Hey, I know that quote posts are pretty common and highly debated. But I appreciate others opinions that share a similar place in the design world. Here is my scenario.
Back in about 2011 I did freelance work for a local Tourism Board, it was a lot of little ads and things and one big project was their 60-page yearly catalog. I looked back at my records and the first time I charged a flat $1,200 for the whole thing. Copy and Photography is provided for me ready to go, and I have access to their stock account for any kind of vector I would need to tear apart for elements.
Later in 2012 they had an opening and hired me as their in-house web/design guy. I worked there for three years and produced three more visitors guides in that time (my starting pay in 2012 was 12.00/hr, i live in a rural area and this is a somewhat rural county so that pay is actually not as bad as you'd think.) By the time I left there in 2015 I was making $15.50 an hour.
As things do, I found a better opportunity at a digital production house and moved on. We left on really good terms, and I was able to help hire my replacement and get him caught up before I left.
I got a text from my old boss this week saying that my replacement is leaving the bureau and she wanted to give me first dibs to put in a quote for doing the visitors guide again.
So given all that. Do you all think that $1,200 for a 60-page catalog (all copy and photography provided) is crazy low for 2016?
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