Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

AXION Risk Management Strategies is a premier health & welfare employee benefits consulting, risk management and brokerage firm. We partner with insurance carriers and innovative health solution providers to design and execute benefit strategies for mid market size businesses in the Midwest. We help our clients proactively manage rising healthcare costs by mitigating risk, supporting business objectives, and providing innovative and “best practice” benefits solutions to their workforces. Our clients value our deep knowledge of healthcare trends, challenges, insurance markets, and consulting advice to their business needs. We are a boutique firm with deep health benefits expertise and work hard/play hard mentality. This is an outstanding opportunity for driven, entrepreneurial, and consultative producers to make a significant impact and embrace the opportunity to continuously learn as consulting experts. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and consultative sales training

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

· Proven track record of business to business sales experience

· Ability to communicate with and sell to the “C” suite

· BA/BS degree

· 4+ years of experience in B2B new business sales

· Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel skills

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred:

· Accident & Health and Life insurance license

· Deep knowledge of health & welfare benefits industry and trends

· Advanced Microsoft Excel and Employee Benefits Financial Modeling Experience

· Experience with Salesforce.com, or sales CRM, and digital marketing

· Professional certification (CEBS, CPCU)

· Strong existing network of Chicago area mid-market business C-Level and VPs of HR

Axion RMS, Ltd.

You were born to grab the world’s attention through art, creativity, and intelligence.

We built Havas New York to give you the most amazing home to do it all.

We are a tight knit team of creators who design work to raise consciousness

and inspire conversation in culture. And most of all, we have fun doing it.

We also believe business can be a force for good, so we became the first and only major agency to be a certified B Corp.

It’s in our nature to strive for firsts–we find it’s where awards and rewards come together. It’s also why we get recognized by our industry as Employer of the Year and Network of the Year.

There are millions of great ideas out there.

But you want to make something meaningful.

You were born to grab the world’s attention.

Havas is where it can happen.

This role is all about learning precise communication, management from start to finish, delegation and leadership. The Associate Producer should be able to scope, bid, and manage small to mid-scale productions/budgets, (video, design, motion/digital assets, audio, post-production) with the oversight and guidance of more senior producers.

The AP will work to ensure all deliverables are produced on-time, on-budget and at the highest quality standards. The AP position handles a variety of requests in support of the production department’s job flow, production activity and department organization. This person is organized, detail-oriented and has a strong visual aesthetic and has an Interest to crossover into all areas of production (TVC/OLV, STILLS, DIGITAL, OOH).

What You’ll Be Doing

Client Support

• Assume accountability for defined client deliverables, ensuring client needs are met and exceeded
• Maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client’s needs are heard, understood and addressed in a timely way
• Update status reports and schedules and maintain lists of action items, ensuring all deadlines are met

Project Delivery

• Ensure project/ program is delivered on-time, on-budget and flawlessly
• Schedule regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met, and teams are set up for success
• Manage production assets
• Support and manage production logistics
• Assist in maintaining and developing production and travel schedules
• Coordinate and manage crew travel
• Manage program wrap-up and archiving

Budget Management

• Coordinate production estimates and invoices
• Assist in reconciling costs against budget

If you can do all that, you have what it takes. It might also help if…

• 1-2 years brand experience production experience preferred
• Strong project management, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Flexible and able to learn quickly
• Proficient in MS Word and Excel
• Must have high level of professionalism and a strong work ethic
• Knowledge of Photoshop, MS PowerPoint and Keynote is a plus
• Some travel required

Last but not least, we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion.

Havas Chicago

Local to Chicago, Suburbs, and Border States to Illinois.

Casting Alert! For our last episode of Season 10 we are casting an exciting outdoor scene!
We are searching for MALES, 20s to 40’s, all ethnicities, to work as a ND Firefighters (not real) for Chicago Fire on Friday, May 6th.
There will be a covid test Wednesday, May 4th (takes about an hour). 

