The Team
Our team is as creative and diverse as the candidates we source and champion for your roles. Based globally from London to Brisbane, Newport to Porto, with different routes into TV and varying experiences of both the industry and the world, we come together as a passionate bunch who love nothing more than putting together successful teams for our clients.
Kimberly Godbolt
Managing Director
Kimberly travelled the world as a self-shooting Producer/Director for popular factual series & documentaries on Channel 4, BBC, ITV & Channel 5 before turning her creativity and influence to the world of recruitment. 15 years in programme making has given her an in-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of freelancers’ editorial sensibilities, production company output and key development players. She’s usually talking – either on the phone or in meetings, and if she isn’t she’s watching copious amounts of catch up to feed her insatiable appetite for great TV.
Based: Surrey
Rosie Turner
Managing Director
Rosie has worked in the television industry for nearly 20 years. Starting out at Celador Productions as a runner, Rosie worked her way up through the ranks, before moving into Talent Management over 10 years ago. Her staffing career has included time at Fever Media, Dragonfly, Maverick, Wag TV, Optomen and Sundog Pictures, before becoming Head of Talent at betty.
Rosie set up Talented People with Kimberly Godbolt in 2017, rapidly becoming one of the leading television recruitment and senior search companies in the UK.
Based: Sunshine Coast, Australia
Katie Bright
Senior Talent Manager, Development
Katie’s production background is in entertainment and live studio where she produced series like Paul O’Grady, Alan Carr and Celebrity Juice. She made the move into talent management in 2014, supporting independent production companies with staffing across a variety of different genres. She has recruited all levels from researchers to MDs, and has influence with much of the industry’s talent, thanks to her trustworthy manner and genuine interest in candidate’s situations. She is TP’s secret weapon in development, constantly tracking and discreetly placing premium business winning developers.
Based: Hertfordshire
Lucy Yudt
Talent Manager, Production
Lucy worked her way up through the production ranks to manage an extensive range of projects, including international filming, multi-camera set ups and shaping new series. In the summer of 2019, she ran a large-scale Live production for the BBC ‘Plane Spotting Live’ with over 100+ crew and loved building the team from scratch. Lucy has recently made the shift to Talent Management and has a finely tuned sense for what a production needs from both an editorial and production perspective. Lucy is TP’s Production search lead placing candidates in both project and permanent roles from Production Co-ordinator to Head of Production.
Based: North London
Jessica Gardner
Talent Manager, Digital & Branded
Beginning her career in music videos, branded content, and commercials, Jess established herself in the industry both as a Creative Producer and as a Production Manager working with brands such Red Bull, O2, Sony, Yamaha, Go Compare as well as in-house at BBC Studios. Most recently, Jess has been Production Manager for BBC’s Casualty, has produced a string of short films, has worked on two feature films during COVID and over 15 feature documentaries for Discovery. Adding the role of Talent Manager to her wide variety of creative skills, when she’s not scouting and interviewing the best creative talent for Talented People, Jess can be found walking her dogs in the Welsh countryside and watching copious amounts of TV.
Based: Newport
Joty Chopra
Talent Coordinator
With a degree in Journalism, Joty started her career in TV as a Researcher where she has worked in various genres from Factual Entertainment to Observational Documentary. With her multilingual skills and extensive experience in casting she is passionate about all things people. As Talent Coordinator, she supports the Talented People team in sourcing and screening candidates both brand new and well known to us and strives to deliver a warm and personal service to our clients.
Based: Glasgow
Charmaine Kakaga
Junior Talent Manager
Charmaine started her career in digital marketing and events, before realising her ambition of working in TV. A self-confessed telly addict, she’s been a Researcher on all kinds of content including formats, quizzes and complex access documentaries. As Junior Talent Manager, she loves the buzz of urgent searches, sources and screens candidates both brand new and well known to us, and confidently deliver to clients.
Based: Digital Nomad (current status, Portugal)
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