StageRunner Podcast Ep4- Jules Kovisars

Reel Change Founder Jules Kovisars on Streaming’s Fast Collapse, Strikes, AI Threats, and Career Pivots for Entertainment Pros Stage Runner podcast hosts Gannon Murphy and Jason Fisher interview Jules Kovisars, founder of Reel Change, about how she went from DGA-trained assistant director to line producer and studio executive roles at companies including Turner and Paramount+ before launching a career strategy business for entertainment professionals. Kovisars describes streaming’s rapid shift from subscriber growth to profit demands, early layoffs beginning in 2021, acceleration by 2023, consolidation pressures from Wall Street, and how offshoring driven by international incentives compounded disruption around the 2023 strikes. She explains why entertainment skills often don’t translate cleanly to corporate hiring systems, drawing from her own misfit move into project management at AVI-SPL, and details Reel Change’s one-on-one approach to resumes, LinkedIn, interview storytelling, and realistic timelines, including examples of clients pivoting or augmenting income amid AI-driven risk to post and other roles.