Seeking Voluntary Administrative Assistant
Mon, 5 Mar 2007, 08:36 pmACOPA4 posts in thread
Seeking Voluntary Administrative Assistant
Mon, 5 Mar 2007, 08:36 pmAUSTRALIAN CREATIVE TALENT AGENCY (ACTA)
Newly established in 2006, ACTA is a talent and casting agency representing professional artists with a unique quality within their chosen field. We are currently seeking a dynamic and proactive person with excellent communication and organizational skills to assist in the day to day running of the agency. Must be able to work under pressure and within set deadlines. Must be Apple Mac proficient.
This is a voluntary position, with prospects of advancement as the agency grows. We will be happy to discuss opportunities and future prospects with the right applicant.
Tasks required will include (but not limited to):
- Seeking auditions for artists within the entertainment industry, and
- Administrative duties, including liasing between Artists, Casting Consultants, Film, TV, Advertising Agencies, Venues,
ACTA is part of a multi-faceted, newly formed creative arts
organisation.
For further information, to express your interest in the position, please contact:
Lindsay Saddington
Australian Creative Talent Agency
14 Raglan Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
Ph/Fax: (03) 9326 3006
E-mail: acta@acopa.com.au
Websites: http://www.acopa.com.au/acta.html and http://www.saddingtonstudios.com
You've got to be kidding
Tue, 6 Mar 2007, 07:08 amYou are setting yourself up as a business and you want somebody's free labour so that you can make money!! Not only that - the "volunteer" will have "prospects of advancement" (sic)?
You've got to be kidding.
I know there are lots of cases of actors working for free on projects just to get screen time or because they are in amateur theatre. It's a very fine line between exploitation and mutual opportunity.
There is no problem with emerging actors who might perform in student films for free - they should get at least a free copy of the production (I'm still waiting for mine from a film I did back in October - on a couple of nights well into the early hours of the morning, and I'm not happy about it).
But to expect people to work for nothing when a film might be entered into competitions or sold is nasty. Artists should insist on contracts that detail payment or, where they are not paid the going rates, a share of prizes, profits and royalties.
When its a business like an agency: it's plain exploitation of the naive (because only someone naive would want to take something like this on without payment). Taking it on because of the prospect of possible paid work in the future likewise. Promises do not pay bills, wages do.
I think the site managers should draw a line on this sort of advertising. I know some other sites do.
Jim