How to Apply
(Important, please read!) Direct Personal Management is a co-operative agency, and as such, our members act as agents in our head office in Leeds, West Yorkshire, at least twice a month. You will be fully trained in our process before undertaking any office duties but note that these days are un-paid and no travel is covered. Please consider if this is manageable before applying. Should you be able to commit to the agreement however then do indeed read on –
JANUARY 2019 – THE NEW YEAR IS UPON US AND OUR BOOKS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN FOR YORKSHIRE/NORTHERN BASED PERFORMERS ONLY. WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN APPLICATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING TYPES (MUST HAVE SPOTLIGHT MEMBERSHIP):
Actor/Muso (MF)
Ginger hair (M/F)
Larger frame (M/F)
Non-brunette females (any ethnicity) 30-40
Younger BAME perfomers (M/F 16-30)
If you are a trained, experienced actor with Spotlight membership and you wish to apply to join Direct Personal Management then please email your CV and photograph with a covering letter, including your Spotlight view pin, telling us about yourself and outlining your reasons for wishing to join to office@directpm.co.uk
We then look forward to inviting you to interview and will ask a series of questions listed below.
EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND
To help us to gain as complete a picture of you as possible please describe your professional career to date including details about any professional acting work that you have done in the recent past.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY TRAINING?
If you went to drama school or have undertaken any professional training how do you think it has benefited you? If you haven’t had any formal training what effect, if any, do you think this may have had on your career to date?
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
Direct Personal Management is a co-operative agency. Please tell us your understanding of what a co-operative agency is and how it may work and how do you think being a member of a co-op such as DPM will help you as an actor?
YOUR ASPIRATIONS FOR YOUR FUTURE?
How would you like to see your career developing in the future?
DESCRIBE YOUR SKILLS & PERSONAL QUALITIES
Why have you applied to join Direct Personal Management? What skills and personal qualities do you have that you can bring to the agency?
FINANCIALS
The law ( Department of Trade and Industry) states that agents cannot insist on collecting commission from actors for work that they find for themselves. However, DPM has a goodwill agreement with its members that commission will be paid on ALL acting jobs. This is to ensure the agency remains financially healthy and that each actor’s professional interests are protected. How do you feel about the policy adopted by DPM in terms of your own potential membership?
REPRESENTATION
Also under DTI regulations, agents cannot insist on being sole agents. Do you have or do you intend to have another agent representing you?
TELL US AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT YOU
Finally, would you like to tell us about any aspect of your life and interests that may be useful or relevant for us to know?