- Job Description- Illustrators combine art, design and creative skills to develop ideas and produce original visual images for a wide range of products.
- Skills Needed- excellent drawing and IT skills, to be able to work to a brief, solve problems creatively and adapt their style, creativity and imagination, to enjoy creative work
- Educational Requirements- none are required but a bachelors degree would help skill and experience and make sure to have a nice portfolio and a high school illustration experience.
- Opportunity for Growth Within Career- most are self employed with home businesses, its competitive for clients so just getting the big offers would be an opportunity for growth in your business
- Settings for Employment- most illustrators are self employed or have their own firm. But it could be a public firm looking for employees
- Salary- The starting salary can range from $14,000 to $19,000 a year depending. Other salaries can make up to 40,000 depending on the projects and clients.
- High School/College Jobs to Build Skill- Young illustrators can take workshops from firms or at libraries to build skill and technique. Maybe intern at a local firm for experience.
- Job Description- person who assists the graphic designer
- Skills- must know how to use designer programs
- Requirements- 4 years of college
- Growth- companies will hire for the most experience and you can level up in your career the longer you do
- Classes- Graphic Design class
- Job- create visuals
- Skills- creativity, communication, problem solving
- Education- Bachelors degree
- Salary- 32,000-56,000
- Growth- working experience
- Job- comes up with the visual concepts
- Skills- excellent judgement and strong persuasion and also creativity
- Education- 4 year bachelor degree and several years of working experience
- Salary- 82,000 to about 150,000
- Growth- work in advertising so just by getting more projects for experience
- Job- responsible for creating the look of a website
- Skills- recommended background in fine arts, computer experience
- Education- college for 4 year and most require a bachelors degree
- To build skill- high school classes
- Salary- 36,000 starting and maximum is 86,000
- Job- designing the outside of a product (like a coke can)
- Skills- be good with using color schemes or shapes
- Requirements- bachelors degree
- Salary- 62,000
- Job- bring a story to life with what the author writes
- Requirements- completion of an art degree
- Salary- $100-300 per page
- Skills- creative and unique
- Job- create animation in 3D and 2D
- Requirement- associate degree would be helpful
- Skills- know how to use software, good sense of story telling, motion/size ratio and perspective
- Salary- starting 40,000
- High school- physics, geometry, algebra, art classes
- Job- who handle the looks of publications, advertise/ create covers
- Skills- communication, design software
- Education- bachelors degree
- Salary- 30,000 to 65,000
- High school- classes, create things for school organizations
- Job- free agents, projects
- Skills- good organization, patience, hard working, self motivational
- Education- having a degree would help you get work from companies
- Salary- 32,000 to 57,000
- Job- visualize scenarios and perspectives; advertise designs and story boards (not stable because field is very competitive
- Skills- need to be good with computer programs, deadlines
- Salary- 30,000 to 200,000
- Education- recommended bachelor degree, companies look for experience and skill, freelancing
American Institute of Graphic Arts
- Job- try to inform and inspire artists who want to go into graphic design
- Experience- more than 4 years
- Job- support the graphic arts and exist to tell the public about importantence of print
- To become a member- you have to submit a sheet.
society of publication design
- Job- Professional organization to support designers who work on publications
- Goal- to help support the industry
- Job- individual who creates text for advertisements
- Education- need knowledge of typography
- Salary- 40,000
- Experience- 3-5 years of experience
- Job- take pictures of individuals or groups
- Skills- multitasker, organized, technology cameras and computer
- Growth- grow to be a studio manager, teach photography, open your own studio
- Salary- 31,000 a year
- Job- produce truthful objective and usually candid photography of cultural things everywhere in document history, to inform
- Salary- 39,000
- Experience- 5 years or more
- Education- bachelors degree
- Job- take pictures of various subjects for promotional materials
- Skills- technical, marketing
- Growth-not a lot of photographers so a lot of room for growth
- Salary- 50,000 to 150,000+
- High School- photography classes
- Job- collects photos for stories and articles, creates the overall look
- Skills- organized, creative, imagination, knowledge of photography
- Salary- 25,000 per year
- Education- bachelors degree
- Job- photography of clothing
- Skills- creative, good photographer
- Education- degree in photography
- Growth- commercials, advertisement
- Salary- 50,000 to 100,000
- Job-
Professional Photographers of America
- Job- use online database to represent and refer photographers, create a vibrant community for aspiring photographers
- Founded- 1869
American Photographic Artists
- Job- Organization to help find photography jobs
- Fee- student fee= $55
- Goal- help to establish and promote professional practice in the photography community
national association of photo-shop professionals
- Job- create in depth designs that are market leading to certain audiences
- Skills- creativity/imagination
- Education- college degree would help
national association of press photography
- Job- dedicated to the advancement of photo journalism
- Activities- workshops and seminars, they also hold contests
- Job- responsible for providing clear images and type
- Skills- keen eye, a way with words
- Salary- 18,000 to 40,000 a year
- Growth- internships, photo classes
- Education- bachelors degree
- Job- determines the best way for a company to represent themselves
- Skills- pitch ideas, communication, design, critique, multi projects at once
- Salary- 130,000
- Education- undergraduates degree
