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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include contract law, employment law, arrange bookings, identify talent, help coordinate promotional activities, identify customer's needs. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives talent agent a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.