Design, Arts and Crafts - Graphic Designer
Design, Arts and Crafts - Graphic Designer
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Graphic designers create visual branding, adverts, brochures, magazines, website designs, product packaging and displays.
- Discuss the client's requirements and come up with creative ideas
- Work out budgets and deadlines
- Produce rough drafts and present your ideas
- Prepare designs using specialist software
- Make presentations to clients for feedback and approval
- Produce a final layout
- Explain requirements to other design professionals
- Keep up with design trends and developments in software tools
You could work in a creative studio, in an office or at a client's business.
Graphic Designers tend to work between 37 to 40 hours a week. You could work occasional evenings.
Starting: 拢18,000
Experienced: 拢35,000
You could take a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a design related subject like:
- graphic design
- art and design
- communication design
- illustration
Getting work experience during your course will give you an advantage. Talk to your university careers service about work experience, internship and year placement opportunities as well as any support offered to help you build a portfolio.
You could take a college course like a Level 2 Technical Award in Graphic Design or A level Graphic Communication, and use this to join a company as a design assistant.