Entertainment Careers Casting Calls and Auditions

Mascot Books is a hybrid publisher dedicated to helping authors professionally create a printed or digital book that matches their vision. With comprehensive editorial, design, production, marketing, and distribution services, our authors have the support of an experienced publishing team. We’re seeking a production editor who is comfortable taking on new challenges and has a passion for books.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the production of a high volume of titles per year across a variety of genres, including business, current affairs, adult and YA fiction, self-help, fitness and wellness, coffee table and cookbooks, and children’s picture books
• Work directly with authors, illustrators, editors, and graphic designers to coordinate all aspects of a book’s development from concept to print
• Provide comprehensive guidance to authors throughout every step of the production process—including editing, design, and printing—informed by current market trends as well house and industry standards
• Create and maintain publishing timelines for each title
• Vet, contract, and supervise freelancers and maintain contract budgets

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English, Communications, or a related field
• 2-5 years of client relations experience
• 2-5 years of professional editing experience
• 2-5 years of publishing experience a strong plus
• Candidate should be a strong editor; familiar with The Chicago Manual of Style, industry standards, and overall writing structures; and able to provide editorial feedback on manuscripts from various genres
• Candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, extremely well-organized, and a creative problem solver
• Candidate should be able to prioritize competing tasks, meet deadlines, effectively multitask, and handle high priority projects as they arise
• Candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Due to COVID-19, the Mascot Books office is currently partially remote. However, this is traditionally a full time, in-office position.

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter.

Mascot Books

Job Title: Senior Producer

Company: Mutant Arm Studios

Location: Bend, Oregon

This opportunity is for a full-time position in Bend, Oregon. Mutant Arm Studios employees are all working from home due to COVID-19. This WFH policy extends to anyone that Mutant Arm Studios hires between now and till it’s safe to return. All new-hire onboarding is being done remotely, and any equipment that you might need for projects at Mutant Arm Studios will be shipped directly to you. Once safe to do so, we’ll help assist in your relocation.

Mutant Arm Studios is an up-and-coming independent developer, based along the beautiful Cascade mountain range, in sunny Bend, Oregon. We are a fun-sized group of highly skilled developers, led by an Industry proven AAA Design team, working with one of the industry’s most prominent publishing partners.

At Mutant Arm Studios, one of the core pillars of our company is to hire team members who are game developers FIRST, and specialists second. Our goal is to build and maintain a focused group of game-makers, who are looking to approach game development in a creative and holistic way, and truly connect with players. We have done it all before, and our mission now is simple: “Let’s make some seriously cool games, with some seriously cool people”.

THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY OR MID-LEVEL POSITION.

As the Senior Producer you’ll report into the Production Director and working closely with the respective leaders on the development team for tactical execution of the overall production plan and implementation of the development culture.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing risk assessments with respect to team health, process bottlenecks, the schedule, and overall quality
• Identify and provide strategies to address potential roadblocks or team issues
• Identify inefficiencies and execute on opportunities for development process improvements, while helping define and encourage production best practices
• Champion special game and production related projects
• Working with other Producers and discipline leads to define Sprint milestone goals
• Tracking and communicating progress and problems during Sprints
• Oversee multiple feature teams at once and own features and process; ensuring the team is aligned throughout development
• Work with different development teams to track tasks against a schedule, ready to provide context or accommodate adjustments as necessary
• Work with Quality Assurance to assess, triage, and distribute bugs
• Work with content development teams to ensure alignment with Production schedule and design objectives
• Facilitate team meetings to evaluate designs, track tasks, coordinate reviews, resolve workflow obstacles
• Act as the primary communication point between multiple teams, departments, and stakeholder

Requirements:

• 6+ years of production experience
• Prior experience in video game development – major contributions to at least one title
• Self-starter able to drive projects from concept to completion
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Must be detail oriented and display strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Strong multitasking skills
• Positive attitude and passion for making games
• You’re user-focused, passionate, self-driven, solutions-focused, and innovative
• Experience working with Agile and Kanban methodologies

Nice to have:

• Familiar with Jira
• Passion for Multiplayer FPS games
• Experience with working on a live game

Mutant Arm Studios is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Mutant Arm Studios

Who is MANTL?

