Vancouver Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Manitoba Hydro is consistently recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers!

Great Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Defined-benefit pension plan.
• Nine-day work cycle which normally results in every other Monday off, providing for a balanced approach to work, family life and community.
• Flex-time and partially remote work schedule (providing the option to work remotely 3 days per 2 week period), depending on nature of work, operational requirements and work location.

Manitoba Hydro is a leader among energy companies in North America, recognized for providing highly reliable service and exceptional customer satisfaction. Join our team of Manitoba’s best as we continue to build a company that supports innovation, commitment and customer service.

The Director of Digital is at the forefront of Manitoba Hydro’s digital ambition to enable the business, customers, and employees to adopt new digital practices and technologies that will deliver simpler, faster, and better services, enable insight-driven decision making and yield more efficient and effective operations. Reporting to the Vice President of Digital and Technology (D&T), the Digital Director is a key member of the D&T Executive Leadership Team. The Director of Digital is responsible for the Corporation’s data strategy and roadmap, leveraging digital innovation and new ways of working to enhance customer and employee experience.

The Digital Division includes three departments: (1) Data & Analytics Practice Department; (2) Digital Innovation Hub Department, and (3) Modern Digital Workplace Department.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the definition, creation and implementation of the enterprise data strategy and assures the ongoing relevance, of Manitoba Hydro’s data strategy.
• Works with Executives, Enterprise Excellence and Legal to enable enterprise data governance, and to create a culture that manages data as an enterprise asset. Using a federated style of data analytics, a key responsibility will be, influencing stakeholders to maintain accountability for their data and associated business outcomes and at the same time ensuring the development of technology, processes, capabilities, and data management practices are in alignment with key business outcomes.
• Responsible for enabling the business to improve data trust (quality) by establishing effective mechanisms to measure and monitor the quality of strategic, operational and production data.
• Responsible for putting into place a programmatic approach for enterprise information management to identify, prioritize and execute the enterprise data and analytic initiatives with clear line of sight to enterprise strategies and business outcomes.
• Responsible for leading the development and deployment of the enterprise’s data and analytics capabilities for digital business. In a federated style, the business will be developing data analytic products that drive insights and actions. This role will be a key enabler in influencing the business to develop self-service analytics capabilities, at the same time put in the processes, standards, and guidelines so that the integrity of the enterprise data estate is maintained.
• Collaborates with business stakeholders, the Director of IT and the Director of Cyber Security & Enterprise Architecture to design, solution, implement and ensure long-term sustainability of the enterprise data estate and associated strategy.
• Collaborates with business and Information Technology Division stakeholders to transition to a product-oriented IT operating model with cross-functional product teams that deliver both Change and Run using agile delivery methods.
• Build critical strategic partnerships across the enterprise that enables and encourages agile and innovation approaches to remove technical roadblocks, explore unseen opportunities and influence value-driven outcomes.
• Identifies, advocates, and builds consensus around digital solutions that support employee and customer experience.
• Responsible for managing the strategic relationship with Microsoft vendor, and the Microsoft platform strategies including M365, Power Platform, and Azure Data Platform and the SAP Analytics Stack.
• Responsible for leading a fast-follower information technology innovation approach with the appropriate processes, tools, and metrics to support new growth opportunities and overall business goals.
• Responsible for the development and sustainment of Digital Division performance management, in alignment with enterprise business priorities and outcomes.

Qualifications:

The successful applicant will possess:

• A University Degree in an appropriate discipline with ten years of related management experience demonstrating progressively greater responsibility or an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
• 10+ years relevant experience.
• Relevant work experience in the Utility industry would be an asset.
• Demonstrated experience with the following:
• ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment, dynamic would be an asset.
• building formal and informal professional networks.
• maintaining and extending networks within, across and external to organizational boundaries.
• soliciting information on the enterprise’s direction and goals, as well as the industry’s competitive environment, to determine how the digital function can add value to the organization, employee experience, and customer satisfaction.
• guiding enterprise leadership to take an “outside-in” view of the digital possibilities for the future of its industry.
• employing sound judgment in determining how digital innovations will be deployed to produce business value.
• generating ideas, and critically evaluates future scenarios.

