Hi! I had to make a throwaway for this because it's gonna be pretty specific info, if you know me you'd figure it out real quick.
Background
I'm currently in the process of leaving my first big girl job. I've worked in my current position for almost 2 years (started in August 2019). My title is Digital Marketing Associate and the company is a SaaS platform. The company itself is really small (like 5 coworkers I actually talk to, maybe 30 total?) but still brings in a decent amount of clients of all sizes.
My job has become less so digital marketing and more so customer support/web development. I spend a good chunk of my day answering emails and live chats from customers; sometimes they're enterprise clients looking to pay a lot for custom work which takes up more of my attention but those are only occasional instances. I'd say the majority of my interactions are with businesses about the same size as ours.
The other time in my day is spent working on tutorial videos and suggesting UI/UX changes for both the app and website based on what customers tell me. My degree is called Visual Communications and I got it 2 years ago from U of South Carolina. I currently live in the Boston metro area, though. The job I've been offered is in Concord, MA.
The offer I received is for a web project management position at a small agency. The size of the company is the same as my own. The reason (I think) I got this job is because I actually have a decent amount of experience for someone who originally started applying for copywriting positions. I learned some HTML/CSS during my degree and really enjoyed it so I taught myself some more later on, mostly just basic JS and jQuery. I understand quite a bit from working directly with our developers on top of what I've taught myself. I've started applying for project management positions because I realized a huge part of my job has become that, usually going between the devs and the customer to make sure something is completed as asked as well as doing final QA. Also, I manage parts of our website through a CMS including checking for SEO guidelines.
All of that to say, for this position, I'd say I really do have 2 years of experience. The web producer position pretty much entails exactly what I described doing minus tech support for inept old people. It's a project management position more than anything but the "bonus" skills were all basic web dev topics I understand. I genuinely feel like I'll settle in really fast with little training.
Problem
Now that I've given alllll of that background, here's my problem: I've never negotiated a salary before and now I need to. When I took my current job, I took what they gave me because it was my first job. I started at 35k and now make 45k. I have no benefits. Technically we are offered 50% coverage of healthcare premiums but when I looked into it, that cost amounted to more than the state healthcare plans anyways ($250/month), so I have my dad's healthcare for now and I just pay him back for my part. What I've been offered is pretty much exactly what I have now: 45k, 50% of health insurance that's a ridiculous cost, no other benefits and standard vacation day policies. The only noted difference seemed to be "you get your birthday off" and "we give bonuses based on company success."
When I interviewed I gave them my range as 45-50k which I now regret doing but I only said that because I've been looking for close to a year now and didn't want to be too expensive for any potential offer. I'd really like at least 47 if not 50. I've used all the online calculators and the very lowest I saw for "expected median" was 52k. I'm just not sure if I should actually ask for this especially given the size of the company. A lot of their clients are non-profits, this isn't a big money agency. Am I actually worth 50 for them? Is it wrong to ask and if not, how do I word it?
Importantly, I am still in the process of interviewing with 2 other companies, both in jobs I'm slightly less qualified for. One is a tech start-up, I've only had one video interview and I'm not expecting it to go anywhere which is fine. The other is a large company you've heard of before. Downtown Boston office, full insurance, 401k, and nice little perks like free food of course- the whole shebang. I'm on the second round which, in this case, is the final round. But, given that I don't have direct experience in the very specific job area the position is for and the fact that probably hundreds of people applied, I'm not confident I'll get it. I'm still preparing a lot hoping I can nail it and maybe they'll give me a chance instead of some PhD student with 20 years of experience who will work for $20 and a hat. I reallllllyyyyy would prefer that one but I won't know for at least another week. Fingers crossed!
I feel like with all of that info I have a leg to stand on to ask for more money even though the business is small. Am I wrong in thinking this? It would be awesome to hear from someone in the same career about what they made!
I'm not sure what to say at all :( TL;DR: Currently make 45k at small company, offered 45k again at small company better fitting my interests, also have other interviews still, what do I ask for?
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