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The Spotlight podcast: Top tips for succeeding as a TV presenter

What are the vital skills you need to succeed as a presenter? How can you gain these skills, and use them to impress producers? And what’s the best way for performers to break into the world of presenting? These are just some of the questions Liz Ekberg answers in the latest Spotlight podcast. Liz is a former producer, director, and reporter, having worked for Barry Norman’s film review programme, The Wide Awake Club, Newsround and CBBC. She now works as a Junior Talent Agent for leading agency Waring and McKenna. We spoke to Liz at our recent Spotlight Presenters’ seminar to get...

posted on 2nd February 2012 Read full article >>

Spotlight Presenters: Top six tips on making it as a presenter

Spotlight’s Presenters’ Month may now be over, but there’s still plenty of advice we can offer our presenter members after our events in September. Donna Coulling hosted a special seminar last month, where she offered plenty of tips and hints on how to succeed as a presenter, as well as answering questions from the audience on how to further their careers. You may recognise Donna from I’m With The Band, the Channel 4 show where she helped Lee Ryan find an assistant, as well as appearing on Pete Burns’ PA on Living TV. Donna...

posted on 11th October 2011 Read full article >>

Spotlight Presenters’ Month: The agent’s view

  It’s Presenters’ Month here at Spotlight, and we’ve been offering seminars, networking opportunities and careers advice for our presenter members.   As part of this career advice, we’re delighted to welcome Andrew Dingley from Comic Voice Management to offer an agent’s perspective on the presenting industry. Over to you Andrew. I’m the marketing manager for The Comedy Club Ltd and our act management division, Comic Voice Management. We specialise in stand-up comedy, so manage some of the UK’s best comedians for all their live, corporate, TV and film work. My role focuses on managing our client portfolios, ensuring they’re involved in a good...

posted on 27th September 2011 Read full article >>

September at Spotlight is ‘Presenters Month’

This September we are operating a series of industry seminars/networking opportunities as well as career advice 1 on 1’s with a Spotlight expert for all our presenter members.  In addition we’re offering discounts on show reel uploads and 2010 copies of Contacts throughout the month.  Our first seminar is aimed at those just starting out as a presenter.  John Byrne (Career Advisor to The Stage newspaper) will be in discussion with Kathryn Wolfe, (Senior Lecturer, Media Performance University of Bedfordshire and author of 'So You Want To be a TV Presenter?') about the...

posted on 24th August 2010 Read full article >>

Spotlight Presenters – renew your membership for 2011

It’s time for our current presenter members to renew their Spotlight membership. Over the past year we have launched several new services for our presenter database including online renewals, a programme of industry seminars and a new section called ‘Emerging Talent’ for aspiring presenters.  We are also branding September here at Spotlight as ‘Presenters Month’ and will be offering our members a range of free advice sessions and seminars plus discounts on showreels and voice clip uploads.  Examples of projects recently cast using the Spotlight Presenters database include CBBC (Television), QVC (Television), Visa - World...

posted on 2nd June 2010 Read full article >>

Get one-to-one career advice from a Spotlight expert

Appointments are now available for Spotlight Mondays career chats in May, June and July Whether you’re just starting out or feel the need for a “refresher chat”, Spotlight Mondays are an opportunity to have a 15 minute careers chat with a Spotlight expert. Anything is up for discussion, including photos, CVs, showreels, casting directors and agents (however, it is not possible for us to recommend agents).  This is a free service, inclusive within Spotlight membership and available only to members. For more information and to book a place between the hours of 2pm and 5pm every...

posted on 14th May 2010 Read full article >>

Spotlight launches professional showreel editing service

Spotlight has launched its first full showreel editing service, offering members an opportunity to work with a professional editor to produce their reel. Working in our central London edit suites, Spotlight can create a high-resolution DVD showreel from a member’s video material, and upload it to their Spotlight page. To find out more and to book an appointment, visit www.spotlight.com/artists/ShowreelEditing.html. Tags: actor, actress, career, presenters

posted on 11th May 2010 Read full article >>

Recent actor, dancer and presenter projects cast via Spotlight

The following are just a selection from the many hundreds of projects which have been cast via Spotlight recently: Film and Television The Sarah Jane Adventures The IT Crowd Taggart Merlin 4321 Inbetweeners River City Untitled Ken Loach Project 2009 Hollyoaks Sex and the City 2 Stage Dunsinane (Hampstead Theatre, London) Enron (Noel Coward Theatre, London) The 39 Steps (National Tour) Really Old, Like Forty Five (National Theatre) Columbo (National Tour) Canterbury Tales (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse,...

posted on 19th March 2010 Read full article >>

Top five career tips for aspiring presenters

Are you an actor or dancer looking to branch into presenting?  Or perhaps you've been watching television and thought I could do better than that?  To help you on your way here are our top five tips: Be specific about what type of presenter you are - are you entertainment, factual or both?  If you have an expertise, capitalise on it.  Agents, commissioning editors and heads of development all need to be able to place you immediately, don't make it hard for them. When seeking representation, you...

posted on 12th March 2010 Read full article >>

Mark Goodier’s advice for aspiring radio and TV presenters

Mark Goodier, broadcaster and owner of Wise Buddah, was recently a guest speaker at Spotlight’s second presenters seminar. Will Davies, Spotlight Agent and Casting Liaison, hosted the event and picked five top tips: When starting out, get involved in the industry as much as you can, whether as a researcher, runner or assistant - even work experience. You never know when your presenting skills might be called upon - sometimes it is a case of being in the right place at the right time. Make contacts and network - they are of paramount...

posted on 19th February 2010 Read full article >>

Mark Goodier at Spotlight presenters event

Broadcaster Mark Goodier was guest speaker at Spotlight’s second presenters seminar, which was held this week. Spotlight members attending the seminar heard advice on a wide range of subjects and were given the opportunity to ask questions relating to the industry. The seminar also offered an opportunity for presenters to network with fellow Spotlight members. Goodier is one of the UK's most respected broadcasters with a career spanning 25 years in local and national radio. In addition to presenting, he owns Wise Buddah, a company specialising in radio programme production, original music composition and station imaging,...

posted on 5th February 2010 Read full article >>

Presenters 2010: New directory out now

The latest edition of Spotlight Presenters is now available to order. Featuring around 650 famous faces, Presenters 2010 is the definitive reference tool for sourcing dynamic and professional radio and television presenters across areas including news, entertainment, comedy, celebrity, documentaries and sport. So whether you’re looking for Frank Skinner or Fiona Phillips, Paul Daniels or Sarah Beeny, Natasha Kaplinsky or Nick Ross, Spotlight Presenters 2010 gives you a full page colour photo of every presenter, plus their latest agent contact details and their credits. Spotlight Presenters now features 'emerging talent' presenters in their own section at the...

posted on 11th January 2010 Read full article >>