What Do Talent Managers Want? Interview with Josselyne Herman-Saccio

Josselyne has spent the past 17 years as a personal manager for actors, writers, directors and recording artists.

Her clients can be seen in Mysteries of Laura, Hostages, Blacklist, Birdman, Orange is the New Black, the Twilight series, Us & Them, Blue Bloods, The Big C, Boardwalk Empire, Homeland, The Newsroom, Spiderman, The Following, The Americans, Brooklyn's Finest, Sex and The City, Precious, Ugly Betty, Mercy, Gossip Girl, Kings, Cashmere Mafia, Lipstick Jungle, Rescue Me, all the Law and Orders, All My Children, As The World Turns, Guiding Light, and One Life To Live.

They've also been in hundreds of films, commercials and Broadway shows. 

​There are many talent managers out there, but in my opinion Josselyne is one of the best because she truly goes above and beyond the call of duty to help her clients reach their goals.

In this interview, we discuss specific things actors can do to help their managers be more effective for them. After all, you should be doing 80% of the work if your manager only gets 20% of the check.

Here are some of the topics we discussed:

• What can an actor do to make it easier for a manager to grow their career?
• What are some things actors have done that made your job more difficult or rubbed you the wrong way?
• Describe one of your ideal clients. What do you like most about working with them?
• If there was any general advice you could give to actors looking for managers (or who have managers they feel are not being effective), what would it be?

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You can reach Josselyne at www.jhamanagement.com.

Also, if you want to see her Ted-X talk, check out the video below!