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Alexa Whittington

Founder / Talent Manager
AWE

Alexa Whittington has over 11+ years experience in talent and entertainment-related businesses. As a Talent Manager at UNCMMN (a subsidiary of MACRO), Alexa leveraged her knowledge in the crossover space to build three sixty businesses for multi-hyphenates. Alexa was previously the Director of Entertainment Relations at The Network Advisory. At TNA, Alexa advised brands, produced and packaged TV projects, helped to create and launch Vocal Podcast Network and Queens Gaming Collective which was recently sold to XSET. Before TNA, Alexa was an event producer at Brilliant Consulting handling sponsorship procurement, management, and activations as well as celebrity recruiting, booking, and brand strategy. While working in talent management and publicity, Alexa worked with A-list clients such as Zac Efron, LL Cool J, and Julianne Hough. She also assisted director D.J. Caruso on the Vin Diesel international action film, xXx: Return of Xander Cage for Paramount Studios. Alexa continued in production and creative development working at Black Bicycle Entertainment. BBE focuses on financing female-driven content and supporting female filmmakers which produced projects starring Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain, Whitney Cummings and more. Alexa has advised several music artists on TV/Film crossover and syncing opportunities. Utilizing her extensive network, she has also consulted for various startups during their capital raise while completing investor outreach. Alexa is proud to have been a producer on the feature film “Initiation” that was selected to premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and received distribution from Saban Films.

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