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Talent servicesT1 / T2 / T3

Commitment is what decides the tier, not audience size, not deal volume. Pick the shape your career can hold for the length of the engagement.

Below: a side-by-side comparison, then full detail on each tier.

01 · CompareThree tiers, side by side

Three tiers
at a glance.

T1

Brand-Deal Brokerage

Commitment
Non-exclusive. 6-month minimum.
Best for
Established creators with steady inbound, who want every offer cleanly negotiated and paid on time, but aren’t ready to give up self-representation.
Key included
  • Inbound + outbound pitching
  • Contracts drafted before you sign
  • Paid within 7 business days
Full T1 detail

T2

Most creators sit here

Full Talent Management

Commitment
Exclusive or near-exclusive. 12-month minimum.
Best for
Creators ready to run a real career with one team holding the whole picture, not just the deal flow.
Key included
  • Everything in T1
  • Calendar + public-life decisions
  • Quarterly career reviews
Full T2 detail

T3

6-Month Growth Sprint

Commitment
One-time, 6 months. No auto-renewal.
Best for
Creators with momentum but no system yet, strong work, irregular cadence, brand interest that arrives but isn’t strategic.
Key included
  • New media kit + rate card
  • Six-month outbound pitch motion
  • Career-arc plan you keep
Full T3 detail
T1

Brand-Deal Brokerage

A non-exclusive arrangement focused on the brand-deal side of the career. We do the pitching, the negotiation, the paperwork, and the payment flow. Outside of brand deals, you operate as you always have.

Commitment
Non-exclusive. 6-month minimum.
Who it’s for
Established creators with steady inbound, who want every offer cleanly negotiated and paid on time, but aren’t ready to give up self-representation.

What’s included

  • Inbound and outbound brand-deal pitching
  • End-to-end negotiation, including usage rights and exclusivity windows
  • Contracts drafted and reviewed by us before you sign
  • Brand-to-Mainstage-to-creator payment flow, paid within 7 business days
  • Quarterly read on deal flow and rate-card calibration

Not included

  • Full career management or non-brand-deal decisions
  • Content production (that’s the Studio side)
  • Public-life or PR representation
  • Exclusivity on your behalf, you remain free everywhere else
Apply for representation to see what fits.
T2Most creators sit here

Full Talent Management

A full management relationship. We carry pitching, negotiation, paperwork, calendar, public-life decisions, and the once-a-quarter read on where the career is going. Exclusive or near-exclusive in scope so the strategy actually compounds.

Commitment
Exclusive or near-exclusive. 12-month minimum.
Who it’s for
Creators ready to run a real career with one team holding the whole picture, not just the deal flow.

What’s included

  • Everything in Brand-Deal Brokerage
  • Calendar ownership, partnerships, content windows, public moments
  • Career-arc planning and quarterly career reviews
  • PR and public-life decisions handled with you
  • Direct line to the Pod Manager and Talent Manager every week

Not included

  • Content production as a default (Studio side is separate)
  • Personal financial advisory or tax planning
  • Crisis-management retainer outside the agreement
Apply for representation to see what fits.
T3

6-Month Growth Sprint

A defined six-month sprint to put a working system in place, new media kit, rebuilt deal flow, public positioning. At the end you walk away with the assets and the playbook; T1 or T2 is an opt-in, not an obligation.

Commitment
One-time, 6 months. No auto-renewal.
Who it’s for
Creators with momentum but no system yet, strong work, irregular cadence, brand interest that arrives but isn’t strategic.

What’s included

  • New media kit and rate-card calibration
  • Pitch list and outbound brand-deal motion across the six months
  • Public positioning audit and rewrite
  • Career-arc plan you keep at the end of the engagement
  • Weekly working sessions with the Talent Manager and Strategist

Not included

  • Long-term representation by default (you opt in to T1 or T2 after)
  • Content production
  • Equity, revenue-share, or earnings-based payment structures
Apply for representation to see what fits.
The payment flowTransparent on purpose

Transparent on purpose.

Money is the part of representation most agencies hide. We make it the part of the pitch you can quote back to us during a negotiation.

  1. 01

    Brand pays Mainstage.

    Every contract names Mainstage as the payee. The brand never wires you directly, that’s how missed payments and lost invoices happen.

  2. 02

    We deduct commission.

    Commission is set at signing and stated in plain numbers in the agreement. There are no platform fees, no hidden margins, no admin charges.

  3. 03

    Creator paid within 7 business days.

    Money lands in your account inside seven business days of the brand’s payment clearing. If a brand is late, you don’t chase, we do.

    , Public promise

What’s not in the roomRefusals, plainly

Refusals, plainly.

Saying no protects the careers we do represent. Here's what we turn down, even when the creator is interesting.

  • 01Creators with niches that conflict with current Studio brand-client work.
  • 02Anyone unwilling to sign a written agreement before a pitch goes out.
  • 03Equity-only or revenue-share-only representation.
  • 04Short-term, single-deal mandates outside a tier.
  • 05PR or crisis-management as a stand-alone retainer.
06 · ApplyRead personally, every time

Tell us about your career.
We'll read it.

Tell us about the work, the goals, and the place you're stuck. Every application is read personally: yes, not yet, or a polite no with the reason, inside two business days.

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