San Francisco Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

About the Job

We are looking for an Executive Producer in our Los Angeles office to lead and manage a team of Producers in executing a year-long DE&I activation series for one of our large retail clients. We are looking for an individual that has a knack for seeing the big picture, yet the ability to execute down to the smallest of details. This person must be organized, solution-oriented, and able to stay calm under pressure. Traits and expertise such as strong leadership, project management, communication skills, and attention to detail are critical to the success of this position.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a team of freelance and fulltime Producers to plan and execute 6-8 large-scale activations across the year
• Be the Production lead across all projects for this account, ensuring all activations are on budget and on spec.
• Identify efficiencies, create a consistent voice across production, and keep all activations moving smoothly as team members come in and out of projects throughout the year.
• Build and manage overarching activation series budget, and support team members in managing each activation budget. Vet ideas throughout the process to ensure they are feasible and within budget. Creative problem solve to find ways to value engineer ideas.
• Collaborate closely in a team environment throughout the process. Work with Account team to manage client expectations, helping to educate and present production elements as needed.
• Lead with clear and consistent communication internally as well as with vendors and clients
• Play a role in the conceptual, creative and strategic development of activations
• Support your production team in sourcing and managing vendors ranging from custom fabrication shops, audio/visual vendors, technical solutions, venues, staffing agencies, etc.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in managing events and live productions
• At the minimum, 3+ years of experience working in an Experiential Agency
• Extensive experience in budgeting and in finding custom solutions to creative, complex experiential event experiences
• Proven success in ensuring a project stays on strategy and hits the client’s KPIs
• Significant experience working with technical vendors, fabricators, specialists and artists throughout the country
• Ability to be decisive, assertive, strategic and politically aware in their decision making
• Excellent project management, organizational, delegation and prioritization skills
• Strong motivation to increase efficiency and always striving to streamline the process and best utilize every member of the team
• Adept at pro-actively anticipating problems and creating solutions
• Ability to interface with all levels of management, clients, and colleagues with ease and confidence
• Passionate, positive, and solution-oriented
• Ability to work occasional extended hours and to travel for events

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $150,000 – $175,000. Salary is determined based on a wide range of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, job duties, and geographic location. For this role, we also offer programs such as medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and various other benefits and perks.

Giant Spoon

The Global Sustainability Team seeks a Water Stewardship Program Manager to support the company’s global water stewardship strategy.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Support internal partners on project selection and program implementation to advance progress on our 2030 Replenish and Watershed Health Target;
• Lead global tracking, reporting, and communication on our water stewardship target, including management of internal tracking and reporting tools;
• Lead internal cross-functional engagement on our water stewardship strategy, including with Global Data Centers, Real Estate and Workplace Services, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Communications and Marketing, and Product teams;

Top 3 Daily Responsibilities:

• Complete tasks related to external reporting and disclosures, in partnership with the Sustainability Reporting Team and internal cross functional partners.
• Engage with cross-functional teams including Global Data Centers, Real Estate and Workplace Services, Public Policy and Government Affairs, and Supply Chain and continue to build out identified areas of synergy and collaboration.
• Review watershed project and partnership opportunities through a water stewardship lens for eligibility, sector best practices, and comprehensive watershed impact and outcomes.

Skill/Experience/Education

• Mandatory Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. environmental studies/management) is required.
• 10+ years experience of stakeholder engagement in the water stewardship field (including project developers, relevant NGOs and coalition groups, utilities, and corporations).
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously under minimal supervision.
• Collaborative and effective approach to make programmatic design and directional recommendations, with an ability to navigate complex scenarios.
• Strong and strategic oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner to a range of audiences including corporate leaders.

Desired

• Master’s degree in a relevant field is strongly preferred (e.g., environmental studies/management)
• Advanced knowledge of existing and emerging sustainability topics, especially in water stewardship, such as nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, impact measurement, biodiversity and regenerative agriculture
• An ability to work with global and cross-functional teams across diverse cultures.
• Experience working in a sustainability role within a global corporation or organization with a global focus on water is strongly preferred.

