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About GASSED: GASSED is a fast-growing TikTok Verified Agency Partner, where we exclusively produce TikTok creative along with media buying. What sets us apart in this industry is unlike other agencies, not only will we create the content for clients, but also RUN the ads. We see & manage ads from concept to customer acquisition. When our clients win, we win. We’re a young and robust team that are hungry for success and are constantly looking for more talent to join our team to advertise with brands like Crocs, OfferUp, GoPuff, Laundry Sauce, Cut Games and more fun and exciting companies like TikTok themselves.

Title: TikTok Creative Producer

Pay Structure: Salary + Quarterly performance bonus

Location: Remote, California or Washington State.

Who you are: 

• Autonomous, self starter with experience in TikTok creative advertising
• Fast paced and communicative.
• Creative and multi-talented in ideation, coordination, production and execution
• Having a strong understanding of performing attributes/trends on the platform
• A strong culture fit: we’re young and thrive in a fun group work environment

Role Responsibilities:

• All video creative for all brands who work with GASSED
• Writing scripts for ad creative; will be used for self-shoots, team shoots and talent
• Coordinating with talent; including but not limited to finding talent, scheduling shoot time/location/resources, acting as intermediary between staff and talent
• Editing ads to be ready for publishing, adhere to production standards and ensure creative is uploaded to company platform
• Any other creative-related tasks deemed necessary by company leadership

Requirements:

• 2+ years of video production experience
• Strong pre-production and post-production skills
• Understanding of social media advertising
• Access to an iPhone for filming purposes
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud
• Strong attention to detail and an eye for catching mistakes
• Ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously

GASSED

Who We Are

MAKE LIFE EPIC

Founded in 1996, Firaxis Games is a world-renowned game development studio with an unwavering mission to “build games that stand the test of time”. The name Firaxis, a fusion of “fiery” and “axis,” communicates the company’s dynamic development process that results in the creation of ground breaking titles with unparalleled gameplay delivered to gamers around the world. Under the creative direction of industry legend Sid Meier, Firaxis has released dozens of hit games on multiple platforms and is recognized as an industry leader in game development.

Core Values

• GAMEPLAY FIRST
• Let gameplay drive decision making
• BE ACCOUNTABLE
• Deliver great work for the studio, the team & yourself
• PEOPLE FOCUSED
• Maintain an environment where people are happy
• EMBRACE ENTHUSIASM
• Find opportunities to contribute and collaborate
• WORK SMART
• Put effort where it pays off the most

Firaxis Games prides itself on maintaining a quality of life inside and outside the studio – when our team members are happy and healthy, creativity can flourish. We offer boot camp fitness and yoga classes at the office, a free gym with shower, regularly catered lunches and breakfasts, biweekly Friday Happy Hours, company events and parties, and a “FunZone” complete with billiards, foosball, video games, and tabletop gaming space. We are also a philanthropic studio and offer employees the chance to volunteer with local charities and nonprofits throughout the year.

Fulltime employees can also take advantage of Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, 401K retirement savings, a wellbeing initiative with the opportunity to earn cash rewards, an Employee Assistance Program, and paid time off and paid holidays.

What You Will Do

As an Associate Content Producer at Firaxis, you will be a member of our cinematic team, responsible for developing and maintaining processes and pipelines in support of our internal developers. Our ideal candidate has experience with asset-heavy pipelines, animation teams, or real-time game cinematic pipelines.

Some Specific Responsibilities Include

• Collaborate with Narrative, Cinematics, and Environment producers to manage the day-to-day of the internal cinematic pipeline.
• Work with leads and producers to communicate resource needs and upstream/downstream dependencies in the pipeline.
• Work with Senior Producer to implement best practices for asset management of content such as animation and VO files for the internal cinematics team.
• Be an integral part of growing an impactful and healthy cinematics team, pushing the creative limits on Marvel’s Midnight Suns.

Who Will Be a Great Fit

• 2+ years of experience working in production where you have worked with internal development teams
• Proficiency with project management and version control software tools such as Hansoft/JIRA/Shotgrid or Perforce.
• A demonstrated understanding of production methodologies.
• Experience and knowledge of content pipelines and dependencies.
• Solid understanding of game development processes, limitations, dependencies, and trends.
• Task driven, self-motivated, and proactive.

