Graphic Designers
Also called:
Graphic Designer, Graphic Artist, Designer, Creative Director
What they do:
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
On the job, you would:
- Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
- Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
- Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
Engineering and Technology
- design
- computers and electronics
Communications
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
Business
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas
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People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Innovation
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Web platform development software
- Adobe Systems Adobe ColdFusion
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe FrameMaker
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
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bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$44,150
per year, on average
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