Tiauna Jackson on Clubhouse

Bio

Tiauna Jackson is the founder of Jackson Agency, a Talent and Literary Agency that has been breaking barriers and changing the game since 2014. Due to racial barriers to entry, Jackson was unable to gain employment at several agencies and found that the only way she could get interviews at these agencies was through using a non-ethnic name.

Jackson became a household name in 2019 after she was featured in the New York Times in a piece about the “Uphill Battles of Black Agents in Hollywood.” In this piece, she appeared alongside several powerful Black Agents who worked for her competitors, however Jackson was the only one who actually owned her agency outright.

In the fall of 2019 Ms. Jackson shocked the industry by making history as a Writers Guild of America franchise in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

The rise and grind mentality of Tiauna Jackson did not stop there, she co-founded the Black Agents Network a professional networking association for Black Talent Agency owners worldwide.

Relentless, Ms. Jackson started 2021 off with another professional achievement, having become a Directors Guild of America franchise and celebrated the 7th anniversary of her boutique agency in the fall, but winter of 2021 is where Jackson’s resilience in the face of adversity finally paid off. She ran for one of the 12 slots on the ATA’s Board of Directors.

Placing fifth overall, Jackson became the first Black woman ever elected to the Board of Directors of the ATA, and will serve as the only Black woman elected to the Board of Directors for the 2022-2024 term.
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