Bonus Points

• Experience working with internal cinematic pipelines.
• Experience working with animation pipelines.
• Experience developing or managing asset-heavy pipelines.
• Experience with Unreal development.
• Proficiency with project management tool Shotgrid.
• Knowledge of or interest in collaborating with engineering tools team.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
Firaxis Games

TooFab, a leading entertainment news website, is looking to hire an Associate Producer to join our team. The ideal candidate is someone who has an established track-record of writing and producing entertainment news for top-line media outlets. Strong news writing skills are a requirement. The candidate must have demonstrated expertise in researching news items, in addition to being able to identify and pitch stories that fit within our brand. The candidate must have a firm grasp on SEO best practices and the ability to capitalize on trending topics by developing unique angles for entertainment news stories.

Robust communication skills and the ability to flourish in a fast-paced news environment are a necessity. The candidate must be able to take editorial direction and deliver assignments under tight deadlines as well as work independently and enterprise their own stories. Experience must include: breaking entertainment and celebrity news stories; producing unique angles and perspectives on trending topics; interviewing celebrities, showrunners, writers and producers.

Other requirements include: flexibility to work weekends; strong workflow management; and a passionate interest in pop culture, celebrity, and entertainment news.

Familiarity working with content management systems and Photoshop also required.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, pitch, write and package pop culture news ranging from covering trending topics to producing exclusive stories and interviews.

Requirements:

• 2 – 3 years (minimum) experience working as an Entertainment
• Writer / Reporter
• Strong news writing skills
• Experience working in a newsgathering, deadline-driven, digital
• environment
• Must be highly knowledgeable about pop culture – from TV to movies to politics
• Experience with web content management systems
• Ability to take editorial direction and function as a part of a
• news team
• Ability to enterprise news stories

TMZ is a workplace that requires the COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. Requested accommodations/exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with law.

TMZ is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

TMZ

Description

ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:

Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company behind some of the most popular kids’ titles in the world. Moonbug’s lineup includes global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Gecko’s Garage, ARPO and many more which are available in 27 languages.

Moonbug is a kids’ programming powerhouse with shows on more than 100 platforms globally, including YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, Tencent, Youku and Roku. In May of 2020, Tubular Labs named Moonbug one of the leading digital kids’ entertainment companies in the world based on the total number of minutes watched worldwide.

Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

The Role

This role reports ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.

Moonbug is seeking a full time Music Producer to support the Music Department of the successful CoComelon franchise. This role is based in our West Hollywood office in the heart of California. At Moonbug, you will be working with some of the biggest brands in family entertainment; one of the fastest-growing genres in music.

The successful candidate will have a high proficiency in music composition and music production, arranging, orchestration, and writing music briefs for composers to work from. You will need to be organized, detail orientated, and be ready to adapt to new challenges.

We would like to see someone who has been working as a composer in the film/television/animation capacity over the past 3 to 5 years. They should be comfortable working within various music genres, singing vocal guides for our talent, translating notes into musical terminology, and have strong project management skills.

Reporting to the Music Director, you will be helping expand the CoComelon music catalog across various media streams. You will be responsible for creating and producing original songs and nursery rhymes as well as developing and expanding the CoComelon soundscape.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the MD, collaborate and follow strategies and processes to maintain and implement across all audio pipelines.
• Maintain a clear line of communication with the music production team to ensure the flow of assets is seamless.
• Drive and oversee the process of making music albums/tracks all the way from creative inception to final master stage.
• Collaborate with relevant IP production coordinator to align on contract requests, purchase orders and metadata.
• Liaise with the team of composers, engineers and lyricists to provide clear feedback (and QC when relevant) during the skeleton, instrumentation, and mixing stages of a composition and then relay to the MD.
• Show high proficiency in the relevant DAW to edit, arrange, compose and make changes to songs and compositions as and when required.
• Record/sequence MIDI tracks on Cubase, keeping track of your progress daily
• Write and develop musical briefs, determine the musical direction of episodes and/or albums, style and instrumentation.
• As and when needed Develop music style bibles for use both internally and externally.
• Execute creative requests from the musical director and assign roles in the Team (Internal or external) to meet specific briefs.
• Coordinate with MD, Label team and production to ensure that album data points are being met and discuss any production issues.
• Under the direction of the MD, maintain regular progress meetings with Creative and Music Production teams. Take the lead on studio-wide meetings as appropriate.
• Direct vocal recording sessions as and when needed or reassign to junior members of staff.
• Ability to write and amend song lyrics and instrumentation as needed.
• Ability to create original songs.
• Under the direction of the MD, collaborate on developing sound and music styles for new strands of content.
• Ensure albums are on schedule and on budget.
• Provide feedback on new talent (singers or composers) as requested.
• Network of lyricists, composers, singers as well as mixing and mastering engineers.
• Ability to take and implement feedback from MD / Creative exes.
• Manage external assistant producers as and when.
• Maintain flexibility and openness to take on additional projects as necessary.
• Work with the animation department in coordinating audio/music needs, making sure everything synchronizes together.
• QC vocal selects, audio recordings, and SFX that everything works cohesively with music in final versions of videos.
• Fine tune and give notes on arrangements, mixes, and final audio deliverables
• Finding freelancers: singers, composers and lyricists.
• Revising and recording musical skeletons and vocal guides to be sent to creative execs, wider teams and/or singers.

