Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Professional Directions: True Stories from a TV Literary Agent with Jillian Holch '16, TV Literary Agent at Verve on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 5:00 PM on Zoom.
In this session, Holch will discuss her career trajectory from Cornell's PMA to working in the television business as well as sharing insights as to how to climb the ladder successfully in a time of industry transition. This event is moderated by PMA Associate Professors Beth F. Milles and Kristen Warner. Free and open to the public.
Jillian Holch is a TV Literary Agent at Verve. She works with writers at all levels from staff writers to showrunners across comedy, drama, and animation. She was previously at A3 Artists Agency for 5 years, where she rose from assistant to coordinator to agent. A ’16 PMA graduate, Holch started her career as an assistant to an Executive Producer at Sony Pictures Television.
The Professional Directions series brings industry experts to campus to speak about their career journeys as screenwriters, playwrights, editors, producers, directors, theatre critics, dramaturgs, and more.