Salaries
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- Seanbot
This has been done a thousand times already, but whatever. This is the end-all thread.
So, I have a potential new offer floating my way for a Senior Designer position at a very prominent interactive firm opening up a shop in the Midwest - they're large and have a international client base if that matters.
Anyhow, I've been looking around to see what sort of salary figure I can throw them via http://designsalaries.org/ but I was just curious how accurate/real those numbers are? According to that site I should be asking for $60k/year.
I have 5 years in the agency world, have lots of experience in AS2/3 and have been dabbling with Papervision.
- boobs0
Gee, I would think you'd ask for much more than that.
- moamoa0
ask if you get €60k/year
- > thats about 360 billion dollersmoamoa
- yeah, they should pay me in euros, in the states. :-)akrokdesign
- doesnotexist0
in the midwest id say that's a good figure.
- jfletcher0
yeah, if it were SF, NY, Seattle, Boston... I'd ask fo more (although it depends on your experinece and the company), however for midwest, 60K is fine. Can you give a city though? There are certain cities you might ask for more.
- ukit0
I'd ask for more than 60K. Your AS and Papervision skills probably aren't reflected in the AIGA figures. AS developers get paid quite well, if you will be doing that kind of work you'll be quite an asset to them in addition to their design skills.
- utopian0
50-65k midwest
- TREBIO0
depends on the signing bonus and profit sharing structure. if you coming into start up a new office that's a lot of work - you should be sharing in the success.
- digdre0
€60k a year, i wish I would have that in a few years :D
whats average when you start at a company? when you just made bachelor/master in graphic design?
- ukit0
$60K, not €60K - big difference
- Llyod0
70k
- hedge0
230k with health insurance, stock options, and expense account.
- gramme0
If it's Chicago or Minneapolis, 70k. Cost of living is higher there, and there are more designers. If it's any other midwestern city, 60–65k.
- lvl_130
what gramme said.
also, depending on where you are going, most large firms won't have you work on the AS stuff if they hire you as a designer. that's why they have AS programmers. with that said, if you are really solid on both the design and the AS then you are a very rare breed (i have really only met a couple of people that were so gifted..and damn they made everything they touch turn to gold. he actually used to post on nt quite a bit...not seem him since the site change though :\), in which case you could push for even more (90k), but you would have to prove that and sell the shit out of yourself!
good luck!
- Jaline0
gazillion
- ukit0
- Bill0
I used to live in the midwest, and at first glance, I would say that's a little low. But, it depends on where in the midwest. People with AS2/AS3 knowledge are in demand. Don't sell yourself short. Go for at least 70k.
- scrap_paper0
A good friend and mentor always told me "if they don't complain you've asked for too little".
Regardless if its a project contract you are bidding on or a salary go for gold and then negotiate.
- MisterMonk0
75K plus bonuses and all my travel expenses