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How to approach agency representation
Hi there, I'd like to be put onto an agency's assistant list and am unsure how to go about reaching out. What is the best way to set up an appointment with agencies in the LA or NY areas? What will make me stand out? What is the best format to submit my work? I've got a portfolio here: http://www.christinadelfino.com Thanks for the advice! Best, Christina Mar 02 15 04:18 pm Link Christina Delfino wrote: Christina, agencies will likely limit their interest to talent that can generate a revenue stream for them... it's really that simply, please don't over think this... Clients Please consider correcting this omission BEFORE you approach an agency... Christina Delfino wrote: Christina there is no "best" means to obtain audience with an agency... You need to contact i.e. call each of your targeted agencies and ask how best to proceed here.... There are many agencies and all have their own protocols... Christina Delfino wrote: Once again, only the agency in question will be able to provide guidance here... anyone who suggests otherwise is at best naive or at worst isn't likely playing with a full deck... Mar 03 15 07:21 am Link ^^This. Talk to agencies in your area. Don't go in seeking a job. Go in seeking advice and direction, humbly. Talk to agency represented artists in your area, who work in the area of makeup you'd like to be repped in. Offer to go to where they are, on their schedule, and buy them coffee/lunch/shoes and pick their brain. 20 may say no thank you, but if one says yes it's worth the time spent asking. Research them and have specific things in their work to reference when you approach them. Then they'll know you're not randomly contacting a billion people with a form e-mail. A young lady who contacted me recently to ask about assisting me mentioned that she wanted to learn how to make skin look the way she saw in my book. This speaks more to me than someone saying, "Hi! I love your work, do you need an assistant?" Additionally, agency representation is not always the be-all-end-all. There are lots of major artists who are not agency repped, for a variety of reasons. Roshar, for example. Look at the work and the reputation first. Find artists whose careers you'd like. Look at agency representation second. Mar 04 15 01:46 pm Link The ones around these parts ask for tear sheets, ie., samples of magazines you have been published in. Its pretty direct, and to the point. If you are not published (talking Sutherland, Ford, Olson etc), they take a dim view. Begs the question, how do you get published if you have no rep? Hard road. The advice given here is spot on. Assist in enough published work so you can take em a book (they hate instagram, facebook, websites, always want print ports), featuring your work. Then when you get agency rep, you hope they book ya. Its worth the effort though if this is your calling. You gotta find an artist who has tons of print who takes you on, that's how it works up this way. Good luck! You can do it, but it takes a measure of patience and planning. Mar 05 15 08:08 pm Link Check out my article on this topic here: http://makeupisart.com/10-tips-for-thos … sentation/ Mar 06 15 04:31 am Link KathyAragon wrote: Kathy, thank you so much for taking the time to share here... it is greatly appreciated... Mar 06 15 07:23 am Link Aww thank you Thomas. I passed on the sweet sentiments to my husband as well.  Mar 06 15 09:42 pm Link |
