Hi,
I’m currently a part-time designer at a graphic design studio and graduating from college in December. The studio is considering hiring me full-time once I graduate and today my boss asked me to start thinking about what my salary should be once I go full-time… Since I’m just leaving college, I’m really not sure what this should be. But I also know I’m not on the same level as other entry-level designers, as I have a two years of experience working in studios, and one year designing for fortune 500 clients.
Here’s a little background on me: [indent] I’ve been working part-time in design studios for two years.
I’ve been working this current studio for over a year now. I’ve gotten quite good at flash programming and designing and have several published flash pieces and designs that are for large clients (motorola, hp, jim beam, etc).
So far my biggest projects have included designing large microsite designs and print publications (i.e. packaging for cell phones). Given that I have proficiency as a designer and developer in flash, what kind of salary should I be expecting?
[/indent] I’ve been doing some searching on CommArts and other job sites, and they seem to all say around 28-35k for entry level… but thats for developer or designer and each differ. Should I be worth more than the average entry level designer? What could I get away with asking for? Any insights to this is much appreciated.
