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4 months, 2 weeks ago - James McCann

Hi Susie,
The most basic thing would be start a YouTube page, upload a million 30 seconds-to-a minute clips of Jack voice acting (these need to be a wide variety of scenes showing off his full range).
Then he needs to make a list of Voice Acting Agents and check PACT for any companies that work in voice acting.
He needs to write a short, professional email (including a link to his YT channel) and send it to all of them.
He needs to expect that most won't reply, a few will reply with 'our books aren't currently open,' and most of the PACT companies will reply with 'we don't handle that, you need to do ABC.'
However, most places that reject him will offer a name/place for him to chase-up. So when they reject him, they'll also say, 'You need to look at XYZ for rep,' or something similar.

The main thing would be getting a YouTube channel to show off his voice work (even if it's doing impressions/copies of other people's monologues etc) so he's got something to show people.

If he send an email 'I'm a voice actor, looking for work,' the first thing they'll ask is 'where's the proof you can do this?' which is why he needs to have that link already in the email when he sends them to people.

Think of it this way; the less I have to do to see how amazing you are, the more-likely I am to hire you.

When he gets a million rejection emails though (and he will, because that's how this works), please just keep reminding him that he's only 17 and he's got a lot of years left. He's not against the clock, so let the work come in its time. As long as he's smart about getting himself/his talent out there, the work will come.

Hope this is somewhat helpful. Ever forward :)
James