Ashley Wilson

CEO/Mom

Born in DC and raised in Maryland, I obtained my Bachelor of Arts Degree from Morgan State University in 2011, and my Master of Arts in Film and Media Studies from Johns Hopkins in 2018. I have been working in the entertainment industry since 2015.

Writing was perhaps my first passion. I started writing creative pieces in 5th grade as a form of creative expression. In high school and college, I channeled that energy into writing r&b music, and in my last semester of college at Morgan State, I took both a Script Writing and a Screenwriting course. After the the first day of classes, I was sold…I wanted to write for television! In 2015 I went on to study Film and Media studies at Johns Hopkins, where I concentrated in Writing and Business.

My first “tv job” was as a production runner in 2015 at Sirens Media. I had hoped this would be my entry into script writing, however, as I learned more about the entertainment industry, I learned it would not happen this way. Instead, I was offered a Casting job and leapt at the opportunity because it genuinely sounded like a cool job (and is).

While in this role, I realized how tedious it was to shuffle through stacks of headshots and resumes, and call talent agents one-by-one to fill each role. I decided to start an email list of interested actors and talent to stay up to date on my casting calls. This small gmail newsletter with about 20 local actors, grew into, what is today known as, Digital Influence, with over 50k global email subscribers and growing.

Over the course of my career, I have done casting for Reality TV, Fashion/Editorial, Branded Campaigns/Ads, and Social Media. I have had the opportunity to work on development projects in reality tv as well, which allows me to bring an imaginative element to the casting process. And I’ve written or co-written several indie projects and look forward to writing more.

What’s next? Something like combining casting, writing and development to create my own original content on my own platform for my own community.