Social Media Management by M2ONE Carmel
October 2026
What this would cost
to build yourself
Every figure comes from the union rate sheet for commercial shoots (IATSE and AICP), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and PayScale. Numbered sources at the bottom of the page. Low end is base pay. High end adds 10-hour shoot days and employer benefits. Gear, travel and hiring costs are extra.
A union commercial crew for filming days: director of photography, camera operator and FAA Part 107 certified drone operator1$8,240 – $11,330
A film and video editor2, 4$6,290 – $8,980
A social media manager3, 4$7,080 – $10,120
Built piece by piece, every month$21,610 – $30,430
Next page: the same work from M², with the gear included.
What you can't hire
- Nearly every brand on our “FILMED FOR” page has reposted our work on its own account.
- The founder of Rimac and CEO of Bugatti shares our work on his own Instagram.
- The owners know us better than the brands do. Many of the collectors we've filmed for have become great friends, and we can ask them to bring their cars to ONE Carmel, starting with Monterey Car Week.
- We're invited to film at private clubs and invitation-only events, including The Bridge and Monticello Motor Club, and they keep inviting us back.
- Our drone pilots are FAA Part 107 certified, so aerials of the land come with every shoot. Anyone flying a drone for a business without that license faces FAA fines of up to $75,000 per violation5, a risk you never take on with us.
- To build this yourself, you'd hire and manage a director of photography, a camera operator, a drone operator, a photographer, an editor, a graphic designer, a copywriter and a social media manager. We do all of it as one team.
Sources1. IATSE and AICP Commercial Production Agreement, Appendix A wage sheet, October 29, 2025 to September 30, 2026: director of photography $1,234.24 and camera operator $755.60 per 8-hour minimum call; hours 9 and 10 at 1.5x; three filming days a month, with the drone operator on all three at the camera operator rate.
aicp.com. Under IATSE Local 600 rules, drone pilots are classified as camera operators (Wrapbook, 2021:
wrapbook.com). 2. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: film and video editors, median pay $75,420 a year, May 2025, full-time.
bls.gov. 3. PayScale, social media manager, San Francisco: median base pay $85,000 a year.
payscale.com. 4. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026: benefits are 30% of total pay in private industry ($14.07 of $46.89 an hour).
bls.gov. 5. Federal Aviation Administration, August 23, 2024: drone operators who conduct unsafe or unauthorized operations face fines up to $75,000 per violation.
faa.gov.