My Design Experience

My Design Experience

Commercial Design Experience: 4 years
Solo Design Experience: 7 years
Design Trainer/Educator: 10 years

Hourly Rate: $45 p/h or Daily Rate: $360
Salary/Yearly Rate: 70K to 90K

Solo designer - Salary: 65K
A freelance or self-employed design professional who works independently of a company and has no employees.

Senior designer - Salary: 70K
The senior designer is responsible for conceptualization and design of solutions from concept to completion. In some firms, a senior designer directs the work of one or more junior designers who generate comps and create layouts and final art. In some cases, senior designers do not manage staff but are designated “senior” because of their authority in design decision-making.

Designer - Salary: 50K
A designer is responsible for conceptualization and design of graphic applications such as collateral material, environmental graphics, books and magazines, corporate identity, film titling and multimedia interfaces, from concept to completion.

Web designer - Salary: 60K
A web designer determines and develops the look and feel for sites, and is responsible for site navigation design and visual execution.

Web developer (front end/interface systems) - Salary: 65K
A front-end developer uses HTML/JavaScript/ColdFusion and other tools to develop static and dynamic web pages.

Web producer, senior producer, executive producer - Salary: 82K
A web producer organizes web development teams and ensures adherence to budget, schedule and design of website development.