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Topic: Hourly Rate for Tri-Fold Brochure?
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| LSawhney | Posted – 6/8/2008 6:26:20 PM | show profile | email poster Hot here in New Jersey. Can't really do much of anything outside. Anyway, I developed a 4-color tri-fold brochure for my husbands company and just wondering what some other graphic designers would charge for this type of job. They have more work for me to design and I don't want to overcharge too much so they come back to me. They gave me no direction on the project. I just used their website and some graphics they supplied me. This is really my first real freelance project. How much would you charge? |
| Caslon540 | Posted – 6/9/2008 9:31:06 AM | show profile You might want to check out the "Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines," available at Amazon, bookstores, and some art supply stores. I gather that it's very helpful for figuring out what to charge for graphic design projects. Good luck! |
| ez2Bgreen | Posted – 6/11/2008 1:35:04 PM | show profile | email poster we pay our designers... LSawhney - I publish free magazines, and we pay our in-house designers based in Atlanta $55-65/hr. And when we go outside to do promo pieces, we also pay about the same amount here in Alabama. A college friend who started her on design company charges $65/hour for that type of work. The other poster has a great suggestion on the book too. Hope you figure it out! |
| web | Posted – 6/23/2008 10:33:16 PM | show profile | email poster it doesnt matter That you took stuff some somewhere else, etc. You still had to make the look nice, fit, etc. I highly second the recommendation to buy that book. It has so many good things in it. Well worth it. On the low end, a designer I know has templates for sale for brochures. She changes the pictures and colors, adds graphics and then addes the content they or a copywriter provide. Charges $400. So I say again.... go buy that book. Start what you're doing on the right foot and earn what the work you're doing is worth! |
| skirklan | Posted – 8/6/2008 4:28:26 PM | show profile | email poster Charging for a brochure Rates in the south are much cheaper than in the surrounding area of NYC except in Houston where a seasoned professional charges on average $125 an hour. Find out what your competition is charging hourly and since you are a beginner, keep a time sheet for each job. You can find out more at the local art director's club or by joining an elist like the yahoo graphic designer's group. Don't charge for learning time. As you are a beginner, and it is your husband's company, ask him what the traffic will bear. You must set a price before you begin the work or you haven't got a leg to stand on. The GAG book prices are not every day realistic, so don't get your heart set on that, but it is good for advice and trade practices. You should also spend some time at www.graphics.com on the forums where people from all over the country will be happy to pipe in with their advice. Good luck with that, but remember since it's your husband's company tread carefully so you don't burn any relationships. ------ Susan Kirkland author of Start and Run a Creative Services Business--2 FREE POD cartoons for a giggle at www.sdkirkland.com |
