Entertainment Careers Casting Calls and Auditions

Our retail client is looking for a Creative Producer to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to be directly involved in the photo & video shoots of one of Canada’s most established brands.

What you’ll be doing as the Creative Producer in this role:

– Organizing logistics for photo & video shoots including sending out casting calls, scheduling appointments with models, and adding casting images to their internal files.

– Booking shoot locations, transportation of equipment & product, sending call sheets, and securing catering.

– Managing the post-production process by communicating with external retouchers, colourists, editors, and composers.

– Collaborating with the production team, creative team, and styling team.

Skills and Experience:

– 5+ years exp as a Producer

– 2+ years exp coordinating photo & video shoots

– Retail or luxury brand experience is a huge plus

– Exceptional communication & organization skills

Creative Circle

Influencer, Social Media Management

About Trend Hunter

With nearly 3 billion views from over 150,000,000 people, Trend Hunter is the world’s largest, most popular trend website and an innovation consultancy. We help the world’s leading brands, like Starbucks, Google, Disney, Netflix, Universal, NASA, and Tesla, predict and create the future. With our New York Times bestselling methods, Artificial Intelligence, and big data, we’ve created thousands of custom trend reports, inspiring keynotes, action-oriented workshops, and epic Future Festival events.

Behind the scenes, we have a team of 60+ people, with our office located in the heart of Toronto’s Queen West neighbourhood. Wall Street Journal has featured us as Workplace of the Day; we are also “One of Canada’s Best Start-up Work Cultures,” according to Digital Magazine. We pride ourselves on our warm, dynamic culture, which prioritizes the personal and professional development of all team members. We value individual personality and celebrate all wins — big and small — within our organization through weekly End of Week get-togethers, a peer-nominated Platinum Rewards Program, team excursions, and an infectiously enthusiastic attitude. As an organization, we are committed to constantly improving our efforts within the causes we support through our employee-led DEI Committee, Eco Team, and our sister site, SocialBusiness.org.

Trend Hunter employees are currently working remotely, with plans to re-open our offices in January based on a hybrid model, where employees will be expected to come into the office at least once a week with their teams (our offices are located in downtown Toronto, at Queen S. & Spadina). 

The Opportunity

Trend Hunter continues to grow as a company and with this acceleration comes an opportunity to really take advantage of our market potential. Growing from 30 to 70 over the last year, the team is constantly challenged with new responsibilities, creative challenges and areas of development. Our client list is constantly adding top-tier names like Nasa, Samsung and Netflix and this role is central to bringing Trend Hunter solutions to the innovation community. 

The Role

Trend Hunter is looking for a highly organized, self-motivated, creative, and passionate marketer responsible for assisting in planning and executing our social channels, as well as growing the personal brand of our CEO, Jeremy Gutsche. 

This individual will have a strong understanding of most social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok etc), and will be able to seamlessly jump from our brand voice, to Jeremy’s voice across platforms. You will also be responsible for creating content and copy for our weekly newsletter, as well as managing Jeremy’s overall brand and presence. 

How You’ll Make an Impact 

• Manage all social media accounts for both Trend Hunter and Jeremy Gutsche
• Website: https://www.jeremygutsche.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremygutsche
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremygutsche
• Develop social media plans that take into account upcoming promotions, as well as providing trend inspiration for all followers
• Head up Influencer Management strategy; look at competitors, best in class examples, yearly planning, overall brand strategy etc. all tied to building up Jeremy’s personal brand and status as a world renowned keynote speaker
• Create unique, well thought out content for our weekly newsletter that goes out to over 250,000+ people
• Analyze the success of posts in order to strategically plan for the future 

Requirements

• Self-motivated learner with a curiosity to identify new opportunities and efficiencies in business processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop and maintain solid working relationships
• Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders internally and externally
• Strong attention to detail with a hyper focus on organization
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to tell a compelling story
• A working knowledge of video editing skills is not required, but is an asset

All applicants should have completed their undergraduate studies and should be ambitious and passionate about social media management and influencer marketing/management. Applicants should be familiar with the website’s content, Future Festival & advisory services. They should have some experience in social media management and copywriting. Please attach social media handles either on your resume or within your application. 

Start Date: January 2022

Please apply by sending a resume and cover letter to [email protected]

Trend Hunter

Production Assistant – An opportunity to join a thriving Creative Production agency in London.

