Art Directors

Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.

On the job, you would:

• Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
• Present final layouts to clients for approval.
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.

Education

• bachelor's degree

Engineering and Technology

• design
• computers and electronics

Arts and Humanities

• English language
• music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Communications

• multimedia

Business

• sales and marketing

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

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Artistic

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

• Dependability
• Attention to Detail
• Persistence
• Cooperation
• Innovation
• Achievement/Effort

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• come up with lots of ideas
• create new and original ideas