Are you thinking of becoming a graphic designer? Find out if graphic designer is the right job for you. Get answers to the following questions: What does a graphic designer do? What personality traits do graphic designers have? Will robots replace graphic designers? How much does a graphic designer earn and is it a job in high demand?
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A graphic designer designs print graphics and digital expressions. Think of advertisements, posters, road signs, brochures, logos, newspaper or magazine articles, online article or entire websites. The goal of the design is to inform people, users. For every design, you have to consider the images, photo materials, text, font, etc. to be used. These should match the goal, visually and/or textually strengthen and convey the message. On the one hand, this means a graphic designer must be very creative and, on the other hand, have an eye for detail and be fairly organised. As a graphic designer, you can work at a design studio, design firm for interior design, communication firm, advertising agency, website builder or an audiovisual company, for instance.
There are two characteristics many graphic designers have in common. Graphic designers are often process-oriented (score highly in the CONVENTIONAL category) and creative (score highly in the ARTISTIC category). Do you have the same personality? Perhaps the profession of graphic designer would suit you.
Curious which professions are characterised by the same two personality traits as graphic designers? Go to the career choice profiles. Here you can find professions with the same profile. But you can also find professions with other characteristics. Which professions do you like and which professions don’t appeal?
Many jobs will be replaced by robots. How robot-proof are graphic designers? The chances of robotisation of a graphic designer’s activities amount to 8%. This means that there is a LOW CHANCE that the tasks and activities performed by graphic designers will be taken over by robots and smart software within the next 20 years.
Want to find out what you can expect from your next career move as a graphic designer? How much does a graphic designer earn and is it a job in high demand? You can find out the average annual salary and current vacancies at Adzuna. Adzuna collects all the vacancies for graphic designers in one place and has the largest collection of live salary data.
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