Here's a clue: This job is at a newspaper with circulation of 65,000 to 70,000 daily, and 80,000 to 85,000 Sundays.
Posted: April 3
Job type: engineering/information technology
Requirements: four-year degree, at least three years' experience
Base pay: $ __________
Description: Responsible for the design and creation of all visual elements of [_______.com]. This includes responsibility for the overall look and feel of the website, including lead development of content and architecture plans, presentation design and coordination of all materials to prepare for production. Develop and maintain advertorial content, special project news content, advertising banner positions and marketing/promotional campaigns. Assist with the positing of non-editorial content including assembling and organizing information, editing and packaging content, and creating web-only supplements including forms, photo galleries and databases.
Requirements: Qualified candidates will be proficient in Adobe design products, specifically Flash and DreamWeaver; have a working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, with the ability to create new projects as well as manipulate existing ones; have ability to learn and adapt to new computer languages; and be able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines while understanding the importance of being a part of a team. Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience required.
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Posted: April 3
Job type: engineering/information technology
Requirements: four-year degree, at least three years' experience
Base pay: $ __________
Description: Responsible for the design and creation of all visual elements of [_______.com]. This includes responsibility for the overall look and feel of the website, including lead development of content and architecture plans, presentation design and coordination of all materials to prepare for production. Develop and maintain advertorial content, special project news content, advertising banner positions and marketing/promotional campaigns. Assist with the positing of non-editorial content including assembling and organizing information, editing and packaging content, and creating web-only supplements including forms, photo galleries and databases.
Requirements: Qualified candidates will be proficient in Adobe design products, specifically Flash and DreamWeaver; have a working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, with the ability to create new projects as well as manipulate existing ones; have ability to learn and adapt to new computer languages; and be able to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines while understanding the importance of being a part of a team. Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience required.(Give up? Here's the answer.)
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$25k
ReplyDeleteTo provide context, one-bedroom apartments where this job is located rent for $500 to $600 a month -- or $6,000 to $7,200 annually -- according to recent Craigslist ads in the area.
ReplyDeleteI'd say $75,000 per year. GCI has to pay higher salary for talent in this business due to outlook being so grim.
ReplyDeletemy ass.
ReplyDeleteTHATS MY JOB!
27K, before 2 furloughs.
2AdPro does it $20 an ad.
ReplyDeleteAnyone with three years of experience doing javascript and php development would likely be making at least $45K to $60K in a medium market, and $60 to $75 in a big metro area. More than three years experience, they could earn much more.
ReplyDeleteI made $25K in my first journalism job at a small family-owned paper, out of college, and that was almost a decade ago. This ad is demeaning to IT and Web staff. And you know what? In this economy, they'll get 500 applicants like *snap* that. Cheap-ass outfits like Gannett are in the driver's seat these days.
ReplyDelete9:28 AM - Is correct.
ReplyDelete10:02 is right, although I think 500 applicants is too many. I'd bet on 70 or 80.
ReplyDeleteThey should all keep in mind that in my state you can make $20,436 a year on unemployment. Normally, you couldn't stay on it a full year, but with extensions it is now doable.
I'd hold out for awhile. If the economy turns around there will be companies that pay much more for someone with those skills.
12000 per month. Rupees, that is, about $250 American.
ReplyDeleteI don't see anything that would force the person to physically be in the office.
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ReplyDeleteThat is ridi-effing-culous. I have a similar job in a different industry and get paid 70k
ReplyDeleteSomebody who's been out of work for awhile might take that job just to put food on the table, but nobody would do a job like that, for that little pay, for very long. The person would start looking for the next job roughly five minutes after saying Yes to this one.
ReplyDeleteFlorida Today's web site is one of the pearls of Gannett, at least that's what we hear at our paper all the damn time, but when they pay these kinds of wages its small wonder they can hire so many people compared to the desperate few we have. You might do a survey Jim of how few poeple are really running the websites at each Gannett paper. If online is the future you;d never know it by staffing.
ReplyDeleteOh, you might be able to get someone for that price...but he/she is going to suck, because even in this market, people with those skills don't need to live on that kind of money.
ReplyDeleteWill they actually fill the position with a qualified candidate for that kind of money?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the whole "Publicus will eliminate our need for web programmers" deal?
Web producers for $30k - sure.
ReplyDeleteAdd Photoshop - Maybe $35k
Add Flash - $35 - 45k
Add SQL & PHP programming: $45k + up
And I'm talking on the low side.
Most of these start at $50k and up even in small (non Gannett) markets.
Demand for PHP/SQL programmers is very high.