Entertainment Careers Casting Calls and Auditions

Overview

We are looking for a kick ass Creative Director to join our team. This person will be in charge of helping lead, shape and inspire our creative team to elevate our visual identity, the brand expression, tone of voice and content production so that we can reach new consumers and build deeper relationships with our current community.

About The Brand

At Kaged, we provide the highest quality formulas in the world to help people lift heavy, live healthy, and become a stronger version of themselves. We do this through high-quality supplements, free training programs, value-driven content, and cultivation of the Kaged community. We aim to become THE elite supplement brand, and we are actively looking for passionate, ambitious, and collaborative go-getters to join the fam and help Kaged scale to the moon.

Location // Headquarters located in Irvine, CA

Responsibilities

• Evolve the brand look and feel
• Help expand our tone of voice to work across the emerging new digital platforms.
• Direct the ideation, execution and iterations across all content for marketing and advertising.
• Create unique brand campaigns that let us cut through the noise in advertising that lets us scale our brand awareness.
• Incorporate and translate feedback from executive leadership and teammates into clear and inspiring guidance to develop the best work
• Own the creative expression of the brand across every touchpoint from digital to in-store.
• Create outstanding photography, videography direction, typography, branding application direction, and design direction
• Provide inspiration, mentorship and direction to diverse creatives

Qualifications // Experience

• 5+ years of industry experience; agency, design studio, production house, or relevant in-house marketing experience
• Experience in defining, building, and differentiating brands
• Understanding of industry trends and today’s creative landscape—how users engage with content, and trends within the marketing
• Experience building and managing an internal team and managing external partners.
• Experience in the creation of omni-channel marketing campaigns with digital being a core focus.
• Understands data and how that plugs into the creative process (conceptualizing, iterating, etc)
• Expertise in storytelling and content marketing across both digital and physical mediums.
• Experience in developing PR-worthy brand activations/moments that infuse content, influencer, paid media, CRM, etc to deliver business growth.

Who You Are

• You are a people person, team manager, and leader
• Strong communication skills and are able to work across channels, departments, and teams.
• Can shift a team’s focus and priorities based on the omni-channel needs of the business.
• You have a love for creativity, content, storytelling, and data which you combine toward channel-based best practices, quickly capitalizing on emerging trends.
• You have a love for creative excellence, balanced with an ability to experiment in lower fidelity ways to prove an idea.
• You have a deep understanding of the digital landscape, digital channel objectives, user acquisition, and business goals to ensure high customer conversion, and retention
• Can get things done and overcome obstacles while respecting other points of view and positions.
• Passion for fitness wellness and health.

Team Benefits

• Company contributing medical insurance
• Optional dental, eye, life, short-term disability and long-term disability insurances
• Company matched 401(k) program
• As much free Kaged products and swag as you want
• Flexible schedule
• Hybrid/Remote work opportunities
• Chill work environment
• Modern, up-to-date office with amenities
• Complimentary office complex gym
• Amazing, supportive colleagues

Kaged

Job Description
Invisible Narratives is looking for a Creative Producer to join our growing team. This role will own the creative development of social-first franchises built around digital Creators. Oversight includes original content ideation, running writers rooms, customizing narratives for multiple formats, tailoring ideas to specific talent, and delivering written materials including pitch decks, story beats, narrative outlines and scripts. Ideal candidates have a strong grasp of concept-driven storytelling, excellent development instincts and experience collaborating directly with talent.

Company Description
Invisible Narratives is a “tradigital” entertainment start-up that specializes in providing content and story development services, custom merchandising capabilities, and organic marketing expertise to Creators in the Creator Economy. Invisible Narratives helps build out IP franchises with Creators by leveraging social media platforms alongside its direct-to-fans e-commerce platform, INVIZ.tv, where fans can seamlessly watch premium content featuring influential Creators, and shop unique and custom product bundles featuring limited-edition merchandise drops.

Responsibilities
Oversee and lead development of social-first original content for content creators.
Collaborate with the merchandise team to cohesively create storytelling tied to original merchandise.
Lead writers rooms to conceptualize and flush out stories.
Maintain team and project schedules, coordinating timelines and personnel to ensure alignment and accountability
Communicate directly with Content Creators to collaborate on milestones, material, and feedback.
Handle day-to-day critical issues and troubleshooting of development/production challenges.

