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Graphic Designers

Description
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.

Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks
  • Draws sample of finished layout and presents sample to art director for approval.
  • Produces still and animated graphic formats for on-air and taped portions of television news broadcasts, using electronic video equipment.
  • Prepares illustrations or rough sketches of material according to instructions of client or supervisor.
  • Develops negatives and prints, using negative- and print-developing equipment and tools and work aids to produce layout photographs.
  • Prepares notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
  • Photographs layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisor or client.
  • Confers with client regarding layout design.
  • Prepares series of drawings to illustrate sequence and timing of story development for television production.
  • Reviews final layout and suggests improvements as needed.
  • Studies illustrations and photographs to plan presentation of material, product, or service.
  • Draws and prints charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.
  • Marks up, pastes, and assembles final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.
  • Keys information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
  • Determines size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy and selects style and size of type.
  • Arranges layout based upon available space, knowledge of layout principles, and esthetic design concepts.
National Average Salary
$39,670.00/year

Average Salary in Maryland
$41,290.00/year

Important Abilities
   1. Originality
   2. Fluency of Ideas
   3. Visualization
   4. Visual Color Discrimination
   5. Oral Expression

General Work Activities
   1. Thinking Creatively
   2. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
   3. Drafting & Specifying Technical Devices, etc.
   4. Interacting With Computers
   5. Handling and Moving Objects

Important Skills
   1. Information Organization
   2. Idea Generation
   3. Reading Comprehension
   4. Active Listening
   5. Equipment Selection

Frequent Work Context
   1. Objective or Subjective Information
   2. Indoors
   3. Sitting
   4. Provide a Service to Others
   5. Job-Required Social Interaction

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