MANTL is a fast-growing NYC-based FinTech SaaS company on a mission to build technology that will help America’s financial institutions and their communities thrive. Think Shopify or Squarespace, but purpose-built for community banks and credit unions. We are drastically changing the landscape through modern banking software that empowers banks and credit unions to grow digitally.

Our flagship product, Online Account Opening, has quickly become considered best in class in our industry, showing clear and material performance beyond any of our competitors. Suffice it to say, our customers love MANTL.

Since launching our first product in 2017, we have built several new products, thoughtfully grown the team, and have become a market leader.

Who makes up our team?

People are our most important asset and the number one reason we all love working at MANTL. As a team, we value accountability, transparency, and collaboration. We have agile teams, with clear, outcomes-focused goals.

We’re a group of passionate technologists that support an open and transparent culture that helps foster productive and engaging discussions. We want to work with inclusive people who understand the importance of treating their colleagues exceptionally well – people who will gladly go out of their way to help others with things big and small.

We are always a work in progress and love hearing feedback from our team. MANTL was proud to be named as one of Crain’s 100 Best Places To Work in 2021.

About The Role

As a Production Designer on the Marketing team, you will help bring our brand and content to life through effective and compelling creative.

You will work closely with the Marketing Team to ensure the brand is communicated thoughtfully and effectively across mediums. You’ll shape the visual aspects of MANTL’s brand through our advertising, social media, events and digital content. Your goal is to inspire and attract MANTL’s target audiences with designs that capture interest, set us apart, and communicate the right message.

Who You Are

• You are an individual contributor and a team player, working closely with the creative team and marketing stakeholders to understand project objectives and produce deliverables that surpass expectations
• You are agile and able to meet quick timelines on multiple projects at once, while at the same time adhering to brand standards and not compromising quality
• You can work within established style guidelines and build upon existing concepts to create cohesive marketing collateral
• You love to iterate on designs, create multiple variations of solutions and discover what performs
• You value simplicity and intuitive design and continuously strive to better the experience and effectiveness of our marketing communications
• You understand how your designs impact the broader vision and company objectives

What You’ll Do

• Work seamlessly across web design, presentations, and digital advertising to create consistent and communicative visuals that resonate with our target audiences and generate leads
• Source and create blog images that bring our articles to life
• Design digital display, native and social media advertising with a focus on testing and optimization
• Create unique and compelling data visualizations that clearly communicate the context behind the numbers
• Work comfortably in different levels of fidelity according to the project phase, priority, and need.
• Ensure final designs and layouts are visually appealing, on-brand, and optimized for all mediums or devices
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications and manage your time responsibly to achieve goals and deadlines.
• Contribute to the creation of new processes and norms for a growing company and creative department.
• Support the development and evolution of our brand as MANTL evolves as a company and product

Must Haves

• 2-3 years of experience in Graphic or Communication Design with a portfolio showcasing stellar typography, visual hierarchy, balance, and brand system implementation
• A keen eye for aesthetics and detail with a creative flair and a strong ability to translate requirements into design
• Strong communication skills and the ability to take and implement feedback
• Ability to evaluate choices critically, understand the company needs and direction, and think outside the box
• Ability to communicate design choices clearly and explain how design concepts work together across company assets
• The capacity to work independently and collaboratively
• Willingness to take initiative, run with projects, and speak up when support and guidance is needed
• Excellent multi-tasking skills, time management, and prioritization practices
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects), Figma, PowerPoint, Google Slides
• Experience in animation, motion design, and/or video editing, a plus

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with distributed teams in various time zones
• Experience/familiarity with collaboration tools, workplace dynamics, decision-making topics
• Knowledge of events and producing event collateral
• Bonus points for Fintech background or B2B experience!

