Well, the agent is the person who brings the work to these artists. They basically look for auditions, openings or any other opportunities. Since most artists are unaware of how the business side of things work they have their agent do that for them and the agent gets paid. This is basically for Artists who aren't fully successful and can't really hire a manager to do all this full time for them.
light0296 t1_jaeeau2 wrote
Reply to eli5 why do actors/models/etc need agents and what do the agents do that they couldn't themselves do? by Pfacejones
Well, the agent is the person who brings the work to these artists. They basically look for auditions, openings or any other opportunities. Since most artists are unaware of how the business side of things work they have their agent do that for them and the agent gets paid. This is basically for Artists who aren't fully successful and can't really hire a manager to do all this full time for them.