SIGNED IS A MOTHER AGENCY AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT ROLE A MOTHER AGENT PLAYS, HERE ARE SOME FACTS FOR YOU!
What is a Mother Agent?
Like a Mother, a Mother Agent is there to protect the Model and guide her career. A Mother Agent works for the model. In most cases, the Mother Agent is the person who originally finds or scouts you and then when you are ready, promotes you to agencies worldwide in the hopes to be SIGNED!
How is a Mother Agent paid?
A Mother Agent does not charge the model money upfront. They make money when the Model makes money! In most markets, agencies take 20% commission from the models earnings as a service fee for managing their careers. The agency then pays the Mother Agent half of that, or 10%, of the fee that the agency is already deducting. It does not cost the model any additional money than what they would have already been charged.
Why do I need a Mother Agent?
To be a successful Model, you will need to be placed and travel all over the world with different agencies. Having multiple agencies in different markets with different opinions can get very confusing. So a model needs a main person to oversee all of these agencies and that person is usually your Mother Agent. We are separate from an agency and are there to work on your behalf and help keep you and your agencies on the right track and organized!
What are some things to expect from a Mother Agent?
Here are some, but not all, things a Mother Agent will do on behalf of the model:
Help develop the Model
Help the Model build a portfolio or testing book
Help you with understanding model contracts, when offered
Giving general knowledge on the modeling business - terms used, important markets, policies, etc.
Book jobs for you in a local market to gain experience
Introduce you to the proper people all over the globe - people that you would not normally be able to get in front of if not for your Mother Agents contacts
Stay on top of your agencies to make sure that you are being promoted
Work with your agencies to make the right plan for your career
Help you organize your travel to various markets
Be there for you when you have questions or concerns
Does Signed Management book models directly for jobs?
YES! Starting in 2023, SIGNED Management will now work on obtaining work with local clients in MA and New England. Still with a main focus on developing models, SIGNED will now also give their models experience in a local market working with fashion clients in Boston and surrounding areas!
Does having a Mother Agent guarantee that I will be placed around the world?
Unfortunately, a Mother Agent can not guarantee that you will find an agency as sometimes the belief a scout has in a girl is not always seen by others. But you can be guaranteed that if a Mother Agent believes in you and signs you, they will work hard to get you placed with the right people that believe in you the same way!
What makes Signed Management a good Mother Agent for me?
SIGNED's founder, Erin Scimeca, worked for 23 years in New York City scouting for some of the top agencies in the business and bringing some of the big names in modeling to New York. She has traveled all over the world and worked with many of the top agencies in all the main markets in modeling. She has worked with Mother Agents from the US to Holland to Russia and has first hand knowledge of how a successful Model is made. The knowledge she has gained sitting on a booking board will make all the difference in scouting and developing the new faces for SIGNED. Erin also has close relationships and contacts at most of the main high fashion agencies all around the globe, especially considering the fact that she regularly traveled to Europe for Fashion week twice a year. She has already "mothered" over 500 models in her career and therefore has more know-how than most to be Mother Agent to her own models!