Talent on the move + Stats & Features!
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- Go to Hot Jobs. if you haven’t already, sign-up for a free account and click on: https://talentblvd.com/blog/category/hot-jobs. Any type of membership can apply or submit a job.
- Create a Street Talk blog post, they get read, drive traffic, and support your Studio. Caroline Collins' post on the blog drove BIG traffic.
- Leverage your presence on LinkedIn and link to TalentBlvd.com. 63% of the social traffic to our site has originated from LinkedIn.
- Premium Membership provides unparalleled access to Talent. Upgrading your Hiring Manager membership will better equip your hire search with powerful filters and a personalized talent bench.
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Network or find your next hire on TalentBlvd
Talent profile pages have richer content than a LinkedIn profile including reels, resumes, contract info, and ability to email and text talent directly from their profile. There are 500+ reels and resumes from industry professionals in TV News, Sports, Weather, Business and Entertainment.
Log in to your TalentBlvd.com account and go to 'Meet the Talent' and use the powerful filters to sort talent by:
- Roles
- Contract expirations/availability
- Geo preferences
- Language
- Representing agent
- Market experiences
- Salary expectations
- New users filter/sort
We're growing together!
In 2022, we saw 370 new media talent registrations on the site. There were 136 new hiring managers, recruiters, and agents registering on the platform.
More than 75 TalentBlvd.com profiled media professionals accepted and started new jobs over the course of 2022. They found these roles either connecting directly with hiring managers, with the assistance of an agent, or through direct placements, features, or introductions from TalentBlvd. (list sent under separate cover)
Two Client Advisory Boards were launched in 2022
There was a Board dedicated to Media Talent and another composed of News Directors and Recruiters.
The Boards met 6 times over the course of the year and we featured three different prominent industry guest speakers. Speakers included; Princell Hair (BNC), Laurie Orlando (CBS News), and Sharri Berg (Fox TV Stations and Fox Weather).
Site Developments
Many new features and filters were added to talent profiles in 2022 as a result of listening to our Advisory Boards. These include:
- Additional job titles included freelancers, correspondents, voice over artists, editors, play-by-play broadcasters, photographers, talent acquisition/recruiters, and sales functions.
- Added mobile phone numbers to enable quick ‘click to text’ capability.
- Agent representation field has been added, as well as the ability to filter by agent or no agent.
- Personal Favorite folder feature so hiring professionals can create a talent bench of rising stars.
- New User sorting. Search the news talent profiles with one click, first in chronological order.
- Feedback memos for each talent profile.
- Last updated profile field, this is our profile ‘freshness’ feature.
Site Stats
- Subscription volume was up 132.4% year over year.
- Churn rate of subscribers finishes 2022 at an all time low, 5.04%
- There are 1,345 active monthly users, 26,000 sessions, 38,000 page/profile views.
- Direct traffic accounts for 51% of visits and LinkedIn is 63% of all social media traffic.
- Between Mike McNamara and TalentBlvd social profiles, the company has 50,000 industry followers and connections.
January
Palmira Perez, National Anchor and Streaming News, Estrella TV
Chelsea Torres, MMJ/Reporter, NBC/Fox, San Antonio, TX
Claire Alfree, MSJ, WNEP Scranton, PA
Zach Boetto, Anchor, Fox 40, Sacramento
Mackailyn Johnson, Morning Anchor, TEGNA, Little Rock AR
Kiona Dyches, MMJ, WBNS, Columbus, OH
Maya Skinner, Reporter/MMJ, Fox 29, Buffalo
February
