Polling any recent experiences here => In a hot market like this, you think agencies would consider a ask $200k an ACD role — granted if the candidate was very seasoned and/or even low level CD, but moving for the work etc.?

Or are agencies still playing hard nose to “match title” / maxing out at 180/190?

(Excluding tech and pharma for “case study” purposes here😉)

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Most recently, at a well known omnicom shop.

@ACD1 - Thanks for the input! Anyone else seeing same? Pre-covid era, seems like breaking 200k ceiling for an open ACD role would def be a bit harder swing — but wondering if something like that maaaaay be back on the table in today’s market?

Some personal context if helps:
I’m a CD + been successfully permalancing at agency CD/ACD gigs for a few yrs, but a family issue has been putting some pressure on me to flip back FT (as the situ would benefit from my having more stability than I can necessarily guarantee freelancing).

After making some initial soft pulls this month— it seems like agencies have a disproportionate amount of open Sr & ACD roles compared CD level (even when taking the typical up-ladder slim down into consideration)? … Also strikes me as a bit weird that the opening imbalance seems to be pretty unilaterally spread amongst the NYC agency roster? Maybe has to do with the time of year as well? No idea really. 🤔

In light of this + if push came to shove on my fam issue, I’ve been trying to mentally game out the pros/cons of exploring some FT ACD openings as well…

In general titles don’t mean as much to me as some creatives — but in terms of yearly comp, given I’ve been clocking nearly 300K freelancing … the idea of taking a financial hit to a “typical ACD 170k” legit makes cringe at this point in my career + in my late 30s (i.e. When making up for yrs of investing and savings lost in the name of “working your way up from shit jr/mid salaries in a high-AF-cost-of-living-city”… becomes more crucial than ever … Not to mention 2021’s “looming inflation” cherry on top! 🥳🍒😞)

So any insight any of you may have / be willing to take a sec to share —would be greatly appreciated!!

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