Graphic designer
Graphic designers create visual branding, adverts, brochures, magazines, website designs, product packaging and displays.
Typical Salary
£20,000 – £40,000
per year
Working Hours
37–40
hours per week
Day-to-day tasks
As a graphic designer, you could:
- discuss the client's requirements and come up with creative ideas
- work out budgets and deadlines
- produce drafts and present your ideas on wording, images and layout
- prepare designs using specialist software
- review what you've done to make sure it meets the design brief
- make presentations to clients for feedback and approval
- keep up to date with design trends and developments in software tools
Skills needed
- design skills and knowledge
- to be thorough and pay attention to detail
- knowledge of media production and communication
- knowledge of the fine arts
- the ability to come up with new ways of doing things
- excellent verbal communication skills
- thinking and reasoning skills
- to be flexible and open to change
- to be able to use a computer and the main software packages confidently
How to get into this role
You can get into this job through:
- a university course
- a college course
Career progression
With experience, you could:
- become a senior designer or creative director
- move into project or studio management
- go freelance or start your own design agency
- take up teaching or lecturing