What You’ll Like About Us

Joining MANTL means joining an ambitious and exceptional team that solves complex problems every day. We offer a unique employee experience based on the values of transparency, accountability and collaboration, and are deeply proud of our culture.

MANTL offers competitive compensation packages, unlimited vacation, fully covered health insurance, creative and fun team-building events, mental health programs and more. We strive to show we truly care about our employees happiness and engagement.
MANTL

The Influencer & PR Executive will be a key team member working in our Manchester HQ. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Influencer & PR Executive will be responsible for developing and delivering strategies for influencer marketing, press outreach and creative brand marketing. Focusing on increasing brand awareness, audience growth, as well as driving traffic and revenue via our online channels and other platforms.

The ideal candidate will be both creative and analytical, work well under pressure, and be a great team player with excellent communication skills. You will be acutely socially aware and full of ideas, reacting first to marketing trends and initiating those best suited to our audience and brand messaging. 

As a global business, it is expected that the candidate is comfortable with working some irregular hours as well as travel when required.

This is a truly hybrid role, spanning influencer outreach, PR, events management and creative brand marketing. A great opportunity for anyone looking for a new role within marketing or a recent graduate with relevant experience, who is eager to learn in a fast-paced role. Whilst is is currently a 12 month FTC, there is opportunity for an extended, full time position.

To apply for this role please email [email protected] with your CV & cover letter. All successful candidates will be contacted directly to schedule an interview. Due to the high number of applicants, it will not always be possible to respond directly to all applicants. 

Job Role

Work within a fast-paced beauty marketing team to create and execute marketing activity across brand and digital channels.

Sourcing and securing locations for shoots and general logistics planning, including arranging travel and accommodation for crew and models. 

Maintaining and developing good relationships with stylists and model agencies. 

Assisting with crew and model bookings, including rate negotiation with agencies to keep in line with strict budgets. 

Planning and coordinating influencer events including product launch parties and blogger events. 

Building and maintaining relationships with influencers both directly and via talent agencies. 

Working closely with the Marketing Manager with regard to the management of the blogger and influencer programme. 

Maintaining monthly influencer retainer contracts, influencer outreach, gifting, budget allocation, writing briefs, coordinating content and ordering product. 

Communicating with the marketing team regarding content priorities in line with product focuses on a weekly and monthly basis. 

Managing product launch gifting activations: concept planning, product sourcing and execution. 

Content creation – assisting on influencer shoot days and wider campaign shoots.

Writing and distributing press releases for product launches. 

Entering and managing all relevant industry/product awards.

Quarterly reporting of Influencer outreach & PR and weekly PR & Influencer updates in marketing meetings.

Desirable

2+ years experience in an influencer marketing role at a fast-paced company, start-up or agency environment.

Excellent communicator – able to give clarity and set direction.

An enthusiasm for the Beauty Works brand, its communities and culture.

Culture-obsessed – you are aware of what’s going on across beauty landscape and of current social trends.

Ability to form good working relationships with internal teams and external clients.

Project management skills and strong organisational skills.

Experience with casual editing apps to create social content such as Storywave, iMovie.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Bonus scheme

Pension

Company discounts

Beauty Works

ABOUT CONSCIOUS MINDS

Conscious Minds, is an independent, creative company that specializes in branded storytelling and cross-platform content innovation. The company has offices in Pasadena, CA and Portland, OR. Clients include Nike, Google, Facebook, Open Door, Uber Eats, and more.

Conscious Minds is a people first work-culture. We’re big on community, trust, transparency, and respect for one another. We operate strategically as an integrated team from Strategy through Post Production (and everything in-between). We expect our team to work hard, wear multiple hats, lean into efficiencies, and break traditional norms in how we re-think storytelling with our clients.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

As Senior Post Producer, your primary responsibility is to be an ambassador for our post team’s People, Process, Product, and Profits on each of your assigned projects.

