About Hollywood Resumes

Who We Are

Angela Silak and Cindy Kaplan are the co-founders of Hollywood Resumes, a resume writing and career services business dedicated to entertainment industry professionals. They founded the company in 2016, after working in the industry for several years and supervising the hiring process for a variety of openings across levels. Together, they have worked in film, TV, and digital; at big corporations and small start-ups; in scripted and unscripted development, production, and writing; in news and social media; in event planning, marketing, and research.

Since launch, Hollywood Resumes has helped hundreds of job seekers from across the industry write their resumes, cover letters, and other application materials, and the company also provides career coaching services. Through Hollywood Resumes, Angela and Cindy have led workshops for numerous professional organizations and universities, including Warner Bros. Discovery, The Producers Guild of America, JHRTS, HRTS, NAMIC Texas, The HiveMind Unified, Young in the Arts, Callsheets2Cocktails, Brandeis University, Boston University, and NYU, and Hollywood Resumes is the official consulting partner for Duke University's Duke in LA and Duke in NY arts, media, and entertainment programs.

Angela Silak

Angela is a film & TV development executive specializing in children's media. She currently works as a creative executive in the children's programming division of a major streaming platform, where she oversees development and production of live-action and animated preschool series. She previously spent six years as a development executive at a leading children's TV network, where she managed a slate of original movies and scripted series. She has also worked for an unscripted TV production company and an entertainment news website. Angela graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and she also holds a Master of Communication Management degree from USC and a Master of Arts in Educational Studies from LMU. 

Cindy Kaplan

Cindy is a writer whose work includes the award-winning web series ADULTING WITH JANE and cover stories for Food Equality Initiative's Free-From Magazine about life with food allergies. She has directed multiple short documentaries for NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, including TWO FAITHS ONE PRAYER, for which she earned the organization’s Change-Maker Award. She spent 8 years at Endeavor-owned agency Signal Entertainment Marketing, where she managed the product placement account for leading advertiser P&G and executed deals with Disney, Paramount, and other major production partners. Previously, she worked at Kids at Play, where she wrote and produced content for Disney Jr., Yahoo!, VEVO, and Electus, and managed a development slate of reality series. Originally from Brooklyn, she graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Creative Writing, and Journalism.