The successful applicant will also possess a demonstrated proficiency in all of Manitoba Hydro’s Executive Competencies including:

• Principled Leadership
• Agility
• Strategic Solution Builder
• Driving Execution
• Influence
• Optimizing Talent

Apply Now!

Visit www.hydro.mb.ca/careers to learn more about this position and to apply online. The deadline for applications is APRIL 3, 2023.

We thank you for your interest and will contact you if you are selected for an interview.

This document is available in accessible formats upon request. Please let us know if you require any accommodations during the recruitment process.

Manitoba Hydro

Milo Casting is currently seeking Young Paw Patrol Fans in Ontario who speak Various Languages for a Global Campaign!

Looking For:

• Kids roughly age 3-7 yrs who are Paw Patrol fans! 

Seeking Children in Ontario who can speak any of the following languages:

• Mexican Spanish 
• Parisian French 
• Mandarin
• German 
• Italian
• Portuguese (Portugal dialect)
• Polish
• Hungarian

Kids may be featured alongside a parent, grandparent, or older sibling! 

You are in Ontario, and able to attend a shoot in the Greater Toronto Area
Previous acting experience is not necessary, simply looking for real Paw Patrol Fans who speak these languages!  

Details & Submission Information 
Those chosen will be paid $1500 per person to be featured. 

Shoot: The week of April 17th 

ONTARIO RESIDENTS ONLY 

ZoomerMedia Limited is a growing public company in the media space. We are a dynamic and creative organization, where employees have the opportunity to be a part of a truly innovate brand of media development and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate interesting, original and current show ideas and angles
• Track down and confirm high-profile and expert guests for on-air interviews
• Prepare draft scripts and questions for use by on-air hosts
• Design and produce shows, including oversight of graphics, editing video footage to help illustrate coverage, and written intros
• Manage resources to ensure delivery of succinct, dynamic programming
• Assist with shooting of items
• Fact check stories
• Other related duties as required

Qualifications:

•  At least 3 years of experience managing a daily or weekly television news production within tight deadlines
•  A diploma/degree in television broadcasting
•  Proficient in Final Cut Pro X with the ability to assembly edit
•  Experience creating and managing television show budgets
•  Experience researching current affairs programs
•  Experience chase producing
•  In-depth knowledge of domestic and international news and current affairs
•  Deep understanding of national politics, business, foreign affairs, as well as a broader interest in boomer-related issues, science and technology, entertainment and culture, health and wellness, sports, and other topics that arise in the daily course of events.
•  Able to take a story from idea stage into a fully produced segment
• Demonstrates ability to originate coverage of developing stories with speed, accuracy, and proven journalistic attributes
•  The ability to work with minimum supervision and be extremely detail oriented 
•  A positive attitude and willingness to work in a team environment
•  Highly motivated self-starter; thrive under pressure
•  Excellent writing, research and fact checking skills
•  Excellent organizational and communication skills
•  Reporting experience and fluency in all social media platforms

Application Process: If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your resume through LInkedIn or to [email protected] (clearly identifying Associate Producer position in the subject line). 

ZoomerMedia Limited

CASTING HOCKEY PLAYERS!

SEEKING:

• ADVANCED OR HIGHER-LEVEL
• MALE HOCKEY PLAYERS (FORWARDS AND DEFENCEMEN) IN THE GTA,
• 25-35 YEARS OLD FOR A FUN COMMERCIAL!

RECEIVE $575-$2,300+ FOR ONE DAY OF FILMING.

Do you LOVE hockey? Do you hit the ice every week? If so, we want to hear from you!

PLEASE NOTE:

This is a NON-UNION project.

