Occupation Atlastalent agent
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c85e39a4-2c40-413f-a171-45907ecdd599
talent agent
Talent agents represent actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or broadcast businesses. They promote their clients in order to attract prospective employers. Talent agents set up public appearances, auditions and performances. They take care of contract negotiations.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ESCEnterprising · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.48
- S Social4.14
- C Conventional3.73
- A Artistic3.55
- I Investigative1.76
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes (13-1011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse data about clients
- arrange bookings
- coach clients
- contract law
- develop professional network
- employment law
- help coordinate promotional activities
- identify customer's needs
- identify talent
- manage contracts
- plan medium to long term objectives
- prospect new customers
- provide career counselling
Optional (22)
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- analyse consumer buying trends
- apply risk management in sports
- attend book fairs
- attend performances
- copyright legislation
- ensure gender equality in the workplace
- entertainment industry
- financial management
- identify physical characteristics of performer
- identify training needs
- introduce artist to potential employers
- liaise with book publishers
- liaise with celebrities
- liaise with sports organisations
- manage sporting career
- organise auditions
- perform market research
- propose projects to artist
- read manuscripts
- sales promotion techniques
- support employability of people with disabilities
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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