Overview
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:
- Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
- Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.
- Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
Education
- bachelor's degree
- high school diploma/GED
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $36,420
Annual median $58,910
Annual 90th percentile $100,450
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
- design
- computers and electronics
Arts and Humanities
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
- English language
Communications
- multimedia
Business
- sales and marketing
Skills
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
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Personality
Artistic
People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
- Innovation
- Initiative
Abilities
Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- create new and original ideas
- come up with lots of ideas