Raise awareness of the role of intimacy coordinators

URN: SKSIC10
Business Sectors (Suites): Intimacy Coordination for Productions
Developed by: ScreenSkills
Approved on: 2025

Overview

This standard is about raising awareness of the role of intimacy coordinators for productions and upholding the integrity of the role. It includes developing a training and awareness plan in accordance with the needs of the production.

The standard covers training provision, providing support and advice and ensuring that policies and processes are embedded within a production.

This standard is for Intimacy coordinators.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. promote and communicate the benefits of using intimacy coordinators for productions
  2. assess awareness of the role of intimacy coordinators among the cast, crew, creatives and contributors
  3. develop an intimacy training plan in line with the needs of the production
  4. develop an intimacy awareness plan that complements and supports the training provided
  5. identify production contacts for communication of intimacy information, promoting compliance and reporting areas requiring improvement
  6. provide support and advice to cast, crew, creatives and contributors in line with identified needs and the intimacy awareness plan
  7. keep up to date with best practice for intimacy coordinators to continue developing personal expertise

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the aims, objectives and promotion of the intimacy coordinator role
  2. the structure of the production and its intimacy training needs
  3. the culture of the production and the scope of intimacy risks associated with it
  4. the current legal and regulatory requirements and standards that apply to production in regard to intimate content including worker protection action, working with children
  5. the principles of good governance, environmental and social responsibility and ethical practice that apply to intimacy coordination
  6. how intimate content creation requirements link with production planning, budget setting and creative decision making
  7. how to integrate professional practice frameworks for intimate content creation on productions
  8. the importance of embedding best practice for sustainable performance of intimate content creation and methods for achieving this
  9. the types of training, support and advice that can be required and methods that can be used to provide these
  10. the sources of up-to-date information on best practice in meeting intimacy coordination requirements

Scope/range

Nudity and intimate content

  1. Full Nudity: Includes Full Frontal Nudity, Full Back Nudity/Full Rear Nudity
  2. Semi-Nudity/Partial Nudity: Nudity Above the Waist, Nudity Below the Waist
  3. Additional Artist Specific Areas
  4. State Of Undress
  5. Implied Nudity
  6. Simulated Sex
  7. Implied Sex
  8. Body Double
  9. Digital Nudity
  10. Kissing

Resources

  1. Modesty Garments
  2. Merkin or Pubic Wig
  3. Barriers
  4. Hair, make up and prosthetics
  5. Props
  6. Lighting or specialist equipment

IC Documentation

  1. Intimacy risk assessments
  2. Intimacy breakdown/ Trackers
  3. Choreographic notes
  4. Consent level notes
  5. Cast and crew memos
  6. Nudity rider notes/Intimacy rider notes
  7. Follow up reports
  8. Wrap reports
  9. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)

Professional support

  1. Access coordinator and Disability consultant
  2. Wellbeing facilitator
  3. Medic
  4. Stunt coordinator
  5. Midwife advisor/consultant
  6. Gender/Trans/LGBTQIA+ consultant
  7. BDSM/Fetish consultant
  8. Cultural consultant
  9. Historical consultant
  10. Chaperone

Scope Performance


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Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2027

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

ScreenSkills

Original URN

SKSIC10

Relevant Occupations

Lead Intimacy coordinator, Intimacy coordinator

SOC Code


Keywords

intimacy coordinator: intimate content creation: intimacy requirements; consent: support; risks;