You don’t need any acting experience; however, you should be outgoing and comfortable being filmed and interviewed.

CASTING GOALIES!

RECEIVE $575-$2,300+ FOR ONE DAY OF FILMING.

SEEKING:

• ADVANCED OR HIGHER-LEVEL
• WHITE MALE GOALIES IN THE GTA
• 25-35 YEARS OLD
• 5’8” – 6’0” TALL
• FOR A FUN COMMERCIAL! 

Casting Call!

Seeking a non-union female actor with a confident on-camera presence (25-40 yrs in appearance) for a 1-day corporate shoot in Kelowna, BC for a very popular & internationally recognized product. Flexible shoot date between April 10-24. 

Rate: Minimum of $400 flat rate for 1 day of shooting. 

Auditions: Self-Tape only

Kensington Grey Agency Inc is a Boutique Influencer Management Agency rooted in diversity. We specialize in Influencer casting, talent, strategy and campaign management.

Job Description

Kensington Grey Agency Inc is hiring a Talent Manager to join our expanding Influencer Management Agency. As an Influencer Account Manager / Talent Manager, you will drive revenue from Kensington Grey’s top spending brand partners and new revenue from business development to our roster of diverse social media influencers. 

You are passionate about sales with brand and agency contacts and have a strong knowledge of the Influencer Marketing landscape. US social media agency experience is preferred but not mandatory. 

Ideally, you are a self-driven creative thinker, who is prepared to roll up their sleeves and get the job done in a fast-paced, high growth environment. You’re creative, open-minded, persistent and highly collaborative – all vital attributes in order to interact successfully with internal and external clients.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Build awareness of Kensington Grey’s Influencer roster and agency capabilities through client presentations.
• This role combines new business development and sales skills with ongoing relationship management.
• Negotiation of in-bound sales opportunities 
• Develop and execute sales strategies for long-term revenue growth
• Building a strong partnership with our Campaign Management division
• Offer expertise & thought leadership on industry trends and best practices for Influencer Marketing to advertisers across all verticals, which includes key performance metrics, creator content creation, and attribution methodologies across all marketing channels (TV/Digital/Social)
• Evangelize and build confidence with clients using various customer and media insights to better define media execution and buying strategy

Experience / Background

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in managing relationships with advertisers and agencies
• Strong existing relationships with brand and agency stakeholders is a preference 
• Past Influencer Marketing sales experience is ideal, but we’ll consider candidates with other digital sales experience and business
• Understanding of industry trends with regards to Influencer Marketing
• Experience operating within and across cross-functional teams (project management, implementation, legal, finance, talent, etc.)
• Ability to balance competing priorities and manage several time-sensitive projects/agreements at once, in a fast-paced environment with minimal direction
• Strong attention to detail, highly entrepreneurial, creative, open-minded, persistent and highly collaborative, with a passion for and understanding of Kensington Grey’s services
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to formulate and articulate contractual, technical, financial, and value points with partners and internal teams

Kensington Grey Agency Inc

POSITION DESCRIPTION

ROLE: SR. ART DIRECTOR

TEAM: THE KITCHEN NORTH AMERICA

ABOUT THE KITCHEN NORTH AMERICA

The Kitchen brings together a range of disciplines and capabilities. It’s an agile team of creatives, producers, data analysts and social experts working together to deliver remarkable ideas that live in a variety of mediums, with a focus on social media.

This team moves at the speed of culture. It is built to respond to trends and events as they happen, coming up with the ideas that transcend social media to capture the spirit of the moment, earn media impressions, and get the country talking.

OVERVIEW

As the team’s Sr. Art Director, you’re a key contributor of ideas, and the visual leader of a creative team dedicated to producing high quality content. Your work will stand out on social platforms and in the real world, driving conversation and headlines. You’ll be a leader to a team of social creatives, and a partner to a Writer who (like you) wants to make clever, disruptive work for iconic brands.

