Production Artist:
Create labels for products.
Support the designers and do anything to help them.
Starting Salary: $50,00-$70,000
Graphic Designer: Assembles together many elements to convey a message.
Must know design softwares and be able to communicate visually.
Art Director: Work with billboards, visual communications, videos, magazine layouts. Come up with visual concept of a design.
Need a four-year degree.
Several years of work experience in related fields.
Junior Salary: $25,000-$55,000
Senior Salary: $35,000-$120,000
Creative Director: Manager meets with clients and designs pitches, critiquing, office administrative.
Salary: $100,000
Illustrator: Create technical and nontechnical drawings for clients.
Illustrate for greeting cards, calendars, and wrapping paper.
You need artistic skills, technical skills, and social skills.
Degree in illustration.
Salary: $30,000-$80,000
Web Designer: Design websites for companies.
Four year bachelor degree in a graphic field.
Salary: $45,000-$81,000
Package Designer: Designs packages and containers for products.
Bachelors degree in industrial design or a similar field.
Salary: $33,000-$75,000
Comic Book Artist: No degree required but they need to be able to draw figures in action as well as detailed backgrounds and buildings.
Someone who is involved in an step of creating a comic book or strip.
Salary: $12,000-$50,000
Computer Animation: Work with 3D computer graphics.
Be able to work with timing script and motion in order.
Bachelors degree in animation.
Salary: $32,000-$99,000
Publication Designer:
- Specialize in layout and content of published materials. Bachelors degree on any kind of graphic design. Need to be educated in typography.
- Salary: $23,000-$85,000
Freelancer Designer: Artist that works hands on with clients.Salary: $57,000
Photography:
Professional Photographers of America
- Established in April of 1880
- Mission Statement: Creating a vibrant community of successful professional photographers by providing education, resources and industry standards of excellence.
- PPA is an association that seeks to help its members advance their careers by increasing the members’ business acumen as well as broaden their creative range. (wikipedia)
- PPA has teamed up with EPIC and SPS
- To join, go to the website. Decide if you are aspiring or professional and then fill out the join form and pay the fees.
- I think this organization will help the members seek job opportunities because it opens them up to many things they would not have access to without a membership
- The website has a resources link that has many links and articles avaliable depending on what you are looking for.
AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts
- represent designers and other people who partake in the business of graphic design and provides support for people who indulge in the graphic design industry
- the organization wil help with giving jobs to its members that promote the importance of design
- help support graphic designers, freelancers
PIAG: Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia
- The voice of Georgia's printing industry
- they fold, cut and design for educational purposes
- to apply sign up on the website
- supports the printing industry
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SPD: Society of Publication designers
- established in 1965
- represent art directors, designers, photo editors, editors, and graphic professionals
- concentrate on visual concerns of online editorials
- professional or student memberships help you with portfolios
Copywriters
- write copies for the purpose of
- work as a team of art directors or directly with clients
- salary is 37,000- 45,000
- after being promoted they are then associative directors or creative directors
NAPP: National Association of Photoshop Professionals
- organization in the photoshop industry
- helps with magazines, portraits and other publications
- shows you tricks, step by step tutorials
NPPA: National Press Photographers Association
- Organization for visual journalists trying to advance their careers
- support photographers and people in multimedia video
- offer professional and student memberships
- Publishes in news photographers magazines
Portrait Photographer
- used to take pictures of resourceful events
- need to be disciplined and organized and adjust to traveling conditioning
- need a bachelors degree
- salary: 28,000- 75,000
Editorial Photographers
- take pics for newspapers and magazines
- salary: 25,000- 55,000
- no degree needed but recommended high school diploma
Sports Photographer
- capture live images of games, matches, meets, races, and sporting events
- Need a bachelors degree in photographer
- assist photo journalists
- beginning salary: 24,000+
