The job of my dreams
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER
CHARACTERISTICS
CHALLENGES
JOB MARKET
THE VARIETY
IN THE USA
skills needed
types of graphic designers
tasks
pay
competition
clients
stress
staying updated
266.300 estimated graphic designersslow growth: 4,3%
USA
VS.
GERMANY
In house graphic designer: employed in an established organizationfreelance graphic designer: unemployed (being responsible for all the design and non-design aspects as well)
computer fluency,knowledge of design techniques, tools, typography,creativity/ originality,adaptivity/ flexibility,self-directed,communication skills with clients, teamwork
- create visual text/ imagery concepts by hand/ using computer software
- develop overall layout/ production design (for advertisements, brochures, magazines, etc.)
- communicate ideas that inspire, inform, captivate consumers
- design to meet specific commercial/ promotional needs (packaging, logos, imagery for print/ social media posts, website graphics)
designer with medium experience: $45,000-$55,000 in the US on average -> skill set, experience, level of responsability
difficulties with clients-> fault finders (don’t know what they want)-> parasite people (wants the designer to work for them for free/ lower budget)
deadlines-> you have to be creative/ work fastall the time
job market slow further -> growth of computer graphic packages/ websites -> allows users to produce their own illustrations/ designs job market growth -> advertising firms want creative, visually appealing and unique promotial materials for growing variety of products and services
heavy competitive market -> a lot of highly experienced graphic designers around the whole world
stay updated with the trends, technological advancement-> to stay frontline in the heavy competitional market
16 700 graphic designers in need (next 10 years)
Milton Glaser
Saul Bass
William Golden
Paula Scher
David Carson
New York
California
- formal, informative - neutral tones, clean
- friendly, chatty atmosphere- more image based, bright/ playful colours
USAGermany
- formal, informative - neutral tones, clean
- friendly, chatty atmosphere- more image based, bright/ playful colours
USAGermany
Sources
Informations
Images
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Job Market
Struggles
Earnings
Job describtion
USA vs Germany
https://www.canva.com/learn/famous-graphic-designers/ (march 25, 2022)
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.gBeP1BaWoSAu9KzYej3xTgHaE8?w=268&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7 (march 25, 2022)
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