This document outlines animation rates for various roles in productions using animation techniques like cel, sand/paint on glass, puppetry, claymation, and computer generated imaging. It provides recommended minimum weekly rates for roles such as director, producer, editor, character designer, animator, designer, and others ranging from £420 to £696 per 40-hour week depending on experience and responsibilities. It also includes rates for contract work like storyboard artists and clean-up artists. The rates do not include materials, equipment, or specialist skills which should be negotiated separately.

1. ANIMATION RATES FOR PRODUCTIONS UTILISING
ANIMATION
(CEL, SAND/PAINT ON GLASS, PUPPET, CLAYMATION AND
COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES)
Producer
Director
Production Designer
Fee to be individually negotiated, but
not less than the equivalent of £696 per
40-hour week
SFX Rostrum Cameraperson
Art Director (Visual Developer)
Production Manager
Editor
£615 per 40-hour week or equivalent
Character Designer £125 per character; contract should
include a copyright clause which enables
the Character Designer to benefit from
the commercial success of an original
character including a share in the profits
of any spin-off programming or
merchandising
Model (Lighting) Cameraperson
Senior model Animator
£653 per 40-hour week
Key Animator (including glass, cgi and
comparable techniques)
£653 per 40-hour week
Storyboard Artist
Layout Artist
Minimum fee £3,777 per 10 minutes of
animation; higher rates for longer boards
and particularly complex work
Senior 3d/2d Computer Animator
Artworking Animator
£622 per 40-hour week
SFX Designer
Set Maker
Model Animator
Computer Animator
Model Costume Designer
Model Set/Prop Designer
£592 per 40-hour week
Background Artist Minimum £623 for simplest work; higher
rates according to complexity
2d Animator £592 per 40-hour week
Computer Animation Compositor £561 per 40-hour week
Studio Manager £528 per 40-hour week

2. Dubbing Editor
Rostrum Cameraperson
Production Co-ordinator
Assistant Model Animator
Assistant Model Designer
Assistant Model Maker
Assistant SFX Designer
Assistant Rostrum Cameraperson
Colourist
Checker
Supervisor Paint and Trace
Computer Department Supervisor
Assistant Background Artist
£491 per 40-hour week
Assistant 2d Animator £491 per 40-hour week
Clean-up Artist (Storyboard and layout) £1867 per 10 minutes of animation
higher rates for more complex work
Rendering Artist
Computer Rendering Artist
£486 per 40-hour week
Inbetweener £486 per 40-hour week
Tracer
Colour Mixer
£467 per 40-hour week
Xerox/Cel Machine Operator £467 per 40-hour week
Cel Painter
Computer Colouring Artist
£454 per 40-hour week
Production Assistant £420 per 40-hour week
Assistant Editor £410 per 40-hour week
Video Line Test Operator
Computer Background Artist
Computer Scanner Operator
£374 per 40-hour week + locally agreed
productivity bonus
Runner £215 - £280 per 40-hour week
depending on experience. A runner's job
is to provide general and messenger
services to the production as a whole
and they should receive training and
supervision on any animation-specific
duties
These rates do not include the cost of materials, special skills or specialist
equipment and additional payment should be negotiated for these. If the work is to
be done off the employer's premises, the rates should acknowledge the additional
costs of space, heating, lighting, telephone, and other overheads. It may also be
appropriate for work with extremely tight deadlines to have an additional premium
applied to acknowledge the costs of this in terms of the individual's resources and
time.