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Compensation Surges for Content and Customer Care Jobs
Employees working in content development and customer support earned big pay increases this year — as much as four times the national average. Data from the C2HR Annual Compensation Surveys also uncovered that compensation escalated for executives and middle managers among content developers (programmers), while management grabbed the biggest gains among connectivity providers (MSOs). [...]
2020 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey Planning Meeting at The Walt Disney Studios
As global consumers show a growing appetite for engaging, high-definition visual experience and moviegoers demand high-quality production, animation and visual effects jobs are at the forefront of today’s entertainment industry. Animators and visual effects artists are producing content consumed not only in theaters and on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, but also on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. [...]
2020 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey Planning Meeting at Electronic Arts Inc.
The 24th Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey will be launched on Thursday, January 23, 2020, when long-time and new survey participant companies gather to plan for this year’s Survey content at Electronic Arts in Redwood City, California. This annual Survey planning meeting conducted with compensation and human resources executives ensures that the Survey remains fresh and relevant in this dynamic industry. [...]
Compensation for Software Games Jobs Increased in 2019
The recently published 2019 Croner Software Games Survey found that among the U.S. and Canadian software gaming companies surveyed, participants experienced steady compensation growth at all organization levels. The growth in compensation was driven primarily by increases in annual incentive awards. [...]
Steady Growth in Compensation for Jobs in Software Gaming in 2020
The 2020 Croner Software Games Survey – North America shows that U.S. software gaming companies experienced steady compensation growth for all organization levels from 2019 to 2020. Growth for executives and support positions was highest, driven by increases in all compensation elements. [...]
Planning Meeting for the 2021 C2HR Content Developers Compensation Survey
As the streaming landscape becomes more competitive with the entry of legacy media giants into the mix of SVOD choices for viewers, Content Development jobs are at the forefront of the entertainment industry. The C2HR Content Developers Compensation Survey provides up-to-date competitive compensation information about positions in companies that develop content for television or digital entertainment as well positions specific to television and radio broadcasting. [...]
Compensation Up for Entertainment Industry Executives in 2019
The annual Croner Entertainment Survey provides comprehensive market data on compensation for jobs and specialties in all segments of the Entertainment industry, including Film, Television, Digital Entertainment and Music production and distribution. Noteworthy insights from the just published 2019 Croner Entertainment Survey include: [...]
Current Trends in Pay Practices for Jobs at Grantmaking Foundations
Current Trends in Compensation and Benefits The Croner Compensation Survey of Foundations provides comprehensive market data on compensation practices specific to private, independent grantmaking foundations and pass-through grantmaking organizations in the U.S. Noteworthy current trends in compensation and benefits for the grant making sector, from our just published 2019 Croner Compensation [...]
Current Trends in Pay: Digital Media and Digital Commerce Positions See Steady Growth
The 2019 Croner Digital Content and Technology Survey provides in-depth data on compensation for jobs specific to internet and mobile content and transactions. Noteworthy trends from the recent report include: Digital jobs experienced steady growth in pay year-over-year, continuing a multi-year trend. Executives and middle management positions — across all types of [...]
Pay for Animation and Visual Effects Jobs Grew Steadily in 2019
Our just published 2019 Croner Animation and Visual Effects Survey— which provides market data on pay practices on animation and visual effects jobs for film, television and software games for the U.S. and Canada—offers some noteworthy trends in compensation: Compensation for positions in the animation and visual effects industry grew steadily [...]
Hali Croner Featured Speaker at the Fiscal & Administrative Officers Group (FAOG) Conference
Fiscal & Administrative Officers Group Key Speaker Hali Croner, CEO, Croner Company, will present the session “Tools, Tactics and Compliance Issues for Administering Compensation Programs” at the Fiscal & Administrative Officers Group (FAOG) 2019 conference September 8-11, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. Hali will present material critical to increasing understanding [...]
Croner Software Games International Compensation Survey Launches for 2019
The Croner Company’s annual study on pay practices for video gaming jobs has launched for 2019. Don’t miss this opportunity to get trusted data on what the market pays for gaming talent in the U.K. and across Europe. Participating companies comprise major players in the global industry and smaller studios [...]