Job Role In Graphic Design
There are many types jobs in Graphic
Design which are freelance which is working either on there own or being hired
for a company for a limited time, also working for an agency which is a group
of professional Graphic Designers that work together to create a graphic for
there client they may hire a freelance designer if they are behind schedule in
the agency there are more are available which are Graphic Designer, technician,
management and marketing.
Graphic Designer focus on getting
their clients message across by high visual impact, it requires a keen business
sense and creative flair. In the job of a Graphic Designer you should be
expected to provide designs for your client for his chosen area for example if
he wanted to create a webpage and need someone to design the home page and the
logo for the site he well call upon the aid of a Graphic Designer. They are
expected to be able to design a webpage, packaging, magazines, and logos.
Apart from rough sketches most
Graphic Designers work on the computer with special programs like the adobe
programs like illustrator. Designers may work with their client directly or if
they work in an agency they would more then likely have an account manager to
contact them.In the creative portion of the
freelance side of the job you must come up with idea and concepts to show your
client or a friend to get constructive criticism were as in an agency you would
ask your team and client what they thought of the concepts and ideas generated.
If in the job you work freelance
you must have a knowledge of computers to help with the creation of a project
on a creation system like adobe illustrator and make sure it is up to date, but
if you work for an agency they would have a technician to make sure the computer
are up to date and to make sure that the program is up date. But you will still
have to be able to create on a computer. As a technician you are expected
to have an experienced knowledge of computers to fix any problems that may
happen to the software to create the designs and/or the computer. The problem
might not always be the computers software that goes wrong it might actually be
the computers components so it does not help to only be educated in computer
software but to be educated in all computers including the components.
In Graphic Design agencies they
have an account manager which help the team by keeping contact with the client
and picking the jobs they do for the amount of time need for the deadline of
the project they would even hire the freelance graphic designer if need be to
reach the deadline.
In a graphic design agency there
would be a member, which focuses on marketing and advertising the company to
acquire business. The advertiser would spend most of his time writing business
cards and marketing the company by giving examples to the company’s work.
A Graphic Designer salary range from £11,000 for junior
Designer, £25,000 with experience and £65,000 for a senior Designer year. The
agency manager salary range from £21,000 and £41,000. A Technicians salary ranges
from $20,000 to $41,000. Advertising and marketing job salaries range from $30,000-$50,000.
