
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (Doc Hollywood Kidz) - Artist International Management, a division of Doc Hollywood Studios, today announced the addition of talent manager Kimberly Mullen to the Artist International management team. Mullen will join the Los Angeles staff with a primary focus of representing actors.
"We are extremely excited to add Kim to our Los Angeles team," said DHWS CEO Steven Saxton. "Her experience and passion fit perfectly with the continued focus and growth of Artist International."
Artist International provides professional representation to actors, models, writers, directors, athletes, music performers, artists, and other entertainment properties. Its four divisions - music, literary, sports, and talent - operate with the singular focus of understanding the goals and talents of clients and maximizing their potential.
Currently, Artist International has 7 managers working with over 100 clients, including actors, musicians, models and other entertainment properties. With offices in both entertainment capitals of the United States, Los Angeles and New York, the company has access to recruit and develop top current and up-and-coming talent. DHWS plans to launch Artist International offices in Dubai and Miami. The company is currently in negotiations to bring in experienced managers, as well as strategic acquisitions of select smaller firms that can bring high caliber clientele to the company. The company's long-term vision includes opening offices in Las Vegas, London, Paris, Bombay, Hong Kong, and Rio de Janiero, with a global staff of 100 managers representing over 700 clients, including over 2000 literary properties.
Mullen started in the entertainment business through a successful career as an actor/model in New York, Miami, Atlanta, and Europe, while booking numerous television commercials, magazine editorials, ads, catalogs and runway shows. Not a stranger to competition, she appeared in Donald Trump's 2002 Miss USA pageant as Miss Ohio USA. Mullen built a national fan base when she competed on Mark Burnett's No 1 rated CBS reality show, "Survivor." She has also been featured in editorial spreads and European commercials, as well as entertainment news outlets Extra, Access Hollywood, People Magazine, and US Weekly. Mullen attended Ohio State University, where she received a B.A. in International Studies (Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Politics and Economics), psychology, and political science.