graphic designer
Graphic designers create text and images to communicate ideas. They make visual concepts by hand or using computer software, intended for publishing in paper or online media such as advertisements, websites, and magazines.
Also called: commercial graphic designer, graphic design specialist, commercial designer, graphic design expert, graphic artist, advertising artist, graphics designer
- 19
- essential skills
- 45
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2166
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- desktop publisher9 skills in common
- cartoonist6 skills in common
- advertising copywriter5 skills in common
- advertising specialist5 skills in common
- animator5 skills in common
- digital media designer5 skills in common
- publications coordinator5 skills in common
- special effects artist5 skills in common
Essential skills
19- adapt to type of media
- adobe creative suite
- convert scribbles into virtual sketches
- copyright legislation
- design graphics
- design prototypes
- desktop publishing
- develop an artistic framework
- develop creative ideas
- develop digital content
- digital media
- finish project within budget
- follow a brief
- graphic design
- identify customer's needs
- perform market research
- respect publication formats
- translate requirements into visual design
- use creative suite software
Optional skills
45- 3D lighting
- 3D modelling
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- advertising techniques
- aesthetics
- apply 3D imaging techniques
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- brainstorm ideas
- Capture One
- computer graphics
- create 3D characters
- create 3D environments
- create advertisements
- create animated narratives
- create moving images
- design greeting cards
- design management
- develop animations
- digital compositing
- draw design sketches
- edit digital moving images
- edit negatives
- edit photographs
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- graphics editor software
- interactive media
- manage contracts
- meet expectations of target audience
- Microsoft Visio
- motion graphics
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- perform ideation activities
- photography
- publishing industry
- select artwork developed by staff members
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- use CAD software
- use digital illustration techniques
- use photographic equipment
- use presentation software
- use traditional illustration techniques
- use word processing software
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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