In short
- The catalogue has two agencies in Birmingham: AS Agency and Atlantis Modelling Agency.
- Both have women's, men's, new faces and talent boards; AS Agency represents children.
- There are agencies nearby in Halesowen and Kidderminster.
Modeling work in Birmingham
Birmingham is the UK's second-largest city and the centre of the West Midlands. AS Agency presents itself as a model and creative artist agency based in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, on Albion Street. It has women's, men's, new faces, commercial, kids' and talent boards.
Atlantis Modelling Agency was founded in 2016 and is based on Fazeley Street. The agency says it is built on promoting diversity and inclusion; its boards are women, men, new faces and talent. Work in the city is mostly commercial: advertising, catalogues and e-commerce. You will find agencies by board on the pages women, men, new faces, talent, kids and commercial.
The nearest markets
- Halesowen – Valkyrie Models, south-west of Birmingham.
- Kidderminster – JEM Models, a mother agency in Worcestershire.
- Nottingham – two agencies, one of them a BFMA member.
- London – the main market, with fashion week and 74 catalogue agencies.
How to get started
- Take simple digitals in daylight and write down accurate measurements.
- For commercial work both Birmingham agencies fit: compare their boards and write to the one that represents models of your type. Fashion and runway work needs an agency in London.
- Apply through each agency's official channels. Under UK rules an agency may not charge a fashion or photographic model any upfront fee, not even for a place on its website. Being asked to pay for registration or a compulsory shoot is a sign of a modeling scam.
- A Lithuanian citizen needs permission to work in the UK, and an ETA on its own is not enough. Permissions, contracts, tax and the rules for minors are covered on the United Kingdom agencies page.