Robyn Booker from Paramount, Oliver Marler from Wikked TV, Hayley Dickson from Reveille, and Mallori Kirchenschlager (Belmont ‘07) from Creative Artists Agency, shared how they got their foot in the door and how they have been climbing up the ladder through hard work, luck and networking. The panel agreed that everybody has their own path to success, whether through an internship or relentlessly marketing yourself.
To get a recruiter’s attention, “put something catchy in the subject line of the email to differentiate your resume, rather than just listing the job title you are applying for,” offered Dickson, a Vanderbilt University alum. Other practical tips included getting the weekly UTA job list and paying attention to rumors in order to hear about jobs before they are officially put online.
And the work doesn’t end once you land that first job. Don’t expect to be immune from the daily minutiae of entry-level work just because you have a degree and internship experience. “Your boss wants to see you can handle the details before giving you more responsibility,” and in some company cultures, like CAA, their aspiring agents go through training which includes doing time in the mailroom. But keep your head up and take advantage of every opportunity because, “you aren’t really going to know what you like, or what you’re good at, until you have those experiences.”
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