I was recently offered a role as a senior freelance producer for an hourly rate. Has anyone done this? If so, how did you bill waiting for the edits, waiting for feedback, etc? You know, the “down time”. Also, what should hourly rate be?

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Whatever your day rate is up it because it’s not a straight exchange. So if you’re $800/day on an 8hr day you should be charging $125/hr, $1k/day = $150/hr. Also start high cause they’ll try to negotiate you down. And yes you charge for any time you’re waiting around - if you are expected to be available & responsive / sending out links, relaying feedback etc you should be compensated for that time.

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Yes. I usually ask for $100 per hour.

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Waiting = not working for someone else = charge them!

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Yeah except you have to charge your hours to a billable client job number. So if I’m waiting a week for an estimate to be signed, I’m just…waiting! Can’t really double-dip because other agencies don’t function that way. Strange.

I’ve been doing hourly but I’m contracted at 40hr/week W2. So if I’m waiting, I bill them because I am contracted and not working for anyone else.

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^ THIS!

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