Professional association Script launches survey on copywriter fees

 Script, the Swiss copywriters' association, is preparing the new edition of its fee recommendations and is launching a survey for this purpose. As fee recommendations are a legally sensitive matter and could lead to problems, the association is working closely with the secretariat of the Competition Commission, according to a press release. Script and the entire industry are dependent on practical figures for the fee recommendations. This is not about desired fees, but real fees. The actual situation should therefore form the basis for the survey. As the results must be representative, the association is surveying all other copywriters in Switzerland in addition to its 150 or so members. The aim is to obtain up-to-date and well-founded figures.
Freelance copywriters, adaptors and anyone working in editing/proofreading are invited to take part in the survey. Once the results have been evaluated, they will be published in the brochure "Fee recommendations 2008/2009", which is expected to be available from early summer for a nominal fee.