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Graphic Designers
$57.99K Median Salary 23.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 2.9% Job Growth
About This Career
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.
Reported Job Titles
Artist, Brand Designer, Designer, Graphic Artist, Graphic Design Coordinator, Graphic Designer, Online Producer, Production Artist, Publications Designer, Technical Illustrator
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Originality
Fluency of Ideas
Near Vision
Written Comprehension
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Visual Color Discrimination
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Problem Sensitivity
Visualization
Category Flexibility
Selective Attention
Knowledge
Design
Computers and Electronics
Fine Arts
Communications and Media
English Language
Sales and Marketing
Customer and Personal Service
Production and Processing
Administration and Management
Skills
Active Listening
Speaking
Active Learning
Critical Thinking
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Social Perceptiveness
Time Management
Monitoring
Negotiation
Persuasion
Service Orientation
Technology Skills
Web platform development software
Video creation and editing software
Computer aided design CAD software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Desktop publishing software
Web page creation and editing software
Presentation software
Data base user interface and query software
Electronic mail software
Development environment software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Document management software
Customer relationship management CRM software
Enterprise application integration software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Operating system software
Graphical user interface development software
Sales and marketing software
Music or sound editing software
Object or component oriented development software
Internet browser software
Project management software
Process mapping and design software
Tools
Laser printers
Photocopiers
Still cameras
Scanners
Notebook computers
Digital cameras
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Tablet computers