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Benefits
The SfEP offers its members and associates – from beginners to the most experienced – a variety of benefits, from help with finding work to discounts on books and services. Details of how to take advantage of these products and services can be found in the Members' area.
Help getting work
- Entry in the SfEP Directory of Editorial Services – for ordinary and advanced members only.
- Associates Available: advertising by associates, sent to most members and corporate subscribers of the SfEP via SfEPAnnounce.
- Job advertisements from publishers and other businesses/organisations sent to the membership via SfEPAnnounce.
- Freelance work offered between members/associates on SfEP forums.
- Suggested minimum rates of pay for freelances, to aid in negotiations.
'I came into the field cold as a second career and pootled around the edges, not getting very far, until I answered a plea for new copy-editors via the SfEP. I've been up to my neck in work ever since.' Sue Littleford
Regular networking opportunities
- AGM and annual two-day conference, which includes a varied programme of workshops and lectures.
- Access to:
- SfEP forums and mailing lists for online discussion and advice
- SfEPAnnounce for announcements and job offers
- forums for special interest groups – medical, legal, languages.
- Local groups – regular meetings, training, directories.
Training
- Comprehensive programme of affordable courses – from beginner level to specialist – taught by experienced professionals and run by the SfEP at locations around the UK.
- 'Professional days' on various specialisms – e.g. legal editing, medical editing.
- Mentoring schemes in proofreading and copy-editing.
- Training vouchers for new associates.
- Discounts on courses run by the Publishing Training Centre and other organisations.
'I'm an associate of the SFEP, and the training has definitely been invaluable, opening up a lot of new leads for career progression. I started my own freelance company and am continuing to train with the goal of becoming an advanced member.' Amelia Wilson
Increasing professionalism
- Progression from associate to ordinary member to advanced member.
- Access to the SfEP's professional qualifications: accreditation and registration.
- Opportunity to qualify for the City & Guilds Licentiateship in Editorial Skills.
- Special email address – in the form: name@sfep.net – for advanced members.
- Use of special SfEP logos for advanced members and for accredited and registered proofreaders and copy-editors.
Publications
- Editing Matters, the SfEP's magazine (six issues/year), free to associates and members.
- SfEP Directory of Editorial Services: online and continually updated.
- Heavily discounted card of BSI marks for copy preparation and proof corrections.
Discounts on products, services, training and subscriptions
- Dictionaries and language reference books from Oxford University Press.
- Training in Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash from Certitec.
- Geoff Hart's Effective Onscreen Editing.
- Scientific Style and Format from the Council of Science Editors (Scion Publishing).
- All books published by Profile Books.
- Subscriptions to Freelancers in the UK register and BookBrunch e-zine.
Members and associates can also take advantage of a free 24-hour legal helpline provided by FirstAssist.
Full details of all these benefits are available within the Members' area.
Benefits of becoming a corporate subscriber
The Society welcomes as a corporate subscriber any organisation, large or small, that shares our aim of upholding editorial excellence.
Corporate subscribers:
- automatically receive up to 10 copies of each issue of the SfEP's magazine Editing Matters
- can advertise on SfEPAnnounce, free of charge, an unlimited number of freelance assignments or in-house positions
- pay reduced fees for SfEP training
- have discounted places at the annual conference
- can take part in networking events around the country
- can obtain SfEP outplacement support packages at a special discount.
For more information on becoming a corporate subscriber, go to the Corporate subscribers section.
Want to join the SfEP?
The how to join page contains all the information you will need, or you can skip straight to the online application form.
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SfEPWiki
This knowledge base has been created by and for SfEP members and associates – who are the only ones who can access it – and is continually updated, refined and expanded. We hope to build it into a formidable resource on editing, proofreading and related topics.
SfEP membership number
You must give your SfEP membership number to obtain some of these benefits. This number also acts as your 'username' to access the Members' area. If you don't know it, contact the SfEP Office.
