Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

CASTING CALL!!!!!!

CHI – SEASON 5

FILMING DATES: MON. 1/24/2022 (Covid Test) & TUE. 1/25/2022 (Film)

LOCATION: CHICAGO, IL

FILMING RATE: $120/8

COVID TEST RATE: $60/4

ROLE: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT

• Male or Female, African American and Hispanic, ages 18 – 30 TLY (Must look like a high school student)

If male, must be willing to shave to appear younger

WELCOME BACK TO CHI SEASON 5!!! THIS SCENE IS A PEP RALLY TO KICK OFF THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SEASON! WE ARE LOOKING FOR UPBEAT STUDENTS TO MAKE THIS PEP RALLY LOOK AN OFFICIAL CHICAGO STYLE PEP RALLY FULL OF SCHOOL SPIRIT AND SUPER FUN!!! IF YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS SCENE COME TO LIFE, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW TO BE CONSIDERED:

***PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT YOURSELF IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND WILLING TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR VACCINATION STATUS TO OUR SHOW’S HEALTH & SAFETY DEPARTMENT (DO NOT SEND TO OUR 4 STAR TEAM).

*IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DETAILED AVAILABILITY CHECK FOR THE SHOW ALREADY, WE HAVE YOUR INFO, NO NEED TO SUBMIT FOR THIS POST.

***PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT YOURSELF IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND WILLING TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR VACCINATION STATUS TO OUR SHOW’S HEALTH & SAFETY DEPARTMENT (DO NOT SEND TO OUR 4 STAR TEAM).

Trigger Casting LLC is looking for real people talent for an insurance advertisement that shoots in early February.  The usage is a buyout/no broadcast.

Rate is $2000 for 1 day. Talent are secondary roles for a 2 minute video. (portraying friends, doctors, spouse etc)

SPECS:

• Indian males, 40-60 years
• Asian females, 25-45 years
• African American Men, 20-45 years
• Hispanic/Latin Women, 25-45 years

Local to Chicago/Suburbs/Surrounding Border states to Chicago ONLY!

Casting Alert! 

• Searching for  MEN, CLEAN SHAVEN (mustache okay), AND WOMEN, all ethnicities, 20’s to 50’s, FIT,  with short hair FOR THE MEN to work as Firefighters in a classroom scene on Friday, 1.21 on Chicago Fire.

There will be a Covid test on Monday,  Jan. 17th (takes about one hour) and a possible Covid test/fitting (takes about two hours) on Wed. Jan 19th.

Trigger Casting is looking for Real People who work in the trades: mechanics to HVAC to electricians, all levels from experienced to apprentice. Males AND Females, ages 18-60 years.

Rate is $1500-2000 for the day/TBD

Casting Alert! Searching for Male and Female, 40s to 60s, all ethnicities, to work as a Neighbor on Chicago fire on Tuesday, Jan. 18 AND Wednesday, Jan. 19. You must be able to work both days! There will be a covid testing on Sunday, Jan 16th (takes about an hour). 

Casting Alert! Searching for Female, 30s, Caucasian, to work as a Female Detainee on Chicago fire on Friday, Jan. 14th. There will be a covid testing on TOMORROW Tuesday, Jan. 11th. There is also a fitting/covid test on Thursday, Jan. 14th.

Submissions needed for the following:

• Athletically fit.
• Shoot Date: Saturday, February 5th.
• Male or Female
• Any Ethnicity
• 21 to 45 years of age 
• $100/hour/non-union
• non-speaking extra

Approx. work hours will be from 2pm –- 6pm. Covid testing on the day.

Shooting in Chicago. 

They will be asking who is vaccinated even though it is a very small crew.

If you are, please indicate that in your email submission. We do not need a copy. Their covid team will take care of that with you.

If you submitted for the last one, you can still submit for this.

Another great team we always have the pleasure of working with. It is a commercial shoot for a nutritional bar.

Only Casting 3 talent

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

Job Number: 498036

Web Production Assistant

Advanced Resources is a talent solutions organization headquartered in Chicago providing staffing, consulting, and workforce solutions nationwide. Our goal is to help people move their careers forward and help businesses solve their most complex challenges. Thanks to our commitment to providing an exceptional experience for both our clients and talent, we are a perennial winner of the prestigious Best of Staffing® Diamond Award. By placing our team, clients, and talent first, every day we make a difference.

It is Advanced Resources 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.