Requirements
Experience overseeing all aspects of development and production of social content
Proactive and self-motivated, have excellent organizational skills and be able to parse out critical information from multiple inputs and communicate effectively.
Experience in Client or Talent facing roles
Creative problem-solver
Experience developing pitches and writing creative materials.
Avid fan of social media and content creators
Invisible Narratives

Who We Are

Eezy is a rapidly growing tech brand that simplifies the creative process. Our products include stock images and video footage, an online graphic design editor, and custom design services. Eezy currently serves millions of monthly active users, from 150+ countries in 7 languages.

Our award-winning team is passionate, supportive, and resourceful. Since 2010, we’ve democratized design by breaking down walls that separate curious people from creating something extraordinary.

We believe all people are creative. Our mission is to provide tools today that allow people to build ideas that inspire and improve tomorrow.

Job Description

We’re looking for an Art Director to join our team. In this role, you will lead a team to execute beautiful designs for a variety of digital and print applications.

You will be a key player in evolving the design standards for our brand. Our ideal candidate can come up with great ideas and carry them through to completion, mentoring and leading our design team to success. You are talented, smart, organized, calm, and collaborative.

In this role, you will be splitting your time on two core responsibilities: 30% hands-on graphic design and 70% directing a team of talented designers to execute against excellent standards in quality and timely delivery to our clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Review, approve, provide feedback, and own overall quality of all design work for clients. Provide thoughtful, clear, and concise direction to design team in order to hit excellence in quality and ship designs on time.
• Be a hands on, expert graphic designer and execute on projects as needed. Translate complex written requirements into on-brand deliverables by taking broad concepts and suggestions and condensing them down into a simple, useful, and enjoyable design experience.
• Collaborate closely with team members and reports to execute designs from conception to completion as well as additional on-going iterations.
• Produce product designs, digital advertisements, social graphics, marketing emails, design templates, slide decks, and other designed collateral at capacity towards staying ahead of due dates and deadlines. Make revisions quickly and efficiently and spend appropriate time on each deliverable.
• Recruit, manage, onboard, and advise new designers as the team grows.
• Concept and craft mockups for tasks to reduce overall design time and help design team understand best path to shipping designs efficiently.
• Maintain a best-in-class design sense with a consistent approach to quality, cohesive design deliverables. This includes using an established level of talent, ability, and taste to create new designs and expand upon existing design needs from the company and the customer.
• Follow a structured process that allows for clarity on where projects are in the pipeline. Maintain immaculate records, copies, and libraries of designs for easy location of prior work should it need additional edits as well as opportunity to reuse components, templates, and files for future projects.
• Prioritize, manage, and update product management software towards transparency and accountability on all design projects.
• Develop and utilize an intimate knowledge of our content library in order to help us achieve an excellent standard of quality while maximizing efficiency in beautiful design.

Requirements

• Previous work experience as a Graphic Designer, Art Director, Creative Director, or similar
• Previous work experience managing other team members
• Experience in a design agency a huge plus
• Outstanding design abilities with illustrated examples of projects in portfolio
• Expert abilities with Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Experience with working on marketing content like emails, social, and promotional campaigns
• Familiarity with design trends, design topics, design tools, and design culture
• Ability to keep calm under pressure and work against tight deadlines
• Excellent English speaking and writing abilities
• Excellent English verbal communication skills
• Creativity and thoughtful problem-solving skills

About You

• You have 5+ years in design work experience
• You have 1+ years in people management experience
• You have a strong compass for great design
• You are an excellent writer and communicator
• You can take rough notes on a design project and bring back a finished product that’s ready to deliver
• You’re a self-starter and you can give feedback in a positive way
• You have a passion for designers, design trends, and design tools
• You are a strong team player with a positive attitude

Eezy

We are working with a top retail company that needs a Photography Art Director! In this role, you’ll be responsible for collaborating on (and executing) regular product, on-figure, and food shoots. This opportunity is a contract through the end of the year with potential for long term extension.

This role requires someone local and commutable to the Playa Vista area LA 3 (three) days a week.

Responsibilities

• Concept and execute regular art directed shoots for food and lifestyle content.
• Work with photo Creative Director and Sr. Art Director to pull inspiration and brainstorm on ideas for upcoming shoots.
• Collaborate with creative team to deliver consistent, high quality, on brand product photography.
• Manage post production process, including retouching and editing photography.
• Work with producers on planning and execution of photo shoots (ie: photographers, studios, casting and crew selections).