The Boulder Group comprises of three core businesses – Pebble Studios (Creative Production Agency with a focus on Moving Image), Big Rock (Performance Marketing) and Lava (Digital & Branding Agency). The Boulder Creative Studio works across all parts of the group, offering in-house and freelance creative solutions that span Creative, Design, Animation, Film production, digital design & development and Immersive experiences (VR & AR).

A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE:

Pebble Studios are looking for a Production Assistant to join a talented team of producers, project managers, animators and artists, supporting and working on a variety of projects for the business for a range of world class clients.

Reporting into a Senior Producer, as well as supporting the wider Production team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping deliver projects across a wide variety of mediums: Motion Graphics, 2D, 3D, Character and VFX/3D led projects – and outputs: TV, Social, Event Based & Immersive (VR&AR). This role will also be required to manage internal resource allocation across the wider business. Working with Account Handlers, Project Managers and Producers to ensure internal resource and freelance resource is coordinated and booked as required to ensure the highest quality creative output.

At Pebble Studios we blend the agency and production company model so we are looking for a confident, proactive and ambitious Junior producer who is confident, highly organised and keen to learn!

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

A Production Assistant with 1 or more years’ experience working in advertising, production or events:

• Highly organised and proactive
• A creative eye and detail orientated
• Experience in creating timing plans and budgets
• A problem solving mindset, proactive and entrepreneurial
• Knowledgeable and interested in social channels and tech in the industry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Experience in Wrike a benefit)
• A love of moving image.
• Day to day communication with Account/Project Management teams and Creative department
• Managing project resourcing through our Project Management tool (Wrike)
• Ensuring appropriate briefing of project requirements by setting up briefing and internal kick off meetings
• Working with Heads of Department to highlight skills gaps and build our roster of freelance/3rd party suppliers
• Weekly resource meetings to forecast Creative Studio requirements and highlight bottle necks
• Presenting weekly resource calendar in Company wide Monday morning kick offs
• Management and updating the ‘Black Book’ with contact/specialism details of freelancer and third party partnerships

ABOUT US

We’re a founder owned, independent agency that merges data and creativity to get truly outstanding results for our clients. 

Pebble Studios merge expertise in experiential, moving image design & technology to deliver knock out content to top agencies & brands such as Disney, X-Box, ABC and Samsung.  Working collaboratively with our in-house progressive digital performance marketing team, Big Rock, we’re in the unique position of being able to craft beautiful ads that feed our performance strategies. 

Big Rock works for some of the fastest growing and most innovative businesses in the UK; from scale-up fintech’s like ClearScore, to well established global brands like Direct Line and Aon – all looking to invest in accelerated digital marketing performance. 

Lava creates beautiful and intuitive digital branding and experiences for exciting brands across B2C and B2B comms, often working in collaboration with Big Rock and Pebble to deliver outstanding creative and highly effective experiences for our clients.

We’re always looking for people to join the team who are as passionate as we are about creating a leading agency within this ever-changing space. 

OUR CULTURE

Culture is hugely important to us. There are no big egos here, just a group of people looking to be at the forefront of digital innovation and creativity. We’re a highly inquisitive bunch, regularly hosting inspiration sessions, training programs and teambuilding activities. We have even organised bootcamp sessions, quizzes, book clubs and film clubs to keep us connected whilst working from home.

Following a strong 18 months of fully remote working we are now operating a 2 days in office, 3 days remote working model to allow for the benefits of in person collaboration and positive work/life balance.

BENEFITS:

• 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Sunshine and Festive Fridays
• 2 hours ‘Meeting Free’ time every day
• Flexible Working / Hybrid model: 2 days at the office, 3 days working from home
• Bootcamp
• Book Club
• Film Club
• Cycle to Work
• Culture Club socials 
• Impact Groups – Internal groups dedicated to making a positive impact to the business and wider world

Big Rock – Performance Marketing Agency

Missy Empire is an online fashion brand created for the go-getters, the goal setters who desire conventional designs and create their own kind of pretty. We aim to deliver trend-focused quality at competitive prices, through the selection of premium quality fabrics and garment construction.

We pride ourselves in creating an online fashion community where everyone can express and share their style.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for fashion, creativity and be proactive on social media. It is important that the candidate understands how Instagram & Tiktok work, is up to date on celebrities and influencers and how they contribute to growing a brand.

