Gloss Creative Recruitment’s Salary Survey 2010 – Representing Yorkshire’s finest talent
Introduction
For us, January 2010 was a welcome relief after the negative effects of 2008 /2009. It was almost as though everyone took a deep breath over Christmas and we all came back with a much more positive and determined outlook. This has certainly been reflected in the amount of recruitment activity within our sector.
Gloss specialises in the Creative sector and one of the biggest trends we spotted this year was the huge rise in digital requirements – specifically Web design and Search. Where companies had been holding off on expanding and trying to make current staff numbers work, the damns finally burst resulting in a large amount of hiring and a great deal of movement in the area – especially at the Middleweight level.
Towards the middle of the year we have seen more of a move away from the delivery side (designers and developers) to the account handling and marketing aspects. As 2010 moves on, those of us that survived the torrent are now moving forward to look towards bigger market share…
Digital
Key trends:
1. Full service agencies growing their digital presence
2. Digital account handlers in high demand with low availability
3. SEO and PPC vacancies soar as new search agencies open in Leeds
Salaries
| Digital Account Handlers | |||||
| Position | Typical | Max | |||
| Account Executive | £17k | £25k | |||
| Account Manager | £26k | £35k | |||
| Account Director | £37k | £45k | |||
| SEO /PPC executive | £19k | £25k | |||
| SEO /PPC Manager | £26k | £36k | |||
| SEO /PPC Director | £40k+ | – | |||
| Digital Creatives | ||||
| Position | Typical | Max | ||
| Digital Director | £45k+ | – | ||
| Junior Web Designer | £17k | £22k | ||
| MW Web Designer | £22k | £27k | ||
| Senior Web Designer | £28k | £35k | ||
| Flash Designer | £25k | £34k | ||
| PHP Web Developer | £22k | £36k | ||
Key Contact:
Ian Rigby
Ian@glossrecruitment.com
Graphic and Print Design
Key trends:
1. Due to large redundancies there has been a lot of candidate availability
2. Clients want very specific skills to hit the ground running
3. Salaries frozen or reduced depending on agency
4. Many graphic designers moving into digital training
5. Freelancers struggling and many turning permanent
Salaries
| Creative Roles | |||||
| Position | Typical | Max | |||
| Artworker (Junior) | £13k | £16k | |||
| Artworker (M’weight) | £17k | £22k | |||
| Artworker (Senior) | £22k | £28k | |||
| Studio Manager | £28k | £33k | |||
| Designer (Junior) | £14k | £18k | |||
| Designer (M’weight) | £19k | £24k | |||
| Designer (Senior) | £25k | £32k | |||
| Art Director (Junior) | £16k | £18k | |||
| Art Director (M’weight) | £18k | £28k | |||
| Art Director (Senior) | £28k | £40k | |||
| Creative Director | £40k+ | ||||
| Account Handlers | ||||
| Position | Typical | Max | ||
| Account Executive | £15k | £25k | ||
| Account Manager | £26k | £35k | ||
| Account Director | £38k+ | – | ||
| Client Services Director | £45k+ | – | ||
| Copywriter (junior) | £14k | £20k | ||
| Copywriter (M’weight) | £20k | £28k | ||
| Copywriter (Senior) | £30k+ | – | ||
| Project Manager | £22k | £25k | ||
| Design Manager | £25k | £35k | ||
Key Contact:
Nicola Burbridge
Sources
The data summarised in this survey has been collated from Candidates and Clients that have registered with our agency and are based on actual paid salaries and client job specs. Please note that Gloss Creative Recruitment operates on Permanent positions both inhouse and agency only within Yorkshire.
For more information please visit www.glossrecruitment.com or call us on 0870 321 9788