Essential Requirements

• Proven track record in music production.
• Strong understanding of music production from conception to completion (premises, briefs, budgets, deadlines etc).
• Experience in Cubase and Logic Pro
• 3-5 years of working within a creative/media environment – essential.
• Competent user of Google Suite.
• General knowledge of music including composition/arrangement.
• Understanding of Children’s music
• Good knowledge of music theory
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to foster and maintain great working relationships with internal and external teams.
• Ability to time manage across multiple deadlines
• Ability to sing.
• Knowledge of production pipelines including animation and video editing
• Ability to score to visuals
• Experience with vocal tuning, vocal editing, and mixing

Desirable

• Interest in animation
• Experience in the kids’ space
• Understanding of sound design
• A 2nd language such as Latin American Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources

Moonbug Entertainment

Unspeakable media is looking for a creative leader to join our team. If you are knowledgeable in the YouTube/Influencer space, relentlessly creative and want to grow and innovative with a passionate team, then this is the place for you.

Responsibilities

• Developing new ideas for our Vlog Channel
• Leading creative/brainstorming meetings to develop each new idea
• Provide an outline for each video concept before pre-production is started
• Guiding each video from concept to completion by collaborating with the Production Managers, Camera and Post-Production teams.
• Great understanding of YouTube trends and analytics
• Develop Thumbnail concepts
• Research YouTube trends and develop best practices for retention
• Lead Creative for brand integrations
• On set directing

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a director, producer, writer or content strategist in high performing digital content
• Affinity of all things social and viral
• Great Communication, Organization and Time Management Skills
• Knowledge of influencers/creators and current video trends
• In depth knowledge of YouTube analytics

Unspeakable

POSITION OVERVIEW

PWCC’s continued growth has brought us a unique opportunity to join our team as a Creative Director. Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, the Creative Director leads a team of thinkers and doers. The right Creative Director will bring a mix of marketing expertise and business understanding to the position, promoting PWCC and that of our valued clients. We are looking for an experienced manager of people, someone that can inspire others, taking our creative to a new level as we continue to grow. The ideal candidate will have a natural eye for design and a drive to inspire dynamic ideas that connect with all types of audiences. This role will be based in our Tigard, OR office.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build, lead, and review work of the creative team in the production of all web, print, and digital marketing collateral
• Spearhead and manage content strategy for both small-scale and large-scale projects, harnessing strategy, digital and brand design, compelling content, and technology
• Collaborate with the marketing and sales departments in developing marketing plans, analyzing results, and identifying opportunities
• Develop internal marketing campaigns that translate marketing objectives across business units into clear and motivating creative strategies
• Analyze brand tracking, market trends, consumer need, and the competitive landscape
• Meet budget standards by forecasting and managing expenses
• Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of messages and deliverables
• Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short-and long-term needs, establishing production schedules by collaborating with designers, copywriters, and production departments
• Conduct brainstorming sessions with creative team, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable creative initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner
• Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges
• Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling print materials and digital experiences for visually sophisticated audiences
• Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables
• Additional duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10 years of related experience with 7+ years of creative direction in agency or corporate setting
• Years of experience creating marketing/advertising campaigns from developing vision and the message platform to overseeing production on time and budget
• Understanding and past experience creating integrated content across all marketing channels from digital, social media, paid media, mobile, but also understand offline and print
• Proven experience with concept development
• Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent
• Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives
• Master’s degree in marketing or business
• Prior experience with copywriting, design, or production
• Prior project management experience, with a focus on creative direction
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities simultaneously and navigate in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment
• Strong planning, organizational and time management abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to act with professionalism and confidentiality
• Self-motivated
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

BENEFITS

We offer generous benefits including, but not limited to: 401(k), 401(k) matching, dental insurance, vision insurance, employee assistance program, flexible schedule, health insurance, life insurance, paid time off.