They will be an organised, driven, and hardworking individual. This role will suit an individual who is able to remain calm and professional in pressured situations while maintaining a positive and proactive attitude. You must be comfortable in communicating with a lot of people throughout the day, all in different roles and from different companies, it is vital that you’re able to grasp new information quickly in a fast paced business.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of Social Media Strategies for our online Brand
• Manage influencers & celebrities, ensuring that they are posting in line with agreed timeframes
• Outreaching directly to influencers and to agencies
• Replying to any collaboration or partnership enquires the brand receives
• Dealing with high profile celebrities
• Assisting in delivering campaigns
• Working closely with other members of the marketing team and across other departments to ensure cohesion through Social Media with the wider campaign plans
• Managing our Instagram direct message requests and responding in a timely manner
• Listen and engage in relevant social discussions about our company, competitors, and/or industry, both from existing customers and leads and from brand new audiences that don’t yet know us
• Run regular social promotions / campaigns and track their success
• Produce both daily and weekly reports to report directly back to our Social Manager
• Explore new ways to engage and new social networks to reach our target buyers

Requirements:

• Experience working for a Fashion Brand
• Have a passion for Influencers and Fashion
• Ambitious and driven to perform well
• Digitally savvy – must display an interest in social media, new apps, and technology
• Highly strategic social approach – ability to deliver digital marketing strategies effectively and measure the efficacy of campaigns using insight tools
• Confidence when dealing with senior members of the team, including key stakeholders and business owners
• Excellent communicator and creative thinker
• Ability to work to tight deadlines

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Role

Salary: £19,000 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee discount
• Company Events
• Become part of a growing brand

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday 9am-6pm.
• Office Based Role
• Location: M8 8JF

Missy Empire

Hotbed is a video content studio focusing on knowledge, skills and culture. In business for over 21 years, Hotbed works with clients throughout the country and the world to produce effective, creative and impressive video-centric projects for the finance, construction, business services, education, retail, training and healthcare industries. Operating in a hub-and-spoke model, our core team works with trusted partners in several key markets/disciplines to build groups of artists, producers, and specialists to fulfill our 50% live action, 50% motion graphics video engagements.

Hotbed is seeking a skilled Executive Producer/Account Services Leader to join our growing team. This person will be the main client contact and project architect for the company, working with clients to build video engagements that solve their business challenges creatively and effectively. The Executive Producer will lead the Hotbed team of producers and artists in project and business performance, guiding them as they create and execute projects, ensuring their work meets client agreed-upon goals, and Hotbed standards of quality throughout.

Responsibilities:

• Client Services: You’ll work with clients to create lasting relationships over the course of the video engagement and beyond. Hearing and responding to the business challenge through capabilities presentations, pitches, scoping and budgeting with an eye for the ultimate client need and creative goal.
• Project architecture: You’ll lead Hotbed core staff to build the right teams for the right projects. Using Hotbed’s trusted partners (and introducing your own!), you’ll assist producers in identifying, confirming and launching teams, then ensuring their success throughout the life of the projects.
• Team Leadership: Serving as leader of the Hotbed team, you’ll run weekly team meetings, guide core staff through project challenges, enforce project/client boundaries and help foster leadership amongst teammates. Responsible for annual reviews, goal setting, identifying growth/educational opportunities, etc.
• Creative Guidance: You’ll become the high-level expert on clients, chiming in on creative and logistical choices and ensuring quality is upheld throughout the process.
• Marketing/Business Development: You’ll build trusted long-lasting relationships with clients and preserve those already established. You’ll look for opportunities for clients to maximize their investment with Hotbed through education on video, styles and applications for different platforms. You’ll curate content for social media, work with our marketing stakeholders and others to build awareness for Hotbed’s offerings within current and prospective clientele.
• Business Admin: You’ll collaborate with Hotbed’s operations team, accounting team and Founder to ensure the business of the work is running smoothly. While you won’t be in the weeds on these items, you will be the leader responsible for overseeing their success.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of experience working in commercial/corporate video production and postproduction with progressive career and leadership build
• Mastery experience of client management, strategy with a focus on relational partnership
• Scoping/Budgeting/Actualizing experience a must
• Experience managing/leading artists including on set crew, postproduction teams and specialists such as VO, audio, colorists etc
• Experience managing/producing BOTH production and postproduction
• Working familiarity with video production applications/software including Adobe Suite

What you’ll get:

• Opportunity to run and shape a stable brand in growth
• Unlimited PTO and flex schedule
• Work from home
• Excellent health/vision/dental insurance benefits
• Annual bonuses and business development incentives
• Team lunches/happy hours

Hotbed

Our Fortune 500 client is seeking a talented Creative Producer to ensure the successful creation and delivery of creative assets (print/digital) for paid and owned marketing channels, including: ads, site banners/landing pages, emails, OOH, direct mail, and social media. This position entails leading cross-functional teams, setting up schedules, establishing project roadmaps, and ensuring on-time delivery of assets. The ideal candidate understands the nuances of working with creative teams and isn’t afraid to make decisions and then communicate with authority.

