Welcome to Shift 20 Casting Call, an open source casting platform for talent with disability.

Please DM us if you would like to apply to be featured on Shift 20 Casting Call. We will send you a talent form, which you need to return alongside your personality tape. 

Your personality tape should include the following information – remember to be yourself, and let your personality shine through! 

• Name
• Age
• City, State
• Disability (if you feel comfortable sharing)
• Favourite day/random fact about you AND/OR what you like to do for fun 

Submit your personality tape as a draft via DM. We’ll then review alongside your talent form, and if everything is in order, we’ll put your video on the page! We have some great examples of personality tapes already on Shift 20 Casting Call, so head to the page if you need some inspiration.

Otherwise, you can apply by emailing us your tape and talent form at [email protected]

If you see talent you would like to speak with about a job, please DM us or email us at [email protected]. Please do not contact talent directly – Zebedee Talent and Shift 20 Casting Call will facilitate all conversations to ensure that talent is supported along the journey, and that brand requests are responded to in a timely manner.

For talent

We launched Shift 20 Casting Call to increase disability representation and inclusion in advertising.  We aim to support you along your journey by facilitating talent conversations with brands, casting directors and agencies, while helping to protect your interests and communicate your accessibility needs.

If you want to be featured on Shift 20 Casting Call, you can submit a personality tape by following the instructions in the “How to apply” section.  When you submit a personality tape to Shift 20 Casting Call, these terms and conditions will apply.

1. We recommend that all talent conversations are facilitated and arranged by Shift 20 Casting Call and Zebedee Talent, so we can help protect your interests.  We ask brands, casting directors and agencies not to contact you directly (and if they do, you can let us know by DM or email to [email protected]).
2. Although we work hard to ensure that you are paid fairly under an appropriate agreement and your accessibility needs are looked after, we cannot provide any guarantees about the conduct of third parties.  It is important that you are comfortable with all terms you agree to, including any proposed payments.
3. You grant the Shift 20 Initiative, the Dylan Alcott Foundation and Zebedee Talent a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence (with the right to assign and sublicense) to use, edit and reproduce your personality tape for the purpose of the Shift 20 Casting Call.  If required, you agree to assign any intellectual property rights in your personality tape to us.  You must also ensure that you have the rights to any content (including music and images) contained in your personality tape.  
4. We are not required to accept your submission, post it on our social media pages or share it with brands, casting directors or agencies.  Your participation in the Shift 20 Casting Call does not create any employment relationship.  Where we do share your content, we may remove it from our social media pages at any time and for any reason. 
5. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for loss you may suffer in respect of the Shift 20 Casting Call, including but not limited to:
   1. the use of your likeness by brands and any reputational consequences that follow;
   2. the availability and appropriateness of opportunities; and
   3. any acts or omissions of third-party brands, casting directors and agencies (including in respect of remuneration, contractual conditions and accessibility requirements).
6. If you want to participate, you must:
   1. be at least 13 years old;
   2. identify as having a disability; and
   3. live in and have the right to work in Australia.
7. You must only submit a personality tape of yourself to Shift 20 Casting Call.  Your personality tape should not include anyone else. 
8. If you have any existing representation, you must disclose this on your intake form.  
9. If you are under 18 years old, your parent or guardian will also need to sign your intake form.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully, and contact us if you have any questions.

For brands, casting directors and agencies

Welcome to the Shift 20 Initiative – a coalition of the nation’s top brands working towards increased disability representation, inclusion and accessibility in marketing and communications.  Your participation in this initiative is subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. You are required to comply with all applicable laws when communicating with, engaging and working with talent.  In particular, you must ensure that:

1. your production set is a safe workplace;
   1. your engagement with talent and the production set are accessible to individuals with a disability, making all reasonable accommodations to ensure that all talent is given the space to shine; and
   2. all members of your production team have appropriate clearance to work with children and all practices must meet appropriate child safe standards (where talent is a minor).
   3. Brands, casting directors and agencies must not contact talent discovered through Shift 20 Casting Call directly.

