Side – Casting Director

Side is looking for a Casting Director for a 1 year FTC maternity cover starting April 2026. Must be London based or willing to travel to our offices based at Tileyard, King Cross 3 days a week.
As Casting Director, you will be responsible for the casting of actors for everything from indie mobile games to AAA console games and occasionally for other tech & digital media, working with a multitude of clients from around the world. You will be responsible for the timely completion of agreed deliverables and milestones, to a very high standard, while keeping to the client’s budget. Experience in casting for audio work preferable and experience in negotiating high profile contracts and collating fee estimates will be necessary.

Additionally, you will be responsible for the in-house casting team and be a productive contributor to the Production team and Side.

If you are interested in the position please email your CV to victoria.h@side.inc and simonne.s@side.inc with the heading ‘Casting Director’, we look forward to hearing from you!

Elaine Grainger Casting – Assistants

Elaine Grainger Casting is looking for two experienced assistants to start immediately, or as soon as possible. We definitely need one to start next week to work on various films across Europe, the Middle East and the US. This is to work mainly from home, with some in-person casting sessions in London and recalls with directors.

We need you to be self motivated and proactive with an excellent attention to detail and a high level of skills in research, admin and computers. You should have a very good knowledge of actors and agents, experience making lists, avail checks, in person sessions, the self tape process of downloading / uploading and using the usual sites such as spotlight and castit.

If you are interested and applying please state when you are available from and your experience in your email.

Please send along with your CV to elaine@elainegrainger.com with the subject “CASTING ASSISTANT “

Emma Garrett Casting – Casting Assistant

Emma Garrett Casting is seeking an experienced casting assistant in commercials, to start work ASAP for an initial period of 2 months, with potential for a more long term position in the future.

Applicants must be happy to work solely in commercials and have proven experience and be comfortable working at a very fast pace, across multiple projects.

Must be confident with client facing duties, a strong knowledge of commercial best practice and ideally experience in quoting on usages/buyouts would be a major plus. Being experienced in running commercial casting sessions would also be desirable.

Ideally London based and happy to work remotely, or north of England based.

If you’re interested and fit the above criteria, please email emma@garrettcasting.com, subject line ‘Casting Assistant Position’ with a short intro / experience highlights, along with a CV.