Favorite Parts of Being a Comedy Talent Manager at Framework Entertainment
Rachel enjoys working with creative people and seeing projects "really come to fruition," like taking a client's comedy special from initial thought to shooting in front of a live audience and pitching it to major streaming platforms, and also relishes being "heavily involved in the creative process" of developing TV show ideas with clients, guiding them from initial concept to pitch meetings with production companies.
Creative Collaboration, Project Development, Talent Management, Pitching, Creative Process
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Rachel Heffler
Comedy Talent Manager
Framework Entertainment
Syracuse University
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Film, Media Arts, Visual Arts
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Sales and Client Management
Honors Student, Greek Life Member, LGBTQ
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1. Working with creative people and seeing their ideas come to fruition is highly rewarding.
2. Being heavily involved in the creative process, such as developing a comedy special from initial thought to a live performance and pitching it to major platforms like Netflix and Hulu, is a key aspect of the role.
3. Guiding clients through the development of a TV show, from the initial idea to refining their pitch and securing meetings with production companies and studios, demonstrates significant involvement in their creative journey.
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What do you enjoy most about being in your role?
What do you enjoy most about being in your role?
I love working with creative people and seeing something really come to fruition. I recently had the thought that we should really put out a comedy special for one of my clients.
I made some calls to comedy specialist producers, and we are now shooting it in front of a couple thousand people in New York in November. We're going to be taking it to Netflix, Hulu, anywhere that you can see comedy specials.
I am so heavily involved in that process. The most rewarding thing is seeing other clients. Right now, we're taking out a TV pitch for two clients, and they're ideally going to develop, write, and star in this TV show.
Again, from the kernel of the idea, from us having a call where they said they were thinking about taking out a TV show, to really giving them a bunch of notes about the idea, hearing their pitch, having them refine the pitch, and coming back in multiple times.
Now, in the process of calling these production companies and studios, getting meetings on the books, I'm very actively and heavily involved in the creative process without being the creative myself, without being the writer or the director. It's very cool to see.