You will oversee all aspects of post production on assigned projects from project planning through wrap. As Senior Post Producer, you will lead, manage and provide clear expectations and consistent accountability to the Post Team working on your projects. You’ll be asked to roll-up-your-sleeves as a player-coach and provide mentorship for the less-experience producers on the team.

The Senior Post Producer reports to the Director, Post Production and is managed by an EPs on projects.

Project Planning

• Attend Project Planning Meetings lead by Executive Producers
• Support Director, Post Production with bidding, scheduling and provide post solutions on assigned projects
• Ensure appropriate amounts of post resources and time are allocated to produce assigned projects
• Work with Director, Post Production to resource and assign staff for assigned projects

Creative Development

• Attend Internal Creative Reviews and ensure assigned projects remain within the post scope
• Work with Executive Producer to adapt post vision and provide solutions as creative develops

Pre-Production / Production

• Clearly communicate post expectations/needs/hand offs to production (i.e specs, etc)
• Coordinate with Line Producer any post staffing needs during production (VFX supervisor, etc)

Post Production

• Co-lead Post Production Kick Off Meetings and ensure creative and post departments are aligned on the creative, deliverables, timing and resources.
• Lead, manage and provide clear expectations and consistent accountability to Post Production staff including ensuring internal staff understands Harvest hour targets.
• Ensure projects remain on budget, on schedule and are delivered to the level of quality expected by clients, including all final media management.
• Responsible for reviewing vendor/freelancer estimates and ensuring CM is obtaining fair market value for services. Negotiate as needed.
• Ensure post production staff understand CM’s process and operate within Post Guidelines
• Work with Studio Producers to ensure alignment is maintained between creative and post production teams
• Attend live edit reviews between creative, client and editorial team
• Provide EP and Director, Post Production with weekly project status updates (internal burn reports and external costs)

Project Wrap

• Actualize post production budgets (timecards, invoices, etc) for assigned projects
• Ensure all full time post production staff have completed logging hours
• Provide a digital wrap book to the Director, Post Production
• Schedule wrap meeting with Executive Producer and Controller
• Post digital wraps should be turned in no later than 1 week after delivery date
• Attend review meetings between all departments and provide constructive feedback

Requirements

• 6+ years post production experience at a production studio/agency or similar.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, great attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Proactive mindset with high level of drive, energy, persistence and initiative.
• Experience working remotely without in-person daily supervision.
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot communication, logistical, and scheduling challenges.
• A depth of technical knowledge in production and post-production

Conscious Minds Studios

The Role
We’re looking for a Manager, Converged TV to join the rapidly expanding team that is changing the way video investment is positioned as part of a media strategy. You will work directly with the Senior Manager and with other internal teams to develop and execute campaigns across CTV/OTT, traditional Linear, and Advanced TV, assisting in making optimizations and updates daily. Your complex and diverse portfolio of clients will be a mix of both big and small that constantly challenges you, and with extensive experience and/or a proven track record, you could be working with some of our biggest brands. You’ll be trusted to oversee all account activity, collaborate with managers from other channels, and come up with campaign strategies for your book of clients.

• This position may be performed remotely anywhere within the United States except HI, CO, AK, NV
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

You Will Be

• Managing client CTV/OTT advertising campaigns, including: strategy development, project management, report delivery, and client communication
• Responsible for campaign delivery against relevant target demographics
• Stewarding media schedules adhering to each client’s buying guidelines
• Staying apprised of current and new DSP functionality or data products, then successfully deploy on relevant campaigns
• Managing publisher and vendor relationships as it relates to supply side partnerships and networks as well as the implementation and negotiation of those partnerships
• Conducting industry, audience and competitor research
• Analyzing campaign results and adjust strategy and budgets accordingly
• Maintaining confirmation of purchase, schedules, budgets, and reconciliation of network billing
• Communicating with clients regularly to discuss goals and deliver results
• Developing strategies across all marketing channels to improve brand awareness KPI’s and achieve maximum efficiency throughout the entire funnel all the way down to CPA/ROAS

You Must Have

• 2+ years working in a national media investment buying environment with hands-on role managing OTT campaigns at an agency, FMP/Social Ads API Platform, or DSP particularly in the TV space preferred
• Working knowledge of traditional linear and advanced TV buying strategies
• Strong understanding of programmatic buying (DSP) and audience segmentation (DMP). Previous experience with video ad trafficking. Be company expert on CTV/OTT media buying
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Leadership and initiative to grow a new position/team

Wpromote

Seeking an Editorial Production Assistant for a W2 contract, remote for a national real estate organization!

