Stages in IAPI membership application

(Please note this process may take up to 3 months)

1. Request an application form from IAPI or download at the bottom of the page.
2. Complete the application form, and send with €1,000 application fee. Those who are unsuccessful will have the application fee refunded minus an administrative fee of €200. An application will only be processed once payment has been received. To request an invoice please contact our accounts department.
3. Once IAPI has received your application form and payment, it will be processed in house to ensure it complies with the criteria set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association. A visit to your agency by a representative of the board will be arranged. Following on from this your application is presented to the IAPI board at the next board meeting.
4. You will be notified as to whether your application has been successful. If successful you will receive your membership plaque and full access to the IAPI website and other benefits once your subscription payment has been received in accordance with the IAPI articles of association.

Who can apply for IAPI membership

Criteria required for IAPI Membership in accordance with the IAPI Articles of Association:

8. (a) Subject to the provisions of Articles 9 and 13 a corporation shall be eligible for membership of the Institute as a Practitioner in Advertising if it shows to the satisfaction of the Board:

1. that it has achieved professional Advertising competence in the opinion of the members of the Institute, its own clients and the media and that it is professionally competent to act as an organisation concerned primarily with providing strategic and professional advice on marketing communication, the creation of advertising and its media placement and all aspects of client communication;
2. that it is independent and is not directly or indirectly controlled by any client, advertiser or group of advertisers whose advertising it handles or by the media or concerns wholly or mainly interested in the sale of advertising media or services;
3. that it is financially stable;
4. that it has properly completed the Approved Application Form and paid the Admission fee in accordance with Article 21;

How are membership subscriptions calculated

The annual subscription is based on us receiving an Auditor's Certificate certifying the total turnover* of the agency. The best way to explain is to use an example:

If an agency have a gross profit of €4million then it would pay:
€4m x 6 = €24m
0.1of 1% of €24m = €24,000 however there is a current ceiling of €20,000.
*(Turnover will be assumed to be six times the amount of gross profit earned by the agency in the financial year; gross profit being the difference between the monies paid out to third parties on behalf of clients in respect of advertising and production and the amount received, together with fees received for service).

To request a membership application form please contact Aisling Conlon on 01 676 5991 or by email aisling@iapi.com or download a copy at the bottom of the page.

*Note that every person applying for (admission to) membership shall give an undertaking to observe in the event of his admission, the provision of these Articles, and any bylaws, rules and regulations of the Institute for the time being in force. Such undertaking shall be included in the form of application for admission, and shall be signed, in the case of a Practitioner in Advertising by one of the directors thereof or by the individual specified in Article 10(b).

Related Downloads

• IAPI Membership Application form