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Associate Producer at ZA/UM

About Us:

ZA/UM is a video game studio that in 2019 released the award-winning role-playing game Disco Elysium. The studio relocated to the United Kingdom in 2018 and has offices in London and Brighton. Currently, the team is composed of around 40 writers, artists, developers and producers from around the world.

As an Associate Producer, your scope of work will see you:

* Leading meetings.

* Maintaining the documentation of our processes and practices.

* Working with teams on the day-to-day running of projects, developing and maintaining pipelines.

* Supporting leads in managing resources to ensure that work is performed according to the provided plan.

* Collaborating to identify and resolve issues.

* Overseeing the backlog: logging tasks and estimates and keeping them up to date.

* Coordinating the flow of information and assets between teams.

* Notifying fellow producers of any real or potential issues in areas of responsibility.

You are:

* At ease working with large groups and individuals on any level.

* Professional, respectful and approachable.

* Keen to cultivate positive relationships.

* Highly organised and able to manage priorities with fine attention to detail.

* Competent in scheduling and process tracking.

* A proactive problem solver who is open to feedback.

* Highly motivated and driven to produce results.

* Level-headed and flexible when faced with new or evolving situations.

* Experienced in using Jira, Confluence, Miro, spreadsheet and writing tools or similar software.

* Eager to learn new skills.

* Experienced in production or project management – video games preferred.

* Educated to degree level or have 2-years of experience in a relevant field with transferable skills.

* Comfortable working with remote teams. 

We offer:

* Competitive salary.

* Excellent career development opportunities.

* Support from more experienced colleagues.

* The chance to work with some of the best people in the video game industry.

* Flexible hybrid work model – the ability to work remotely or from the office, with occasional required in person meetings.

ZA/UM is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. The organisation – in providing goods and/or services and/or facilities – is also committed against unlawful discrimination of customers or the public.



Please send your CV and if you prefer, also motivation letter to jobs@zaumstudio.com

ZA/UM

To work alongside the Directors, Account Teams and / or Tag Digital management in managing digital and Social campaign projects from initial brief to delivery; In doing this helping them to achieve the Company’s business objectives, goals and targets through the adoption of correct workflow processes and procedures across the allocated account/s.

Act as an entrepreneurial leader of a busy production team dedicated to consistency and quality across clients digital branded advertising across a range of deliverables. You will motivate and lead the team to achieve the best experience and work for the client.

Be the client’s first point of contact regarding new and creative briefs and escalation point for client and external party agencies regarding issues.

Actively working to improve processes and client relationships and maintaining a full overview of all work going through the team and full ownership of digital account/s.

Responsibilities

Project and Workflow Management

· Taking briefs from client, reviewing and feeding back to internal team and/or client to clarify any unclear or missing specifications.

· Prepare and brief in work into creative & design teams, ensuring they have everything required to complete the work.

· Keep project team and clients up to date regarding production plan, status and upcoming work to ensure all requirements and deadlines are met to a high standard.

· QA of all produced material against brand guidelines and checklists relevant for account and campaign.

· Ensure best practice processes are rigorously adhered to across briefing and sign off procedures (creative and technical).

· Management of projects through Digital asset and workflow management system (HIVE)

· Regularly review and provide feedback to clients and account teams and report issues for ongoing and completed projects to ensure ongoing improvements are made to the account.

· Be proactive with day-to-day account decisions.

· Challenge current ways of working/processes to continually make improvements to account.

· Be a calm and respected member of the production team

· Strong producer skills and a can do attitude to problem solving. Able to find solutions to what can be perceived as a difficult or impossible task

· Able to produce still/motion shoots independently and in collaboration with specialists and art buyers

· Support the business with ad hoc work

· Be aware of activity across other teams with the view to pass on any learnings to your client and share best practice.

Administrative and Financial Management

· Booking jobs into CMD, keeping on top of statuses and costs and invoicing and logging financial status for account once completed.

· Manage the cost overview for account; time spent versus invoiced and report on that as required.

· Flag any budget issues or cost changes to account team and / or clients as required.

· Ensure team invoicing is completed on a regular basis.

· Ensure team is logging their time against jobs to get a good understanding regarding profit / loss across each campaign.

Client Management and External Parties

· Maintain excellent client, external agency and internal team communication ensuring all parties are kept up to date on process status and implications regarding delays.

· Gain trust, authority and respect from the client at all times and strive to exceed their expectations.

· Develop an excellent understanding of the client’s business, brand and processes.

· Manage client expectations across all digital work.

· Be the ‘technical expert’ to client and creative teams regarding what is possible and achievable.

· Be able to act in a professional manner at all times and in stressful situations.

· Attend external client meetings.

· Be aware of the bigger picture of the total account and share best practice with the team and the client.

Technology

· Excellent understanding of DAM systems

· Excellent understanding of Social media platforms and delivery best practises

· Good understanding of CRM (Email) design and development process

People Management

· Full responsibility for all personnel issues including identification of individuals training and development needs, employee welfare and any discipline matters.

· Support team members in the pursuit in delivering the highest standard of service to the client.

· Motivate and encourage the team so that together you strive to achieve client satisfaction in all you do.

· Conflict Management

Skills

Essential

· Creative planning and organizing skills; ability to plan for all eventualities, provide solutions to issues and elevate creative with smart solutions.