JOB TITLE: Editorial Production Assistant

LOCATION: Remote; company is based in Chicago so must be available during CST business hours

ROLE TYPE/DURATION: 6 month W2 contract position with potential to extend

COMPENSATION: Up to $27/hour; commensurate with experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Research and curate third-party images or stock imagery to incorporate into content (articles, slideshows, listicles, etc.)
• Secure image permissions on third-party imagery curated by various sources.
• Prepare the imagery for use, including cropping, editing, colorizing etc. as needed.
• Obtain image rights / permissions from 3rd parties as needed.
• Obtain high-res versions from image owners.
• Track image permissions in detail in image logs.
• Upload and notate images to media library and database records (including inputting meta information such as subject matter, photographer, filename, permission type).
• Does CMS production work for all types of content (slideshows, articles, listicles, etc.), including creating pages, entering content, updating content, proofreading final content, cropping and uploading images.
• Read content and meet with writers to support the image search process.
• Participate in editorial planning, brainstorming, status meetings and pitch ideas.

What’s Required To Apply

• Knowledge of typical media editing tools (Photoshop, Canva, etc.)
• Strong organization skills with a keen eye
• 2-4 years of experience in creative production

WunderLand Group is the destination for digital, marketing, and creative talent. We deliver on our promise to provide companies with in-demand, highly-qualified talent for contract and full-time positions. WunderLand Group invests time to understand our clients’ business and resource challenges and connects them with exceptional talent in today’s fast-paced digital, marketing, and creative landscape.

The industry has verified WunderLand Group’s reputation for loyalty and quality through numerous awards and recognitions, most recently the Best of Staffing® Client Award and Talent Award.

It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant because of sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or sexual preference, pregnancy or maternity, genetic information, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

Please visit www.wunderlandgroup.com to view available jobs and register with us or for more information.

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WunderLand Group

Trilix is seeking a highly-creative and detail-oriented post-production artist who is a strong editor and is able to lead and contribute to projects from pre-production through final deliverable. This position will work closely with the Post-Production Director to assist in managing the day-to-day of Trilix video production. This position is to expand a team of like-minded storytellers, developing videos for a range of clients.

Job duties include:

• Lead team members through the full scope of video projects.
• Estimate and plan videos with team members and clients.
• Producing and editing for an extensive variety of video content.
• Animating and implementing motion graphics elements within video edits.
• Demonstrating unique perspectives and visual identities.
• Utilize strong collaboration skills with fellow team members.
• Willingness to rapidly test and experiment with new ideas and techniques.
• Effective planning skills to execute at all levels of production.
• Develop and help the team maintain production calendars.
• Adjust responsibilities of team members as needed to balance workflows and deadlines.
• Respond to constructive direction and feedback to improve final products.
• Efficiently multi-task and retain a high standard of quality.

 The ideal candidate must have:

• A degree in film production.
• 5-10 years of experiences in various aspects of film production.
• Demonstrated experience within a leadership position.
• Unique creative portfolio that demonstrates a diversity of work.
• Strong knowledge and applied skills utilizing the full Adobe Creative Suite.
• Self-motivation with the readiness to go above and beyond.
• Possess strong communication and leadership skills.

Please send resume, portfolio and salary requirements to [email protected].

Trilix

We’re looking for a production designer to join Lemonade’s in-house creative team. You’ll work directly with the Design Lead and Growth Marketing team to adapt clear, impactful design for every platform, placement, and file type imaginable.

