graphic designer
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Key facts
- Names
- Graphic designer
- Occupation type
- Profession
- Activity sectors
- Advertising , book design , branding , illustration , page layout , typography , webcomic , web design , programming , digital animation , 3D modeling , photography , videography
- Competencies
- Technical knowledge, cultural relevance
- Related jobs
- Production artist , website designer , desktop publishing
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Encyclopedic overview
Isotype of the Bauhaus school. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, it is considered the birthplace of the design profession.
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming linguistic messages into graphic manifestations, whether tangible or intangible. They are responsible for planning, designing, projecting, and conveying messages or ideas through visual communication. Graphic design is one of the most in-demand professions with significant job opportunities, as it allows leveraging technological advancements and working online from anywhere in the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “graphic designer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.