32. Breaking Down the Casting Life with United Agents Agent Jess Alford

Jess is a Talent Agent at United Agents Ltd where she heads up the Actors Department. United Agents is London’s leading talent agency encompassing the worlds of film, TV, books, theatre and comedy. Founded in 2007, it has become the largest agency of its kind in the UK representing established and emerging artists.  Wholly owned by its founding partners, United Agents offers clients dedicated specialist representation, bringing together leading agents from each field.  Jess has been with the agency since its inception in 2007 having previous worked at Peters Fraser & Dunlop. On this episode Jessica and Jenn dive into Jess' journey from assistant to agent at one of the UK's largest and well respected agencies First we celebrate the end of the strike! Cheers! We dive into how Jess got his start in the industry How she and others took the opportunity to create an agency founded on integrity and creating a good work environment for their employees How she finds new talent and how it's changed over her career If she would ever consider doing anything else in the industry Her favorite part of her job What the future of her job and the industry looks like We play our favorite game of what do you love/hate about casting Jess Alford (Twitter / X) ──────────────────────────── ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stay Tuned with Tipsy Casting on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipsy Casting YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jessica ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Jenn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn More About ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jess ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jenn's⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Casting