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New to freelancing, but I’ve been told that’s the range by every freelancer I personally know. Sweet spot is $1800, which is what I’m making currently.
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Sounds right. As an ACD in NYC I flex between 1K-1500k. Sweet spot being 1200.
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Seems right
jesus, you're not a doctor. get over yourself.
No offense — but the level of aggression in CD1’s response sounds like they:
1) are new to freelancing @ a CD level in NYC + got fleeced by whoever is paying them now / is bitter bout it
2) are a freelance CD in a smaller market + they are (albeit kind of rightfully) pissed that they do the exact same job as FL CDs in NYC … but are forced to take less because of bullshit out of date “cost of living” numbers (that they have little leverage to challenge w/little regional completion.)
So if they end up here after a bad day, I’d imagine seeing that $$ differential in b/w makes their day feel that much worse. Still doesn’t excuuuuse the snark but…
3) have been full time for a long time + aren’t senior enough to touch enough budgets to know what freelancers at same rank are really getting paid these days.
3b) Or worse, they do know and are bitter bout it? But that’s likely cause they’ve never experienced the flip slide costs long-term freelancers are forced to factor into those (benefitless) rates in an already merciless industry… or maybe just bad at math/bookkeeping? Lol
4) don’t work / have never worked in a large nyc advertising agency
Granted $2k is a bit high for an average (re: less years as CD + might have some, but not huge # number of awards) cd day rate — tho in recent market def not unheard of.
Doesn’t matter if we are saving lives or not — market CD nyc rate is still very much in that $1500-1800 range at the least. With inflation the way it’s going + holding companies notorious reps for pretending like inflation doesn’t exist when comes to adaquate across-the-board “raises” YOY… I’d grab as much cash as you can — and ignore any typing of obviously biased bullying like the above.