Rebecca Field: Mode Talent Management

Rebecca Field

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Mode Talent Management – Modelling & Talent Agency

Director

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Australia

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rebecca@modetalent.com.au,

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Twitter: @modetalent
Facebook: ModeTalentManagement & Rebecca ModeTalent Field
LinkedIn: Rebecca Field

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Mode Talent Management is a Melbourne based modelling agency focusing on advertisung, commercial, televsion & film work. Mode represents a diverse range of commercial & fashion models for photographic assignments including print, catalogue, magazine, advertisements and all other forms of media.   Mode Talent Management is a boutique agency representing professional, reliable & experienced models. Mode works alongside production houses, casting agencies, advertising agencies & photographers. Mode also provides actors, dancers, hosts & singers to a wide range of clients within the advertising, fashion, film & event management industry.

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It all started out of pure passion and a love for what I had grown up doing within the industry as a model, dancer & actress.

Starting dancing at the age of 3, I was exposed to the industry at an early age and fell into modelling in my late teens. I grew up with a good understanding of client and industry expectations. I also worked in events and promotions where I was given leadership roles. I extended my talents into acting training & gaining some lead TVC and feature roles whilst in my very intense 5 year Bachelor of Health Science – Naturopathy university degree. Although studying full time, I was also part of a successful dance team and I never cut down on my acting or modelling work. I was very dedicated to my degree yet it only seemed natural to me that I could do everything I wanted all at the one time. I learnt about sacrifice & this approach to life in general taught me to be extremely festidious in my organization of my weekly schedule.

Once I had completed my degree, I gained full time employment immediately within my field at a fabulous company with a great wage. Although I felt something was missing, I put it down to just starting a new job. However, within the first few days on the job I was offered two photoshoots and as asked to help assist managing a 2 month experiential campaign. I started to realise that I didn’t have the ability to self manage myself and my time as I had in the past. I started to question what really was my passion & what my career path was. I found myself thinking about the work I was missing out on rather than the work I was doing, but it was also through this time I started to truly consider my ideas I had in the past of starting something of my own. I had toyed with the idea of starting a management company of a whole array of talent from industries I was familiar with & it hit me like a ton of bricks. The decision was already made within my heart. I gave notice, finished my job in 2 weeks & officially started Mode Talent Management 3 weeks later.

I knew that starting my own modelling and talent company would be far from easy, that it would take a lot of time & further sacrifices. But this is the lifestyle I was familiar with & it was a choice. Following my passion only gave me more determination to succeed in every sense of the word. I wake up every day excited to put my time and energy into something that produces positive feelings back.

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I am passionate about embracing creativity, being independent & achieving goals. This stems into all facets of my life.

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I love that I am able to run a business that is reflective of my values. I manage a whole bunch of creative individuals who love the industry and what they do just as much as me. I love that I am able to seek out fun and enjoyable jobs for them to work on & reward them for being fabulous at what they do. I also enjoy building great client relationships and being able to provide them with not only the fabulous talent but a prompt service. I guess ultimately if you look at it very simply, I like to produce a result & make people happy!

a. Time management. I can be a complete workaholic.

b. Taking time off

c. Travelling interstate

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1. Do not put the word ‘success’ in the same sentence as the word ‘money’. I see it too often & the pressure this produces. I don’t hold money as an object of success & consider anyone successful for following a passion.

2. Create a rough business plan prior to starting anything

3. Surround yourself with positive inspirational people whom you can also inspire & collaborate with

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Now that I run my own business, I can take my lunch break whenever I like!

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Admittedly I am a workaholic, so I do need to work on creating a routine. But everything I do is by choice and the work I put into Mode does not often feel like ‘work’.

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Flying Solo: How to go it alone in business

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“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go” – Thomas Stearns Elliot (Poet & Nobel Prize Winner)

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