Crystal Harris, Broadcast Director, KMGH, Denver
Haley Ziomek, Producer, AZFamily, Phoenix, AZ
Joanne Bethea, Director of Content, Greenville Drive, Greenville, SC
March
Jack Royer, Anchor/Reporter, WFTV, Tampa
Carli Petrus, MMJ/Reporter, WTVG, Toledo, OH
Haley Brown, Reporter, NY Post, New York
April
Amy Lu, Wash Correspondent, Hearst TV, Wash DC
Jasmine Ramirez, Reporter, KFMB News 8, San Diego
Rachel Hopmayer, Sports MMJ, Spectrum News 1, Buffalo, NY
Yvette Sanchez, Reporter, WFTX, Fort Myers, FL
Mallory Schnell, Meteorologist, KOLD 13, Tucson, AZ
Blair Best, Reporter, KGW, Portland, OR
Maddy Wierus, CBS News Reporter/Producer, Chicago, IL
May
Jonathan McCall, Weekend Anchor, News12, Phoenix
Rhonda Lee, Chief Meteorologist, Spectrum, NY and MA
Stephanie Douglas, Reporter/MMJ, Action 5 News, Memphis, TN
Austin Lowe, Meteorologist, NewsNet, Detroit, MI
Belinda Post, News and Traffic Anchor, WINK, Fort Myers, FL
Danielle Davis, Morning Anchor. KCRG, Cedar Rapids, IA
Lourdes Vazquez, MMJ, Spectrum, Dallas TV
Iris Lopez, Morning Show Host, KISS-FM, El Paso
Jessica Hart, MMJ/Reporter, WCPO, Cincinnati
June
Ana Patricia Candiani, Anchor, Univision 41, NY, CT, NJ
Nick McGill, Anchor, Fox 59, Indianapolis, IN
Evan Leake, Anchor/Reporter, WLEX, Lexington KY
Liam Healy, Meteorologist, WROC, Rochester NY
Candice Cole, Washington Correspondent, TYT Network, Wash DC
Sydney Zatz, Reporter, KAAL, Rochester, MN
Claudia Chakamian, Sports Anchor, WHNT, Huntsville, AL
July
Sarah Pilla, Climate Reporter/Meteorologist, Spectrum, Los Angeles
Laura Schweizer, Lifestyle Host, WKRN, Nashville, TN
Mihai Tripp, Producer, WBZ, Boston, MA
Troy Lynch, Anchor/Reporter, WMUR, Boston/Manchester
Veronica Jean Seltzer, Alert Anchor, News 12 Westchester, NY
Larissa Liska, Sports Director, KRIS 6, Corpus Christi, TX
August
Brian Dorman, Main Anchor, CBS 47, Fresno, CA
Luke Dorris, Meteorologist, renewal WPLG Miami
Ryan Schmelz, White House/Capitol Hill Correspondent, Fox News Radio
Roland Sprewell, Airborne Reporter, KNBC, Los Angeles
Evan Millward, Anchor, WCPO, Cincinnati, OH
Samantha Casano, Weekend Sports Anchor, WRCB Chattanooga TN
Lindley Schwartz, Ticketing & Ops, Chicago Cubs, Chicago
Bridget Spencer, Reporter/MMJ, WANF, Atlanta GA
Ben Davis, Consumer Reporter, DC News Now, Wash DC
September
Cierra Jordan, Reporter/MMJ, Fox 13, Memphis, TN
Ariella Scalese, Senior TV Weather Broadcaster, AccuWeather
Taylor Knight, Reporter News12, NJ and Producer New York Post
Anna-lysa Gayle, Weekend Evening Anchor, DC News Now, Wash DC
Jack Cooper, MMJ, KOLD 13, Tucson, AZ
Ashley Paul, Reporter/MMJ, WREG, Memphis TN
Teagan Brown, MMJ, WSTM NBC3, WTVH CBS5 & CW6, Syracuse
Mariah Janos, Sports Reporter, KVVU, Las Vegas
Savannah McCann, On-Air Host, Audacy - The Fan, Wash DC
October
Brian Jackson, Evening Anchor, Fox 13 Seattle
Joshua Peguero, Reporter/Anchor, KLAS Las Vegas
Ana Medina, MMJ/Reporter, WTVQ, Lexington KY
Lena Pringle, Morning Anchor, WISH TV, Indianapolis
Kirsten Moran, Sports Anchor/Reporter, Fox 40, Sacramento
Shannon Rousseau, Weekend Anchor/Reporter, Fox 4, Kansas City
Ally Osborne, News and Sports Anchor, WDTV, Clarksburg, WV
November
Jake Gadon, Sports Anchor, KOVR CBS O&O, Sacramento
Erica Mokay, News Anchor, KDKA Pittsburgh PA
Ariel Schiller, Weekend Anchor, WTXL, Tallahassee, FL
Courtney Spinelli, Reporter, WGN, Chicago, IL
Ryan Witry, Morning Anchor, KWWL, Waterloo, IA
December
Miana Massey, Weekend Anchor/Reporter, WJZ, Baltimore, MD
Caroline Collins, Evening Anchor, Fox 26, Houston
Ruben Diaz, Morning Anchor, CBS4, Indianapolis
Michael Thomas, Anchor/Reporter, KRON, San Francisco
Claire Alfree, MSJ, WNEP Scranton, PA
Zach Boetto, Anchor, Fox 40, Sacramento
Mackailyn Johnson, Morning Anchor, TEGNA, Little Rock AR
Kiona Dyches, MMJ, WBNS, Columbus, OH
Maya Skinner, Reporter/MMJ, Fox 29, Buffalo
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