Design managers make almost as much as designers. With almost identical pay, I get to work with some of the best people in the world, and with a lot of responsibility, I get to do a lot of it. Designing, developing, and delivering our great product is a full-time job, and that’s not to mention all of the other responsibilities that come with that.
Design managers do a lot of work that is totally invisible to the rest of us. It means that the actual work we do is often overlooked, and that we are often hired to do things we don’t really want to do, at least that’s what it feels like. But then, the designers, along with everyone else, are just like us and don’t realize that they are the only ones who have made decisions about what to do.
I believe design manager salary is a good indicator of the amount of work designers are doing, and how much of our time and energy is spent on the decision making process. If a design manager in a company is paid a lot of money, the designers probably arent getting much of it either. Not only that, but our designers are probably not doing all the work in the first place.
I’m not sure if design manager salary is the best indicator of how hard or lazy/inefficient/inefficient the designers are doing. It certainly seems to be a good indicator of how hard they are pushing the process rather than actually doing the work. I’m also not sure that a designer who is paid a lot is really doing all the work at all. That’s usually not the case either.
In this case, I think it’s pretty clear that the designers are working for a small percentage of the company. This would be an easy case to make about some of the other people who work for small companies. These people are often on the clock and are working for a very small fraction of the total company salary.
I think that the most important thing to realize about a designer is that they are paid by the hour. It is really important that they only get paid for the hours they actually work. For example, if you are a designer and your boss pays you $100 an hour, you should only be paid $8 an hour. (That is very difficult to find out exactly how much you make, and it might have a lot to do with the rate of your pay or the rate of your hours.
I have heard of a young designer who made $300 an hour, but I don’t know if it was for a very short period of time. There are a lot of designers I know who make much more than that. I don’t know what the average salary is, I don’t have a clue.
I think design manager are a common role, especially in the software industry, and I believe it is a good idea. I believe designers are often underpaid because our job is more complicated than just design. I think it would be beneficial to pay designers what they deserve, even if it takes a lot of work to get there.
Some designers charge $200 or $300 an hour, but the time they put in is minimal. They’re on call all day, so they are not working with clients on a project that isn’t just for design. They might be working with a client that needs a couple of changes and then a couple of weeks later they’re in the middle of a project with a client that needs to have a couple more changes made in a week. I know that sounds difficult.
I disagree. Its really not. The fact is, not all designers get paid what they deserve, especially if they are in a team of designers working on a project. Some designers might, however, work on projects that arent just for design, rather, they get paid what they deserve.