Casting Assistant
The Walt Disney Studios
Burbank, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/27/2018 3:58:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Casting Assistant (OPEIU)
Job Summary:
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Casting Assistant (OPEIU) to join the team at our Burbank, CA Studio.
Responsibilities:
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
• Answering phones, maintain call sheet, sending/receiving faxes. Distribution of casting memos.
• Schedule and confirm all internal and external meetings. Maintain calendar.
• Provide drive on information and instructions to visiting parties and alert security.
• Organize travel itinerary for business trips.
• Open mail and handle all office correspondence.
• Create and process all expense reports.
• Maintain office supply inventory.
• Schedule and organize all scratch recording sessions for projects that are still in development or have no assigned producer – including contacting talent with logistics and processing payroll paperwork.
CASTING SPECIFIC DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS
• Schedule and confirm all auditions and actors' appointments (up to 45/day).
• Coordinate scripts and all other audition materials to correspond with actors' appointments and auditions.
• Organize all incoming submissions, actor's headshots, and project notebooks in the office.
• Assist in pulling all appropriate voice samples as requested by producers and directors using one's vast knowledge of TV/FILM of the last 10 years.
• Isolate voices and cut clips together for pitches using Final Cut/Audacity or similar software
• Process SAG and other hire paperwork for day player and scratch deals.
• Type all casting lists. Add appropriate movie, television or theater credits.
• Maintain talent availability lists for each project
• Run audition sessions by greeting talent and showing them to the recording room keeping casting director, producers and directors on schedule.
• Maintain relationships and communication with covering agents offices.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree – Theater, Film/TV or Communications majors preferred
• 1 year Casting/Agency experience preferred
• Friendly disposition
• Extremely organized and detail oriented
• Works well in fast-paced environment
• Self Starter
• Knowledge of L.A. and NY talent agents and managers.
• Experience digitizing voice samples from audio sources, DVD, online clips & CD editing experience is a plus
• Creative contribution and working knowledge of TV/Film acting pool.
• Willingness to absorb occasional overtime approximately 1-6 hours/week
About The Walt Disney Studios:
For over 90 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today the Studio brings quality movies, music and stage plays to consumers throughout the world. Feature films are released under the following banners: Disney, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, Disneynature, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm. The Disney Music Group encompasses the Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records labels, as well as Disney Music Publishing. The Disney Theatrical Group produces and licenses live events, including Disney on Broadway, Disney On Ice and Disney Live!. Ours is a culture of innovation, inspiration and collaboration that brings together visionary artists, gifted technologists and savvy business minds to conjure up magical entertainment experiences for a global audience.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Walt Disney Pictures, which is part of a business segment we call The Walt Disney Studios.
Walt Disney Pictures is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
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