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an Photo Art Director role.
• Food photo art direction a must.
• Retail background.
• Must have a strong visual portfolio to illustrate food photo experience.
• E-Commerce/web experience a must.
• Experience with production of shoots from start to finish (including overseeing the retouching of images).
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proven experience working with Art Directors, Production, and freelance talent.
• Deep skill and knowledge in all things related to photography.

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If you are skeptical about any email or job offer, please reach out to us directly at [email protected]

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Cella is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Cella

At LTD Commodities, (the fastest-growing division of Amerimark Interactive), we are committed to providing unique products at tremendous values to our customers. We are looking for difference makers, innovators and thought leaders to help expand our 85% web-penetrated business, build our digital presence, and reach new customers every day. LTD provides a collaborative and dynamic environment for you to do what you do best.

The Photo Art Director will work closely with creative and merchandising teams as well as our dedicated Quad team to develop and execute on-brand, creative photo solutions for a variety of channels. The ideal candidate will have a strong photo background and thrive in the collaborative process of delivering exceptional work that achieves client goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enthusiastically collaborate to align on creative vision
• Primarily focus on the art direction of catalog and e-commerce shoots according to brand standards, including concepting, layout and design, prop selection, virtual on-set direction and retouching notes post shoot.
• Support other creative efforts in-office and in-studio across Print and Digital channels as requested
• Actively participate in style out, pre-production, and post-mortem meetings, while objectively evaluating imagery
• Exude a sense of innovation among conversation and concepting efforts
• Strategize testing opportunities in partnership with the client
• Ensure deadlines are met with a solution-oriented, efficiency-focused mindset
• Flourish relationships with partners, leadership, and internal team members
• Study the client’s brand and customer, as well as the competitive landscape

Qualifications:

• Required to provide a portfolio
• At least 5 years of experience providing art direction within a corporate setting
• Degree in Photography, Design, Visual/Fine Arts, or related studies is preferred
• Proven expertise in a high-volume, high-paced environment
• Stellar communication, strong organizational, and time management skills
• Flexible in response to client feedback, shifting business priorities, and tight deadlines
• Holds high regard for personal performance and professional accountability
• Showcases an understanding of branding and marketing strategies
• Knowledge of channel requirements to ensure assets meet required specifications
• Proficient in all Mac-based, industry standard programs including, but not limited to InDesign, Photoshop as well as the Microsoft Office suite

What’s in it for you?

• Unlimited PTO for salaried employees
• Medical/Dental/Vision and a variety of supplemental policies available
• Company 401K match
• Company Health Spending Account (HSA) match
• Company provides group life insurance at no cost
• COBRA reimbursement for salaried employees until health insurance eligible
• Paid Holidays
• Birthday off with pay!
• Pet Insurance
• Generous employee discounts

Must be in the office 2-3 times a week

LTD Commodities

Company Description

dentsu creative is a collective of agencies at the forefront of culture and innovation. Formed in January of 2021, we are one of the most globally awarded teams across the Dentsu network. Composed of dentsuMB, 360i, and Isobar, amongst other notable agencies, we work with clients to provide solutions that meet people at every single point of their brand journey and are committed to upholding a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusivity.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Job Description

CREATIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM:

Interns will be fully embedded and entrenched in the creative process from brief through production. They will work with multiple teams across brands that encompass some of the most iconic, household names on creative opportunities across all platforms: video (TV, online video, online video), print, radio, digital (websites, banners), and social.

This paid, full-time internship begins on Monday, June 6th and ends Friday, August 19th, 2022.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who is excited and hungry. Someone who loves to create and tell stories. Interns can be rising seniors, recent graduates newly starting their career, career changers looking to enter a new industry, or anyone excited about growing their artistic and brand strategy skills alongside an innovative, outside-the-box creative team. We welcome and embrace candidates from non-traditional backgrounds – art school credentials and college degrees are not required! We invite people at all stages of their career to join our team and contribute their unique ideas and perspectives. All we ask is that you come with an exceptional eye for art and craft, a positive and ambitious attitude, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves.