Compensation:

The estimated pay range for this position is USD $113.00/Hr – USD $125.00/Hr and is a/an Non-Exempt/Exempt role. Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.

Benefits:

We offer comprehensive benefit options which vary depending on role, location, and employment type. Benefit options may include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the specific role during the hiring process.

Milestone Technologies, Inc.

Job Overview:

Particular focuses should be well-versed in street wear, street art, but have the ability to work with overall branding assignments from ideation through final concepts. NEEDS TO BE A TEAM PLAYER! We’re looking for someone who can bring exciting ideas to the table and bring the best out of our fulltime team on projects.

Required Functional Skills/Tools:

• well-versed in street wear, street art (some merch or apparel exp)
• overall branding from ideation through final concepts
• agency experience is must.
• Vector illustration, branding and logos is a must.

Years of Experience Expectation:

Position Description: Our client, a LA agency is seeking a senior graphic designer. Must have branding and conceptual chops. Ad agency experience and illustration skills also is required. Logo creation and apparel industry experience also needed. This is an ongoing contract with the possibility of going full time on the client’s payroll.

Robert Half

The Creative Director, Head of Motion Design, is responsible for overseeing the growth of the Motion Design offering inside PXP and maintaining the highest standards of creative execution. This position requires business and creative acumen, as well as the ability to lead a team of artists to ensure that they are aligned with PXP’s values, vision, and mission. Leadership qualities will be critical, as the Head of Motion Design will manage over 10 artists located across the country.

In addition, this role is responsible for driving the business forward by being at the forefront of innovation within the Motion Design space. This requires an expert level of understanding about software, technology, efficient pipelines/workflows, and premium creative executions. The Head of Motion Design is also responsible for partnering with cross-functional partners to ensure a consistent creative vision for all projects that are within their purview.

This person will partner closely with the Executive Creative Director – Post Production, as well as the Heads of Production, to help build out the Motion Design offering so that it flourishes at PXP.

Responsibilities

• Come up with creative solutions and ideas and guide clients through the Motion Design creative process.
• Oversee creative output of the department to ensure that it is of the highest quality.
• At times act as a Designer and Animator if the project requires hands-on creative leadership.
• Actively drive and influence staffers behavior and actions to ensure that they are aligned with PXP’s values, vision, and mission.
• Lead jobs from pre-pro to delivery, overseeing all elements created by the Motion Design team.
• Oversee and optimize the pipeline of the studio.
• Work closely with Producers to maintain in-depth understanding of a project’s status while taking responsibility and ownership of the workload, time management, as well as notes/feedback required by Supervisors & Producers.
• Ensure talent is hired and retained in accordance with PXP’s financial targets and core values.
• Accurately predict timing and associated costs of projects and collaborate on the bidding and negotiation processes.
• Set new standards and processes that are at the forefront of the industry. This includes developing strong relationships with agency partners (in particular, agency Producers and Creatives).
• Exploration of new and emerging technologies.
• Manage all artists to ensure that they are placed in the best position to succeed at their daily tasks.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of Motion Design experience.
• At least 3+ years managing and overseeing teams.
• Experience recruiting, leading, and developing design teams.
• Expert in After Effects and highly proficient in other industry standard software (C4D, Photoshop etc).
• Proven history of leading complex projects with tight deadlines and multiple dependencies.
• Extensive experience with high-end advertising. In particular, automotive, beauty, food and packaged goods.
• Have created high-end Motion Design assets for all media channels (online, broadcast, experiential, etc).
• An impeccable design sense and the ability to understand the design language of all our main clients.
• Highly creative, with an eye for high quality visuals and technical perfection.
• Thorough understanding of the complete Motion Design pipeline.
• Experience managing and creative directing off-shore teams.
• Proactive in picking up proprietary tools and new techniques.
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Exceptional technical ability in order to troubleshoot problems.
• Knowledge of the entire production pipeline and how all facets of production interact with Motion Design.
• Lead client and internal briefings/presentations.
• Project planning assistance that includes scoping and costing.
• Excellent communication skills, self-motivation, and enthusiasm.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

PXP

Parallax Studios is a fast-growing creative design and entertainment studio based in Los Angeles. Collectively, our team draws from diverse industry experience across film ideation, production and concept art. We are looking for a bright go-getter to help us achieve our company goals.   

