• create an offer

• enter deal terms

  • recipient

  • job title

  • dates & days

  • fees

• send offer

• edit offer

• receive an offer

• accept / reject an offer

• sign documents

• executed documents

create new offer

• From your dashboard, select the project you want to send an offer from

• Now within that project, click the ⊕ 'plus' icon alongside the 'Offers' section

recipient fullname

• You may not know the correct spelling but the crew member can correct that when receiving the offer
  

recipient email

• It's essential that you use the correct and preferred email address for the crew member
  

• This is where the offer will be sent and the email linked to the engine account that the crew member will/has set up

job title

• Select 'Department' from the dropdown list
  

• Select 'Job title' from the dropdown list of job titles within the chosen department

start & end dates

• Select Start date of this crew member's employment and End date if you wish

fee per day

• All you need to enter is the daily inclusive (gross) rate, engine will calculate the rest for you, including the holiday pay
  

  • the daily rate is the base unit from which everything is calculated forwards (rather than back from a weekly rate)
    

  • also, a weekly employee may work a part-week, for which this daily figure would apply

allowances

A crew member will be unable to accept an offer until they provided the required information

• Check the box if Box or Equipment rental is required for the offer
  

  • Add description, rate, cap and other terms e.g. 'shoot period only'
    

  • If there is no cap, enter zero in the cap box
    

  • If the allowance is incorporated into the salary, but you still require an inventory to be submitted, tick the box and enter zero for value and cap
    

• Enter a rate for Vehicle allowance if applicable. Leave at zero if not

send offer

• Once complete, click 'Make offer' to email the offer to the crew member
  

• Any missing required fields will be marked in red 'Response Required'

• Correct the errors and click 'Make offer' again
  

• The crew member will now receive an email with instructions to access the offer

edit offer

• You can review and edit an offer at any time prior to a crew member accepting an offer
  

• Select the project then find & click the offer you wish to amend

• This is where you can see and check the fee calculations
  

• Click 'Edit offer' top right

• Make the change, e.g. an increase to Vehicle allowance
  

• Click 'Update offer'
  

• The updated offer will be sent to the crew member by email

offer status

• See the status of each offer within each project
  

• Coloured totals in the project 'tile' and coloured circles for each offer, indicate status as such:
  

  • Grey = pending

  • Green = accepted

  • Red = rejected

• Green means the offer has been accepted - you'll now see the crew members 'supporting documents' (passport, box inventory etc) within their offer
  

• Green does not necessarily mean they have 'signed' their project documents
  

• Signing an offer

• New engine users: the email will be entitled:
  e n g i n e - create account to join 'PROJECT NAME'
  

  • Click the CREATE MY ACCOUNT button
    (should the link not work for you, right click or secondary click the button, copy the link and paste into your browser)

• Existing users: the email will be entitled:
  e n g i n e - invitation to join 'PROJECT NAME'
  

  • Click the 'REVIEW MY OFFER' button
    

  • You will be logged in where you will see the new offer

review offer

• Log in to view your dashboard. Any offer you receive will be listed here
  

• Each offer 'tile' contains the project codename, the offer job title and fee per day

• The colour of circle indicates the status of the offer:
  

  • Grey = pending

  • Green = accepted

  • Red = rejected

• Click the offer you want to review

• When you open the offer you'll see any 'Information' documents the project may have shared

• Check the offer details are as you expected
  

  • Note the Contract type (PAYE or Self-Employed)
    

  • If you are a Loan Out (limited) Company, this will be overridden when you enter your Loan Out Company details
    

  • If any details of the offer are not as you agreed, please speak directly with the project

    • If agreed, the project will send you a revised offer

edit startpack

• If not already done so, you will need to edit your startpack in order to accept the offer
  

• All required boxes will be marked in red 'Response Required'

• Click 'Update startpack' at the bottom of the startpack page

• Any files you uploaded can be seen here above all your other startpack information
  

• Now you must return to the offer to Accept it, and Sign any project agreements
  

• Click 'Back to offer'

back to offer

• When you have sufficiently completed your startpack to satisfy the offer, the Accept / Reject buttons will appear
  

• If not, click 'edit startpack' to complete all the boxes marked 'Response Required'
  

  • Click 'Update startpack'
    

  • Click 'Back to offer'

• Have a final check that all details in the deal below are correct and as you expect
  

• Once accepted, an offer can't be changed. Speak to the project if anything needs amending
  

• Click Accept
  

• Only click Reject if you are 100% sure that you won't be working on this project

accept / reject offer

• Shortly after you click accept, the project documents merged with your information will appear
  

• You can download each document to read and check
  

  • These unsigned documents, will remain stored within each offer for you to always refer back to
    

• The 'Sign documents' button has now appeared

sign

• When you are happy, click 'Sign documents' and wait 30 seconds
  

  • It will say 'Documents sent to signees'
    

• Then check your email inbox for an email from:
  'Team Engine via DocuSign'
  

• If you have an Agent or Loan Out Company, and have added their email address in your startpack, the docusign email will go to them first to initial their approval for you to then sign

docusign

• In the email click 'Review documents'
  

• Docusign is a global standard for eSignature.
  Read more
  

• Easily create your digital signature to safely and securely sign the project agreements

• Follow the simple steps to review and sign your Start Form, Contract and any other applicable project document online
  

• Choose your encrypted esignature or draw it on a touchscreen device

• Click FINISH
  

• The documents will immediately go to the Production and Accounts approvers for them to Docusign

• Once complete, the fully executed documents will be emailed to you and all parties in the agreement
  

• Currently the signed documents are not stored in engine, so ensure your emailed documents are kept safe