Every credit, fully told.
A credit on Parts Known is more than a line on a CV. It connects you to the work, the venue, the company, and the colleagues who were there — and lets them verify it.
Overview
- —Link each credit to the work, venue, group and collaborators
- —Tag the skills you used — and have colleagues endorse them
- —Actors also get Parts Known — a full history of every character you've played
- —Add photos, audio, video and programmes
- —Every credit counts — from student gigs to West End runs
What a credit contains
Each credit links you to a production or event and records everything about your involvement.
- —Your role — Actor, Director, Lighting Designer, Stage Manager and more
- —The character you played, if applicable (stored separately so your role history stays clean)
- —The production or event it belongs to
- —The company or group that produced it
- —The venue and space where it was performed
- —Dates — start, end, or just the year
- —Skills you used, linked directly to this credit
- —Photos, audio, video and any other media
- —A verification status — who confirmed you were there
Adding your own credits
You can add credits to your own profile at any time. The credit will be visible immediately if you created the production, or will go into a pending state if the production belongs to a company or group.
- —Search for an existing production or create a new one
- —Select your role category: cast, creative, production, crew or band
- —Pick your specific role and add any character names
- —Tag the skills you used from your skill set
- —If the production belongs to a group, an admin will be asked to approve your credit
- —If no group manages the production, your credit is approved automatically
Adding credits for others
If you manage a production or are an admin of a group, you can add credits on behalf of other people. When you add someone, the credit is automatically verified — you are attesting that they were there.
- —Search for the person by name — if they're on Parts Known they'll appear
- —If they're not registered, you can create a pending profile for them
- —Credits added by a group admin are immediately approved and marked as verified
- —The credited person receives a notification letting them know they've been added
Approving credits
When someone adds themselves to a production managed by your group, you'll receive a notification asking you to approve or decline. This keeps your production records accurate.
- —Pending credits appear in your group's backstage for review
- —Approve to confirm the person was part of the production
- —Decline if the credit isn't accurate — the person is notified
- —Approved credits become verified automatically
- —Productions with no managing group auto-approve all credit requests
Pending profiles and inviting collaborators
If a collaborator isn't on Parts Known yet, you can still credit them. Create a pending profile with their name and — optionally — their email, and their place in the record is held until they join.
- —Create a pending profile when adding a credit for someone not yet registered
- —Their credit appears on the production immediately
- —Send them an invite link so they can claim their profile
- —When they sign up and claim, all their pending credits transfer to their account
- —Their skills, connections and endorsements follow automatically
Claiming a pending profile
If someone has created a placeholder for you before you joined Parts Known, you can claim it when you sign up. Claiming transfers all the credits, skills and connections attached to that placeholder into your account.
- —When you sign up, pending profiles matching your name and email are surfaced
- —Claim with one tap — all credits and skills transfer to your account instantly
- —Your connections update automatically to reflect the people you've worked with
- —The pending profile is retired and your real profile takes its place
Adding yourself to a production
If you worked on a production that's already on Parts Known but you're not credited, you can add yourself directly from the production page.
- —Find the production and use "I was in this"
- —Select your role and any characters you played
- —If the production is managed by a group, an admin will be asked to approve
- —If unmanaged, your credit is approved immediately
Verification
A verified credit is one that someone other than you has confirmed. The more people who verify it, the more weight it carries — in search, in endorsements, and in how it appears on your profile.
- —Credits added by a group admin are verified from the moment they're created
- —Collaborators on the same production can verify each other's credits
- —Verification count is visible on your public profile
- —Verified credits are weighted higher in search results
- —You can invite specific collaborators to verify a credit from your backstage