switched into the gaming industry and not sure how much I should be getting paid/ how to ask for a raise
So as the title says, I switched from a different creative industry to an indie mobile game studio. I have been working there for a year, and really enjoy it.
My switch happened due to the fact that this mobile game is themed around the creative industry I was working in before. I am the only person in this “department” and essentially do a lot of content conception, directing a team of artists (although this part is shared with an art director) and also doing back end work and general game design/jira task creation/ planning/game testing/research etc.
I know the lack of detail might be confusing, but with other context from my profile, any more detail on my job would make it clear who I am to a coworker.
Technically, I am not a dev, I don’t do programming, but my role has steadily grown in workload over the past year.
The job pays much better than the jobs in my original field so I didn’t want to rock the boat. However now that it’s been almost a year, and COL means I have to have my office practically in my bedroom, a raise would allow me to improve my workspace (WFH). currently I make 65k before tax living in a major canadian city. This may be a shot in the dark, and if you have a better subreddit to direct me to I will happily go there. but I have no one to ask for advice on this.
I love my job, I don’t want to cause issues, and I’ve never asked for a raise before so I am not sure what is reasonable and how to go about it, especially having switched into this field. Any advice appreciated.
additional info: I have a BSc with honours in a non related field, and 3 years of experience in my previous field. don’t know if that matters.