The Creative Producer is a key role on the Creative team and reports directly to the Creative Design Manager.

Our ideal Creative Producer:

• Manages and leads digital creative and production projects

• Ensures the timely execution and delivery of creative projects in an extremely high-volume, high-pressure environment (tens to hundreds of assets per project; up to 50 projects at any one time, with 0 days up to to 6 weeks to execute each project)

• Communicates creative project progress across the organization

• Coordinates cross-functional teams (marketing, site merchandising, design, copywriting, content strategy, etc.) in order to ensure completion of digital creative projects

• Demonstrates up-to-date project management expertise and applies this to the development, execution, and improvement of project action plans

• Provides expert advice and guidance to others on creative and production best practices; supports and aligns efforts to meet creative objectives, as well as meet customer and business needs

• Enhances the productivity of the Creative team through process assessment, refinement and change management

• Sends out agenda, facilitates, and at times leads team meetings with multiple teams and team members involved.

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of creative timelines and be able to adjust as needed

• Manage creative capacity

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years as a Project Manager, Coordinator or in a related role managing cross-funtional teams

• 3-5 years in a digital, creative, or related retail or agency environment

• Case-study portfolio recommended but not required

• Experience with Workfront, Smartsheets, MicrosoftOffice Suite

This is a full-time opportunity working onsite in Bentonville, AR. To apply, please submit your resume, case studies and/or portfolio link for immediate consideration.

Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to respond to each application personally. If we are interested in your qualifications, we will contact you via telephone or email as soon as possible.

icreatives is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants and talent will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. We believe in providing a culture that embraces and champions diversity, equity, & inclusion because it truly fosters creativity

icreatives

Summary:

The Post-Production Specialist is part of the inMusic Video Team and reports directly to the Director of Video. This role works with members of the Video Production Team to edit, color correct, grade, and provide motion design for a wide variety of video content, including promotional videos, interviews, live musical performances, and tutorials.

Essential Functions:

• Editing Video – Assemble captured video, sound, and motion graphics into a final product as defined by the project brief.
• Editing Audio and Music – Edit and balance voice, music, environmental sounds, and foley in video projects.
• Motion Design – Create content using 2d and/or 3d motion graphics, typography, music, and video with a good eye for design
• Color Correction and Grading – Color correct and grade footage to achieve the desired visual mood.
• Assist on-set with operating cameras, audio equipment, and lighting equipment as needed

Requirements

Required Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma
• 2+ experience in an agency or corporate environment
• Must have solid understanding and applied experience and knowledge of audio, video, and editing hardware and software
• Must have digital reel

Preferred Education & Experience:

• BA in Film School, Digital Marketing, or similar field

Required Technical Experience:

• Experience using grip and lighting equipment
• Experience in Adobe Premiere Pro or other editing software
• Experience using color correction and grading software such as DaVinci Resolve
• Experience with 2D motion design with After Effects

Preferred Technical Experiences:

• 3D modeling, lighting and texturing skills are appreciated
• A background in music and music equipment is appreciated
• Experience with cameras, lenses, and lights is appreciated

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

inMusic Inc.

Company Overview

Slate Studios is a Creative Production Company focused on Advertising & Editorial services for the Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Industry. We are industry leaders in photography and motion production with clients ranging from emerging brands to established global leaders.

Job Summary

We are currently seeking an experienced photo producer to produce our e-commerce & brand content photography and short video projects.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Negotiate vendor rates including hair/makeup, models, photographers, photo assistants, digital techs, retouchers, and freelance producers
• Generate shoot estimates and invoices in Quickbooks
• Manage the actual on set production as key point person for clients
• Reconcile all shoot related billing and expenses

Qualifications And Skills

• College Degree in photography preferred
• 2+ years experience in photo shoot production
• Highly detail oriented
• Negotiation and budget management skills
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Strong ability to multi-task / juggle multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work independently
• Must work well under pressure
• Proficiency in Quickbooks Online, Google Sheets, Airtable, and other software

Hours

Monday – Friday | 9AM-6PM

DAY RATE

Rate will be commensurate with experience.

How To Apply

To apply for this position, please submit your professional resume, example of your production work, website/linkedin and/or other professional website(s), and explain any professional experience which would be helpful in us determining if you are the right fit for the position.

