Hollywood Resumes is a resume writing and career coaching business dedicated to media, entertainment, and creative professionals. We prepare professional branding materials, career coaching, and other professional development opportunities for individual and corporate clients.
For students and recent graduates entering the workforce.
For professionals seeking entry-level or mid-level roles.
For industry leaders seeking VP/Co-EP roles or above.
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We launched Hollywood Resumes in 2016, after hiring for roles across the entertainment industry and realizing that great candidates weren’t always able to communicate their value in their job application materials. We’ve worked in entertainment for over 15 years in scripted and unscripted TV, film, and digital content development, production, and marketing. We use our in-depth industry knowledge to help entertainment and media professionals through our job application preparation services, career coaching, and workshops for organizations like Warner Bros. Discovery, The Producers Guild of America, Duke University, Boston University, and HRTS. Our philosophy is that if you can confidently and clearly articulate your story, you can achieve your career goals!
Hi, I’m Angela Silak Vargas! I’m a film and TV creative executive specializing in children's media. I'm the co-founder of The Kids' Table, a content company that helps brands expand into kids & family entertainment. Before launching The Kids' Table, I worked at Apple TV+, where I oversaw development and current series of live-action and animated preschool shows, including multiple Emmy-nominated series. Previously, I was a development executive at Nickelodeon, where I managed a slate of top-rated original movies and scripted series. I got my start in development on the unscripted side at 3 Ball Entertainment. I’m passionate about lifelong learning, and after graduating from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History, I completed a Master of Communication Management degree from USC, and I also hold Master of Arts in Educational Studies from LMU.
Hi, I’m Cindy Kaplan! I’m a comedy writer and essayist, and I often focus on culture shifts and advocacy in my work. My credits include the award-winning web series ADULTING WITH JANE, shorts for Disney Jr., Yahoo! Screen, VEVO, and Electus, and multiple documentaries for NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. I’m also the Director of JITC Hollywood Bureau, the first organization dedicated to promoting authentic representation of Jews in entertainment. Previously, I managed the Procter & Gamble account at Endeavor-owned agency Signal Entertainment Marketing and executed deals with Disney, Paramount, and other partners. Additionally, I'm a former adjunct faculty member of Long Beach City College's TV & Emerging Media department, and I've received group facilitation training through NewGround.
We work with entertainment industry, media, and creative professionals across all levels, from intern to CEO. We take a personalized approach, crafting tailored job application materials and creating customized career coaching programs to meet each client’s individual needs.
We are a small but mighty team of two career experts. When you work with Hollywood Resumes, you will be working with one or both of the company's founders. We do not outsource our resume writers or career coaches, and while we may use AI in some of our sales and marketing materials, we never use AI to create your professional branding documents. Our approach is grounded in our relationships with our clients, and we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt our services to align with our clients' goals.
Job Search Support
We offer resume, LinkedIn profile, professional bio, and cover letter writing services, individual and group career coaching, and comprehensive packages to help you navigate the entire job search process. Whether you’re seeking a lateral move, aiming to level up in your current career path, planning a transition to a new side of the entertainment industry, pivoting to a career outside of film and TV, pursuing entertainment as a second career, or breaking into the industry as a college student or recent grad, we will help you create the application materials you need to stand out in a competitive job market and provide support to help you focus, manage, and maintain momentum in your job search.
Career Development
We understand that there’s more to building a successful, satisfying career than executing a job search strategy. Our career coaching services support professionals through multiple career milestones: searching for jobs, navigating tough workplace dynamics and difficult conversations, setting goals and accountability structures for creative projects or entrepreneurial endeavors, improving leadership and management skills, developing assistant skills, and more. We also offer group coaching programs to help foster community among job seekers and entertainment professionals.
Our entry-level services are designed for college students and early career professionals with less than 3 years of professional experience (in any industry). We offer a range of packages, including resume writing, career coaching, interview preparation, and Hollywood assistant training to help you break into entertainment and media.
Our standard services are designed for professionals with 3+ years of experience who are seeking entry-level or mid-level roles. We work with clients to prepare resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and other professional branding materials, and we offer comprehensive packages that include career coaching so you can approach your next steps strategically.
Our executive services are designed for leaders seeking roles at the VP/Co-EP level or higher. We work with senior executives and producers to create a full suite of professional branding materials, and we offer high-touch coaching programs to help you define and achieve your goals.
We work with networks, studios, streamers, universities, professional associations, pipeline programs, nonprofits, and other organizations to provide professional development workshops, customized programs, and outplacement services.
Read what our clients are saying on Yelp!
"I had applied to over 200 roles before working with [Hollywood Resumes] with very little success. Since working with them, I have gotten multiple job offers. This is directly a result of how, through working with this company, I was able to organize and speak about my experience in a significantly more effective way."
"When I moved to LA, I applied to probably 50+ mid level jobs at studios and still was getting nil interviews. Hollywood Resumes was so helpful in rewording my resume and structuring it in a way that appeals to hiring managers. Literally the first job I applied to at a major studio using this resume quickly landed me a job offer!"
"I've worked in the 'industry' for 20+ years as a field, story and later development producer - basically making other peoples' stories come to life - on the creative side. Within a year, Cindy has helped me transition from working in the industry to being prepared to sell myself and my own shows."
"I'm a freelancer who had other careers before landing in my current industry. [Hollywood Resumes was] creative and able to really explain my work and make it pop. I also had them help me work on my Linkedin profile and it has made a huge difference with people now reaching out to me!"
"Amazing service and execution. Angela made sense of my decades of entertainment experience. She created a beautiful and concise resume for me with a speedy turnaround. The team is prompt and communicative and goes well above and beyond most resume services."
"Hollywood Resumes did an amazing job helping me create a new resume that reaches a more diverse hiring base. They found a creative way to highlight my various job responsibilities and skills despite working over twenty different freelance jobs."