Who Pays Influencers

Popular TV

I was brought on to shoot social content for Popular TV for $400 dollars. When it came time to pay they were nowhere to be found! Used my content without complaint, however.

1 Blog post for Liquid Nails through Markerly. I had to write a blog post using the product in a creative way with pictures taken by a professional grade camera and then share to all my social accounts. I had to put a tracking code on my site and sign off on the agency owning my content. I got paid $750. I was paid within 24 hours, as is standard with them.

Refinery 29

I was asked to create three photos for Refinery 29’s new web tv series for use across their social platforms totaling almost a million viewers and as ads on their site. They had $600 for all three images.

Billboard Awards

Billboard Awards / Dick Clark Productions - They approached me for the costs. They never mentioned about pay until I did. I requested $600 per illustration/GIF. They never got back to me.

Zodax

I was paid $1500 for 4 complex packaging illustrations with national distribution. Looking back, I should have asked for more. They paid 50% up front, and then paid the balance within 1 week of completing the job. Nice people.

Posted with permission from @barretoart

Cutty Sark Whiskey

Cutty Sark Whiskey via their agency at the time Ammirati/Resource, paid $700 as well as one case of various Cutty Sark whiskey products for ten abstract instagram posts, Whiskey (to shoot) provided upon contract, payment provided within two weeks.

SABMiller

Sab Miller (agency: Brother) I was paid $3000 for 5 packaging illustrations with unlimited use and international distribution. The AD asked for multiple additional revisions beyond the scope of our (email) agreement, and took 6 weeks to send a check. I wouldn’t want to work with them again.

Honda

Honda paid $10,000 for a 2 minute youtube video that featured a car they loaned me and three of the features. Pay was $5,000 up front, $5,000 at delivery. They were really on top of it.

Holiday Inn

HOLIDAY INN via Roadtrippers: $400 + free stay for 1 Instagram post with hashtag and a blog post on Roadtrippers, paid within 30 days.