Illustrator
Description:
Create images (technical and nontechnical drawings from printed materials) develops everything from books to greeting cards to advertisements
Necessary Skills:
Having good techniques, creativity (creative mind)
Educational Requirements to obtain this job:
Requires a college degree particularly, Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts
Growth in Career:
Displaying illustrations online or in local galleries help with getting exposure. Advertising your work.
Public and Private Employers:
Most are self employed
Starting Salary: Average salary varying around $44,000 to $55,000 with more experience prices may vary from $74,000
Jobs you can do to prepare yourself:
Take internships and classes the specify in the field of illustrating
Production Artist
- The last person to see a design before it is published, they have to be good in indesign. Finish the design
- Take certain classes during your high school time, advertising practice, Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design
- Salary Range: $60 to $250 an hour
Graphic Designer
- Communicate visually and create advertisement.
- Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
-Salary Ranges: $35,000-60,000
Art Director
- supervise and critique the visual appearance so that it meets the clients needs.
- some skills that are essential for this job include being good with people (degree in the field of graphic design).
- Salary Ranges: $35,000-$83,000 per year
Creative Director
- oversees the design of a project, do not do many designing. have to be good in management and have good leadership skills
- Degree in Arts or Visual Arts
-Salary Ranges: $50,000-115,000
Web Designer
- responsible for creating web pages for a client.
- Skills strong verbal and visual communication skills knowledge of the most current HTML extensions, and of FTP and other programs that have a variety of functions.
- Salary ranges: $51,000-$74,000
- Four year college degree or a two year degree or something related to that
Package Designer
- Create indesign packaging for different products
- Bachelor Degree in Communication Design
- General knowledge of the folds and creases of different packages
- Salary Ranges: $40,000-$80,000
Comic Book Artist
- creates comics for the people who read them
- Degree in Fine Arts or Drawing
- Active listening, learning, and keeping up with trends
- Salary Ranges: $55,000-575,000
Computer Animator
- computer animators work with computers to make there ideas come to life
- Skills include artistic ability, familiarization with computer programs, creativity
- Salary Ranges: $61,000
- knowledge of animation programs and artistic experience
Publication Designer
- creates designs concepts and same layouts
- Strong graphic design and page layout skills
- Bachelor's Degree in some sort of Graphics
- Salary Ranges: $48,000
Freelancer
- when you work for yourself instead of working for a company
- doing all the administration work, get cliental, need to have a degree in graphics
- know how to use programs
- good marketing skills
- Salary $50-$70 an hour or higher
Storyboard Artist
- translate screenplays or sequences into series of illustrations.
- Skills good writing skills and the ability to think cinematically
- Degree in the fine arts
- Salary Ranges: (matters on the work you do) under $30,000
AIGA
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- showing and inspiring people through graphic design
- support graphic designers, show graphic designers work, and help with legal issues
PIAG
-Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia
- exist to educate the public about the importance of print, to at as a catalyst for growth of the printing and imaging industry and to strengthen and support its members
GAG
- Graphic Art Guide
- A graphic artist guide to promote and protect the social economical and professional interest of its members
- helps with Illustrators, Fine Artist, and Graphic Designers
Copyrighter
- people who write the text for the graphics (posters, brochures, etc.)
- goof with text english
- creative
- schooling journalism or english degree
- Salary: freelance or work for a company (make good money) $75-$125 an hour
SPD
- The Society of Publication Designers
- promotes and encourages editorial design (magazines)
- discounts for people within there group.
- have events where they can show off there work and receive scholarship money
Documentary Photographer
- popular form of photography to capture significant and historical events
- bachelors degree in photo journalism, training in digital photography
photo graphic design software
- experience in photography, adaptable to change
- Salary: $39,000 but can increase according
Advertising Photographer
- take pictures of various subjects, objects and promotional materials.
- need to know how to use a digital camera or process film can use photoshop or other graphic design programs
- help to have experience in other types of photography
- Bachelors in anything involving Photo and Fine Arts
- Starting Salary $35,980 (make a lot of money)
Portait Photographer
- take photos with creatively and capture facial expressions so that you do not focus on the background
- be creative, know equipment, be able to develop photographs
- Salary Ranges: $20,000-46,000
-Bachelor of Arts and Photography and a portfolio
Editorial Photographer
- take pictures for magazines from the cover image or the images that go with the article
- skills include knowing how to use a camera photoshop and illustrator
- Bachelor Degree in Photo or Fine Arts
- Salary Ranges: $17,000-61,000 per year
Fashion Photographer
- genre of photography to display fashion and other items
- knowledge of photography, know designers and fashion good communication skills
- Bachelors Degree for Professional Photography
- Salary: $20,000-$100,000 or more
Photo Journalist
- take pictures that tell stories
- take pictures that make news worthy articles
- photography and usage of camera skills.
- be familiar with ways to take quick pictures
- College Degree in Photography or something related
- Salary $25,000-65,000
Sports Photography
- sports photographers do varies jobs that include taking pics and other events
- knowing camera , lighting and picture skills
- Bachelors of Art and Photography and good portfolio
- Salary: $24,000-45,000
PPA
- Professional Photographer of America
- represents the national photographic organization
- business workshops, online classes, different ways to receive jobs
- 22,000 members and in 54 different countries
APA
- American Photographic Artist
- goal is to speak as one voice for photographers and imagers
- educate and inspire
- students join because they are given discounts
NAPP
- National Association of Photoshop Users
- Website you have to sign up for, enhancing light sources and texting and masking and prepping for online sources
- Bachelors degree necessary major in digital photography and know all about photoshop
NPPA
- National Press Photographers Association
- represents and protects photo journalist in the field
