Verve has promoted three coordinators to agents — Shahrez Aziz, Taylor Killefer and Cooper Yeager — across its television literary, motion picture literary and digital teams.
“Shahrez, Taylor and Cooper are part of the next generation guiding the evolution of our industry and helping define what a modern agent is today and tomorrow,” Verve’s co-founding partners Adam Levine and Bryan Besser said in a joint statement. “Each has earned a strong reputation both inside and outside the agency, and together they reflect the strength of our core businesses while underscoring our continued investment in the strategic growth areas driving Verve forward.”
Back in 2022, Aziz got his start in the Verve mailroom and is now being promoted to a television literary agent. His promotion came on the heels of Chris Noriega, partner and head of television literary, orchestrating a stunt around a fictional animated series. It was presented as a sought-after project from a Verve client and ultimately culminated in the agency’s weekly Monday all-staff meeting, where it was revealed that the project was actually Aziz being crowned an agent.
“Shahrez is everything you hope for in an agent,” Noriega said in a statement. “He’s incredibly smart, forward-thinking, deeply committed, and consistently operates at the highest level. He has a great feel for both the creative and business sides of the industry, has earned the trust of clients and executives alike and continually exceeds expectations. We’re thrilled to see him take this next step.”
