turnover. closed boise office.turnover. paid hundreds in training.horrible culture when open

Scammers!!!! You should never have to pay agency upfront. I had an audition yesterday. I am an actor. One of the films I did was screened at Festival de Cannes last year. I've been around the block. They didn't even ask me to read my monologue. It went like this-pose like a commercial model. Oh you aren't posing like one. Do you want to learn? Ok that's gonna cost you over $2k which includes one full day of training, working with photographer, getting few photos for portfolio and we upload you on our website. You have to pay them $250 to get uploaded to their website. And you don't get uploaded to their website for 3 months. They claim it's a third party but if you do your research they are all connected. The same person owns it. Booking agent you get assigned is sitting somewhere out of state. Oh look-this is how much money you can make! I wanted to say the models you are showing me, are they even real? The jobs you are showing me are they real? You get locked into 3 year contract where you can't work with any other agency in Nevada. And it's fine if they were a reputable agency. But they aren't because they are scammers. When I was done there was a line of three 20 year olds after me. This is just so messed up and makes me angry when people take advantage of others, especially those who are new to industry. Please, people read reviews before giving your hard earned money to these scammers. Take your money and spend it on training and professional photo shoots. I promise you, it will be way less than $2k. Find a reputable in Las Vegas agency if you are looking for work. Stay away from anything that asks you if you can make your first deposit today and scares you that you will loose your spot if you don't put money down. read more

I thought that working with Urban Talent Management would be a great side gig for me. I contacted them and was quickly set up with an "interview" to see if I was a good fit. It was a classic sales scheme and I wish I had paid better attention to it. They had me do some trivial tasks and complimented me on how well I did them and said that I would be such a great talent. I didn't know much about the modeling world so I went along with paying the $1,700 for their "class" so I could learn how to model. I had some hesitations about how the class would fit into my day job schedule, after voicing these hesitations they assured me that the classes are virtual and we'd be able to work around my day job schedule. I paid my $1,700 at the beginning of October 2020, and it is now early February 2021. I have yet to receive any sort of class and every time I try to contact UTM it takes them several weeks to respond to me. When they do respond to me, it's just a continuation of false promises, asking me to spend more and more money before I can be on their website and start booking gigs. I have essentially paid $1,700 to get a lot of spam emails about gigs that I don't fit the demographic for and have not been "trained" to be able to do. When I brought it up to Urban Talent Management that I paid money for services I haven't received, and I asked for a refund, they refused. Please, save yourself the regret that I'm currently feeling and do not work with Urban Talent Management. read more

My roommate and I was confronted by an "agent" at the Boise Town Square Mall. We went to the appointment set by them and they wouldn't book us till AFTER we paid them over $2000 for training. I already had my SAG union card from Portland, OR and worked with an agent there so I called her up. She said that if an "agency" is asking for money upfront, it's not an agency, it's a management company and they will charge an upfront fee. She also mentioned that if they get an upfront fee; there is absolutely no motivation for them to get you jobs, you are just a number. read more