Plans & pricing · managed support

Managed partnerships

Managed publishing, editorial and campaigns, alongside individually scoped international representation and relationship development.

Choose Institutional Partner, International Visibility Partnership or a bespoke Strategic Partner programme. One relationship supports the relevant Music8 platforms, with placement determined by editorial relevance and platform fit.

Discuss your partnership Self-service from £240

Three managed options

Institutional Partner

UK annual price: £2,500
Hong Kong annual price: HK$24,800

Everything in Music8 Partner, with managed publishing, richer institutional presentation and flexible featured campaign credits.

Typical fitEstablished institutions, larger schools and providers, conservatoires and universities, substantial arts organisations and venues.

Up to 5 Music8 Console users
Managed publishing support within an agreed annual scope
Richer institutional presence
2 substantial editorial features or case studies per year
6 flexible featured campaign credits per partnership year
Credits can support priority treatment of jobs, major courses, summer schools, events, competitions, opportunities, launches, products and services, or other agreed priority activity
Selected editorial and social amplification where appropriate, including LinkedIn
Enhanced analytics and reporting
Annual partnership planning and review
Additional campaigns available at partner rates

International Visibility Partnership

UK annual price: £6,000
Hong Kong annual price: HK$59,800

Our flagship managed programme: story planning, substantial features and case studies, ongoing supported publishing and coordinated campaigns across relevant Music8 platforms. Includes all Institutional Partner benefits.

Typical fitLarger institutions needing active editorial, campaign and multi-platform support.

Up to 5 Music8 Console users
4 substantial editorial features or case studies per year
12 flexible featured campaign credits per partnership year
Managed editorial and publishing support at a materially higher level
Selected LinkedIn amplification of agreed priority stories and recruitment campaigns
Stronger multi-platform distribution and planning across relevant Music8 platforms
Enhanced reporting
Priority access to relevant new services and pilots, including future Chinese-language capability where applicable
Quarterly partnership review and planning
Additional campaigns available at partner rates

Strategic Partner

Price on application

A bespoke scope rather than a larger posting allowance, with senior relationship management and agreed outcomes. Bespoke scope determines price.

Typical fitMajor institutions, national bodies, large venues, corporates, sponsors, associations and networks, and multi-platform programmes.

Larger flexible campaign programmes
Substantial international representation and bespoke relationship-development programmes, within an individually agreed scope or separately quoted retainer
Larger editorial and recruitment programmes
Multi-platform and audience or stakeholder campaigns
Hub, category or Music8 Console sponsorship, with scope and pricing agreed individually
Research, webinars, events and content programmes
Bespoke reporting and KPIs
Senior relationship management
Digital, data and Sites work where appropriate
Future Chinese-language or market-specific campaigns when available

Discuss a strategic partnership

Prices exclude VAT or local taxes where applicable. Existing signed agreements remain unchanged.

Campaign credits are your annual allowance for agreed priority campaigns, such as promoting a major event, recruitment drive or launch. We agree the treatment, timing and channels in advance. Routine publishing does not use this allowance. Editorial decisions remain with Music8.

How we work together

What Music8 does

Agree story planning with your team
Interview and write the included features or case studies
Provide publishing support within the agreed scope
Schedule and distribute agreed priority campaigns
Provide reporting and planning/reviews at your plan’s cadence

What you supply

Provide a named contact
Supply timely, accurate source material, approved images and the necessary permissions
Arrange interview access
Complete factual checks and approvals as agreed
Handle your own routine posting where publishing is self-service

Subscriptions, managed services & bespoke collaborations

Subscriptions

Subscriptions provide profile access, tools or self-service publishing. With Music8 Partner, your authorised team posts its own routine content; Music8 provides the publishing framework and partner support.

Managed services

Managed services mean Music8 carries out agreed work: story planning, interviews and writing, publishing support, priority campaign coordination and reporting within your programme’s scope and allowances.

Bespoke collaborations

Bespoke collaborations may include regional hubs, sector development, onboarding networks and international introductions or representation. Contributions, responsibilities, intended outcomes and scope are agreed separately; these activities are not automatically included in standard annual packages.

One relationship covers the relevant Music8 platforms, selected by editorial relevance and platform fit; no separate subscription is needed for each platform. Directory covers one principal platform.

Reciprocal arrangements may be agreed individually around defined contributions and outcomes.

For a label or artist organisation

A label or artist organisation might prioritise artist and catalogue visibility, interviews and stories, education resources and activity, and industry connections. Together we choose services that follow those objectives: self-service posting, included managed features or agreed priority campaigns. Relationship development is scoped individually.

International representation & relationship development

International representation and relationship development connect organisations across the UK, Hong Kong and other relevant markets.

Identify appropriate prospective partners and match organisations with shared priorities
Make relevant introductions and arrange or support meetings
Follow up agreed collaboration opportunities

Representation is available within an agreed partnership programme or through a separately quoted retainer.

Discuss international representation

See how Music8 works

A short introduction to the Music8 ecosystem, platforms and partnership model.

How Music8 works in practice

The partnership workflow, from first presence to an ongoing programme.

Own your presence

Create a permanent institutional presence. Your Music8 LivePage brings together your organisation, activity and relevant content in one place.

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Publish through Console

Manage and publish directly. Partners can update profiles and publish relevant news, events, performances, courses, summer schools, opportunities, calls, products and services through Music8 Console.

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Reach the right specialist audiences

Relevant content can be distributed across the Music8 platforms, sections and specialist hubs where it belongs.

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Run priority campaigns

Use flexible campaign credits for agreed priority activity, including jobs, major courses, events, competitions, opportunities, launches, products and services. Music8 Jobs is one important example.

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Amplify the stories that matter

At the appropriate levels, selected stories and priority campaigns can receive editorial and social amplification, with LinkedIn as the principal professional channel.

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Plan, report and review

Partnership planning and enhanced reporting keep the programme accountable, from annual reviews through to quarterly or bespoke cadences.

Ordinary self-service publishing does not consume campaign credits. Credits apply to the scarce-value layer: agreed featured treatment, managed priority campaigns, recruitment campaigns and selected editorial or social amplification. Not every published item is promoted.

Editorial integrity

Unlimited publishing means unlimited relevant self-service submissions through normal workflows. It never means unlimited promotion, guaranteed publication or editorial endorsement.

Featured campaigns, commissioned editorial, managed support and social amplification have stated allowances or an agreed bespoke scope.

LinkedIn is the principal professional social channel for selected institutional and recruitment amplification, but not every submitted item will be promoted.

Chinese-language capability is in development and will be introduced through future pilots.

Editorial judgement remains with Music8.

Offers for association members

Special rates for members of professional associations and membership organisations are available by arrangement.

If you represent an association or membership organisation, talk to Music8 about an offer for your members.

Discuss a member offer

Starting a conversation

Partnerships begin with a conversation about what you are trying to reach and what would count as success. Tell us about your organisation and we will suggest the tier that fits, or explain why none of them does.

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