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BRON Digital, is a state-of-the-art virtual production and service company, that utilizes the Unreal Engine to develop and produce long-form animation for series television, short-form content, and motion pictures. This division leverages BRON’s extensive experience producing traditional CGI animation to apply and adapt the best practices of linear animation pipelines and marry those with Unreal Engine centered, virtual production workflows. The move allows BRON to broaden and expand its production and produce high quality content with much faster turnarounds.

We are seeking an Associate Producer to join our team, cross our Digital animated shows.

Requirements

Role & Responsibilities:

• Help to promote interdepartmental communication and workflow.
• Assist line producer and production manager in balancing artistic and productivity requirements.
• Mentor production managers, coordinators, assistants and provide guidance and support to department leads.
• Attend all relevant reviews and approval sessions to promote effective communication throughout the production team and provide leadership as needed.
• Assess schedule continuously with line producer and production manager, and as team weigh technical constraints against scope of the project, while also protecting the creative.
• Help forecast overages and delays throughout production, and work to find creative and technical solutions with production team, director and department leads.
• Communicate creative priorities throughout the production by working closely with Director.
• Suggest production solutions that will allow for needed creative changes to be made.
• Assist in the creation of and help to maintain project management documents including status reports, project plans, communications plans, post-mortems and compiling of historical information.
• Track, document, and report on major creative changes that affect budget/schedule to line producer and production manager in a timely manner.
• Generate and distribute reports to EVP and SVP Digital.
• Work with partner studios to ensure daily communication runs smoothly, troubleshoot issues, and foresee and avoid potential delays.
• Responsible for overseeing data management in Shotgrid – check that all materials are being correctly captured, and that all relevant data is accurate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ year’s production management experience in animation film and/or VFX production or equivalent
• Proficiency with ShotGrid Software
• Experience with all parts of the animation production pipeline, including layout, modeling, shading, animation, effects, lighting, rendering, compositing & post
• Familiarity with all aspects of production management, including budget & schedule management, personnel and performance management
• Superior personnel management and team building skills, and ability to lead with a positive attitude and encourage collaboration
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of production techniques and terminology
• Expert organizational, project management & time management skills
• Ability to anticipate and deal with an ever-changing production environment
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential material
• Ability to manage time and balance priorities amid the pressures of busy, deadline-driven production
• Must have the ability to organize, schedule, and delegate work effectively
• Must be proactive and be an effective problem solver
• Previous computer experience with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and MS Project, spreadsheet and database applications required

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including Extended Health Benefits
• Studio Holiday closure between Christmas and New Year
• 7 health days per year (prorated per any partial year, and/or contract length)

BRON Studios

Are you looking for an opportunity to work for a high-profile, global marketing agency? This firm works with some of the biggest brands in the world, connecting them with talent and influencers across the food and beverage industry. This renowned agency is looking for a motivated individual to join its growing team of industry experts.

At its core, this firm thrives in positive word-of-mouth marketing. This refers to their bold approach to influencer marketing in which they deliver real-time digital content and dynamic media optimization. They pride themselves on their brilliant, attention-grabbing content that leads to high-impact results for their clients.

As the Influencer Marketing Manager, you would be working with a myriad of high-profile clients to drive their strategic communication plans to the next level. Using your significant knowledge of the influencer landscape as well as strong leadership and management skills, you will be playing a key role in this team.

The Role:

• Develop strategic communication plans (including metrics) that meet business goals.
• Accountable for teams to deliver on budget and on time.
• Assists with the selection and attraction of a growing influencer network and pool.
• Establish and maintain strong rapport and relationships with partners.
• Support content co-creation with influencers and lead the influencer portion of the business.
• Develop action plans for achieving and measuring social media and influencer success, setting key metrics, measurement, and optimization strategies.
• Share best-in-class examples with partners and teams on content creators’ role in campaigns.
• Share the value of influencers and content creators to help educate partners and internal teams on the latest developments and capabilities in this constantly evolving media channel.
• Lead regular check-ins on campaign performance and track against KPIs.
• Lead social media and influencer analytics including, but not limited to, measurement, social listening, influencer identification, tracking, and activation.
• Attend industry speaking engagements and networking.

The Ideal Candidate:

• College or University degree preferably in PR, Media Relations or related industries.
• Minimum 4-6 years related experience.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles and profitability models.
• Ability to manage a variety of projects at the same time (multi-tasking).
• Solid understanding of the industry and competitive environment.

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