leveraging a job offer?
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in my experience there is a HUGE difference between an AD and a designer - one does not supercede the other. If you want to be an AD, take the job - if you want to be a designer, leverage it to make more money. Your boss, if he/she's a realist, will understand it's just business and its something they would probably do/have done themselves.
They OFFERED you 6K more - but I would be basing that move on a set percentage of what you currently make. I think since you're still IN-STATE, the move should require about a 12-15% pay raise from what you're currently making - now the other variable here is the work. Are you currently working at a place that makes signage for the sides of vans? Is this work you can put in your portfolio? While all my friends took the 55K/year production jobs in NYC out of college, I took the MUCH LESS/year job in Orlando because the work they were doing - and the work I'd have the opportunity to do - was better. At that time, I was 22 - no girlfriend, kids, house, etc. so it was doable.
Lot of variables I guess - do what's best for you in the long-term. The devil you know if often better than the devil you don't know - so consider that when moving jobs. Goodluck!