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OT – Uk salaries for post-production editors.
Its time for me to start thinking about re-negotiating my slary but i’m at a loss to know how much to ask for. I don’t have any real contact with others in my industry and so discussing realistic salaries is pretty much impossible.
I work alone (a dept of one!!) and if its post-production I do it. Basically, I have been editing for 20 years across a wide range of genres (news, documentary, animation and currently commercials). I now work for the client as opposed to a facility, as we moved the post work in-house.
I cut with FCP, do compositing & fx work with shake, after effects and motion, audio mixing and sound design on Protools. I direct voice sessions, and even do the producer/production asst work such as BACC ad submissions. We are looking to complete close to 80 commercials this year. On top of that I also look after the corporate website!!
Oh, i’m based in the UK as well. i know most of you are US based, and the market over the pond seems quite different to that over here.
SO – any uk editors – i’d appreciate your thoughts. I’m not asking what you earn, more what is the perceived salary someone in my position should be asking for. I have tried researching this on the web but find that its really difficult getting any info that bears a connection to reality.
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How much profit do you make for the company? Divide that by two and start negotiating from there. Any company that pays more than two thirds of the the profit derived from an employee is not likely to succeed.
In other words, you have to find out what you are worth.
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a nice idea – but there is no way EVER that i could get them to pay that much!
But that does bring up an interesting question – how do you figure out what you earn for a company? especially when you work for the end client rather than an external company being hired to do a specific task that takes a finite time and therefore can be more easily quantified.
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Hmmm, tricky one. Where I work at the moment, I’m on
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thanks for replying, Durisdeer.
I’m not London either – manchester for me.Its certainly useful number to know what daily rates are actually getting paid. Especially as you have included the mark up put on by the facility when subcontracting you…
appreciate your candour
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something I’ve often heard here in the states:
you should make 3x for the company what you actually earn.
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oh if only that were true!!!
I could retire in a years time.
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20 years experience? Here in the states you should be making at least $200,000 a year or more if you are in a market that would push your talents and it sounds like you are. I would also negotiate overtime.. so salary up to whatever fulltime hours are in your country and then after 8 hours in a day overtime. Also we have NAB and other conventions that i’m sure they have overthere. I would negotiate some flight tix and passes to your fav events!
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I need a real post job….i work in boston, as a freelancer i bring in a mere 20grand a year……..and thats if i work a lot!
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