Learn More About Impact Crew's Badge Designations and Partner Associations

Explore the various badge designations offered by Impact Crew! If you're looking for crew, you can use our filters to refine your search based on these badge designations: ARRAY Crew, DGC, London Screen Academy, MEAA, MAAC, MediaMKRS, Reel Works, NOVAC, The Handy Foundation, and EICOP/HBCU. If you wish to self-identify for an ARRAY Crew badge you can apply HERE. Learn more about each partner organization below. 

DGC - Directors Guild of Canada: The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labour organization that represents over 5,500 key creative and logistical personnel in the screen-based industry covering all areas of direction, design, production, and editing. The DGC negotiates and administers collective agreements and lobbies extensively on issues of concern for members including Canadian content conditions, CRTC regulations, and ensuring that funding is maintained for Canadian film & television programming.

London Screen Academy: LSA is a free sixth form academy for students aged 16 to 19 years old; founded by some of the UK’s most successful film producers. Everything that LSA offers is practical, relevant and plugged into the real world, building a solid foundation for students’ futures. The LSA exists to provide high-quality vocational routes that lead straight to paid employment. 

MEAA - Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance: MEAA is the largest and most established union and industry advocate for Australia's creative professionals. For decades MEAA has been the union for people working across the arts, entertainment, sports, outdoor, music and events industries – those behind the scenes and on centre stage.

MENA Arts Advocacy Coalition: MAAC achieved landmark success by gaining diversity, equity, and inclusion status for Middle Eastern, North African performers in Hollywood in the SAG-AFTRA TV/THEATRICAL Contract in 2017. The first new DEI category added into a labor contract in 36 years. Since then MAAC has worked throughout the entertainment industry to advance and increase the visibility of Middle Eastern, North African, and South West Asian writers, creatives, and performers through research, education, and programming. In 2021, they launched a MAAC database to include all above and below-the-line MENA/SWANA industry workers and laborers to provide the studios and productions with more MENA/SWANA crew and creatives to add authentic portrayals and voices to all departments. Find out more on @menaadvocacy 

MediaMKRS: MediaMKRS is a consortium of industry and education leaders that aim to diversify the media landscape and create equitable solutions. MediaMKRS is the workforce development program within Reel Works.

Reel Works: Reel Works mentors, inspires, and empowers underserved NYC youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

NOVAC: NOVAC empowers storytellers and communities by providing education, training, and resources in film, TV, and digital media. NOVAC has continued its efforts to involve racially and economically diverse communities in television production and community programming.

The Handy Foundation: Connecting below-the-line workers to job opportunities in Hollywood, providing professional development while helping studios and networks meet diversity and inclusion goals.

EICOP / HBCU IN LA|NY|ATL: The Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (EICOP) is a non-profit educational arts workforce development program. They are dedicated to educating, training, and recruiting the best and brightest diverse student leaders from Historically Black Colleges, Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) for careers across all aspects of the entertainment, media, sports, music and technology industries.

ARRAY Crew: The ARRAY Crew badge allows hirers to search for those that identify as women, people of color, or those from other underrepresented populations. The badge is designed to promote inclusion, increasing visibility to hirers who are committed to promoting diverse and inclusive hiring standards and work environments on set.
If you have already claimed your Impact profile and would like to apply for the ARRAY Crew badge, please fill out the application form HERE.