Commissioning Platform

You can access this screen from this menu option: Contributors > Find a contributor

Once you have entered your search criteria press then Find... button alongside your criteria.

This will start a search of the contributor database for matching contributors. In a few moments you will be presented with the search results.

Or you cam click on the Regulars... button for rapid access to a list of your desk's most regularly used contributors i.e. those commissioned more than six times in the last year.

If your search produces no results the above screen will still be displayed and will get a messages advising that no contributors matched. You can then modify your search and try again, or you can enter a new contributor by pressing the New... button.

If you search did match one or more contributors in the database you will see the search results in a screen like the one below:

As you run through the list, the area on the right-hand side of the screen shows contact details for the highlighted supplier. Click on Edit supplier... at the relevant record to make any changes.

If the contributor that you are looking for does not appear in the list then you can create a new contributor record by clicking the "Create a new..." Contributor button.

Once you have found the contributor you want, and the record is highlighted, you have two options to engage the contributor to supply content:

• Create a new Commission If commissioning a contributor please refer to the Freelance Charter for GNM's standard commissioning terms.

• Create a new Contract

You also have these options

• View Commissions

• View Contract

• Rights History

• Content History

• Sales of their content

Notes

Suppliers highlighted in red in the query results are either deceased freelances, organisations that no longer trade, or agents that have ceased trading. Deceased contributors can continue to supply content to GNM via their estates or another payee. In order for payment to be made, details of the estate or other payee must be entered in the Agent/payee field of the contributor's personal details.