What kind of work does Models Direct offer?

Models Direct represents a diverse variety of talent across the UK and worldwide. Our clients ask us for singers, dancers, models, actors, musicians, pets and promotional staff for work in many areas of the industry including; film, TV, events, fashion shows, photographic shoots, theatre, catalogues, advertising, product launches and promotions.

Models Direct is an international agency, therefore we are able to represent you for work in your local area or on a much wider scale if travel is your thing!

Take a look at the Models Direct client list, you will see we have worked with a huge range of clients, this allows us as an agency to successfully represent diverse talent, here is the list of types of talent Models Direct represent:

• Child Modelling
• Baby Modelling
• Promotional Modelling
• Fitness Models
• Hair Models
• Petite Models
• Plus Size Models
• Pregnant Models
• Disabled Models
• Pre-Teen Models
• Tall Models
• Fashion Models
• Hand Models & Feet Models

What is the Agency News email?

The Agency News email keeps you up to speed with what’s going on with your personal e-Portfolio. Models Direct will you email every time you are considered for a possible booking. You don’t need to do anything – one of the Models Direct team will contact you immediately if you are shortlisted or selected for an assignment!

What if I’m too busy, or don’t want to do an assignment?

If you have work, educational, domestic or personal commitments that mean you can’t accept an assignment, or if you just don’t want to do it, we’ll simply offer it to the client’s second choice. This won’t affect your chances of selection in the future!

However, once you have accepted an assignment from us over the phone and agreed all the terms and conditions including your fee and expenses, you have made a commitment to fulfilling that assignment.

Remember, you can mark your online diary ‘unavailable’ for periods when you do not want to be offered work.

How much can I earn?

Fees can range from £100 to several hundred pounds per day!

Earnings depend on the type of work, your experience, how many agents you register with and also your own initiative and persistence.

Models Direct agree the fee with you before you accept an assignment. After the assignment. The benefit of being with an agency is that they can negotiate the best rate for you, this can be much harder for an individual to do when working with a business.

To see some of the fees earned by Models Direct talent, view our modelling success stories.

What can I do to improve my chances of finding work?

This is a very important question. Often, the key factor in success is not looks or talent, but persistence! Talent who take the initiative and proactively make things happen are often those who find most success. While Models Direct commit to putting you forward whenever your look and skills are called for, we need you to get involved in order to maximise your chances.

The most successful talent on the Models Direct books are well known within the bookings team and keep in regular contact with us, by social media, email or a call now and then just to say hi, see what work is coming up and to ask any additional advice on improving their portfolio to benefit them. This is part of the reason why a phone call with a member of our experienced team on application is essential as it allows us to gauge your commitment to the industry.

Here’s what Models Direct recommend:

Make sure your photos are current and reflect your current look. This is particularly important for babies and young children, whose looks change very quickly. You don’t require professional photographs, however to give yourself the best possible chance of being selected or noticed by a client make sure your photographs are the best they can be!!

Click here for help with your photographs

Also make sure your ePortfolio is reguarly updated and lists full details of skills, experience and any relevant qualifications you have. The Models Direct booking team are often checking model stats for work, so please make sure all your measurements are up to date and all filled in.

Register with more than one agency to get more exposure to the industry. Not all agencies are exclusive so you are able to be represented by more than one.

How often should I update my profile?

Your profile needs to be up to date so potential clients can get an accurate sense of your suitability for their project.

Babies’ photographs should be updated every few weeks, children’s every few months and adults’ as and when your look changes.

Simply log in to your account and making sure your details and images are as up-to-date as possible. We need to know if your skills, experience, qualifications or measurements change or if details such as address or phone number change. If you have an online diary, make sure it reflects your availability in terms of holidays and so on.

Remember Models Direct will email every time you are put forward for work too.

To start your modelling career click here

The final images the Models Direct team have received from a recent shoot with  Caldecotte Lake Business Park are fantastic, both models Alicia and Terry did an incredible job!

Model Feedback: Terry – Model Fee: £100

“The shoot for Lakeshore Fitness was extremely fun with plenty of laughter. The photographer and team were very organised and easy to work with, which made the project flow smoothly. Working with fellow model Elisa was very natural. It really helped having a natural chemistry with her which shows in the photos.”

Model Feedback: Alicia – Model Fee: £100

“Just on the way back home to London. The shoot went really well, very professional and kind. It was mostly fitness shots which required a lot of physical movements but they made sure I had water and that I was comfortable at all times. Thank you for featuring me as a starring model, I look forward to receiving more jobs as it’s been a pleasure! ”

Commercial models  get booked for such a variety of different work, you never know what the next  modelling job is going to be!   Models Direct have soured models for all different types of assignments  over 28 years, so not many briefs surprise our assignments team!

These models were delighted to be selected for this shoot with Mattressman, what a nice shoot to do and be paid for!  Most of us would happily be paid for being in our pj’s and having a nap .

Models Direct represent men, women and children who are talented individuals  and commercial models, furniture companies use alot of commercial models to promote their products, here are a few final images from recent shoots Models Direct have done with Mattressman.

The Models Direct team have recently sourced and provided   models for a couple of  lifestyle/promotional shoots for large shopping outlets in both Swindon and Cheshire. A promotional shoot is super exciting and can be a mixture of video and stills, so the models have to have a particular look and also the confidence to be filmed in action! (Shopping on this occasion!).

This is a shot of our models Kelly and Hallam posing as shoppers in the Swindon Shopping Outlet.

The images and video taken at this shoot will be used to promote the shopping outlet and what it offers its customers.

Deborah who is one of Models Direct’s more experienced models was  selected for the promotional shoot for the Cheshire Outlet – this is what she had to say about the assignment:

“”Completed my fourth Modelling assignment with Models Direct yesterday! Had a fabulous time at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet with five other models, where we were photographed as shoppers in the outlet, coming out of designer shops etc. I enjoyed meeting the team, they were all very friendly and the assignment has definitely contributed to my experience. Each assignment helps me build confidence and develops my skills. I definitely recommended Models Direct, they’ve been fabulous with me and I’ve had some brilliant assignments so far!! 
Below is a video from the day… @modelsdirect”

https://www.facebook.com/deborahsimbo/videos/10214489592772008/

Models Direct’s male model, Jack was also selected  for the shoot and sent this feedback:

Trinity and Janay spent 10 days at the show helping the Ocean Brothers promote and raise awareness of their challenge to row the Atlantic to raise money for Skin Cancer Awareness – How exciting!

The Models Direct team love receiving behind the scenes pics from their models  when on assignment, it gives the team here a great insight into your experience  and helps aspiring models  get a better understanding of how the industry works.

The Assignments team at Models Direct always ask their models to take any behind the scenes pics when on assignment if they have permission from the client, so if you have been booked for an assignment soon remember to take pics of your experience, from your outfit on the day, your journey and any  pics you can get of you and the team on set!! (Note: Please make sure you have permission from the client if taking behind the scenes pics on set !).