PWCC is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in second chance employment. Must be able to pass relevant criminal background check if offered the job.

PWCC Marketplace, LLC

Our client, a full-service, global creative ad agency client headquartered in Southern California is looking for a talented Art Director to join their team. Our client works with some of the most famous brand names in the world and is known for their exceptional creative work and team focused environment. The Art Director will conceptualize visuals for 360 campaigns including email, web, social, video and motion graphics. The Art Director should be conceptual and curious with the ability to proof out your ideas by applying art curation and design knowledge. This person will bring solid visual problem solving and creative thinking, and be passionate about ideation, imagination, typography, illustration, color, and the commitment to world class visuals and design.

Responsibilities:

•Conceptualize visuals for 360 campaigns including email, web, social, video and more

•Setting high creative standards with teams and clients.

•Effectively communicate creative concepts and strategies to both clients and our internal teams.

•Ability to see projects through concept to final deliverables.

•Concept and develop campaigns while working on multiple projects simultaneously.

•Work on multiple projects from concept to completion, with both in-house resources and third-party vendors.

•Collaborates effectively with Account Management, Planning and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work.

•Champion a work-life balance for you and your teammates.

Requirements:

•3-6years agency experience in a creative environment.

•Portfolio should include some 360campaign work.

•A master in Adobe creative suite and photo manipulation.

•Have a strong understanding of social platforms and best practices.

•Must be conceptual and have a keen eye for design.

•Solid knowledge of steps required in creative development.

•Solid presentation skills.

•Ability to solve problems using keen instincts and organizational experience.

•Shows potential to lead and autonomously work on creative briefs.

Nice to have:

•3D, animation, and motion enthusiast. You may even dabble in the trades.

•Interest in web3, NFTs and the metaverse.

•Ability to traverse through art direction and design

80Twenty

Role: Producer III _Retail _ (Creative Service Lead)

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

The Creative Services Lead for REM is an experienced operational professional passionate about creative work and the teams & individuals who will craft & produce it. This includes functional disciplines in Design, Photography, Video, Writing & Production. The role is results-driven and enjoys a dynamic, fast-paced creative environment that evolves with the needs of Retail, and has a strong connection to client history, and amazing products and embodies the company ethos of striving for excellence for its customers and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• This person will add operational efficiency to the creative workflow process by using best practices and available tools to streamline the way creative work is produced.
• The Creative Operations Lead would manage resourcing across creative teams including tracking project assignments and LOE in Wrike and status documentation.
• A very good understanding of creative development workflows is imperative for the success of this role.
• Manage project resourcing tools and status documentation for creative teams within REM.
• Work closely with the production manager to ensure proper resourcing based on the annual and quarterly plans of record.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience with creative development.
• Experience in managing projects, resources, and operations within a creative studio, agency, or similar creative production company.
• Experience working cross-functionally.
• Experience with creative resourcing tools (ideally –Wrike/Keynote/Numbers).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work across a variety of teams and projects.

Harvey Nash

THE GREAT. is Emily Current & Meritt Elliott’s multi-category advanced contemporary women’s collection. For women, by women, THE GREAT. is a casual collection that reimagines American classics with a sense of nostalgia.

As the Art Director for THE GREAT. you will be responsible for co-conceptualizing, leading, and executing on all touchpoints of the brands visual identity. Through the implementation of creative strategy, conceptualization, and execution of all brand assets, you will maintain a consistent visual brand statement across all areas of the business.

Reporting into the Head of Creative and Design, you will be the driving force behind the development and delivery of THE GREAT.’s aesthetic and storytelling as it relates to all elements of THE GREAT. You are an experienced conceptual and strategic creative leader responsible for working hands-on with and overseeing a range of creative initiatives.

Your Responsibilities:

· Help define, conceptualize, and develop the brand narrative and visual brand statement.

· Work with the Head of Creative and Design on the conceptual development and execution of seasonal editorials, and e-commerce photography for THE GREAT. to ensure it’s streamlined for all forward-facing elements. Including storytelling, campaigns, lookbooks, catalogs, emails, logos, invitations, packaging, seasonal graphics, store signage, website content, promotions, brand decks, presentations, and any other visual social media assets.

· Present work to business partners and senior management. Adjust and shape design decisions based on feedback.

