Company: Unique Casting Partners
Address: 1825 West Ave. Bay #8
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Application Deadline: Available Year-round
Position: 3 Part-time, Unpaid
Timeframe: ? — 06/04/12
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Description
The program will be broken down into 10 weeks with required 3 days per week and 6 hours per day. The intern must be currently enrolled at a University or College part-time or full-time. This internship does not have to be for credit, but can be if the intern requests to do so.
The program will focus on 3 primary aspects of the intern’s responsibilities:
1. Casting Assistant
a. The intern will learn how print, commercial, film, and theatrical auditions are held.
b. The intern will learn how to operate associated software to smoothly run a casting session.
c. A minimum of 30 hours is required.
2. Office Assistant
a. The intern will learn how the back office operates in a casting agency:
i. Agency and Client relations
ii. Scheduling of auditions
iii. Marketing of a successful Casting Agency
iv. Answering and forwarding calls to the appropriate staff members
b. A minimum of 30 hours is required.
3. Talent Relations
a. The intern will greet and check-in all talent arriving for their audition.
b. The intern will prep the check-in station with size cards and sign-in sheets.
c. Answering and forwarding calls to the appropriate staff members.
d. A minimum of 30 hours is required.
4. Flexible
a. The intern will choose the remaining 90 hours to focus on what they wish to be involved with in the industry.
b. These hours will include the training days of the above 3 fields.
c. These hours can be used to shadow any of the staff or get industry specific advice from the staff.
d. These hours can be delegated from the staff if necessary.
Requirements
Great people skills. Be familiar with social networking sites and basic marketing. The casting intern should have advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel. Any acting, photography, graphic design, or film experience is a plus.