We are looking for a talented, motivated and experienced Concept Art Director to oversee our team of artists and provide clear, concise direction to ensure all assets are produced at the highest quality that delivers the artistic vision to our clients.  

This is a salaried, full-time, hybrid position for our Los Angeles office. Employees are in-person Monday and Thursday at our Los Angeles office, and remote the rest of the time. Salary is competitive within the entertainment industry and comes along with full health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, and PTO. 

All applicants must also include a link to their portfolio to be considered.   

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Studio Head + Project Manager to provide directional feedback and support to concept art team.
• Provide clear, concise, consistent and timely visual direction, guidance and feedback across all aspects of art development.
• Conceptualize designs to best represent the project’s intent that supports the overall art direction.
• Manage internal and freelance concept artists from around the world to best execute the client’s creative vision.
• Own and supervise the high-quality delivery of assigned projects.
• Work as an individual contributor to provide AAA quality concept art.
• Identify and implement best practices, workflows and pipelines that pushes the quality bar for concept art.
• Support, guide and inspire the art team to deliver overall goals and projects on time.
• Mentor and help fellow artists grow artistically and professionally.

Requirements:

• Must submit link to most recent portfolio to be considered for this position.
• 5+ years in a lead artist or director position for a video game, film production or other creative media.
• Excellent ability to establish, effectively communicate, and maintain artistic vision for several projects at once.
• Strong ideation skills that demonstrate a firm grasp and understanding of the needs of visual arts in an interactive medium.
• Previous experience providing AAA quality concept art.
• Ability to work with industry standard 2D graphics applications (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.).
• Ability to leverage 3D applications (e.g. Blender, ZBrush, Maya, 3DS Max, etc.).

Preferred:

• Experience working in game engines (e.g. UNREAL, Unity, and other propriety or commercial engines), design tool-sets and production pipelines is a plus.

Parallax Studios

Senior Art Director

Company Overview:

We Are Social is seeking a Senior Art Director to join our growing team! We create people-centric, brand experiences that drive results. We always think ‘bigger’. We aim for the buzz. We aim for the chatter. We filter every thought through a subculture lens. We make authentic connections. We spark real conversation. on, and offline. We do not create culture. People create culture. We just amplify it. We are designers, copywriters, PR practitioners, influencers and so much more. Our campaigns are groundbreaking and culture shifting. We’re people focused and very passionate about the work we do. If this sounds interesting, we look forward to connecting soon.

What you’ll do:

This person will contribute to and oversee excellent digital and social design work. Translate complex conceptual and strategic ideas into culturally relevant and high fidelity design solutions. This person speaks, lives, and loves taking part in cultural conversations, industry conversations, and brand conversations. You know what’s happening: who, where, when, and why-shoes, clothes, music, design, entertainment, movies, fashion, food, events, viral dances, jokes. Your friends turn to you to explain what’s happening on TikTok, Instagram, and other social media.

• Excellent visual storyteller using conceptual ideas, innovations, and contemporary design trends while using all the tools & design programs of the trade
• Strong typography & layout skills, you’re a doer who can make beautiful comps, decks, and presentations
• Craft engaging, premium motion graphics and video edits that will live across multiple areas on social media channels, all the way to the website and partner content
• Genuinely creative, overflowing with ideas for all types of media from digital to experiential
• Strong ability to receive and assess constructive feedback and adjust designs appropriately
• A driven self-starter with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• An excellent communicator who can confidently articulate ideas to others, from storyboard to final work

What your experience looks like:

• 5+ years working at an agency, studio, or comparable experience
• Experience presenting and working directly with clients
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment, working on multiple projects at once
• Proficiency across Adobe Design suite; fluency in both After Effects and Premiere
• Strong portfolio showcasing an understanding of short-form content best practices and channels
• Excellent attention to detail

We Are Social

Avaline is raising the standard of what goes into your glass, starting with wine. Today we offer a range of clean, delicious wines that are made with organic grapes and free of unwanted extras. With everything we do, we believe in putting our community first, being completely transparent, and insisting on high quality ingredients. With this mindset we’re aiming to change the way things are done in the alcohol industry, so you can pour with confidence.

