Negotiate or not?
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- SirLawrence0
exactly
ad agencies are mercenaries too = if they consider you this shit, you wouldn't be posting this question cuz they'd pay you the big money. If you consider yourself the shit, but they don't - yet - then propose to them that you work a probation period under their conditions, and if you gel with their senior creatives and gel with the client projects, and if they are convinced that you are for real, then you get your conditions.
My guess is they offer you this package now a) cuz it is a new position for you and you have to prove your worth b) cuz they anticipate you will counter. If you profile yourself as career minded and present as being fair to all parties (it's all in the sell, baby), they will not see you as one of those hotshot-know-it-all-fresh designers who has a chip on his shoulder. You wouldn't believe how many times we hear "but my friend gets this much", or "but I think I am worth much more".
If the agency (and their senior creatives and their portfolio) is worth your talent, find a middle road, cuz chances are that the agency sees it the same way.