My career goal is to eventually work in the music/entertainment industry such as Netflix, HBO Max, UMG, WMG, Spotify. How can I successfully pivot if I don’t have any prior music/entertainment industry experience?

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Run. Far away. Don’t look back.

I don’t know where you work but it sounds like you work at a “normal” place aka not in the entertainment industry. FYI, Hollywood pays way less than the companies most analyst fishies work. And - you’re right - entertainment companies like to hire from “within the industry.”

Funny you ask because my industry friends are dying to go get a “normal” analyst job because the pay is twice as much, more corporate (meaning more rules, which means a more consistent, stable day)… and for people who have worked in Hollywood for so many years, having a “normal” job is a dream. They’re having a hard time pivoting in the opposite direction.

If you really want to go that route:
Definitely use a referral. Even if there’s an entry level employee that you can take to lunch, go make that relationship. FIND OUT WHO YOUR BOSS/MAIN MANAGER WOULD BE… THEN TAKE HIS/HER ASSISTANT TO LUNCH - if you do that, job is in the bag. Entertainment assistants comprise an industry gang of extremely well-connected, underpaid, overworked, savvy professionals. They have secret emails that circulate with job opportunities (bc they’re all waiting for the 2year mark); and they even keep a brown list of the worst people to work for in the industry.

For keywords, make sure you put “studio” and “entertainment” somewhere in your résumé, even if it’s just in your summary/objective. Start reading the trades every morning: THR, Deadline, Variety.

I’d pick Netflix or Spotify before a studio or music group.

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Love this 😆

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I’d look to pivot into a similar role at one of those companies. They’re all pretty large companies in need of analysts (unsure of your exact role). Then you should be able to pivot into a talent/client facing role within those companies more easily.

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