Open Positions: Casting Assistant
About Us
What is casting? We find actors and models for photo + video projects. We work on a wide variety of projects including commercials, photoshoots, and independent films. It’s never boring, we can promise you that!
Who We Are: We believe in leveraging our position in casting to create more responsible media. We strive to increase representation of diversity, and create a more accurate reflection of our world on screen. All our work is driven by these values.
We care deeply about furthering media justice, supporting our local filmmaking community, and empowering talent to succeed. We prioritize life over work, and always strive to maintain perspective, humor, and compassion.
Check out our homepage and instagram to get a sense of our work and approach.
About This Position
Qualifications: Administration (office work) and customer service experience are required. Film industry experience/education is preferred. Casting experience is a bonus but not required.
Schedule: We have ongoing opportunities for freelance and part-time staff. We are not currently hiring for full-time positions. We work primarily Monday-Friday, and need candidates with weekday availability.
Location: Remote / Portland Oregon.
Most of our work is from home, with in-person needs up to a few times per month. We prefer to hire local candidates, but we’re open to anyone.
Starting Pay: $20/hr
Conflict of Interest: Acting and/or modeling careers may represent a conflict of interest. Please disclose your work as talent on the application.
Responsibilities
We’re a small business, so your responsibilities will change from day to day. However, your primary areas of focus will be:
Customer service
We interact with a high volume of people across many different identities, and need team members who are patient and friendly. You will regularly:
Monitor customer inquiries (email, text, social media)
Answer questions from actors/models about casting projects
Help solve technical issues
Streetcasting
Streetcasting means looking outside typical channels to find talent who have specific skills and/or identities. Examples of past categories include beekeepers, queer couples, BIPOC athletes, and disabled kids. As a streetcaster, you’ll:
Research groups and organizations to find people based on skill/identity
Outreach via email, text, phone, and social media.
Manage research leads and track outreach efforts in spreadsheets.
Casting Sessions
We occasionally hold live Zoom casting sessions. In the future, we will resume live studio casting sessions. To help with those, you will:
Check-in talent for auditions
Manage data & media files
Set up lights & equipment
Growth Opportunities
For senior positions, we prefer to promote from within. As a casting assistant, you have the opportunity to grow into a role as a Casting Associate. Those duties include:
Directing talent for auditions
Client relations
Project management
Supervising assistants
To Apply
Please click the link below to fill out our application form.
Please have your resume (PDF format) ready to upload, and set aside 15-20 minutes to answer a few questions.
Before applying, please poke around our website and social media, to get an idea of who we are and the kinds of projects we work on!
Next Steps: We hire on a rolling basis and may not get back to you right away! We will reach out if/when we have work for you.