Placing an Invitation to Tender?
ArtsProfessional magazine, the sector's most popular medium for placing Invitations to Tender, is exclusively linked to ArtsJobFinder, an online service offering a comprehensive service for anyone wishing to appoint consultants or other suppliers for specific service contracts. Among ArtsProfessional's readership are hundreds of consultants, agencies and other suppliers keen to deliver the services required by arts organisations, and well-placed to provide them.
Invitation to Tender Rates
Your advert may feature as either Display Advertising in the main body of the magazine or in the recruitment section.
Display advertising
| Mono (excl. VAT) | Colour (excl. VAT) | Dimensions (height/width) | |
| Eighth page | £270 | £300 | 63.5mm x 91.5mm |
| Quarter page | £450 | £500 | 132mm x 91.5mm |
| Half page | £750 | £800 | 132mm x 188mm |
| Full page | £1,350 | £1,400 | 269mm x 188mm |
Recruitment section
£32.25 per single column centimetre (excl. VAT). For example 10cm x 2 columns = 20 column centimetres, costing £645 + VAT. For colour advertising, add 10%
Dimensions:
- Print area: 270mm (height) x 188mm (width)
- Single column width: 34mm
- Two column width: 72.5mm
- Three column width: 111mm
- Four column width: 149.5mm
- Five column width: 188mm
Unsure of the size you need? E-mail us for a quote ads@artsprofessional.co.uk or call 01223 200200.
Online Enhancements
Make sure your advert is seen by the widest possible audience by enhancing your ArtsJobFinder online listing.
Prices are based on the advert featuring on two sections of the website and all of their sub-sections until the closing date of applications. For full details call 01223 200200.
Button - 120 x 90 pixels
- £100 + £25 per added section
- £200 to feature on all eight sections of ArtsJobFinder website
Super Button - 120 x 150 pixels
- £150 + £35 per added section
- £300 to feature on all eight sections
Skyscraper - 120 x 300 pixels
- £300 + £50 per added section
- £500 to feature on all eight sections
Top Banner - 400 x 58 pixels
- Running at the top of each page (only one available)
- £900 - all sections of the website
The ArtsJobFinder website has eight sections: Homepage, Jobs, Tenders, Volunteers, Advertise, My jobs, Employers area and Career Zone
One advert - three times the exposure
Invitations to Tender appear in:
1. ArtsProfessional
ArtsProfessional magazine is the leading trade journal targeted at professional people working in the arts and cultural sectors. The magazine is recognised as a ‘must read’ publication among freelance workers, consultants, agencies and other suppliers who are keen to keep up to date with the news and current issues that face the sector they supply. It is:
- published fortnightly on alternate Mondays (24 issues per year)
- mailed to a growing list of subscribers: current circulation is around 7,000
- estimated total readership around 22,000*
Invitations to Tender can be presented:
- Either as display advertising in the main body of the magazine
- Or as recruitment advertising in the jobs section at the back of the magazine
Adverts for freelancers to deliver services may be most effectively placed in the recruitment section, while those looking for agencies, product suppliers and consultancies may prefer to be featured as display advertising.
2. APe-mail
ArtsProfessional magazine is supported by APe-mail, a FREE weekly email carrying much-valued editorial material as well as a full listing of all Invitations to Tender that have not yet reached their closing dates for applications.
- sent only to legitimate registered subscribers
- currently goes to over 9,500 people, including some ArtsProfessional magazine readers, but also many others
- click-throughs take readers directly to specific Invitations to Tender on the ArtsJobFinder website.
The high quality news coverage included in APe-mail means that registered subscribers read it year-round, and Invitations to Tender will be drawn to the attention of all relevant suppliers – not just those actively seeking new opportunities
3. ArtsJobFinder
Invitations to Tender also appear on the ArtsJobFinder website, which can be viewed through the ArtsProfessional homepage but also accessed directly in its own right or through Internet search engines such as Google. ArtsProfessional Online’s advertisers have long benefited from an ever-growing number of visitors
- current web traffic averages nearly 47,000 visitors a month*
This is set to grow faster still with the wider exposure of the new website and registration on the site being completely free of charge. There are many special features on the site designed specifically to help advertisers manage the tendering process efficiently and generate the best possible response to their ads:
- ads can go online within 30 minutes of a booking being made
- automatic removal of adverts on the closing date for applications
- both text and logos appear online
- optional links to further information, including Tender documents
- potential suppliers can email for further details using a click-through direct from an advert
- advertisers have instant access to web statistics (link to the employer’s area) revealing traffic to their own advert
*monthly average number of unique visits to the ArtsProfessional website, January-August 2007 [Source: Urchin web statistics]