How much should I get paid for hosting and producing videos?
February 22, 2009 10:19 PM Subscribe
Hired to host and produce video content for a PR firm. How much should I ask to be paid?
Because they liked a previous project of mine, a PR firm wants me to to produce video content for a client of theirs. The client is basically a media industry group running a promotion campaign.
The jobs will vary but it seems there will be two main kinds. Sometimes I will do funny interviews with people for 2-3 minute videos to be posted online. The firm will arrange for the filming, but I will do the editing (which I expect to be minimal).
The other job would be creating funny video shorts that I would write, produce, and act in. I would ask for a small production budget to get a crew and such, but I'm unsure what I myself should receive in compensation for something like this.
I've already been given the obligatory speech about how times are tough and the budget for the campaign has been slashed. I really don't have any idea what I should be paid for this, and I haven't found anything too useful in previous Ask Mefi posts. Can anyone give me an idea what I should expect to be paid for either job?
Because they liked a previous project of mine, a PR firm wants me to to produce video content for a client of theirs. The client is basically a media industry group running a promotion campaign.
The jobs will vary but it seems there will be two main kinds. Sometimes I will do funny interviews with people for 2-3 minute videos to be posted online. The firm will arrange for the filming, but I will do the editing (which I expect to be minimal).
The other job would be creating funny video shorts that I would write, produce, and act in. I would ask for a small production budget to get a crew and such, but I'm unsure what I myself should receive in compensation for something like this.
I've already been given the obligatory speech about how times are tough and the budget for the campaign has been slashed. I really don't have any idea what I should be paid for this, and I haven't found anything too useful in previous Ask Mefi posts. Can anyone give me an idea what I should expect to be paid for either job?
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Depending on who you're working for, these jobs can pay quite a bit (especially if you have to hire a crew). Without a lot more information, nobody can really say what you should ask for.
If you have to hire a professional crew, know that good people get paid good money.
$3-5k per piece is a decent range for producing (think of all the people you have to pay out of that and all the expenses of producing professional video work). This depends on who you're working for and whether you know how to negotiate (again, get an agent, seriously). Of course, they might be thinking more like $500 per piece, in which case, asking for $5k might lose you the job (get an agent).
posted by paperzach at 3:31 AM on February 23, 2009