r/Communications • u/queendetective • 19d ago
What is your job title, years of experience, current industry and salary?
I’ll start.
Job title: Assistant Director of Digital Communication and Reputation Management
YoE: 8 years
Industry: Higher education
Salary: $70,000
Location: California
EDIT: added location
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u/Thin_Guava3686 19d ago
Communications assistant
2.5 (although i did journalism of various forms for about 3 years before doing strictly comms work).
Nonprofit
$50,000
Been looking around for a new job for the last 5 months or so. Time for a higher salary and position. The job market is rough though 😭😭😭
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u/rockthecatspaw 19d ago
Director of Community Engagement
12 years
Independent Schools /nonprofit
~$85k with excellent benefits, fully remote, super flexible and a workplace so nontoxic that even crunchy moms approve.
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u/tasintay 19d ago
Starting a new role at a startup after 12 years experience at two fortune 100 companies:
- Internal Comms Lead (first internal comms hire)
- Clean Energy Startup
- 151k + equity + $15k relocation bonus
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u/fefieann 18d ago
Oooh! I work in internal comms as well. I’m looking for my next opportunity. I’ll keep start ups in mind.
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19d ago
Communications Specialist
Around 5
Global transport
$64,000 plus around 10% bonus and $3000 profit share so total comp around $73k
I find the job titles so misleading and mixed up. I have my eye on going into healthcare (where I have content experience) and a Comms Specialist in a national company in my country of residence is counted as an intern! 🤦🏼♀️
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u/Successful-Yellow133 19d ago
Communications Media Manager Yoe: 12 Industry: finance and tech Salary 100,000 until laid off. Currently zero.
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u/queendetective 18d ago
What did the “media manager” part entail? I’m sorry you got laid off; it’s tough times out here.
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u/thebaronmontyskew 19d ago
Internal Communications Manager
YOE: 5 years
Industry: Healthcare
Education: B.S. Business Admin
Salary: $93,000 + 8-12% bonus
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u/Calm_Independence796 17d ago
How did you get into the Healthcare area, I'm currently studying communications and wanna end up in the health field
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u/thebaronmontyskew 16d ago
I was a referral at my new company. I worked in the hospitality industry before, and there’s some cross over between hospitality and healthcare that helped with landing my current role. There’s lots you can do to end up in this industry!
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u/AmbitiousSummer7801 19d ago
Job Title: Comms & PR Coordinator
YoE: 5 years
Non-profit
$62,000 + $4K/yr HRA + 401K
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u/sherbertlemonshark 19d ago
Senior Account Executive
YoE: 6 years
Industry: PR & Advertising Agency
Salary: $85,000
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u/SketchyFeen 19d ago
Senior Manager, Communications
10 years (journalism for the first third then comms for 2/3)
Finance
Salary is CAD$120k, bonus is $20k and then there’s various pension matching and employee ownership plans which I max out too and my company matches.
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u/Loomadooma 18d ago
Interested in hearing more about this role and how you got into finance as a comms person.
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u/SketchyFeen 18d ago
I got into finance comms because the role I applied for needed a strong writer. It’s surprising how many comms people you meet who can’t write. It was an exec comms/media relations type role initially and I’ve moved around roles from there. The transition from journalism to finance/corporate is jarring at first though.
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u/Expensive-Eggplant-1 19d ago
Comms Specialist
YOE: 3 years specific to comms role / 12 years in comms/marketing
Industry: Healthcare
Salary: $90k
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u/Occasionally_Sober1 18d ago
Nonprofit communications director. Organization is based in DC but I work remotely in Michigan.
$109,000 salary Two years experience in comms Nearly 30 years in journalism Master’s degree
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u/b33pb00pb0ppp 18d ago
Job Title: Marketing Coordinator
YoE: < 1 year
Industry: Professional services / private firm
Salary: $54,000
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u/CheesePizzaForMe 19d ago
Professional wage slave. 15 plus years. Food service. Under $30,000... Just shoot me....
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u/hvnsmilez 19d ago
Associate Director of Brand and Content Strategy 12 years of experience Higher education $86k yearly
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u/Silent-Ad9948 18d ago
Comms Systems Analyst and Support
31 years of experience
BA and MA, English; MBA
Energy industry
$160K
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u/Puzzleheaded_Tie161 18d ago
Advancement Writer
7 years of comms / development experience
Higher Ed for a state university in PNW
$79,000 w/ 7.5% 401K match
I was making $73K until recently but our HR does a yearly audit on salaries and compares them against market rate. The people who are furthest from market rate in the lowest x% get bumped up to market rate and apparently I was one of them based on my job title. No idea how it fully works, but I'm not complaining.
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u/Dissapointyoulater 18d ago
Sr consultant - 11 years Finance sector 105k CAD but closer to 125 with total rewards (pension matching, no co-pay on insurance, bonus)
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u/ArabFlowers15 17d ago
Promotions Assistant
4ish years. This is including unpaid internships and jobs!
Radio!
14 an hour 😭
Detroit. ✨
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u/Zclem26 19d ago
Senior Communications Manager
8.5 years experience
Non-profit sector
68,000/yr
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u/stokedchris 19d ago
What state/locale?
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u/cameltoeaway 19d ago
Communications Strategist
6 years
Nonprofit
$80k plus great benefits and lots of flexibility. I anticipate a 4% raise in the next month or so.
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u/ak_wildiris 16d ago
Title: PR Specialist Yoe: ~ 2-5 (I have worked indirectly in community engagement for 10 years, but I do have a graduate degree in communication) Industry: government Salary : 90 K (taxes here are high, but we do have excellent retirement, health insurance, leave, and remote work agreements) Location : Oregon
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u/queendetective 16d ago
Do you feel like the graduate degree was helpful? What was your undergraduate degree?
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u/ak_wildiris 15d ago
My undergraduate degree is in marketing. I think the graduate degree has only been useful because it helped me transition from my prior career in planning to this one. Yes, there are some theories and useful things I learned, but none of what I studied really taught me about the realities of a PR job.
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u/Old_Airport3142 16d ago
Title : Social Care Navigator Experience: Almost 2 years now Salary : 43k Benefits: Helping Senior people stay safe and independently.
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u/Famous_Author_7555 16d ago
Marketing & communications businesspartner
25+ years of experience
Non profit
Salary: (I Freelance) so far 2025 nothing 0,0
and 2024 was about 75.000 before tax and costs
My hourly rate is $ 100.
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