· Upon approval of concepts, manage the creative from concept stage through to completion, across all design disciplines within the brand.

· Manage a team of designers including setting clear roles and responsibilities and expectations of all projects to be sure the output is brand-appropriate and completed on time with the highest standard possible.

· Help to evolve and test new ideas with the broader creative to further the brand handwriting and to ensure visuals and content are synergized, telling focused brand stories and fulfilled deliverables across all channels.

· Ideate and present concepts, mood, and storyboards for all seasonal shoots, integrating brand values into final work.

· Translate business and marketing objectives into designs that are clear, compelling, and visually exciting, easy to use, and emotionally engaging.

· Work across creative, content, e-commerce, and retail to bring together business needs and interpret these into a leading visual message.

Spearhead all seasonal catalog shoots with a shot list and be personally hands-on with the execution from beginning to end.

· Develop excellent work consistent with The Great. look and feel.

· Have a true passion for specialty retail, fashion, graphic design, and photography as well as a high taste level who can consistently refresh the brand’s look and feel over time.

· Must have strong communication skills and be able to work cross-functionally with creative leads, design, visual merchandising, and marketing.

Your Characteristics:

· 5+ years of art direction/design direction.

· A passionate individual who cares deeply about the creative process and your team.

· Ability to act as a thought leader, brand builder, influence decisions, and drive urgency on critical priorities.

· Monitor, lead, and grow a team of designers with trust, and transparency.

· Strategic thinker who can see the big picture and drive work accordingly.

· Organizational expert with the necessary skills to manage multiple tasks and projects and complete them within deadlines.

· Ability to motivate, lead, and develop and coach people and the recognition that building a team is critical to the company’s success.

· Ability to create and execute a broad brand vision.

· Have a high taste level and a rich understanding of THE GREAT.

· Strong conceptual abilities and high attention to detail.

· Able to create great work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment without compromising quality.

· Deals well with ambiguity and operates with a highly flexible style.

· Expert knowledge in design-related software.

Benefits & Perks:

· Competitive salary + benefits.

· Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

· 401k and employer match.

· Paid time off (PTO).

· Generous clothing discount.

The Great. / Emily + Meritt

** HYBRID OPPORTUNITY | OPEN TO REMOTE APPLICANTS **

THE PITCH

Do you take a joyful and inclusive approach to creative ideas? Do you have a passion for a well told story? Do you enjoy curating experiences for audiences of all kinds? Are you digitally minded but value human connection? August Jackson’s Creative Directors drive our creative work across our live event, virtual event, and communications projects. We seek individuals with meaningful agency or creative experience who understand how to impact others through the power of story, and through custom-made experiences online and in person. We seek leaders who know how to connect content and experiences through themes and concepts, and how those concepts and ideas help shape hearts and minds.

THE ROLE

August Jackson looks to our Creative Directors to be the lead of all things creative. Transforming client objectives into creative themes and concepts is at the heart of this role. Therefore, the ability to build and nurture client relationships is key to success. Our Creative Directors are leaders and problem solvers, able to use creative thinking as a way to bring people together and move businesses toward their desired outcomes. They inspire others with their vision of what a communications campaign, in-person event, virtual event, or digital activation can achieve.

• Theme and Concept Development – Transform client business objectives into themes and concepts that drive the content and experiences through a variety of channels.
• Content Creative Direction – Identify and craft a wide variety of stories and communications that reflect our clients’ brands, deliver their key messages, and drive audiences and end users to key outcomes.
• Experiential Creative Direction – Design and develop ideas that help build experiences for our clients’ audiences and end users, through both events and campaigns.
• Mentorship and Guidance – We look to our Creative Directors to help mentor and guide Associate Creative Directors and Creative Associates through their professional development.
• Copywriting Guidance – Guide our Associate Creative Directors and Creative Associates in writing effective copy for video, websites, presentations, and other forms of communication.

THE REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for leadership-minded individuals with at least 4-7 years of experience at a creative agency or at an in-house creative department. Experience working in the digital and virtual spaces is a plus. Candidates must show a portfolio of winning ideas and demonstrate an understanding of how strategic thinking can help guide creative. Interpersonal and presentation skills are a must, as this is a heavily client-facing role. We are also seeking individuals who enjoy mentoring and guiding others who are earlier in their creative career paths. Finally, our Creative Directors must be highly collaborative both with internal colleagues across various disciplines and external clients and vendor partners.

August Jackson