GRAPHIC DESIGN CAREERS

Description : Determine a visual identity for a company or advertising campaign. As Senior Art Director: choose illustrators and photographers and direct layout artists.

Personal qualities : Esthetic sensibility,A graphic arts culture.

Professional skills : Good drawing ability, personal style, an instinct for concise language, good general culture, typographical skills.

Type of companies offering this position : Advertising agencies, web agencies, companies with in-house graphic design studios, freelance work.

Description : Conception and design of internet sites and CD-Roms.

Personal qualities : Creativity, precision, interest in computer work.

Professional skills : Knowledge of computer software, a sense of ergonomics, familiarity with page formatting.

Description : Illustrations for children’s books, book covers, comic books, posters.

Personal qualities : Strong personality, sensitivity, a capacity for self-organization.

Professional skills : Good drawing ability, defined personal style, instinct for concise language.

Type of companies offering this position : Generally free-lance work for publishing houses, ad agencies or web agencies.

Description : Conception of packaging for new products.

Personal qualities : Creativity, enjoys balancing material restrictions with a marketing vision.

Professional skills : A graphic arts and typographical culture, a feel for visual identity.

Type of companies offering this position : Established brands, ad agencies, design agencies.

Description : Finalization of graphic design creation up to final printing.

Personal qualities : Precision, mastery of computer software, esthetic sensibility.

Professional skills : Computer-assisted layout programs, typography, page layout.

Type of companies offering this position : All types of agencies, companies with in-house design studios, free-lance.

Description : Do project sketches, the link between an art director’s ideas and final realization.

Personal qualities : Capacity to rapidly adapt and interpret ideas into shapes.

Professional skills :  Excellent realistic drawing skills.

Type of companies offering this position : All types of agencies, companies with an in-house studio, free-lance.

Description : Directs a magazine’s layout or is head of a book publisher’s specialized department (novels, young people’s press, art books, etc.). Chooses illustrators and photographers. This post requires experience.

Personal qualities : Strong personality, capacity for team work, creativity.

Professional skills :  Good general and graphic culture; page formatting and typography skills.

Type of companies offering this position : Publishers, magazines, newspapers.

Description : Creating the first edition of new publications, or reworking existing publications.

Personal qualities : Interest in page layout and typography.

Professional skills : Good general and graphic culture, marketing vision.

Type of companies offering this position : Agencies specializing in press, free-lance.

Description : Determine visual identity and develop communication for an institution (museum, city, government ministry, theater, cultural association, humanitarian organization, etc.) or cultural activity (music, cinema, etc.)

Personal qualities : Strong personality, sense of team work, creativity.

Professional skills : Good general and graphic culture. Knowledge of page layout and typography skills.

Type of companies offering this position : Institutionals or free- lance agencies.

Description : Puts all explanatory contents of an exhibit (information panels, banners, cards, signage, posters, catalogue, etc.) in a consistent format.

Personal qualities : Interest in materials, sense of team work.

Professional skills : Good skills in typography and visual identity.

Type of companies offering this position : All types of museums.

Description : Puts all explanatory contents of an exhibit (information panels, banners, cards, signage, posters, catalogue, etc.) in a consistent format.

Personal qualities : Interest in visual identity, materials, design, typography.

Professional skills : Skilled in typography and visual identity.

Type of companies offering this position : Various institutions: museums, airports, banks, government ministries, railway or road transport companies, cities, etc.