How much should I get?
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- hiiee
I'm new to London and its my first time to dive into the world of freelancing... I have 3.5 years of experience in online digital advertising. Looking for either senior digital designer position or art director position... seems like with my experience I don't get that much? How much should I be expecting for a day rate here? What should I be aware of from the recuriters (I know they always try to push your rate down) and also just freelancing in general?
- 23kon0
i take it your 3.5 years experience has been at a decent level and that you are not looking for an art director position after 3.5 years of creating animated banner adverts?
recruiters always take a cut - its how they make their money.
if you get a good recruiter than that cut is going to be worth it if they are going to punt a lot of good work or opportunities your way.- Ok perhaps more of a mid-weight/ senior designer position I suppose -_-hiiee
- moth0
3.5 years is kinda middle-weight isn't it?
I think you'll loose out to people with more experience unless you're pretty exceptional.
- Dancer0
5-7 years is Mid to Senior.
If you are 3.5 years old in the industry you are Mid.
London look for £175 to £200 per day Freelance.
Fulltime £23k-£27kThis is all assuming you are a mid.
Why not post your portfolio if you are looking for work.
Also quite a shit time to just start out in London
- Also it depends on what skills you possessDancer
- Shit. Mid-Seniors in Manchester get £200 - £300 per day, is that all London is?HomeCreative
- I'm talking more Solid Midweight there (3.5years) no way near seniorDancer
- you freelancer Home? Where do you work?Dancer
- Kind of there's 4 of us (all family), Mostly my own clients but still work for agencies in MancHomeCreative
- kezza_20
Creative Director (10 years) £75k - £85k
Associate Creative Director (depends) £55k - £65k
Art Director (5-8 years) £35k - £45k
Head of Design (5-8 years) £55k - £65k
Design Lead (4-6 years) £35k - £45k
Designer (2-5 years) £25k - £35k
J.Designer (1-2 years) £15k - £25kThe amount of people I see, who tell me they are an art director or a senior designer, who clearly aren't.
I still don't get how people concentrate on their job title as a benchmark for their salary. It's all about your portfolio.
- hiiee0
check it out and let me know what you think :) Thanks
http://www.catarinamak.com
- duckofrubber0
In your About section, first paragraph:
• "releasing" should be "realizing"
• "dived into multimedia working" should be "dived into multimedia, working" (or maybe "dove" instead of "dived" but that doesn't really matter much).
• Oh and remove the "an" before "art director" in the same paragraph.- 1st one is English spelling you doh.Jnr_Madison
- Oh, and some nice work there.duckofrubber
- thanks.Jnr_Madison
- its not UK spelling, she's put releasing rather than realising
(ps. nice work hiiee)kelpie
- Terminal270
kezza_2 - please tell me where to find jobs that pay as well as you say.
Or do you live in some cool parallel universe that I haven't found yet?:)
- he works for big agencies.Jnr_Madison
- and its definitely london salaries23kon
- thebottlerocket0
Another aussie..and its heading into summer back home too! Why did you leave?
- I feel I can benefit from the art/design scene in Europe than stay in Australia. Europe and USA are great places to explore. I feel my career will benefit from my move. :)hiiee