Don’t miss this overlooked SYP member benefit

Posted on September 21, 2026 in UK

Have you taken a look at our Resource Centre yet? Included in your SYP membership, it contains a variety of useful information and advice to help you enter the publishing industry or progress within it. This is your first port of call for application tips, links to job vacancy websites and much more. Simply go to the Members Area of the SYP website, log in if you haven’t already, and click on ‘Resource Centre’. It’s the SYP’s best kept secret – I didn’t know it existed until I joined the committee!

Brand new Resource Centre articles

Our writers have been busy over the past few months adding new content to the Resource Centre, including new articles for both the INTO and AHEAD streams:

Negotiating a hybrid working arrangement that suits you
How to create your own publishing work experience
Personalising applications in a competitive job market, the balance between standing out and casting your net wide
Activities that can count as CPD (continuing professional development)
Different types of publishing companies
An interview with a London publishing commuter
Top publishing tools to learn while job-searching
Websites where you can find publishing jobs advertised
How to transfer education and work experience into unique publishing departments
And coming soon… Advice for working in children’s publishing

Introducing the SYP Publishing Glossary

Also new for 2026, we’ve compiled a glossary full of the publishing terminology you wish someone had explained to you sooner. The glossary is an evolving project that we’ll keep adding to over time.

Not an SYP member yet?

You can join here for as little as £18 a year. This will give you full unlimited access to the Resource Centre as well as free entry to the SYP’s online webinar-style events, partner discounts, and access to the jobs board and member-exclusive Discord chat. Or for £30 per year (£24 for students and those who are unwaged) you’ll receive all of the above as well as free entry to some in-person events and you’ll be sent a copy of our beautifully produced quarterly magazine InPrint.