Talent Agreement

Free Talent Agreement Template

Use this free template as a starting point for engaging a performer, artist, presenter, athlete, or other talent for an appearance, performance, content production, or endorsement. Copy and customise it to suit the engagement type, IP usage, and your jurisdiction.

TALENT AGREEMENT

Date: [Date of agreement]

Engager: [Full legal name of the company or person engaging the talent], of [Address] (the "Engager")

Talent: [Full legal name of the talent or their loan-out company], of [Address] (the "Talent")

Background

A. The Talent provides [performance / presenting / endorsement / appearance / creative content] services.

B. The Engager wishes to engage the Talent for [brief description: a specific event, a series of appearances, a campaign, content production].

C. The Parties wish to record the terms of the engagement.

1. Engagement and Services

The Engager engages the Talent, and the Talent agrees, to provide the following services (the "Services"):

• [Specific deliverable: performance, recording, interview, appearance, social media content, etc.]
• [Duration and number of items, e.g. 1 keynote of 45 minutes, 3 Instagram posts, 1 day on set]
• [Preparation expected: rehearsals, fittings, briefings]

Full scope of work, brief, and any specific creative direction are set out in Schedule [1].

2. Dates and Location

• Engagement date(s): [Specific date(s) or date range]
• Location(s): [Address or venue / online / production set]
• Call time: [Time]
• Wrap time / end time: [Time]
• Travel days: [Number, if applicable]

The Talent shall be available on these dates, time, and at these locations, and shall arrive prepared and on time.

3. Fee and Expenses

• Total fee: [Currency and amount] (the "Fee"), inclusive of all services unless stated otherwise
• VAT / sales tax: [added / inclusive / not applicable]
• Payment schedule: [e.g. 50% on signature, 50% within 14 days of completion / Full payment within [X] days of invoice]
• Payment method: bank transfer to [account details]
• Expenses: travel, accommodation, and meals shall be [paid by the Engager directly / reimbursed at cost on production of receipts, subject to a cap of [Amount]]

4. Conduct and Professional Standards

The Talent shall:

• Perform the Services with the skill, care, and professionalism reasonably expected of a performer of their standing
• Comply with reasonable directions of the Engager, including timing, content, and dress code
• Refrain from any conduct during the engagement that could reasonably be expected to damage the reputation of the Engager or its associated brands
• Not be intoxicated or under the influence of unlawful substances while providing the Services

5. Intellectual Property and Likeness Rights

• All recordings, footage, photographs, and other materials created during the Services (the "Materials") are owned by the Engager, with title passing on creation. The Talent assigns to the Engager all rights it may have in the Materials.
• The Talent grants the Engager a [non-exclusive / exclusive], [worldwide / [specific territories]] licence to use the Talent's name, image, likeness, and recorded voice in the Materials, for the following purposes and duration:
  • Purposes: [Marketing of the event / Promotion of the Engager's products or services / Editorial use / Specific campaign]
  • Duration: [In perpetuity / For [X] years from delivery / Until [end date]]
  • Media: [All media now known or hereafter devised / Specific media listed]
• The Talent retains all rights in their pre-existing intellectual property (songs, characters, prior works) save as expressly licensed in this Agreement.

6. Endorsement Disclosure (applicable to influencer or endorsement engagements)

Where the Talent's content promotes the Engager's products, services, or brand, the Talent shall make all disclosures required by applicable advertising standards and consumer protection law (for example, #ad or #sponsored tags as required by the relevant regulator in the territory of publication).

7. Exclusivity (optional)

For [period] before, during, and after the engagement, the Talent shall not provide endorsement or promotional services for any [competitor list or category of products competing with the Engager's products].

8. Cancellation and Force Majeure

• Cancellation by the Engager: if the Engager cancels more than [30] days before the engagement, [Y]% of the Fee is payable; within [30] days, [Y]%; within [7] days, the full Fee is payable, subject to the Talent's reasonable efforts to mitigate by securing an alternative engagement.
• Cancellation by the Talent: if the Talent cancels for any reason other than force majeure or illness, no Fee is payable and the Talent shall use reasonable endeavours to provide a suitable replacement of equivalent standing, acceptable to the Engager.
• Force majeure: neither Party is liable for non-performance caused by events outside reasonable control. The Talent's fee for unperformed services is forfeit, subject to any reasonable rescheduling agreement.

9. Insurance

The Engager shall maintain public liability insurance covering the engagement venue and activities, with a minimum cover of [Currency and amount]. The Talent shall maintain such professional or personal insurances as are appropriate to their activities.

10. Confidentiality

The Talent shall keep confidential any non-public business, creative, or commercial information of the Engager learned during the engagement, save for disclosure required by law or with the Engager's prior written consent.

11. Termination

Either Party may terminate immediately for material breach not remedied within [7] days of written notice, or for insolvency of the other Party. On termination by the Engager for cause, no further Fee is payable; on termination by the Talent for cause, the Fee for services performed up to termination is payable.

12. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction] and the Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of [Jurisdiction].

Signatures:

For and on behalf of the Engager:

_ Date: _ [Name], [Position]

The Talent (or for and on behalf of the Talent's loan-out company):

_ Date: _ [Name], [Position]

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