1. We reserve the right to block any brands from future usage of Shift 20 Casting Call for any reason, provided we notify you of the reason and, where appropriate, give you an opportunity to remedy the issue.
2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all liability for loss that you may suffer in respect of the Shift 20 Casting Call, including but not limited to:

1. 1. the appropriateness or suitability of any talent recommendations; 
   2. work rights; and
   3. any acts or omissions of talent. 

1. Payment terms:
   1. All jobs booked through Shift 20 Casting Call will incur a booking fee, which will cover talent management, usage negotiations and monitoring by Zebedee Talent Agency.
   2. Talent fees will be paid by brands or their nominated creative agencies and production partners, as applicable. 

Privacy collection notice

Shift 20 is collecting your personal information, including your sensitive information, for the Shift 20 Casting Call.  Personal information we collect includes: 

• TikTok profile data and your personality tape;
• your submission details (including your name, age, city and random fact);
• your contact details (including your TikTok handle and email); 
• health information (including information about your disability) that you choose to share; and 
• any other information you share with us.

We collect your personal information for the purpose of the Shift 20 Casting Call, including to:

• communicate with you;
• promote talent on our website and social media;
• work with brands, casting directors and agencies;
• ensure you have a safe and supportive experience that is accessible to your needs; and
• manage our internal business operations (including security and compliance with law).

You are not required to provide us with any personal information, but this may limit your ability to participate in the Shift 20 Casting Call.  

Information we do collect may be disclosed to brands, casting directors and agencies (such as Zebedee Talent), in addition to the disclosures set out in the relevant privacy policies.  If accepted, your video will also be disclosed to TikTok Pte. Ltd to be published on the TikTok platform.  To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for the information handling practices of third parties.

Further details on how your personal information is handled and applicable contact details are set out in the:

• Shift 20 Initiative Privacy Policy;
• Zebedee Talent Privacy Policy; and
• TikTok Privacy Policy.

• Why does Shift 20 Casting Call exist?
  • Nearly 20% of Australians have a disability of some kind, yet less than 1% are represented in advertising campaigns. In order to bring representation closer to the 20% it should be, we need more people with disability cast in advertising campaigns. Shift 20 Casting Call exists to help make that happen, through creating opportunities for people with disability who would like to become actors. 
• I don’t have a disability, can I apply to be featured on Shift 20 Casting Call?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call specifically helps facilitate the casting of people with disability in advertising campaigns. Therefore, you must have a visible or non-visible disability to be featured on the page.
• Is Shift 20 Casting Call a talent agency?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call is not a talent agency. We are a world-first open sourced talent resource for brands, casting directors and creative agencies who want to cast talent with disability. We act as a facilitator between talent with disability who want to break into the industry, and brands, casting directors and creative agencies seeking talent with disability for advertising campaigns.
• Does Shift 20 Casting Call take a fee?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call has a 15% process management fee, which is taken from the talent’s overall fee. This 15% goes directly to Zebedee Talent Agency, who will oversee the entire booking process for you – from helping to negotiate rates and usage terms, to confirming that the set is accessible for you and that clients are aware of any specific needs. 
• I’m a brand who wants to contact talent I’ve seen on Shift 20 Casting Call, what’s the process?
  • Please fill out a content form on the Shift 20 Casting Call TikTok page, or email us at [email protected]. Please do not contact talent directly. 
• I don’t have TikTok profile, can I still submit a video?
  • Absolutely. Please email us at [email protected] with your video, and we’ll send you a form to fill out.
• I’m based in another country – can I apply?
  • Currently Shift 20 Casting Call is only open to residents of Australia with the right to work in Australia.
• I don’t have any experience in acting, can I still apply?
  • For sure! You don’t need any experience (although performance experience or training is a plus!), we just ask for confidence and commitment.