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Confused about graphic design job descriptions?Well step no further, as Design : Talkboard takes you through the maze of job titles and graphic design careers specifications. Soon, you too could have a fancy name on your business card and an impressive title on your door! Are you new to design? A graphic design student looking for jobs or career advice? Or a professional graphic designer trying to further your prospects? Perhaps you are confused about the various job descriptions and design career specifications in the creative industry? On the other hand, maybe you are just trying to work out what to put on your business card? Well, never fear, because help is at hand. The following is the Design : Talkboard primer of the specifications and roles of some of the many varied job descriptions that you may come across in, what can be loosely described as, the design industry. We can't promise that every description will be identical for every single graphic design company - jobs and roles can vary dramatically between companies - but they will pretty close. Some design agencies will only have one or two Art Directors and a team of Artworkers implementing their ideas. Whilst others may have a ‘flatter' company structure, where everyone (in theory) has input into the design process. Some of these job titles also vary depending on the country, so it's worth bearing that in mind when looking for advice on a design career. And it's also worth remembering that the industry is constantly changing. In particular, ever since graphic designers have been involved in the interactive and web design industry, most creative job descriptions have had to be re-evaluated several times. But that's the subject for another discussion – watch this pace. Anyway, let's press on. This article will cover the following job descriptions; Now this should be straightforward. Graphic designers... well they.. design stuff, don't they? Well, OK, hopefully they do. But it's not always that simple.
Mac Operators, Graphic Artists, Artworkers and Finished Artists Different terms for the same thing? Or specialist creative professions in their own right? Artworkers and Mac Operators make up a large part of the modern creative industry. Management roles within the design industry There are numerous management roles within the creative industry. We cover the main ones, including Design Managers and Studio Managers. Other design positions and fellow travelers There are a plethora of other design jobs, positions, titles and functions, within the creative industry, that we've chosen to leave out. Manly because they are somewhat duplicated in the list above. We've come across Account Handlers, Art Managers, a Head of Design (nobody ever did work out what he did) and a veritable smorgasbord of officious sounding titles. But hey, it's your business card. Take your pick. Current hot topics in the graphic design forumsOnce you have finished (or even before, if you get bored), you are invited to join in the (sometimes heated) debates in the Design : Talkboard discussion forums. The following is a sample from some recent treads.
Some useful design career resources Design : TalkBoard's graphic design glossary of terms is a useful resource for those wishing to find out more about the industry. Definition of designers - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition, Designers. Some useful design links for career research, from the Department of Art and Design, Northern Michigan University. University of Brighton, Careers Centre design resources. A brief graphic design description from The Princeton Review. |
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