Julia Bianco Schoeffling is the author of The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games, the industry's first such guide. Julia serves as the COO and Casting Director at The Halp Network, where she specializes in voice and performance capture casting for future technologies, including video games, AR/VR, new media, location-based entertainment, and more.

Her notable casting credits include The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Gotham Knights, Wylde Flowers, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and Tell Me Why, which features the first playable transgender character in a video game. She is a member of BAFTA and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, and Wired Magazine.