless implementation of digital media plan and supports in all digital media tracking troubleshooting.
• Works with creative agency to understand creative assets available and any custom placements
• Conducts research and development of media measurements – Audience, Ratings, Etc.
• Supports the media operations team with client financials: budget reconciliation and budget management.
• Contributes to strategizing ways to improve and optimize campaign performance to meet client KPIs.
• Assists with client reporting commentary that is easy to understand, compelling and persuasive.
• Enters key client information into media buy systems.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary Degree or Diploma in Media, Advertising, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• Strong to advanced level MS Office skills: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP’s), Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Aptitude for priority management where it concerns managing multiple deliverables/work streams.
• Ability to organize ideas and present back information logically and sequentially.
• Knowledge of digital media tools is considered a strong asset.

Additional Information

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds foster a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better business results. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the clients we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to working with our candidates from all ability levels throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact [email protected] or to begin a conversation about your individual accessibility needs throughout the hiring process.

dentsu Media

Company Description

Mikros Animation is a global CGI animation studio located in Paris, Montreal, Los Angeles, Bangalore and London, dedicated to feature films and episodic content. Since its inception, Mikros Animation has always put creativity and CG artistry at the heart of its animation and production activities, allowing our artists to work across a great variety of stories with a high level of stylized craft. So far, Mikros Animation has contributed to ten released feature animations and to numerous high-quality animated series, for the world’s best-known animation studios, either as creative studio, line producer or executive producer. Mikros Animation has also produced more than 250 hours of programming, broadcast by notable channels including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, TF1, France TV, Gulli, M6, Gloob, and Super RTL. Our animated episodic content airs and streams globally, in over 180 countries.

At Mikros Animation, we believe great animation is about making real connections with real people. By partnering with filmmakers to unite their creative visions, with our industry-leading craftsmanship and artistry, we create characters that connect with audiences on an authentic and emotional level to bring powerful stories to life.

Job Description

• In charge of receiving the client’s material and updating film clips and databases
• Manage the output and send sequences to the client, making sure to include the most recent versions of the artists
• Provide artists with references to camera movements, resynchronization, image size changes or the order of shots
• Manage Avid media and data storage
• Maintain databases of plans and visual effects
• Prepare the dailies as well as the approval sessions with the clients
• Update internal visual effects montages
• Work closely with the production team, artists and all other departments

Qualifications

• Excellent mastery of AVID
• Good knowledge of encoding and transcoding of files, as well as an understanding of video codecs, file formats, and different frame rates and resolutions
• Good communication and excellent team spirit
• Rigorous, thorough and able to set priorities and work independently
• Ability to work quickly, under pressure and with respect to deadlines and quality
• English is an asset

Additional Information

Please click here to review our privacy notices for job applicants.

If you require assistance applying, please reach out to [email protected] and we’ll be happy to assist.

TECHNICOLOR IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Technicolor complies and prohibits against discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state/provincial or local law.
Mikros Animation