· A passion for creative and on the pulse of industry trends and creative technology

· Experience of delivering work across various social platforms and guiding best practice knowledge

· Know and understand the client’s organization and market

· Ability to juggle numerous tasks at once and deliver all effectively

· Ability to delegate work to achieve a high quality of output and to hit all deadlines

· Ability to coach and develop members of the team where needed

· Full knowledge of Tag’s Best Practice Process and look for ways of implementing with the client and internal team

· Experience in creating social content, digital design, creative adaptation and/or production processes and its costs

· Works as a strong team player

· Experience of presenting is essential

· Strong report writing

· Be able to look and act professional at all times (business and social with clients)

· Display confidentiality at all times with regards to Tag and client business

· Has a full understanding of the invoicing process, mark-ups and charge out rates for each client

· Strong attention to detail

· Strong communication skills

· Conscientious

· Pro-active

· Relationship building

Experience

4+ years’ experience of producing digital and social content preferably in a fast paced social agency or digital/creative production environment

Tag

REAL DJ NEEDED WITH DECKS

Slick casting is on the hunt for a real DJ with decks.

Casting for a well known brand.

Great pay!

If this sounds like you please get in touch with the casting team!

LOOKING FOR CONFIDENT WOMEN, AGED 40 – 50 FOR JD WILLIAMS COMMERCIAL

We are looking for strong, elegant and confident women as walk on cast for a TV and print advertising campaign. Needs to be confident in swimwear, and next to our talent (Amanda Holden and Davina McCall.) We are not looking for glamour-models, but for bodies that are strong and convey a more contemporary, real take on beauty. Upbeat and expressive, but chic with a mature confidence.

Fee is £1,000 all in for walk-on role.

Shoot will be 1 day on either the 15th, 16th or 17th March.

Casting Call

Paid opportunity for music video shoot for a top British Artist

We are looking for teenagers 16+

• Teens with urban and street style
• Teens with a mullet haircut
• Bikelife teens who own their own bike
• Teens from a traveller community

Shoot Date: 1 day between 8 – 11th March

Deadline: Tuesday 29th February

ZARA Men Casting Call

Seeking:

• Guys who are into running
• This could be you and a friend or son

Deadline: Thursday, 24th of February

Pay: £1,000 per day.

Concept:

2 friends or brothers or fahter and son chase themselves in a city, running to get the best time.  They run several lapses to achieve the best time. They run by day and night in the city and in a park. 

We are casting a TV commercial for a premium Global beer brand. 

Casting Brief:

• Must be currently working as a bartender
• Male, age mid to late 30’s must be of Eurasian ethnicity, charming, confident
• Filming in London W/C 7th March

This is a paid Job.

If you are Eurasian and fit all the above requirements, please apply.

Ideal Insight is on the hunt for an experienced Director of Photography to join our fast-growing company. We work with brands big and small such as Amazon, Vita Coco, Samsung and Citroen.

Ideal Insight is a Market-leading creative agency that produces video, photography and social media campaigns for some of the UK’s Leading Brands the company has doubled in growth year on year and are on track to do the same this year. Ideal insight has also been taken over by leading global research agency MMR who look to further expand Ideal Insights offering, with 2022 set to be an exciting year yet.

The role of Director of Photography will be focussed with a side of editing and post-production when not shooting. The right person will have an extensive portfolio of work from the last five years that demonstrates their ability to create beautiful images that play a fundamental role in the overall success of a project.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering high-end, TVC/cinematic quality visuals across our shoots.
• Mentor and train the existing filmmakers.
• To evolve our in-house kit and tech.
• Working collaboratively with all departments at Ideal Insight to ensure efficient planning of shoots.
• Editing of projects when not wearing your DOP hat.
• Collaborating with sister our agency to create broadcast quality TVCs and brand content.
• Working with our account managers to ensure best practices

Requirements

You will know you are right for the role if…

• You are an experienced DOP with 5+ years working on TVCs, corporates and shorts.
• Has Vast technical knowledge of cameras of different brands and their workflows.
• Stays updated with the latest tech, rigs and tools available to improve production.
• Professionally literate with Adobe creative suite.
• Is able to direct people and effectively communicate on set.
• Is comfortable with travel both domestic and international.
• Knows the nature of shooting from early hours to very late at night.
• Has a Full UK drivers license.
• Is a team player

Benefits

Ideal Insight is Equal Opportunites Employer
MMR Research

We are Life Drawing Therapy and we are looking for one male talent and one female talent as portrait life models for an online therapeutic life drawing session organized with a charity looking after girls with eating disorders.

Selected candidates will be modelling clothed and unclothed for therapeutic painting and drawing classes attended by girls with eating disorders. Sessions will be online, so models will pose from home. A professional teacher will supervise the class and direct the model at all times.

The workshops are planned on three Saturdays 10:00-12:00am & 14:00-16:00pm Uk time starting on 5th March (12 hours in total)

For reasons of privacy, models name or personal information won’t be disclosed. You may choose a nickname, and then you will be called that. It is also mandatory for all participants to have the camera on at all times and it is strictly forbidden to record or take pictures.

Successful candidates:

– Has previous experiences as life model or as model, actress or dancer (preferred, not required)

– Has a genuine interest in helping people with eating disorders

– Is body positive and body confident

– Has a bright private room, fast internet and an hd cam

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview or ask for a demonstrational self-tape and appoint before closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.

Casting Call for people 25+ to share their confessions

Looking to hear fun, snappy stories

Drinks brand campaign for social platforms inc Facebook & Instagram

Shoot will take place in East London on 25th Feb

Those chosen for filming will be paid a £200 fee