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  • Actress / Event Interview Host – Part-Time Event Role
    Actress / Event Interview Host – Part-Time Event Role
    7 days ago
    Full-time
    Union City

    Full job description The Law Offices of Peter N. Davis & Associates is looking for a friendly, energetic, and camera-ready actress or on-camera personality to help create fun event content for our law firm’s community marketing events. This role is ideal for someone with a polished, camera-ready appearance, strong on-camera presence, confidence, and an upbeat personality. The right person should be comfortable speaking with fans, event attendees, and mascots in a fun, family-friendly way. Main Event Location: Brooklyn Cyclones Games 1904 Surf Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11224 Other events may include food festivals, parades, Comic Con, anime conventions, and other community events throughout the NY/NJ area. What You’ll Do: You will attend events on behalf of The Law Offices of Peter N. Davis & Associates and help create engaging video content. This may include interviewing fans, speaking with event attendees, interacting with the team mascot, asking fun questions, and helping bring positive energy to our booth and brand presence. The content will be light, fun, and community-focused. No legal experience is required. Responsibilities: • Interview fans, guests, and event attendees on camera, • Interact with mascots, staff, and community members, • Help create fun short-form video content for social media, • Represent the law firm in a friendly, professional, and family-friendly way, • Bring energy, confidence, and personality to each event, • Follow basic direction from the marketing team, • Be comfortable filming multiple takes when needed Ideal Candidate: • Actress, performer, host, content creator, model, brand ambassador, or someone comfortable on camera, • Polished and camera-ready appearance, • Strong on-camera presence, • Outgoing, personable, and comfortable approaching people, • Reliable, professional, and easy to work with, • Comfortable working at live events, including baseball games, festivals, parades, Comic Con, and anime conventions, • Able to keep the tone fun, respectful, and family-friendly Schedule: This is a part-time, event-based role. Most events will be Brooklyn Cyclones games. Event shifts are usually around 3 to 5 hours. Pay: $100 per event/day. Payment is sent by check in the mail. Event Perks: At certain games or events, free food, beverages, and/or access to multiple seats approximately 15 rows behind home plate may be offered. These perks are not guaranteed and are provided strictly on a game-by-game basis, depending on availability and event arrangements. About Us: The Law Offices of Peter N. Davis & Associates is a personal injury law firm located in Lodi, New Jersey. We represent clients injured in car accidents, slip and falls, work injuries, and other personal injury matters. We are active in the community and regularly attend events to connect with local families, fans, and organizations. Pay: $100.00 per day Application Question(s): • Do you have any acting, hosting, modeling, brand ambassador, social media, or promotional experience?, • This role involves interviewing fans, event attendees, and mascots in a fun, upbeat way. Does that sound like something you would enjoy?, • Are you comfortable working at Brooklyn Cyclones games at 1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224?, • Are you available for event shifts that are usually 3–5 hours?, • Most events pay $100 for the day, with payment sent by check in the mail. Does that work for you?, • Are you able to bring high energy, confidence, and personality even in busy outdoor event settings?, • Are you comfortable taking direction from a marketing team and doing multiple takes if needed?, • Are you comfortable interacting with sports fans, children, families, mascots, and event staff?, • Do you have reliable transportation to Brooklyn Cyclones games and other events in the NY/NJ area?, • Are you available for occasional events outside of baseball games, such as food festivals, parades, Comic Con, or anime conventions?, • Why do you think you would be a good fit for an on-camera event host role?, • Are you comfortable with the listed compensation?, • What is your Instagram account?, • Do you speak Spanish? Work Location: In person

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  • Development Associate
    Development Associate
    1 month ago
    $64000–$70000 yearly
    Full-time
    Manhattan, New York

    Open House New York seeks an energetic, entrepreneurial, collaborative professional to join our team as Development Associate. The Development Associate will support fundraising operations to drive growth, while gaining access to the people and projects shaping the future of New York City through public programming, including the signature five-borough OHNY Weekend festival. This position requires 3+ years of fundraising experience across a range of activities, including special events, individual giving, membership, and sponsorship, plus a proven ability to draft compelling messages, from donor correspondence to corporate pitches. The ideal candidate will bring a Swiss Army knife skill set and an eagerness to grow on a small, dynamic team, and bring deep passion and curiosity for New York City, particularly its built environment (architecture, planning, real estate, infrastructure). This is a full-time, exempt position reporting to the Deputy Director. Development Associate Responsibilities and Duties: • In collaboration with the Deputy Director, support core fundraising activities including: membership, individual giving, special events, sponsorship, and grant writing, • Manage donor research, tracking, acknowledgments, and correspondence through Salesforce, • Accurately maintain organizational systems and fundraising data to support accounting processes like financial transactions for the monthly close, • Draft and design content for donor materials, including appeal letters and corporate pitches, • Support logistics and production for donor events, including cultivation and community events, the Open City Benefit in the spring, and the OHNY Weekend Launch Party in the fall, • Additional administrative and operational duties as needed Development Associate Qualifications and Skills: • Track record of successful donor engagement, from prospect research to solicitation to relationship stewardship, • Event production experience, • Aptitude for problem-solving and the ability to manage multiple projects at once, and work independently, • Must be adaptable and highly organized with exceptional attention to detail, • Strong written and verbal communication skills, • Ability to initiate and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, including Board members, donors, members, and program partners, • Fluency with Microsoft Office, CRM, and CMS platforms (databases like Salesforce preferred), and project management platforms (Asana, Slack, etc.), • Curiosity for New York City and the built environment (architecture, planning, real estate, infrastructure), • Commitment to the mission and values of Open House New York, • 3+ years of experience in fundraising required, Bachelor’s or commensurate experience Education Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate experience. Location and Hours We currently work on a hybrid schedule. The Development Associate will work three days per week (typically Tuesday-Thursday) in our office at 150 Varick Street, though this schedule may shift and evolve, particularly in the run-up to major events. Ability to attend events in the evening and some weekends is required. Note: OHNY Weekend is October 16-18, 2026. Salary and Benefits Salary is commensurate with experience, in the range of $64,000—$70,000. Full benefits provided, including health insurance, retirement contribution, and pre-tax flexible spending accounts. We welcome an open discussion with interested candidates about the full compensation package. Application - How to apply A successful application includes a cover letter that addresses your relevant experience and your interest in New York City’s built environment. Selected applicants will be invited to interview the OHNY team in May. Applicants who advance to this stage will be asked to provide work samples, including donor correspondence. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled, with resume reviews starting on April 22. Position is for immediate hire with an anticipated start by June. Open House New York encourages candidates from any and all backgrounds, nationalities, ethnicities, gender identities, and lived experiences to apply. We are an organization that is committed to diversity, equity, access, and inclusion in all aspects of our work, most importantly our team. A note of encouragement: Statistics show that individuals coming from systematically excluded or oppressed groups apply to jobs only if they meet every qualification. Open House New York wishes to remind applicants that rarely does someone meet 100% of the qualifications. We look forward to hearing from you. About Open House New York Open House New York promotes broad, unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future—and fosters civic dialogue about how the city functions and who it serves. Through year-round programming and the annual OHNY Weekend, which ranks among the largest public design festivals in the nation, Open House New York offers a citywide platform for public education and engagement.

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