You’ll partner with your team’s Creative Director, your writing partner and a team of designers and creators to innovate, and visually concept design ideas that break the norms and disrupt social media. When the Kitchen isn’t reacting to cultural moments, it’s making its own moments: planning 365 days of culture: acts, content, thumb-stopping design, and interactions that breathe personality and life into amazing brands all year long.

You’ll need a strong understanding of the best-practice design principles for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but you’ll also need to be comfortable breaking them with innovation that captures attention in new ways. Your experience in traditional mediums will help you raise the quality of work that we do and ensure we tell compelling stories. You’ll work at a pace that fits the dynamic needs of an agile agency, working quickly when needed to capture the moment, and taking the time to perfect ideas when the opportunity allows it. You’ll use your unique skillset and design eye to inspire others around you.

Your work will make a meaningful impact with a multi-talented team in North America (Toronto & Chicago) that blurs the lines of what marketing can be in today’s always-on, socially connected marketing industry.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• CREATIVE IDEATION: Work in collaboration with your creative partner to create and develop world-class ideas that earn attention and gets talked about online and in the media. You understand how to spot a consumer or cultural tension point, and to find an idea that leans into it.
• ART DIRECTION: You are an experienced art director who manages others to a level of visual quality that meets your own high standards. You have experience elevating others’ work and a care for your craft.
• TEAM LEADERSHIP: Leads by example to help inspire the creative team around them. Motivates and works with a team of designers, producers, social media/community managers and strategists to ensure that The Kitchen is a collaborative place for producing great ideas. Pushes the creative team around them to be more agile – generating ideas quickly, reactively, and constantly.
• INNOVATIVE & TRADITIONAL DESIGN: You work in a wide range of mediums ranging from traditional video and photo content, real world design (experiential) and social media content.
• BRAND DESIGN: You steward the look and feel of iconic brands, ensuring they have a consistent look and feel online. You are the final voice in ensuring these brands have a consistent high-quality look and feel across all mediums.
• PRESENTATION: Create compelling visual stories that bring ideas to life and gets hands-on as required to design those presentation decks that sell through big ideas. Develops storyboards and presentation decks that help preview the creative ideas we want to make.
• COLLABORATION: Acts with optimism and a love for the next big challenge, working as one integrated team with your creative partner, as well as the broader team. Participates in and occasionally leads brainstorms with positive energy and big-idea thinking – ability to think about how we can bring ideas to life visually, but also able to think broadly about big ideas and how they come to life.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• 5+ years of experience at the art director level, or experience with a as an art director with a proven track record of leading and stewarding brands visually
• A broad portfolio that includes examples of work you have created yourself. Your portfolio includes examples of ground- breaking, innovative work, including examples of social media work that elevates the medium
• College or University diploma in Advertising, Graphic or Communication Design is preferred
• The ability to execute concepts at a level that is among the top-tier in the industry
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both written and verbal
• Exposure to Art Direction, Photo Shoots, and UI/UX are an advantage
• Proficient using Mac OS, Adobe Creative Cloud (Expert knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign), SharePoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (or Keynote)

The Kitchen

Want to work on great clients like Wendy’s, Skip the Dishes, Kids Help Phone, MasterCard and Nestle?

Come work at McCann! We’re now hiring an intermediate creative team.

We have a hybrid work environment (where you’ll actually want to work in the office), great people, and a mysterious room that sometimes sounds like pigeons. Just kidding, it always sounds like pigeons.

Note: Please include a link to your portfolio in your resume.

The Company

McCann Worldgroup Canada is committed to a diverse workforce as an Employment Equity employer (Women, People with Disabilities, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities) and aims to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require an accommodation, we would be happy to work with you to meet your needs.

