CORPORATE MEMBER APPLICATION

CORPORATE MEMBERS RECEIVE:

• Membership for your company and 10 employees
• Appear in our directory of sound designers, operators, technicians, RF engineers, No.1's thro No.4's, dep's, composers, music programmers
• Access to all training sessions we organise
• Access to our online seminar archive of previous training sessions
• Access to all our social events
• Access our private email discussion forum and closed Facebook group
• Receive our printed magazine The Echo 
• Receive our monthly e-newsletter The Herald with news relevant to the sound community
• 25% off premium Mandy (previously known as Stage Jobs Pro membership
• Access to our Equipment Loan Scheme (after 12 months of membership)
• Each of your members can opt-in, for free, into our £10 million Public Liability and £1 million Professional Indemnity Insurance for freelance work they do outside their normal employment. 

This category is open to all companies who work within the theatre sound industry. For the purpose of general meetings, Corporate membership is a non-voting membership category..

PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE - £10 MILLION COVERAGE
PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE - £1 MILLION COVERAGE

Provided by Performance Insurance. Corporate Members can opt-in to receive cover for any freelance work they do outside their normal occupation.

Please check the full details of the policy here to check it suits your needs.

The policy runs from 1st December 2022 - 31st August 2023. 

ASD BENEFITS

In conjunction with Edenred, we are offering a range of benefits and discounts to our members, including discounts on Apple products, car hire, hotel rooms, travel insurance and a range of other products.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Our terms. conditions and code of conduct are outlined here. You will be asked to agree to them when you join. The ASD withholds the right to vary or withdraw any of these services at any time, without notice. 

DURATION OF MEMBERSHIP & FEES

The membership year runs from September 1st to August 31st.

The fees due per annum for Corporate Membership are £650. 

If you join in September or October, you will be charged the full rate to carry your membership through to the following September 1st. If you join between November and August your membership fee will be calculated pro-rata until the following September 1st. 

The cost of ASD membership may be tax deductible as a professional subscription or as a charitable donation.

Your membership will automatically renew each year, and you will be asked to sign up for recurring payments and you will be sent an invoice at the start of the next membership year. If you wish to pay by an alternative method, or to cancel your membership please contact us at any time.

THE JOINING PROCESS

You can apply to join at the bottom of this page where you will be taken to our member portal website.

You will be asked to fill out your personal information which will form your public profile in our published directories.

You'll be asked to agree to our terms, conditions and code of conduct.

Your payment via debit or credit card will be processed using Stripe. If you need to pay via invoice, cheque or bank transfer please contact us for more information.

Once payment has been received your access to the website will be activated, and within 48 hours you will be added to the email forum. You will also be able to join our closed Facebook group.

Once your membership has been activated, you'll be emailed instructions of how to add other members of your organisation.