Program Highlights

• Work on real client briefs and deliverables
• Fully embedded into creative projects with creative teams
• Partner with a Mentor to set and achieve professional development goals
• Complete a summer-long project, presented to senior-level executives
• Learn from exceptional creative talent across the brands
• Network with industry leaders and fellow Interns across dentsu Creative – 360i, dentsuMB, and isobar
• Work across potential clients like: American Express, 7-Eleven, FTX, Oreo, Crayola, Audible, Subway, Famous Footwear, Clorox, Disney, Chapstick, Hidden Valley Ranch and more!

Art Director interns will be expected to

• Collaborate with creatives to develop conceptual ideas
• Present well thought out creative concepts/ideas to Creative leads
• Execute visual excellence in deliverables
• Work shoots with photographers and videographers (virtual)
• Contribute to campaign ideation
• You will concept and art direct against deliverables, developing campaigns, comps, story boards and mockups
• Partner well with a copywriter, intern counterpart
• Proficient at Photoshop and/or Illustrator
• Have a great design sense

Qualifications

• Rising seniors, recent graduate, career, career changers looking to enter a new industry, or anyone interested in gaining more experience in the creative field.
• Ability to work in a team-based, fast-paced, detail-oriented environment
• Resourceful, aptitude for learning new skills, and initiative to participate in advanced projects.
• Be self-motivated, hard-working, well organized, and resilient to ever-changing timelines, requests, and deliverables
• Receive and apply constructive feedback, push past your comfort zone, and keep work on schedule
• Someone who will strive for creative excellence

A portfolio of creative work/creative examples are required for any creative internship

To Apply

• Applications are open until April 30th 2022
• Fill out an application: https://forms.office.com/r/rwn4hP1PCP
• Talent Acquisition will follow up with applicants via email
• All interviews will take place virtually and on a rolling basis
• By May 13th, all interns will be selected.

Perks

Additional Information

• Great compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible time-off
• 16 weeks paid parental leave

Dentsu is a modern marketing solutions company. Our mission is to help clients navigate, progress and thrive in a world of change. Businesses rely on our integrated network of agencies and specialized practices to champion meaningful progress through creative, media, commerce, data and technology. Part of Dentsu Group, our global network comprises 66,000 diverse people in 143 countries, who are dedicated to teaming for growth and good. Some of our award-winning agencies include 360i, Carat, dentsumcgarrybowen, DEG, dentsuX, iProspect and Merkle. Follow us on Twitter @DentsuUSA and visit dentsu.com/us.

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
dentsu international

About GASSED: GASSED is a fast-growing TikTok Verified Agency Partner, where we exclusively produce TikTok creative along with media buying. What sets us apart in this industry is unlike other agencies, not only will we create the content for clients, but also RUN the ads. We see & manage ads from concept to customer acquisition. When our clients win, we win. We’re a young and robust team that are hungry for success and are constantly looking for more talent to join our team to advertise with brands like Crocs, OfferUp, GoPuff, Laundry Sauce, Cut Games and more fun and exciting companies like TikTok themselves.

Title: TikTok Creative Producer

Pay Structure: Salary + Quarterly performance bonus

Location: Remote, California or Washington State.

Who you are: 

• Autonomous, self starter with experience in TikTok creative advertising
• Fast paced and communicative.
• Creative and multi-talented in ideation, coordination, production and execution
• Having a strong understanding of performing attributes/trends on the platform
• A strong culture fit: we’re young and thrive in a fun group work environment

Role Responsibilities:

• All video creative for all brands who work with GASSED
• Writing scripts for ad creative; will be used for self-shoots, team shoots and talent
• Coordinating with talent; including but not limited to finding talent, scheduling shoot time/location/resources, acting as intermediary between staff and talent
• Editing ads to be ready for publishing, adhere to production standards and ensure creative is uploaded to company platform
• Any other creative-related tasks deemed necessary by company leadership

Requirements:

• 2+ years of video production experience
• Strong pre-production and post-production skills
• Understanding of social media advertising
• Access to an iPhone for filming purposes
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Strong attention to detail and an eye for catching mistakes
• Ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously

GASSED

Who We Are

MAKE LIFE EPIC

Founded in 1996, Firaxis Games is a world-renowned game development studio with an unwavering mission to “build games that stand the test of time”. The name Firaxis, a fusion of “fiery” and “axis,” communicates the company’s dynamic development process that results in the creation of ground breaking titles with unparalleled gameplay delivered to gamers around the world. Under the creative direction of industry legend Sid Meier, Firaxis has released dozens of hit games on multiple platforms and is recognized as an industry leader in game development.

