Graphic Designer

Use of visual concepts to communicate ideas and information. They combine creativity, technical skills, and design expertise to create compelling visuals for a variety of media. Responsibilities

• Create visually appealing layouts, advertisements, reports, logos, and packaging
• Create marketing materials, including mailers, ads, flyers, social media posts, signage, and handouts
• Collaborate with the marketing team to understand project requirements and deliver designs
• Develop visual assets to support a marketing campaign

Skills and qualifications

• Knowledge of design elements, such as color and composition
• Artistic ability and creativity
• Technical skills to use design software programs such as Photoshop or Quark Xpress
• Ability to choose appropriate fonts for their work, including the size, shape and placement of text

Types of graphic design

• Web design
• UI and interactive design
• Advertising and marketing design
• Motion graphics and animation
• Packaging design
• Game design
• Illustration
• Publication and typographic design