London Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

The Company

freuds is a leading communications agency which unites a diverse group of specialists to create a family of unrivalled and unstoppable thinkers and doers.

freuds only takes on work once we know we can make a real difference. We join the dots between insight, strategy, creativity, measurement – and our sheer love of the work – to build campaigns that create tailored and meaningful impact. We then bring the work to life through our unrivalled connectivity.

Headquartered in London, with offices in New York and experience of global operations, our team of 250 consultants span insight, communications planning and strategy, media activation, social media, stakeholder relations, content production, film making and event production. Together we seek purpose, meaning and impact in everything that we do.

To do what we love and love what we do.

The Team

The UK’s communication consultancy for the global entertainment industry, with an unrivalled breadth of strategic brand expertise, creative sector connectivity and brilliant campaigns spanning all platforms and genres.

Harnessing decades of agency and in-house experience building and protecting reputation for broadcasters, film studios and global content platforms, the team supercharges clients’ creative and commercial ambitions.

The Role

We are seeking an Account Director where your role will be a mix of UK and international hub activation in the world of TV and entertainment clients. As an Account Director you will support the senior team in driving forward these key accounts. Including responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with clients and managing teams to ensure delivery of activity at a consistently high standard.

Responsibilities:

• Developing creative communications strategies and campaigns ensuring their successful delivery.
• Securing the confidence of the client and colleagues as a senior communications advisor on a wide range of issues and disciplines.
• Contributing strategy and solutions and proactively introducing new ideas to improve our offering.
• Nurture on-going close relationships with a pool of journalists who know you personally. Ensure that they will take your call and listen to ideas you pitch on behalf of your clients
• Proactively building internal and external networks with colleagues, opinion leaders, journalists, professional associations, online influencers and other relevant third parties.
• Report back to the wider team and Entertainment Practice in each instance about observations about the journalist, about the publication they write/ report for, offering additional insight about clients and the industry as a whole
• Provide insight to your team and the wider Entertainment Practice about new developments in media outlets, social media platforms, influencers, journalists and techniques
• Plan, integrate and execute online PR activities within your client’s digital and traditional PR plans
• Build online exploitation into all campaign proposals and ideas
• Create new campaigns for social networks, community sites and user forums: developing memorable campaigns that make a commercial impact
• Develop blogger relations and community management programmes
• Develop digital advocacy programmes targeting key online influencers
• Nurture on-going close relationships with a large pool of online influencers who you meet on a regular basis and introduce to more junior members of the team
• Understand and give counsel on how social media fit into issues and crisis management and effectively use digital PR in crisis preparedness and crisis response
• Proactively encourage junior members of the team to continually develop their digital knowledge
• Be a digital guardian for the team, identifying digital skills gaps and provide solutions in the form of suggested training, reading etc
• Identify and encourage attendance at key external digital events
• Enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’, proactive attitude.

Other information

Unfortunately due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not possible to respond directly to all applicants, only to those whose candidacy is being pursued. In addition, the length of the recruitment process varies based on the vacancy needs. Traditionally, the process takes approximately 3-4 weeks. Therefore, your patience is greatly appreciated.

freuds are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability – we want to hear from you

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Production Title: Sky Sports TV Commercial 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in the London.

Role: Bournemouth Fans

• We want real Bournemouth Fans for TV commercial for Sky Sports to celebrate their place in the Premier League next year.
• We are looking to capture real emotions of real fans
• All ages, genders and ethnicities

Covid Test: Not required

Rate: Pay is £500 per person 

Production Title: Dairy Commercial 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting models to work on scenes filming in United Kingdom on June 23rd and June 24th.

Casting: Northern Siblings

• Age 5-8 years old

Covid Test: Not required

Rate: Pay is $$

Production Title: Branded Shoot Casting Business Owners

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting business owners  to work on scenes filming in Sandwich, Kent on Wednesday, June 8th 

Roles:

•  French / Spanish person 
•  Local business owner (M)

Ideally local to Sandwich/Kent, or happy to travel
Food Snack Brand X Social Media Publisher.

Will involve debating food preferences

Covid Test: Not Required

Rate: Pay is £300

Production Title: Duck Soup Films

Job Location: United Kingdom

Job Description: Duck Soup Films is looking for a line producers for channels 4, “8 x 30” drama series. Shooting leads from 19th of September to 2nd of December. Preparation from July 2022. 

Roles: Producers are looking for Line Producers

COVID Requirement: (Yes / No) TBD

COVID Testing Date: TBD

Rate: $$$

Production Title: BBC TV SERIES CASTING CALL

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors to work on scenes filming in the United Kingdom. 

Role: Unrepresented Black Boy

• Atleast 18-21 years old from the UK to play a key role in the series
• No formal acting experience or music required
  • He is a black boy british aspiring music producer
  • He’s charismatic and bouyant with natural charm
  • London accent

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: Pay is $$

Production Title: Brand Shoot Casting Small Business Owners

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in the United Kingdom from on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. 

Casting: Small Business Owners

• Male
• Ideally based in/local to Sandwich or surrounding Kent towns, or
  Happy to travel Food Snack Brand X Social Media Publisher
• Will involve debating food preferences

Covid Test: Not Required

Rate: Pay is  £300 fee

Production Title: Documentary Film Casting Real Filipino Women

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors to work on scenes filming in London on Friday, June 10th between 3AM and 3AM. 

Casting; Woman with Filipino Heritage

• 20’s 30s
• To portray as Maria
  • A domestic worker in the UK who escapes from her abusive employer and finds refuge among the women of the Filipino Domestic Wokers Association. This is a documentary film highlighting the issue of modern-day slavery.

Covid Test: June 10, 2022 TBA

Rate: Pay is $$

WE ARE FAMILY is looking for a mid to senior level Creative Event Producer to join our team for a minimum of 3 days per week starting as soon as possible. The ideal candidate would need to be available to assist onsite when required.

Who Are You?

You are a hardworking, enthusiastic and knowledgeable event producer who has a dual brain for creative and production. You are proactive and self-motivated; able to work across multiple projects and feel comfortable within the fast paced, high pressure environment of events. You are able to perform without assistance, and are recognised as a resource to others. You can juggle your own schedule of work and pivot across many others. You are highly organised with an eye for the detail.

You have extensive experience within budgeting and pitching, creative problem-solving, communicating, document management, managing a team and delegating tasks. You thrive under pressure and are always a cool calm head.

You are client facing, and able to navigate clients from brief to delivery, with an exceptional ability to establish relationships and maintain a positive rapport with clients and suppliers, as well as with your team.

You have a keen interest in all things creative and are up to date with suppliers, current trends and how to achieve delivery within budgets. You are a creative thinker and bring that to all you do.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6-7 years’ event production experience.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Creative Event Production

Project Management

Post-Event Wrap Up

Finance Management

Client Management

Research & Sourcing

Admin

Business Development

Management & Training

If you believe that you would be a good fit for this role, please contact james@wearefamilylondon.com to receive the full job description

We Are Family London

Production Title: Undisclosed Film Castin Formula F-1 Fans

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting formula-1 fans to work on scenes filming in the United Kingdom.

Role: Formula F-1 Fans

• Atleast 25+
• Who has express their fandom
  • example
    • Business making F1 handicrafts
    • You made McLaren hot-air baloon
    • You made go-kart race replica of F-1 Car

Covid Test: No

Rate: Pay is $$