Core Values

• GAMEPLAY FIRST
• Let gameplay drive decision making
• BE ACCOUNTABLE
• Deliver great work for the studio, the team & yourself
• PEOPLE FOCUSED
• Maintain an environment where people are happy
• EMBRACE ENTHUSIASM
• Find opportunities to contribute and collaborate
• WORK SMART
• Put effort where it pays off the most

Firaxis Games prides itself on maintaining a quality of life inside and outside the studio – when our team members are happy and healthy, creativity can flourish. We offer boot camp fitness and yoga classes at the office, a free gym with shower, regularly catered lunches and breakfasts, biweekly Friday Happy Hours, company events and parties, and a “FunZone” complete with billiards, foosball, video games, and tabletop gaming space. We are also a philanthropic studio and offer employees the chance to volunteer with local charities and nonprofits throughout the year.

Fulltime employees can also take advantage of Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401K retirement savings, a wellbeing initiative with the opportunity to earn cash rewards, an Employee Assistance Program, and paid time off and paid holidays.

What You Will Do

As an Associate Content Producer at Firaxis, you will be a member of our cinematic team, responsible for developing and maintaining processes and pipelines in support of our internal developers. Our ideal candidate has experience with asset-heavy pipelines, animation teams, or real-time game cinematic pipelines.

Some Specific Responsibilities Include

• Collaborate with Narrative, Cinematics, and Environment producers to manage the day-to-day of the internal cinematic pipeline.
• Work with leads and producers to communicate resource needs and upstream/downstream dependencies in the pipeline.
• Work with Senior Producer to implement best practices for asset management of content such as animation and VO files for the internal cinematics team.
• Be an integral part of growing an impactful and healthy cinematics team, pushing the creative limits on Marvel’s Midnight Suns.

Who Will Be a Great Fit

• 2+ years of experience working in production where you have worked with internal development teams
• Proficiency with project management and version control software tools such as Hansoft/JIRA/Shotgrid or Perforce.
• A demonstrated understanding of production methodologies.
• Experience and knowledge of content pipelines and dependencies.
• Solid understanding of game development processes, limitations, dependencies, and trends.
• Task driven, self-motivated, and proactive.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with internal cinematic pipelines.
• Experience working with animation pipelines.
• Experience developing or managing asset-heavy pipelines.
• Experience with Unreal development.
• Proficiency with project management tool Shotgrid.
• Knowledge of or interest in collaborating with engineering tools team.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
Firaxis Games

TooFab, a leading entertainment news website, is looking to hire an Associate Producer to join our team. The ideal candidate is someone who has an established track-record of writing and producing entertainment news for top-line media outlets. Strong news writing skills are a requirement. The candidate must have demonstrated expertise in researching news items, in addition to being able to identify and pitch stories that fit within our brand. The candidate must have a firm grasp on SEO best practices and the ability to capitalize on trending topics by developing unique angles for entertainment news stories.

Robust communication skills and the ability to flourish in a fast-paced news environment are a necessity. The candidate must be able to take editorial direction and deliver assignments under tight deadlines as well as work independently and enterprise their own stories. Experience must include: breaking entertainment and celebrity news stories; producing unique angles and perspectives on trending topics; interviewing celebrities, showrunners, writers and producers.

Other requirements include: flexibility to work weekends; strong workflow management; and a passionate interest in pop culture, celebrity, and entertainment news.

Familiarity working with content management systems and Photoshop also required.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, pitch, write and package pop culture news ranging from covering trending topics to producing exclusive stories and interviews.

Requirements:

• 2 – 3 years (minimum) experience working as an Entertainment
• Writer / Reporter
• Strong news writing skills
• Experience working in a newsgathering, deadline-driven, digital
• environment
• Must be highly knowledgeable about pop culture – from TV to movies to politics
• Experience with web content management systems
• Ability to take editorial direction and function as a part of a
• news team
• Ability to enterprise news stories

TMZ is a workplace that requires the COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Requested accommodations/exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with law.

TMZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TMZ

Description

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company behind some of the most popular kids’ titles in the world. Moonbug’s lineup includes global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Gecko’s Garage, ARPO and many more which are available in 27 languages.

Moonbug is a kids’ programming powerhouse with shows on more than 100 platforms globally, including YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, Tencent, Youku and Roku. In May of 2020, Tubular Labs named Moonbug one of the leading digital kids’ entertainment companies in the world based on the total number of minutes watched worldwide.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

The Role

This role reports ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

Moonbug is seeking a full time Music Producer to support the Music Department of the successful CoComelon franchise. This role is based in our West Hollywood office in the heart of California. At Moonbug, you will be working with some of the biggest brands in family entertainment; one of the fastest-growing genres in music.

The successful candidate will have a high proficiency in music composition and music production, arranging, orchestration, and writing music briefs for composers to work from. You will need to be organized, detail orientated, and be ready to adapt to new challenges.

We would like to see someone who has been working as a composer in the film/television/animation capacity over the past 3 to 5 years. They should be comfortable working within various music genres, singing vocal guides for our talent, translating notes into musical terminology, and have strong project management skills.

Reporting to the Music Director, you will be helping expand the CoComelon music catalog across various media streams. You will be responsible for creating and producing original songs and nursery rhymes as well as developing and expanding the CoComelon soundscape.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the MD, collaborate and follow strategies and processes to maintain and implement across all audio pipelines.
• Maintain a clear line of communication with the music production team to ensure the flow of assets is seamless.
• Drive and oversee the process of making music albums/tracks all the way from creative inception to final master stage.
• Collaborate with relevant IP production coordinator to align on contract requests, purchase orders and metadata.
• Liaise with the team of composers, engineers and lyricists to provide clear feedback (and QC when relevant) during the skeleton, instrumentation, and mixing stages of a composition and then relay to the MD.
• Show high proficiency in the relevant DAW to edit, arrange, compose and make changes to songs and compositions as and when required.
• Record/sequence MIDI tracks on Cubase, keeping track of your progress daily
• Write and develop musical briefs, determine the musical direction of episodes and/or albums, style and instrumentation.
• As and when needed Develop music style bibles for use both internally and externally.
• Execute creative requests from the musical director and assign roles in the Team (Internal or external) to meet specific briefs.
• Coordinate with MD, Label team and production to ensure that album data points are being met and discuss any production issues.
• Under the direction of the MD, maintain regular progress meetings with Creative and Music Production teams. Take the lead on studio-wide meetings as appropriate.
• Direct vocal recording sessions as and when needed or reassign to junior members of staff.
• Ability to write and amend song lyrics and instrumentation as needed.
• Ability to create original songs.
• Under the direction of the MD, collaborate on developing sound and music styles for new strands of content.
• Ensure albums are on schedule and on budget.
• Provide feedback on new talent (singers or composers) as requested.
• Network of lyricists, composers, singers as well as mixing and mastering engineers.
• Ability to take and implement feedback from MD / Creative exes.
• Manage external assistant producers as and when.
• Maintain flexibility and openness to take on additional projects as necessary.
• Work with the animation department in coordinating audio/music needs, making sure everything synchronizes together.
• QC vocal selects, audio recordings, and SFX that everything works cohesively with music in final versions of videos.
• Fine tune and give notes on arrangements, mixes, and final audio deliverables
• Finding freelancers: singers, composers and lyricists.
• Revising and recording musical skeletons and vocal guides to be sent to creative execs, wider teams and/or singers.

Essential Requirements

• Proven track record in music production.
• Strong understanding of music production from conception to completion (premises, briefs, budgets, deadlines etc).
• Experience in Cubase and Logic Pro
• 3-5 years of working within a creative/media environment – essential.
• Competent user of Google Suite.
• General knowledge of music including composition/arrangement.
• Understanding of Children’s music
• Good knowledge of music theory
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to foster and maintain great working relationships with internal and external teams.
• Ability to time manage across multiple deadlines
• Ability to sing.
• Knowledge of production pipelines including animation and video editing
• Ability to score to visuals
• Experience with vocal tuning, vocal editing, and mixing

Desirable

• Interest in animation
• Experience in the kids’ space
• Understanding of sound design
• A 2nd language such as Latin American Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources

Moonbug Entertainment