McCann Canada

Career Opportunity

SAFETY & COMPLIANCE MANAGER

Why you’ll love Canada Cartage

An iconic Canadian company with over 100 years of helping companies grow and succeed in Canada, we provide national dedicated fleet solutions, general freight services, managed transportation, fulfillment & distribution, and home delivery. With a national network of terminals, cross-docks, and distribution centers, we are one of Canada’s largest and most trusted supply chain service providers. Driven to exceed customer expectations, and supported by technology and innovation, we bring simplicity to complex logistics challenges.

We work with intelligent and focused leaders who are driven to create an outstanding customer experience in partnership with Canadian leading brands. Canada Cartage is deep rooted in family values with an entrepreneurial culture where ideas are welcomed, growth is fostered and high performance is championed. A recognized thought leader and founded in 1914, Canada Cartage dominates the industry by delivering innovative fleet solutions.

Position Summary

The Safety and Compliance Manager will be responsible for leading a team of Safety professionals in our Manitoba and Saskatchewan locations, while ensuring all Safety and compliance standards are met, both internal and external.

Location: 490 Lucas Avenue, Winnipeg, with quarterly travel to Regina (as required)

What you will do:

Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Provide company-wide leadership in the areas of:

· Provincial regulations for province(s) of responsibility

· Regional Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) program if applicable

· Orientation Training

· Hours of Service (HOS),XRS, OT1 and ELD (Electronic Log devices)

· Pre-Trip and EDVIR

· Cargo Load Securement

· TDG

· Defensive Driving / Professional Driver Improvement Course (PDIC)

· Carriers Edge Online training

· Radius (CAR, SDP and other apps)

· Smartdrive and other Dash Camera systems

Manage Safety Functions

· Incident Response Team – Co-ordinate members, schedules and manage response to all incidents. Participate onsite as nec.

• Co-ordinate and manage Accident / Incident response and investigation, including but not limited to: ARC (Accident Review Committee), RCA ( Root Cause analysis), and our SDP (Safe Driving Program
• With the goal of proactively eliminating events; Ensure appropriate Quantity and Quality of:
• Driver coaching, in cab and classroom
• Job site observations (JSO’s)
• Management site observations (MSO’s)
• O/O inspections independently and with operations partners
• Company equipment inspections
• Tag program
• Ensure operational environments and all shareholders remain compliant and safe.
• Ensure drivers are coached in safe driving habits, regulatory issues and general safety requirements at set out in the Laws, Transportation regulations and company policies (TSA, CTPAT/PIP, company and customer policies and procedures, among others). Including specific focus on Cryogenic/Tanker customers and their Safety requirements.
• Manage and Utilize Carriers Edge to support Employee and Driver training
• Manage and Utilize Speed Gauge to ensure compliance with Speed limits
• Ensure team conducts random and scheduled audits of: telematics, E-Logs, Safe Driver Program to ensure unsafe habits are identified and corrected.
• Monitor, analyze and report to leadership on all operating authorities, carrier profiles, incoming tickets and violations; remediate as per company policy
• Ensure compliance with all Driver files, Abstracts and Driver Licenses
• Lead all regional audits, both internal and external, and respond to all deficiencies as required.

Safety & Operations Support Functions:

· Attend regular operations meetings to share safety activities within the division

· Provide safety results to various leaders through weekly/monthly reporting

· Coach and mentor operations team on safety and compliance matters

· Liaise with other departments to understand challenges and develop solutions to improve overall safety results

· Lead and support key corporate initiatives ie: 4DX, Safety improvement action plans, etc.

· Provide leadership and support to those performing In-Cab, Onsite and Classroom training for Orientations, Customer’s Requirements and National Safety Code related courses

· Ensure Road test conducted per company policy and to best standards

Other duties:

· Ensure new hires meet US Drug and Alcohol (D & A) requirements; Support FAST (Free and Secure Trade)Program

· Understand and ensure we populate the National Safety and compliance Database (CAR)

· Update the Major events Log

· Support safety initiative in all depts.; such as tool box meetings, or customer focused driver meetings.