About the Role:

The Art Director will lead a small design team, working to concept and execute innovative and compelling work across all brand touchpoints.

Responsibilities:

• Concept and execute compelling brand campaigns across digital, social media, in-store, and print
• Create visuals supporting new product launches, brand moments, and other marketing initiatives
• Develop new typographic and layout solutions that uphold and evolve Avaline’s brand identity and help differentiate the brand
• Generate multiple design explorations and iterate designs incorporating given feedback
• Lead art direction, photoshoot concepting, and execution
• Maintain deadlines and ensure flawless execution across deliverables

Qualifications:

• Minimum 6-8 design experience, either in house or at a creative agency/studio
• Undergrad degree in graphic design 
• Strong portfolio of work that demonstrates experience across digital, packaging, and print

For full-time opportunities, we offer full healthcare benefits, unlimited vacation, 401K, paid holidays, paid parental leave, work-from-home and wine stipends, and equity in addition to competitive salaries. 

Avaline Wine

In the future, freedom has a steep price. Sam and Birdie are siblings living in the deadly favelas of New Rio, trying to scrape together enough money for passage to one of the orbital cities in the sky — cities where food is plentiful, water runs clean, and the 1% reign supreme. The two are eager to use their skill as thieves and scrap metal engineers to survive, but the world is about to teach them a lesson the hard way: in this life, everything you get or take comes at a cost.

Currently, we are expecting 2-3 shoot days in Los Angeles, CA for both roles. If selected, the rate for each actor is 1k + 10% for an 8-hour shoot day. Dates are TBD but we are aiming to begin filming in May.

If you would like to be considered, please send us your email so that we can pass along the sides for both roles.

A reminder that all information is highly sensitive and confidential.

Looking for MEN & WOMEN to portray African Americans with Roller Skates who know how to skate.

NON-UNION & UNION ONLY

Must be registered with Central Casting!!!!!

Must pass COVID test to work. Even if you test negative, you are not confirmed for work unless we send you details confirming the shoot day.

Brenda is taking submissions for a show that will take Covid Test Monday (3/13) to Work Wednesday (3/15) in LA area. 

Must be registered with Central Casting. 
We are starting to cast the Afghanistan scenes for The Old Man.

We are starting to test on Monday, and we will try on Weds to start work for the season, which begins on Monday, March 21st.  

We are starting with casting men and hiring people to work throughout the season. One of those situations where we will release a large pool of people and check with you when we get shooting schedules. This will work intermittently for the next few months in Santa Clarita. The call times will probably be early on this show because we have so much to shoot.  

Below is what we are casting right now — we are only releasing men now; the women will be fitting in a week or so: 

Union & Non-Union Males to portray 18 to ’50s to appear Middle Eastern.

We are looking for men with beards, but I am taking submissions for both bearded and not bearded. 

Covid Test on Tuesday, 3/14 (Various Locations around the city) 

Costume Fitting on Thursday, 3/16 (Los Angeles) 

Covid Test on Monday, 3/20 (Los Angeles area) 

Shoot on Weds 3/22, Thurs 3/23, Friday 3/24 (Santa Clarita) 

These are the future possible work dates: 
Test on Monday, 4/3 (Los Angeles area)
Shoot on Weds 4/5, Thurs 4/6, Monday 4/10 (Santa Clarita)

Test on Saturday, 4/22 (Los Angeles area) 
Shoot on Monday 4/24, Tues 4/25, Weds 4/26, Thurs 4/27, Friday 4/28, Monday 5/1 (Santa Clarita) 

SAG Rates: $100/4 for Testing Days, 187/8 for shoot Days,  46.75/2 for Costume Fitting

Non-Union Rates: $33/2 for Testing Days, 132/8 for shoot days, and $33/2 for Costume Fittings.