Our dream candidate will live the brand style every day, and will have an almost supernatural ability to consistently express it visually—no matter the placement or deadline. You’re a champion of digital campaigns, laying out different sizes and formats, and organizing assets for a flawless delivery—whether it’s for social, banners, partnerships, or advertorials. You love making it all, efficiently and at scale.

If you’re a fun-loving, detail-obsessed self-starter who strives for pixel perfection every time—this job’s for you. Bonus points if you have a soft spot for illustration and can sketch freely or build off existing art to develop new characters and scenes.

Requirements

• 2-3 years experience at an agency or in-house studio producing digital campaigns at scale and with super fast turnarounds
• Lowkey expert on all social platforms and digital media types
• You enjoy process and are eager to improve systems and ways of working
• Wizardry when it comes to design tools like Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Fast learner, technically gifted, adept at solving problems
• Efficient, organized, and comfortable thriving under pressure
• You’re comfortable making stuff at volume and scale, and you love getting shit done!

Lemonade

Description

CALLING EXPERIENTIAL FREELANCERS!

Wasserman is a marketing company with the head of a consultancy and heart of a creative agency. We believe in the unrelenting pursuit of better, so we create better partnerships, experiences, integrated campaigns and digital promotions that deliver better standout, engagement and returns for brands and rights holders in the world of sports, entertainment and culture.

To ensure we always go above and beyond for our clients we work as one team covering client services, operations & production, creative, content, strategy, and business growth & development. Together we deliver engaging and unforgettable marketing campaign. The team have pioneered the fusion of technology with live experiences and social media to ensure every moment can be captured, shared and talked about. Here is more of an insight into some of the amazing work we have achieved so far. https://wassermanx.com/

To ensure we are always striving to be better and ahead of the game we are continually looking for the best and brightest freelance talent to join our team for exciting projects and help us deliver amazing work.

Ideally you would be a team player who can hit the ground running, thrive in a high paced environment (office & onsite), love to multi-task and need minimal guidance whilst bringing a wealth of expertise and recommendations from the world of Experiential.

Please note this is not for a specific role , we are however looking to build upon our Freelancer roster should anything suitable become available, if you think you’ve got what it takes we would love to hear from you!

Core Duties

• Scoping, budgeting and building out initial proposals for live events – physical, virtual and hybrid
• Developing live shows for physical and virtual events from initial client briefing through to completion
• Working alongside internal account, creative, video and production teams to ensure the show aligns with the wider project/campaign and overseeing show design/management of all content
• Managing budgets for any show related elements
• Ensuring adequate production is scoped for the project in collaboration with the Production Manager
• Developing Run of Show and other show related documentation
• Developing show content with speakers/clients in collaboration with wider Wasserman team and/or freelance resource (including but not limited to: scripting, presentations, polling etc.)
• Booking/contracting entertainment
• Developing speaker/talent documentation
• Facilitating speaker/talent briefing/training (or resourcing accordingly)
• Resourcing show teams in collaboration with the Production Manager
• Facilitating staff training sessions ahead of show dates
• Key client contact for any show related elements
• Managing and writing schedules for briefing, training, technical checks, rehearsals and live dates
• Attendance on show and rehearsal dates (this may on occasion include overseas travel)

Requirements

• Experience in a comparable position / agency / industry
• Highly collaborative, team player, strong influencer, and relationship builder
• A can-do attitude to problem solving, understanding the importance of hustle in order to make a little go a long way. Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful circumstances
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing. Superior interpersonal skills and ability to create a rapport with people. Consistently able to craft a story through written communications
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized with experience in MS Office software and other digital platforms (experience in other digital collaboration tools including Slack, Miro, Smart Sheets etc. a bonus)
• Good understanding of AV, live streaming and production
• Ideally have experience producing virtual events (managing fully remote teams a bonus)
• Ideally have experience working with multiple virtual event platforms – off the shelf (e.g Bizzabo, Swapcard, Hopin etc.), and bespoke solutions

Wasserman