Content days & internal video
Recruiting films, training, brand content and executives on camera. Cetera’s national campaign and Q Law’s content day were both run this way.
Corporate · Tampa Bay · Chicago · Los Angeles
Corporate hair, makeup and grooming, run like a production.
Headshot days, content days and internal video, conferences, summits, holiday parties and award nights. One vendor, one invoice, and a written start time for every person on the list.
Quotes within one business day · FL Talent Agency License TA1765 · COI, NDA, W-9 and vendor portal onboarding
Corporate clients include
- Salesforce
- Accenture
- Kraft Foods
- Groupon
- AARP
- Dentons
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Astellas Pharma
- Invesco
- Jenner & Block
- Seminole Hard Rock
- Northwestern University
- Cetera
- Sears Holdings
Twenty years, three home markets, and a roster that scales from one executive in a conference room to a three-hundred-person floor — booked as one vendor, on one contract, with one invoice.
The Work
Four things companies book us for.
Shooting a commercial or a campaign with talent and a call sheet? That is productions. Running a branded activation for the public? That is experiential.
Team headshot days
Your floor, your photographer, one written running order. One artist to every three or four people, with touch-ups between sitters so face twenty looks like face one.
Conferences, summits & parties
Main stage and green room, attendee lounges, black-tie galas, holiday parties and award nights. AmeriLife, Heineken and The 3% Conference, run on a schedule that holds.
On Every Booking
One department, not three freelancers.
- A key artistOwns the look and is your one contact on the day.
- Hair, makeup & groomingEvery skin tone and hair texture. Grooming is the same service, not an afterthought.
- Touch-ups through the dayBetween sitters, after lunch, before the stage.
- A written running orderEvery person has a start time, so nobody loses an hour waiting.
- Professional lightingWe bring our own. Office overheads are not built for photographs.
- Paperwork cleared firstContract, COI with named additional insured, NDA, W-9.
In Their Words
“Everyone looked polished, confident, and still like themselves — which is exactly what you want for headshots and work photos. The team was professional, efficient, and great at working with multiple people while making each of us feel comfortable and listened to.”
“I loved my speaking engagement makeup, lasted a whole event and it was the boost I needed before being on stage.”
How Booking Works
Headcount in. Number back in a day.
- 01Send the details
Date, city, headcount, the window you need people ready in, and what it is for.
- 02Staffing and a quote
Artist count, hours on site and travel, priced in one number within one business day.
- 03Contract and compliance
Retainer holds the date. COI, NDA, W-9, purchase order and vendor portal cleared first.
- 04On site, on schedule
A written start time per person, touch-ups through the day, and a clean load-out.
Half days, full days and overtime
Quoted per artist. A half day covers up to four hours on location and a full day up to eight, including prep and load-out. Ten-hour production days are quoted on request, and overtime beyond the booked day is billed hourly and written into the estimate before you sign. For typical ranges, read the 2026 commercial shoot budget guide.
Key artist versus additional artists
The key artist owns the look and continuity and carries a higher day rate. Additional artists work to the key’s direction. We recommend the split; you approve it before booking.
Kit fees, travel and per diem
Standard production days carry no kit fee. One applies only for specialty product such as SFX, prosthetics, bald caps or airbrush body coverage, and it is listed with a reason. Travel, parking and per diem are stated up front for work outside the Tampa Bay, Chicago or Los Angeles metro areas.
Minimums, retainer and vendor setup
A two-hour minimum per artist applies on short calls; activations and volume days are quoted as packages. A fifty-percent retainer holds the date and the balance is due thirty days before the shoot. Send your AP team’s onboarding link on the first call.
Booking us more than once a year
Prepay a block of four, six or twelve artist days at a preferred rate for calendar priority, the same key artist on every job and one master contract. How the preferred partner program works.
Service Areas
Three home markets. On site nationwide.
Tampa Bay & St. Petersburg
Headquarters. Tampa, St. Pete, Clearwater and Sarasota, with statewide travel.
Tampa Bay →Los Angeles & everywhere else
Vetted local artists, placed and backed by City Lights, wherever the shoot is.
Brief us →Questions Companies Ask
Answered before you have to ask.
How much does corporate hair and makeup cost?
It is quoted per job, because the number is driven by how many people sit in the chair and how long we are on site, not by a list price. Send the date, the city, the headcount and what it is for, and you will have a real number within one business day. Quotes are all-inclusive: skin prep, airbrush and custom lashes are never separate lines on an invoice.
How many artists do we need for our headcount?
The working rule for a headshot day is one artist to every three or four people, which moves a floor of forty through in a normal working day without anybody standing around. For a conference or a party where people arrive in waves, we build the artist count backward from your run of show. We will tell you if you are over-staffing it.
Can you run a headshot day in our office?
Yes, and it is one of our most common corporate bookings. We set up in a conference room or an empty office, work to the photographer's schedule, and run a written running order so nobody loses an hour waiting. We bring professional lighting, because office overheads are not built for photographs.
Do you cover conferences, summits and company parties?
Yes. Main stage and green room prep for speakers and executives, attendee lounges and beauty stations on the floor, plus holiday parties and award nights. We have run AmeriLife's summit, Heineken's Chicago events and The 3% Conference.
Do you do content days and internal video?
Yes. Recruiting films, training content, brand campaigns and executives on camera. Cetera's national campaign and Q Law's content day were both staffed this way, with continuity held across setups so the footage cuts together.
Are you set up to be a vendor: COI, W-9, NDA and purchase orders?
Yes. City Lights Beauty Agency holds Florida Talent Agency License TA1765 and carries general liability coverage. We issue certificates of insurance with your entity named as additional insured, sign NDAs, provide a W-9, work against purchase orders and complete vendor portal onboarding before the date.
Can you cover our offices in other cities?
Our teams work from Tampa Bay, Chicago and Los Angeles. Anywhere else, we source and vet local artists ourselves and put our name on the result, so you are still dealing with one vendor, one contract and one invoice rather than finding freelancers in a city you do not know.
How far in advance should we book?
Two to four weeks is comfortable for a headshot day or a content day. Conference season and the November-December party run fill much earlier, so those are worth holding as soon as the date exists. Short notice is often possible, because the roster is deep.
On Film
Work you can watch.
Request a Quote
Tell us the headcount. Get a number.
Real staffing and real numbers within one business day, with no obligation.
Short notice? Call (888) 619-0628.