We are Point of Contact Booking LLC ®, the premier convention booking agency and friend to conventions and actors alike. Our focus is on happy attendees and quality shows.
Meet Jinnie, principal agent!
A. "Jinnie" McManus was born in S. Korea and raised in Aurora, CO. An executive convention staffer for nearly 20 years, she co-owns Colorado Anime Fest (CO). She also assists and mentors conventions of numerous topics worldwide and is regularly sought out as a globally influential voice on the convention circuit.
Jinnie graduated from Metropolitan State University with a degree in Public Relations, and has handled PR, special event bookings, social media and website design for three decades. She has a very spoiled cat named Sydney Bristow.
Meet Kris, booking manager!
Kris grew up in New York, but currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. An anime enthusiast, Kris started working anime conventions at 16 years old and hasn’t stopped since. He’s signed on to help coordinate Point of Contact’s roster with your events and is excited to talk to you soon. When he’s not working conventions or helping coordinate guests, he’s competing on Overwatch, watching Anime, or staring hopelessly at the ever growing stack of books in his to-be-read pile and playing Nintendo Switch instead.
Meet K!
Born and raised on the best coast, K. Watson has worked in the music and comic/anime world for the past eight years. She has written articles for Canadian Musician Magazine, and has been called on to lecture to university students as far away as Manchester UK. She's been managing acts for the past four years, and has tour managed on three continents. She's excited for the next chapter of working with Point of Contact and their incredible roster.
Here's how we're different.
We've worked on both sides of the fence. We know how cons pick guests, and we know how much they cringe when agents get involved in negotiations.
We've also worked with convention guests for more than a decade. We know how agents can protect them, and we know how valuable their time is.
Our goal is to be an advocate for guests AND conventions.
Point of Contact Booking helps bridge the gap between conventions of any size and potential guests. We'll work with a convention's budget and a guest's work schedule to create the best possible experience. From ensuring prompt communication to ensuring conventions have the guests who appeal most to their attendees, we'll make sure everyone comes out as a winner.
Oh, and last thing: per POC policy, conventions don't have to worry about extra agent fees, hidden or otherwise. Seriously.
In the end, happy guests mean good guests. Good guests mean happy attendees. Good conventions are successful because they make attendee happiness their number one priority.
That's our priority, too.
For the record
Point of Contact Booking is:
Principal: A. Jinnie McManus
Booking Manager: Kris Barone
Consultant: Sarah "Sully" Sullivan
Associate Agent; Music Specialist: K. Watson
Former clients ❤️ (we're happy to forward professional inquiries): Bryce Papenbrook, Christopher Sabat, Stephanie Sheh, J. Michael Tatum, Christopher Patton, Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Liam O'Brien, Cassandra Lee Morris, Leah Clark, Zach Aguilar, Ian Sinclair, Austin Tindle, Emi Lo, Rachel Robinson, Christopher Bevins, Kara Edwards and ❤️Billy Kametz❤️.
Thank you, K. Perotti. POC loves you.