There are 5 (sometimes 6) sections of your Startpack, known as 'tabs' (like the tabs on paper folders).
Basic
This is where to find the following fields:
Names:
Title
Middle names
Also known as
Screen credit name
Pronouns
First and Last name:
Can be edited in your 'Account' area:
Personal:
Sex
Date of birth
Country of permanent residence
Country of legal nationality
Your 'Sex' is collected for HMRC (UK) purposes. Sex is shown on your: birth certificate, or gender recognition certificate
Passport:
Your full name as it appears on your passport
Passport number
Passport issuing country
Upload a file of your passport
Dietary & health:
Dietary requirements
Allergies
To save, click UPDATE BASIC (at bottom of page)
Also click Update Contacts if you need to step away, because Engine will auto-logout after 15 minutes of inactivity (for the security of the data within).
Contacts
This is where to find the following fields:
Address
Contact information:
Mobile telephone number
Other telephone number
Email address (click the 'My account' link to edit your email address)
Email address for payslip
Email address for pension
You can change these if you’d like your payslip or pension emails to be emailed to an email different to your Engine account email address.
Emergency contact
Emergency contact full name
Emergency contact relationship
Emergency contact telephone number
Agency
I have an agent (switch)
(Agent details are retained if you turn this off for a job, and reactivate it for the next job)Agency name
Agency address
Agent contact information
Agent telephone number
Agent correspondence name
Agent correspondence email address
The name & email address of the Agent or Assistant who will deal with correspondence sent from Engine.
Send emails to crew member also?
Enable this if you would like the crew member to also receive Engine email notifications.
Agent signatory name
Agent signatory email address
The name & email address of the Agent who will sign contracts sent from Engine.
Agent bank account
Agent bank name
Agent bank branch
If this bank account is online-only, enter 'Online' here.
(Some payroll providers or productions who run their own payroll use the 'bank branch' as additional information to verify an account).Agent bank account name
Must match the account or payments may fail.
Agent bank sort code
Agent bank IBAN (Optional)
Agent bank SWIFT / BIC (Optional)
To save, click UPDATE CONTACTS (at bottom of page)
Also click Update Contacts if you need to step away, because Engine will auto-logout after 15 minutes of inactivity (for the security of the data within).