Rates and Fees Useful Links

Equity

Performers and creative practitioners including actors, singers, dancers, designers, directors, stage managers, puppeteers, comedians, voice artists, and variety performers

www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support

Musicians’ Union

Representing musicians across the UK working in all sectors of the music business

Rates of Pay & Collective Agreements in Music | Musicians' Union | The MU (musiciansunion.org.uk)

National Union of Journalists

Members across the media, from newspapers, broadcasting and book publishing to magazines, websites, mobile devices, social media and PR agencies working in reporting, writing, photography and editing, design, videography, communications and presenting

The NUJ's London Freelance Branch collects anonymous reports of what is actually being paid:

www.londonfreelance.org/rates

The NUJ suggests rates for many types of journalistic work:

www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide

It also offers a wealth of advice, most of it relevant to creative freelances of all kinds:

www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/advice.html

This includes a dedicated section for photographers:

www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/photo.html

Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

Professional writers in audio, TV, film, theatre, books, comedy, poetry, animation and videogames

Rates & agreements - Writers' Guild of Great Britain (writersguild.org.uk)

Writers whose work falls outside WGGB collective agreements (including videogames, animation, musical theatre and more) can find best practice guidelines on rates and rights in their resources section.

Society of Authors

Writers, illustrators and literary translators

Rates and fees - The Society of Authors

Association of Photographers

Professional and Assisting Photographers, Agents, Individuals, those starting out, in education and anyone with an interest in professional photography.

The AOP have a number of resources available to AOP Members only, their publicly accessible information includes:

www.the-aop.org/information/usage-calculator (Licensing and the Usage)

www.the-aop.org/information/copyright-4-clients

www.the-aop.org/information/beyond-the-lens (best practice in photography)

Association of Illustrators

Illustrators, agents, colleges and creative companies.

The AOI resources are on the whole for AOI members only, these include:

theaoi.com/resources/pricing/how-to-calculate-a-fee/

theaoi.com/resources/contracts/writing-a-licence/

Music Metadata

A digital tool for music creators to demystify music metadata produced as a collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office; PRS for Music; The IVORS Academy and the Music Publishers Association. This guide helps to navigate codes within the music industry including ISRC; ISWC; CAE and IPI.

www.getpaidguide.co.uk