Please note that the suggested rates below are minima; that rates for copyright works are for limited licences; and that VAT is not included.
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Rates vary hugely. The "high budget" and "low budget" categories are no more than guides. Some clients fall well above the "high budget" band.
Read me first! Public relations advice
Uploaded: 2008-05-05; if you have a printout, check the current version at www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/PuEdiRat.html
Reported rates, to compare for Public relations Editing+Production
The suggested rates
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For full definitions of the categories, click on their names
For full definitions of the categories, click on their names
NUJ members discuss rates etc for shifts in general| RATES:
Editing+Production category: High budget | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sub-editing: per day |  |
320 |
| Page layout - brochures & annual reports: per day (include collection & preparation of copy) | |
240 |
| Page layout - brochures and annual reports: per page (allows for meetings etc) | |
140 |
| Page layout - corporate magazines: per day | |
155 |
| Montage/photo correction: per hour | |
100 |
| RATES:
Editing+Production category: Low budget | ||
|---|---|---|
| Editing and production for low-budget clients is the area of PR work that attracts the worst payments. Talking the client through the skills and knowledge required merely to stop them looking stupid, and the degree of responsibility this involves, may sometimes reap dividends. | ||
| Sub-editing: per day | |
210 |
| Page layout - brochures and annual reports: per day (include collection & preparation of copy) | |
170 |
| Page layout - brochures and annual reports: per page (allows for meetings etc) | |
100 |
| Page layout - corporate magazines: per day | |
120 |
| Montage/photo correction: per hour | |
80 |
See: Photography / Public Relations rates
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Uploaded: 05 May 2008; text © Mike Holderness & Andrew Wiard;
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The National Union of Journalists must not, can not and would not wish to dictate rates or terms of engagement to members or to editors. The information presented here is for guidance and as an aid to equitable negotiation only.
Suggestions apply to contracts governed by UK law only. In any event, nothing here should be construed as legal advice.
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