Given evolving consumer viewing behaviors and industry consolidation, compensation practices in the digital, media and entertainment industry are dynamic and ever-changing. Digital supremacy is driving the creation of new job families and driving up salaries, bonuses and long-term incentives (LTIs) across the employment market. To compete in this intense war for talent, content developers rely upon C2HR’s Annual Compensation Surveys to provide industry-specific benchmarks on pay, amenities and a wide range of compensation factors for 889 positions at all levels in functions such as general management, programming, creative production, technical production, post production, remote operations, library, affiliate and media relations, community affairs, market research, digital distribution, advertising sales, affiliate advertising sales, advertising sales operations, legal and business affairs and G&A.
Thirty-eight (38) companies — representing approximately 39,357 employees — are using the 2024 C2HR Survey data to understand salary differentials and benchmark compensation; to establish job architectures and rationalize pay levels and pay structures; and to make informed decisions about bonus plans and equity plans. Participant companies include national broadcast networks, cable networks and streaming services, as well as companies who create content.
C2HR has commissioned the Croner Company, a leading compensation research and design firm, to collect and analyze the data and identify industry compensation trends and benchmarks. Given the highly confidential survey data, the results from any given company cannot be seen. Only summary information pertaining to all participants is available. This reporting approach follows Safe Harbor guidelines and encourages participation without fear of exposing proprietary information to the public.
C2HR’s Compensation Survey results are delivered via a secure online data portal which allows for customizable Excel spreadsheets and presentation-ready reports for every position. Tools for analysis include paired comparison and titles matched reports; and the Annual Trends Report. Participant companies may select a custom cut of the data set for an extra fee. For additional information or to participate in C2HR’s Compensation Surveys, please contact Laurie Krashanoff, via this form, or call her at 415.485.5521.
New Products / Lines of BusinessDigital Media
NewsNewsNews ProducingBureau ChiefNews Assignment DeskContent or News EditorialContent or News ResearchOther News Executive
ProgrammingProgrammingProgram AcquisitionsOriginal ProgrammingProgram DevelopmentCurrent ProgrammingInternational Program DevelopmentProgram SchedulingTalent RelationsShow Booking
Production CreativeMusic ContentProducingCoordinating ProducingPreditingMultimedia ProducingDigital Journalist
Production Management
Resource Scheduling
Technical Operations
Studio Remote ProductionShow DirectionTechnical DirectionStudio / Remote ProductionCamera OperationsAudio TechnologyEditorial Graphics ProductionLightingPhotographyStylistHair and MakeupDigital Production TechnologyRemote Operations
Content DistributionNetwork Operations CoordinationClosed CaptioningQuality ControlMedia OperationsBroadcast OperationsMaster ControlBroadcast Engineering (SB=Server-Based)Transmission EngineeringDigital Mastering / Encoding Services
Post ProductionPost ProductionAudio Editing / Mixing / DesignCharacter Generation
LibraryLibraryDigital Assets
On-Air PromotionsOn-Air PromotionsWriting / Producing
Creative ServicesCopywritingCreative DesignProduction ArtMotion Graphics DesignEffects DesignCreative ServicesCreative Services Traffic Project ManagementPhoto Editing
MarketingMarketingMarketing StrategyConsumer MarketingBrand / Product MarketingDigital / Social Media MarketingGrowth MarketingDigital Partner MarketingMedia PlanningEvents Marketing
CommunicationsMedia RelationsCommunity AffairsGovernment Relations
Research and AnalyticsMarket and/or Audience ResearchConsumer Insights and AnalyticsDigital AnalyticsData ScienceBusiness Intelligence EngineeringExtract Transform and Load Developing
Advertising SalesAdvertising SalesSales Account ManagementSales PlanningSales AnalysisIntegrated Sales and MarketingAdvertising SolutionsAdvertising Sales Marketing
Affiliate SalesAffiliate SalesBroadcaster Affiliate RelationsAffiliate MarketingDigital DistributionDigital Distribution OperationsInternational Distribution
Syndication Sales
Sales OperationsSales OperationsAdvertisement InventoryAdvertisement TrafficSales Training
Legal and/or Business AffairsLegal and/or Business AffairsLegal CounselParalegalContract AdministrationStandards and PracticesRights and ClearancesAnti-PiracyLicensing
Business Development
Customer Support
General and AdministrativeHuman ResourcesRecruitingInclusion and DiversityFinanceControllerProduction AccountingRoyalty AccountingProduction Financial AnalysisFinancial Compliance / AuditParticipation and ResidualsTechnologyInformation TechnologyAdvanced TechnologyDigital Media Delivery EngineeringInternational General ManagementInternational ProgrammingInternational ProducingInternational MarketingInternational Head of Advertising SalesInternational Business Development
The Croner Company conducts this survey as an independent third party on behalf of the survey’s participants. The Croner Company guards the confidentiality of each participant’s data as well as that of the survey report. Survey reports, data, special analyses and results are distributed to survey participants only and will not be sold or otherwise distributed to non-participants by The Croner Company or any third party unless required to be produced by legal process. Non-participants may obtain the report only by agreeing, in writing, to participate in the following year’s survey.
All survey participants are required to sign a statement that confirms that they will abide by confidentiality standards and not share usernames or passwords, make copies, allow copies to be made, distribute electronic files, or otherwise reproduce or share any part of the survey report results or data with non-participating organizations, divisions, entities or individuals.
If you are interested in becoming a C2HR Compensation Survey participant, or would like additional information, please contact Laurie Krashanoff at 415.485.5521 or click to access the sign up form.
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