· Ensure understanding of Equipment technology and be able to instruct operators and drivers on each system (Ie; Collision mitigation systems, etc..)

· Monitor and ensure adequate supply of Safety equipment and supplies at each location

· Other duties as required

What You’ll Bring

· Minimum 5 years of hands on Safety related experience in the Transportation industry

· The ability to travel to various locations as needed

· Ability to drive organizational and provincial legislation changes

· Class 1 License preferred

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills

· Hands on with a sense of urgency, ability to manage under pressure and manage multiple priorities and projects

· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

· Certified Instructor in the following capacities an asset; Long Combination Vehicles (LCV), TDG, WHMIS, Forklift, Air Brakes

· Able to pass a criminal background check

Why people love working for Canada Cartage

· We offer hybrid and flexible working opportunities.

· Extended health and dental, retirement plans

· Paid personal days and sick days

· Cohesive team and a positive, hard-working atmosphere.

· Meaningful opportunities for career growth.

· Company wide recognition initiatives designed to recognize employees when they demonstrate outstanding customer service, teamwork and our core values.

· Perks – discounted hotels, car rentals, entertainment, gym memberships, phone plans, electronics, to name a few

· Fun events throughout the year, like summer barbeques and driver-appreciation week that regularly bring us together.

· We give back to the communities in which we operate by volunteering and donating to local charities.

· We are a strong company that weathers the storm through pandemics and recessionary periods, so that we can benefit from good economic environments.

We are a top employer!

Canada Cartage has been recognized on the Forbes list of Canada’s Best Employers 2022. This is the sixth straight year that Canada Cartage has been included on this list. https://www.forbes.com/companies/canada-cartage/?list=canada-best-employers&sh=7841454553d8

The Canada’s Best Employers 2022 title, along with our 6th year of being recognized by Trucking HR as one of Canada’s “Top Fleet Employers” serves to reinforce Canada Cartage’s reputation as an employer of high quality.

We’re growing! We have also been ranked in the top 10 of Today’s Trucking top 100 ranking of Canada’s largest for-hire truck fleets for 2022. https://hubs.la/Q017bTLd0

Celebrating 100 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3S-CtHQhVY

Why do we have one of the lowest driver turn-over rates in Canada? A team environment, short-haul regular routes and great benefits. Come work with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMA1riOzPI

Our Values

Integrity: We conduct our business with honour, honest and ethics with our people, the environment and legal matters. We believe I being transparent and trustworthy, respecting the traditional “handshake” value system and earning our way in.

Humanity: We are a family minded organization, caring for people and treating them with dignity, decency and respect, be it employees, customers, suppliers or our partners. Open door policy and dealings is our way.

Accountability: Accountability and accessibility to our staff, customers and our customers’ customers is of utmost importance to us. We enable a high level of two way communication, providing access to people who wil deal with issues ad have the willingness to resolve things. We will be relied on and held accountable for our results and our long term commitments.

Collaboration: We understand that results are the product of a team effort. As part of our process, we ensure collaboration with all our staff at all levels in all roles across departmental lines. With our customers, we use a collaborative style approach, sharing ownership to ensure a successful operation.

Dedication: Our organization is employee and customer-driven. We encourage an environment of conscientious effort and earnestness, hiring problem solvers who are responsive and have a “can-do” attitude to get the job done.

Leadership: Personal leadership to us means being competent, taking ownership, demonstrating initiative, and having a voice. Corporate leadership to us means being leaders in the market, continuous improvement and innovation, and empowering those around you. https://jobs.jobvite.com/canadacartage

Come work with an industry leader!

We would like to thank all those expressing an interest in this position; however only the candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Before you start with us, we will conduct a criminal record check, verify your education, and check your references.

Committed to employment equity, Canada Cartage Systems LP encourages applications from Aboriginal people, members of visible minority groups, and women.

Canada Cartage