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Graphic Designers

$57.99K Median Salary 23.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 2.9% Job Growth

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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

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