{"id":1960,"date":"2023-10-20T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:54:39","slug":"new-ethnicity-or-heritage-feature-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/spotlight\/new-ethnicity-or-heritage-feature-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Launches Improved Ethnicity or Heritage Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information about Spotlight&#8217;s new Ethnicity or Heritage tool.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Published: 20 October 2023<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotlight is proud to announce the launch of our brand new Ethnicity or Heritage tool. This new profile feature allows our members to select and add their ethnicity or heritage to their Spotlight profile at a greater depth than ever before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know how important it is for our members to be able to reflect themselves accurately and authentically through their Spotlight profile, so we&#8217;ve been working hard over the past year and engaged with a number of bodies, including Equity. This has allowed us to compile what we feel is a considerable list of over 800 heritages and ethnicities for you to really showcase you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will be available to Performer, Young Performer and Graduate members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1960-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ethnicity-and-Heritage-adding-it-to-your-Spotlight-profile.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ethnicity-and-Heritage-adding-it-to-your-Spotlight-profile.mp4\">https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ethnicity-and-Heritage-adding-it-to-your-Spotlight-profile.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/3426\/ethnicity-or-heritage-editing-screen.png\" alt=\"\" data-udi=\"umb:\/\/media\/5b42c106058847aeb00c1cee98d00592\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"text-align: center;\">The editing section for the Ethnicity or Heritage feature<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new tool can be found in the \u2018View\/update my profile section\u2019 by clicking on the edit icon beside the \u2018Details\u2019 heading. Then simply scroll down, and you\u2019ll see there are now two different sections for you to select ethnicity and heritage in: one for if you\u2019d like to keep this information broad, and another for if you\u2019d like to be specific. You can also choose to use a combination of both, as well as w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hether to have this information displayed on your profile or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Casting professionals are able to search for performers based on their ethnicity or heritage, so we&#8217;d encourage everyone to add this information to their Spotlight profile to ensure you come up in these searches.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This list of ethnicities and heritages will continue to grow, so we appreciate any feedback you may have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a look at our website for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/?tags=news\">industry news<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\">acting advice<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More information about Spotlight&#8217;s new Ethnicity or Heritage tool. 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