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Dylan Alcott Foundation: Shift 20 Casting Call

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Following last year’s launch of The Shift 20 Initiative, an initiative focusing on increasing representation of people with disability in advertising campaigns, we found the appetite from brands to cast talent with disability in their ads was growing. However, due to a historic lack of inclusion, the talent pool of people with disability on talent agencies books was small, and we couldn’t wait for the pool to grow organically.

So, to meet immediate demand for talent with disability we bypassed the traditional casting channels to connect brands, creative agencies and casting directors directly with a new and previously unseen pool of talent with disability.

In partnership with TikTok, we created the Shift 20 Casting Call and turned their platform into an open-source audition channel for talent with disability.

Talent with visible or non visible disability can record and upload an audition video, showcasing their talents, skills and experiences. The channel also features explainer videos covering topics like “How to self tape”, “Industry terms” and “What to expect on set”. The Shift 20 Casting Call is now the go-to for brands, agencies and production companies to source a wealth of talent with disability.
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Client: Dylan Alcott Foundation

Founder: Dylan Alcott AO

General Manager: Georgie Saggers

Shift 20 Initiative Lead: Priya Addams Williams

Social Media Manager: Eliza Pickles



SHIFT 20 PARTNERS –

Anytime Fitness

ANZ

McDonald’s

Nib

Uber

TikTok

Tourism Australia



CREATIVE + PR AGENCY –

Agency: Special

Partner/CEO: Lindsey Evans

Partners/CCO: Julian Schreiber & Tom Martin

Partner/CSO: Bec Stambanis

Executive Creative Director: Ryan Fitzgerald

Creative Director/Creative: Adam Ferrie

Creative Director/Creative: Peter Cvetkovski

Managing Director: Tori Lopez

Managing Director, Special PR: Alex Bryant

Team Lead: Felicity Touzeau

Creative Strategist: Kate Wilkinson

PR Account Director: Sarah Halpin

Publicist: Allex Conley

Social & Content Lead: Morgan Barta

Head of Film & Content Production (Melb): Sophie Simmons

Head of Stills Production: Nick Lilley

Head Of Design: Adam Shear

Creative Services Manager: Leigh Cuda



TikTok –

General Manager, TikTok Australia and New Zealand Global Business

Solutions: Brett Armstrong

Creative Agency Partner: Nick O’Donnell



STILLS PRODUCTION

Photographer: Sean Izzard, The POOL Collective

Retouching: Nick Mueller



FILM PRODUCTION

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TALENT –

Zebedee Talent

Director – Laura Winson

AUS and USA Division Lead – Victoria Wilson

Talent – Deb Roach

Talent – Juttima Chinasri

Talent – Emi Elmitt



CONSULTANTS –

Get Skilled Access

Co-CEOs – Zack Alcott & Nicole Vongdara

Access Consultant – Bridie McKim



MEDIA AGENCY –

PHD Australia

Managing Director: Simon Lawson

Digital Director: Carrie Nguyen

Activation Manager: Riana Adams

Activation Director: Christy Permata



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