{"id":647,"date":"2020-05-14T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2020-05-14T13:27:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:27:12","slug":"podcast-episode-5-jean-kitson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/podcast-episode-5-jean-kitson\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast episode #5 &#8211; Jean Kitson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With today&#8217;s guest <strong>Jean Kitson<\/strong> we get to talk about (among many things) what an agent does, how an agent can best help creators and producers with their challenges and how you should approach an agent when you&#8217;re looking to hire the talent they represent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#5: Jean Kitson - On Building Trust, Taking Walks and Negotiating Contracts\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/yi6eb-dc6478?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, if you like my podcast, please let me know! Send me an <a href=\"mailto:nick@nickdorra.com\">email<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ndorra\">tweet me,<\/a> or leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way I&#8217;ll know if there is an audience for this, and if I should keep doing more episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode is kindly sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celaction.com\/\">CelAction<\/a>, developers of CelAction2D, the 2D animation software used on some of the most successful series in the world, like Peppa Pig, Bluey and Mr. Bean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jean-Kitson_233x233px_No-Border.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-648\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jean-Kitson_233x233px_No-Border.png 234w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Jean-Kitson_233x233px_No-Border-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Kitson runs <a href=\"http:\/\/kitsonpress.co.uk\/childrens\/\">Kitson Press Associates<\/a> with her partner Julie Press.&nbsp;Based in London\u2019s Covent Garden, they represent creative talent across all media, including writers, directors, producers, script development talent and heads of department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean herself specialises in writers in drama and kids media, and in the last six years has built up a list of international kids writers working across all ages and media.&nbsp; Jean started working in production and development \u2013 she was at Bentley Productions on the first ever episodes of Midsomer Murders \u2013 before moving into working for agencies, becoming a Junior Agent at MBA Literary Agents where she rose to become and Agent and Director before leaving to start her own agency in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Subscribe to our newsletter to get notified when new podcast episodes go up:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/horizontal-slim-10_7.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;}\n\t\/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/nickdorra.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=c764010b6c270ceb664deb5d8&amp;id=56bb807d43\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate=\"\">\n    <div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n\t\n\t<input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\" placeholder=\"email address\" required=\"\">\n    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->\n    <div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"b_c764010b6c270ceb664deb5d8_56bb807d43\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"clear\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--End mc_embed_signup-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With today&#8217;s guest Jean Kitson we get to talk about (among many things) what an agent does, how an agent can best help creators and producers with their challenges and how you should approach an agent when you&#8217;re looking to hire the talent they represent. 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