Senior Specialist, Casting | Specialty Artists

This position is on - site in our Royal Caribbean Production Studios North Miami

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The Royal Caribbean Group's Celebrity Entertainment team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Specialist, Casting | Specialty Artists reporting to our Manager, Casting & Operations.

Position Summary

The Senior Specialist, Casting | Specialty Artists is responsible for identifying, casting, negotiating, and hiring high-level specialty artist talent to support fleetwide Entertainment production shows and programming needs. This role oversees the development, coordination and distribution of materials for specialty acts across rehearsals, pop up performances, venue entertainment, and shoreside events. This position also plays a key role in managing and executing Celebrity Entertainment auditions.

This role directly impacts on the guest experience, ratings, and overall quality of Entertainment and Theatre offerings on board.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Source, vet, hire and schedule all specialty artists for Celebrity Cruises Inc.
• Assist with hiring and scheduling of all Aerial Directors.
• Support the Senior Specialist, Casting, (Dance) in analyzing and evaluating dancer aerialists.
• Monitor and evaluate talent under contract to ensure performance quality meets brand standards, including reviewing show reports and guest rating trends.
• Attend rehearsals to identify performance or production issues; generate progress reports for each specialty artist in collaboration with the assigned Aerial Director.
• Guide and support specialty artists through performance expectations during rehearsals, providing clear coaching and structured feedback, and overseeing formal corrective actions when needed.
• Conduct all aerial captain interviews and ensure selected Captains are aligned with responsibilities, guidelines, and documented job description addendums.
• Organize and prepare Aerial Director rehearsal materials and archive production show materials.
• Assists with entertainment budgets, ensuring all programs, productions, and operational expenses are planned, tracked, and executed within established financial guidelines.

Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Auditions & Talent Acquisition Operations

• Collaborate with casting specialists to support year-round auditions and cast high-level specialty talent.
• Assists with forecasting and managing audition tour budgets, ensuring all expenditure aligns with financial targets and operational needs.
• Promote audition and casting opportunities across major industry publications and global social media channels.
• Hire, contract, and manage travel for all audition personnel (monitors, accompanists, choreographers, etc.).
• Oversee booking, sourcing, and coordination of all audition venues.
• Support marketing, social media promotion, audition postings, and updates to the audition website.
• Support casting breakdowns on casting platforms and social media; maintain Up To Date  descriptions with Celebrity Casting Directors. Assist in evolving audition processes, including updating audition materials, to ensure relevance, efficiency, and artistic alignment.
• Support creation of audition posters and advertising materials to build interest and elevate brand visibility.
• Post emergency casting notices and facilitate fast-track vetting processes, as needed.
• Manage all audition supplies, SharePoint documents, and digital video archives.
• Name, sort, and upload all audition videos for archival and reference purposes.
• Prescreen all submitted specialty artist talent prior to further review. Support creation of analytics for internal presentations such as Power Points, trends reports and casting summaries.

Outreach, Partnerships & Representation

• Build and maintain professional relationships with talent agents to support casting needs and promote brand awareness.
• Cultivate relationships with studios, programs, and colleges to drive audition participation and support emerging talent.
• Represent the brand at programs, workshops, conventions, and industry events to promote Celebrity Cruises opportunities.
• Maintain communication with talent and agents post audition.
• Advise on audition operational standards and industry developments to ensure Celebrity Cruises' casting processes remain inclusive, relevant, and competitive.
• Represent the brand externally as needed, presenting Celebrity Cruises' Entertainment offerings and opportunities.

Creative & Production Collaboration

• Partner closely with the Director, Creative &…