Unscripted Television Casting Producer
Whalar
Los Angeles, CAThis is a Full Time Job
Job Title: Development Casting Producer
Location: Los Angeles, CA or New York City, NY (Remote)
Start Date: ASAP
About the role:
We’re looking for a Development Casting Producer to work across our growing development slate and find the people who make great television.
This is a highly hands-on role. You’ll take casting briefs and buckets and own the process from start to finish: research, source, outreach, interview, and edit. You should be as comfortable digging through TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook groups, local communities, news stories, and traditional casting sources as you are conducting a great interview and cutting it into compelling tape.
Great casting isn’t just finding someone who checks the boxes. It’s finding someone you can’t stop watching.
Here’s what you’ll do day to day:
• Research and source potential cast across social platforms, communities, databases, organizations, and unconventional sources.
• Conduct outreach, pre-interviews, and on-camera casting interviews.
• Identify compelling personalities, stories, relationships, stakes, conflict, and humor.
• Edit interviews into strong casting tapes and reels for development pitches.
• Build and manage organized casting pipelines across multiple projects.
• Work closely with development executives to refine searches and move quickly against deadlines.
Here's what we're looking for:
• Experience casting unscripted, reality, competition, documentary, dating, lifestyle, or other talent-driven programming.
• Ability to independently source, outreach, interview, and edit.
• Strong research instincts and an ability to find people beyond traditional casting databases.
• Excellent interviewing skills and instincts for identifying compelling television personalities.
• Strong editing and organizational skills.
• Fluency across social platforms and digital communities.
• Resourcefulness: when given an incredibly specific casting brief, you know where to look and how to reach those people.
Learn more.
Salary/Benefits
$2,000 /week USD
Compensated at $2,000 per week, with potential for extension based on performance.
Additional Information
Whalar Group, founded in 2016, is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values that drive its growth and culture. The company believes that a diverse team and inclusive leadership are essential to its success, promoting a culture of respect and empathy that encourages individuals from all backgrounds to thrive and challenge societal barriers. Sixteenth, a division of Whalar Group, is focused on developing unscripted content at the intersection of the Creator Economy and television and streaming, specializing in the creation, sale, and scaling of premium unscripted formats and docuseries while emphasizing the development of lasting intellectual property.