Advanced Resources is part of the Advanced Group, a talent acquisition and management, consulting, outsourcing, and professional services organization

498036

WunderLand Group

Company Description

dentsumcgarrybowen is a global creative agency delivering idea-led brand transformation at scale. This new entity brings together dentsu and mcgarrybowen to form a world-class creative powerhouse that now spans 33 locations in 24 markets. Dentsumcgarrybowen delivers creative expertise and innovative global solutions for clients, applying big platform thinking to bring ideas to life and deliver world-class creative solutions to meet consumer touch points and work across geographies, cultures, and channels. It gives us great pride to work with the world’s most iconic companies, including Ajinomoto, American Express, Asahi Breweries, Canon, Disney, Hershey, Kao, Marriott, Shiseido, Subway, The Coca-Cola Company, Toyota, and United Airlines

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. dentsumcgarrybowen is an agency of dentsu.

Job Description

The Senior Integrated Producer leads large integrated projects and is responsible for their creative and business success. Taking the creative vision to a new level, whilst staying on time and on budget, and meeting client business challenges in a way that demonstrates versatility, creativity and impressive problem-solving skills. Should strive to flawlessly execute the work and relentlessly pursue the highest level of craft.

Responsibilities

• Elevate the creative; Find versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive. Lead the evolution of creative concepts into even stronger executions.
• Mentor junior talent and other disciplines
• Maintain existing network of preferred partners and contacts of go-to resources for creating any manner of project (vendors, artists, agents etc). Keep agency preferred partner list up to date.
• Lead the vetting process on mid-large productions to accurately scope projects while defining requirements, deliverables and success metrics. Determine whether ideas are feasible within the project parameters (time and money), and providing creative solutions as needed.
• Lead the execution of large integrated production (>$500) including development of SOWs and effective risk management, overseeing large multi-discipline teams, vendor procurement and management, and ensuring overall quality of work with multiple deliverables and multiple workstreams.
• Track and Actualize budgets per toolkit structure.
• Coordinate meetings, notes, hot sheets, status reports, task lists, etc. per toolkit structure.
• Develop and manage multiple project timelines and resources. per toolkit structure.
• Have the foresight to see a project’s trajectory and put a plan in place to get ahead of its development. Being strategic and not only tactical and reactionary.
• Serve as the point person for all day-to-day internal and vendor communications. Be the backbone of the production and a confident leader for the group. Ensure that all key stakeholders are kept informed and (if needed) educated on the production process.
• Manage interdisciplinary teams of art directors, copywriters, designers account, PM, editors, animators, tech leads, UX-designers, and developers.
• Lead and document post-summary meetings and suggesting ways to instill learnings within the department and across disciplines.
• First line of defense on evaluating when and what needs; permits, releases, usage terms and other rights clearances.
• Build strong relationships with Business Affairs as a partner in discovery and through the production process.
• Apply grace under fire, inspiring confidence within the agency and client teams that production is in control, on-time, on-budget and always versatile in finding solutions

Skills & Characteristics

• Passion for the craft of production and creativity
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Effective presentation and communication skills as evidenced by the ability to develop presentations and speak to large audiences including senior level clients.
• Positive spirits and a force to be reckoned with.
• Proactive with strong problem-solving skills; responsive and versatile to evolving ideas, responsibilities and changing environments
• Genuine interest in art, culture and lifestyle; moving art, dance, technology arts, still art, sculpture, music, fashion etc.
• Emotional intelligence – Have a good sense of diplomacy, awareness of group dynamics and the ability to moderate one’s own communication and behavior style to mirror the group/project need.
• Persistence + passion = Grit

Qualifications

• 4+ years agency experience
• Need to have one main production expertise Content (Broadcast, social and still), Digital (ar/vr, platform builds/apps, voice app) or Experiential (art installations, stunts, events, pop-ups)
• If Digital is the main, you should have two supporting skills; low/mid budget/stakes level content, photography and experiential projects.
• If Content is the main, you should have supporting skills experience of low/mid budget/stakes, digital and experiential projects.
• If Experiential is the main, you should have supporting skills experience of low/mid budget/stakes content and digital projects.
• Demonstrated experience scoping and managing large productions (>$500) including development of SOWs and effective risk management, overseeing large multi-discipline teams and ensuring overall quality of work.
• Proven ability to assess feasibility of creative executions and propose production solutions that push the quality of work forward.

Additional Information

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 recruiting@dentsuaegis.com 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.
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