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)

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