Casting Director Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of casting director. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for professional level of external talent mappings, competitive intelligence and business insights for internal business benchmarking and to be utilized as a starting point for diverse external talent sourcing.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Strong producing skills in order to cast proper talent
• Strong interpersonal skills to create and maintain positive and effective working relationship
• Relationships with agents, managers and social media stars
• Experience casting multiple projects and generating reels to share with video teams
• Experience in high-growth, fast-paced, deadline-driven entertainment company environment
• Strong research skills and efficient outreach methods to quickly identify credentialed experts in a vast range of fields
• Detail-oriented (Extremely Important)
• Bilingual proficiency preferred (Spanish and English)

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the casting director position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for deep expertise of the talent marketplace for relevant business lines sourced through the relevant universities and campus in each region.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Scout for and develop new talent
• Spearhead casting for existing video series
• Work to identify and produce internal talent – editors
• Produce and talent direct editors and reality talent during video shoots
• Cast lifestyle concepts and ensemble casts using social media outreach methods across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other online social communities to make inroads into a diverse array of industries and subcultures
• Should have a background in Animation Casting
• Oversee Casting Process for assigned Nickelodeon Animation Shows
• Manage Casting Assistant, Voice Record Coordinator and Voice Record Assistant

I am excited to be applying for the position of casting director. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for professional level of external talent mapping, competitive intelligence and business insights for internal business benchmarking - to be utilized as a starting point for diverse external talent sourcing.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Professional demeanor in a high stress environment
• BA in Film or related field preferred
• In-depth experience working with Talent (actors, agents)
• Understands the global and multicultural audience and how to appeal to a wide audience
• Proficiency in Keynote and MS Office Suite
• Previous talent experience at a network, studio, production company or talent booking company
• Willing and able to attend casting and talent related events after hours and/or on weekends
• Demonstrated past relevant leadership experience

I am excited to be applying for the position of casting director. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for leadership and act as a participant in local and community related events, which are in support of employees or the company.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Conduct exhaustive research on potential show ideas, characters, formats and worlds currently in development
• Support Head of Talent in creating and implementing talent development strategies and plans for ATV talent and series talent to support business goals
• Interface between production and labor relations to resolve all contract and work rule disputes and claims
• Approve all guest performer deals for SAG/AFTRA compliance and production economization
• Scouting, booking, working with and breaking new talent social media celebrities
• Vet lists of social celebrity talent and expert talent to be booked and supervise the booking process for series and specials
• Negotiate talent rates and advise business affairs on contracts for on-air talent & deal points with internal talent
• Meet with talent and agents/managers to generate new programming ideas and relationships

I would like to submit my application for the casting director opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for leadership in the areas of performance management, career development, strategy, and stakeholder management to a global team of 6 talent management experts.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Run Casting/Callback Sessions
• Collaborate with Casting Executives on Stunt Lists, Creative Insight and Approvals
• Generate all contracts and paperwork for shows
• Manage Oversight of Show Record Schedule and Paperwork
• Compete and Distribute all paperwork in binder for Residuals Department
• Send invoices to Line Producer for payment
• Track all payments for
• Manage relationships and correspondence with potential talent and their representatives