Hourly wage?

[Eastree]

I just finished moving to a new location, and I'm in the process of looking for (just about any) job. I sort of lucked out with finding a posted staff photographer position for an automotive dealer. From the ad, it seems I'd be driving vehicles to a specific location to photograph them for advertisements, as well as "other" (unspecified) tasks.

Also, this would be a first paid photography position.

Since I am currently unemployed, I am applying no matter what those "other" grunt labor tasks may be.

My only questions is, once I'm at the end of the interview process, what wage I should request. I don't want to demand too much and be turned down, or ask for too little and be underpaid. I know they may not offer much, and frankly right now I just need income.

But what would you consider fair?

[Dirt_Bike_Ryda]

wouldn't they be the ones offering how much they will pay u ?

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by Dirt_Bike_Ryda

wouldn't they be the ones offering how much they will pay u ?

That's generally how it works! If they have you fill out an application before the actual interview, in the salary desired section, put "open/negotiable". That way you won't be putting something ridiculously high or low.

[Eastree]

Thanks.

But for a staff photography position: Is there a range I should expect them to offer?

[SusanH1970]

Go to salary.com and research it for your area.

[Free]

Originally Posted by Eastree

Thanks.

But for a staff photography position: Is there a range I should expect them to offer?

I'd think it depends on them and exactly what those ""other" grunt labor tasks" are, if they really just want a car washer with a camera don't expect them to pay much

No offense, but you haven't given us much to work with.

Is this a hack proex job?

Or,

Is this a newspaper?

Or...

What...??

[Jim Bryant]

While working at the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville, local car dealership would give the business writers a car to drive for a few days inorder to write a preview. I remember driving an Alfa Romero Spider from Jacksonville to St. Augustine and taking pictures of my wife driving it up and down the beach Is that the type of stuff they want or just grab pictures of them sitting on a lot. I figured, knowing the dealership, they'd probably want to pay you per picture and not much at all.

[Sterling]

No offense, but you haven't given us much to work with.

Is this a hack proex job?

Or,

Is this a newspaper?

Or...

What...??

He said it was for an automotive dealer.
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I'd guess these are photos to place on the dealership's web site and in their newspaper ads. At my store (well not mine, but where I work), taking photos of cars for ads is part of the Lot Attendant position - First they wash it, then photograph it, then park it, then clean out the garbage, then get coffee for the boss, then inflate flat tires, then clean snow off vehicles, then replace dead batteries, etc. These guys get paid about $2500/mo.

This must be a pretty big operation to have a separate position just for ad photography. I'd be curious as to what this position actually is all about. After all, it doesn't take a lot of photographic knowledge or skill to take a few shots of a used car to put on the web.

[ts10873]

I work as a photojournalist for a local internet media company and the base rate is $15 per print, unless it's someone famous then I can negotiate but I had to ask for this stipulation in my contract.