PHOTOSHOOT CASTING

Location: Chicago (hotel TBD)
Rate: $400 + AFUsage: UKG Website
Around 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Shoot Date: Wednesday / 5-18
Looking for corporate looking FEMALES age 30-55. 
All ethnicities.  

Shooting at a Chicago Hotel not determined yet. They will pay for parking.  
Since we are only casting 2 talent, we will go by those we worked with already on this one and we know are dependable and professional. 
There will be other opportunities for new talent with us.

JUSTIFIED: City Primeval
Background Talent Roles Remaining For Next Week’s Bookings:

Since we are filming parts of Episodes 1 and 2, you can submit for a day that you have not submitted for already. We are still getting back to book more from your submissions. Most everyone (unless very featured) will be able to repeat as soon as the following week.

Pilsen area FRIDAY, May 6th, with covid testing WEDNESDAY, May 4th at Chicago Studio City.

Casting: Shoppers

Think Maxwell Street type of outdoor shopping for this same day.

JUSTIFIED: City Primeval
Background Talent Roles Remaining For Next Week’s Bookings:

Please help us get off to a great start here. There is so much talent in Chicago to showplace for this dynamite team on a hit show! We are playing Detroit.
Our amazing CORE police types have been booked for next week. Thanks for going in for your fittings. We need you Friday! Your testing is Wednesday. CORE needs to stay in your role.

Since we are filming parts of Episodes 1 and 2, you can submit for a day that you have not submitted for already. We are still getting back to book more from your submissions. Most everyone (unless very featured) will be able to repeat as soon as the following week.

Pilsen area FRIDAY, May 6th, with covid testing WEDNESDAY, May 4th at Chicago Studio City.

Casting: Vendors with a unique Looks

Think Maxwell Street type of outdoor shopping for this same day

JUSTIFIED: City Primeval
Background Talent Roles Remaining For Next Week’s Bookings:

Please help us get off to a great start here. There is so much talent in Chicago to showplace for this dynamite team on a hit show! We are playing Detroit.
Our amazing CORE police types have been booked for next week. Thanks for going in for your fittings. We need you Friday! Your testing is Wednesday. CORE needs to stay in your role.

Since we are filming parts of Episodes 1 and 2, you can submit for a day that you have not submitted for already. We are still getting back to book more from your submissions. Most everyone (unless very featured) will be able to repeat as soon as the following week.

Pilsen area FRIDAY, May 6th, with covid testing WEDNESDAY, May 4th at Chicago Studio City.

Casting: Drummer/Flag Team.

Your child on a FLAG TEAM (male OR female) African American OR play DRUMS (male) to play on a bucket?
If under 16 years of age, need to be already work permitted with us. 

JUSTIFIED: City Primeval
Background Talent Roles Remaining For Next Week’s Bookings:

Please help us get off to a great start here. There is so much talent in Chicago to showplace for this dynamite team on a hit show! We are playing Detroit.
Our amazing CORE police types have been booked for next week. Thanks for going in for your fittings. We need you Friday! Your testing is Wednesday. CORE needs to stay in your role.

Since we are filming parts of Episodes 1 and 2, you can submit for a day that you have not submitted for already. We are still getting back to book more from your submissions. Most everyone (unless very featured) will be able to repeat as soon as the following week.

Englewood area THURSDAY, May 5th, with covid testing TUESDAY, May 3rd at Chicago Studio City:

We need just a few extras with old BEATER CARS that run for Thursday, the 5th, (different scenes), with testing Tuesday, the 3rd.  Include a photo of your vehicle, year and make.

CASTING CALL

PR Casting is auditioning women swimmers for a SAG-AFTRA commercial.  

• 30-55yrs old
• Strong swimmer
• Could be a former competitive swimmer.  
• Needs to be able to dive in and do laps confidently.  

Auditions next week, callbacks 5/10, shoot is 5/19 or 5/20.  

You do not need to be SAG-AFTRA, we can Taft-Hartley you.