A Founding Cohort · Convened With Nerissa Williams Scott

Be the PM the
production needs.

The Texture Ready™ Founding Film/TV Cohort. Six hours. Six competency domains. The Hair Lead Standard, scoped for the production managers who carry the work from one show to the next, in a closed room with peers who already do.

Founding Rate · Cohort Investment

$15,000flat

One Cohort · Up to 20 PMs · Founding Pricing

$750

Per Seat at Full Fill

6 hrs

Total Curriculum

✓

Credential Issued

What the rate reflects. A founding cohort, convened in partnership with Nerissa, for working PMs in the network. Pricing is held below standard private cohort rates because this room is the foundation of the film/TV pipeline.

What it is not. A studio L&D engagement. This is a closed peer cohort for the PMs who actually carry productions.

Why This Room

The 2023 SAG-AFTRA contract uses the word qualified. It doesn't define it.

Productions are resolving the term on shoot day, with no shared reference. The exposure that follows lands first on the performer, then on the production, then on the PMs holding it all together. The Texture Ready™ Hair Lead Competency Standard is the operative definition. This cohort is how the PMs who run film and TV sets adopt it before the next show.

Who Belongs in This Cohort

Working PMs & the room around them.

Freelance UPMs, line producers, production managers
Production coordinators and 1st ADs
HMU department heads ready to lead in this lane
Costume designers and supervisors
Casting directors building their referral bench

The Curriculum

Six domains. Six hours.
One standard you carry on every show.

The full Hair Lead Competency Standard, voiced for the PMs who actually run productions. The credential travels with you, show to show, studio to studio.

Domain 01

Literacy Foundational hair knowledge

Hair types 1 through 4 and the variation within each. Breakage risk, porosity, density, scalp conditions. The vocabulary that lets you hold a hair conversation in a production meeting without flinching.

Domain 02

Fluency Styles & protective styling

Braids, twists, locs, wigs, weaves. Install times, maintenance, refresh costs. The hard numbers you need to plan a schedule, build a budget, and brief a director on what's actually feasible.

Domain 03

Architecture Planning & budget

Pre-casting hair reserve. Call sheet integration. Dressing room standards. Specialist labor day forecasting. The infrastructure decisions you bring to every show you're hired on.

Domain 04

Consent Intake & documented consent

Universal intake delivered to every performer. Consent signed before the first hair call. SAG-AFTRA §10(C) compliance. The paperwork that protects the performer, the production, and you.

Domain 05

Care Performer collaboration

The relational layer. How to hold a hair conversation that isn't an interrogation. How to recognize when silence isn't consent. The part of the work that never makes the call sheet.

Domain 06

Escalation Crisis & stop-the-line

Stop-the-line protocols. Documentation chain. Working knowledge of SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, and AEA contract provisions. The path that lets you raise a hair issue without becoming the bad guy.

Format · Choose what fits the group

1 Day

Full Intensive

2 × 3hr

Two Half-Days

3 × 2hr

Weekly Sessions

Retreat

Embedded Off-Site

Virtual or in-person. Live delivery by Art & Soul faculty. Virtual is held at the founding rate. In-person delivery adds travel and venue, scoped separately. Curriculum can integrate into existing team off-sites, leadership retreats, or pre-production weeks.

What's Included

Full curriculum delivery across all six competency domains, tailored to the working contexts in the room
Credential assessment · twelve questions, three live-administered relational items
Texture Ready™ Hair Lead credential issued to each passing PM on completion
Working toolkit excerpts · T01 Performer Intake and T07 Escalation Card, production-ready
Two weeks of post-cohort Q&A · direct email access to Art & Soul faculty
Listing in the Texture Ready™ alumni network as the directory launches

For Alumni · After the Cohort

$1,500 credit toward any Texture Ready™ engagement on a production you bring to Art & Soul within 12 months
First access to the Texture Ready™ Hair Lead Society as it launches
Preferred pricing on the Texture Ready™ Refresh for returning alumni
Founding cohort credit in Texture Ready™ alumni materials and case study attribution
Direct referral pathway for productions hiring credentialed Hair Leads

Reserve a seat. Cohort caps at 20.

Seats are held in the order inquiries arrive. Scheduling, format, and session windows confirmed once the cohort fills. The founding rate stands for this cohort only; future film/TV private cohorts price at standard institutional rates.

Kira Troilo · Founder, Art & Soul Consulting
kiratroilo@artandsoulconsulting.com · textureready.com
Convened with Nerissa Williams Scott · Charter Circle Founding Member

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