Rebecca+Distler

 Graphic Design is defined as "The art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience”, (dictionary.com). Graphic design is all around you. Any posters you see up around you, anything you see on t.v, anything you make on a computer is graphic design.

With this job you could have the title Graphic Artist, Graphic designer, Digital Artist, or Digital Designer. You would be labeled as a artist, or a designer. In this career you would do work in all Adobe programs, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dream Wever, and Flash.

The average salary is $51,000. Average graphic design salaries can vary greatly due to company, location, industry, experience and benefits.
 * Salary:**

You can actually start you education in high school by taking any graphic arts class that is offered.
 * Education:**

Associate or Bachelor Degree is usually required for most entry-level and advanced graphic design positions. Programs in fine arts or graphic design are offered at many colleges, universities, and private design schools. Most curriculums include studio art, principles of design, computerized design, commercial graphics production, printing techniques, and Web site design. In addition to design courses, a liberal arts education that includes courses in art history, writing, psychology, sociology, foreign languages and cultural studies, marketing, and business are useful in helping designers work effectively.

===[|Full Sail University: Campus and Online Degrees]; [|The **Art** Institutes]; [|University of South Florida] ===

Wherever you live it doesn't matter!
 * Where will you find a job?**

I am interested in this career, but i'm not sure if I would want to make this my career. I wouldn't mind doing this as a side job.
 * My opinion:**



Interview with David Airey, Graphic Deisnger specialized in logo design :
 * Do they like their job? I love it. I have been studing graphic design since 1995 and started I own business in 2005


 * Positives about the job: I get to meet new people and I can work wherever I have a computer and whenever I please.

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 * Negatives aboutthe job: It can be stressful and annoying with Clients changing their minds and not liking what I do.
 * What are their job roles and title? I'm a Logo Designer. I make living creating brand identities for companies of all sizes, with a client-list that includes the likes of Yellow Pages (Canada), Giacom (England), and Berthier Associates (Japan).


 * Out of college.training that you had to go through, what was the most useful and what was the least useful skills/classes/etc. that you were required to accomplish? None of it was useless. Everything I learned in college I used. Next to everything I learned about art, business is the next most important thing to me.


 * How much do you make a week? A year? The majority of brand identity projects I’ve been hired to undertake generally cost clients between £5,000 and £15,000 GBP (British pound), about $8,001 and $24,001(American Dollar).


 * Do you find it easy or hard to live off your salary? Considering I wrote my own book, //Logo Design Love: A Guide to creating Iconic Brand Identities,// I'm living pretty comfortably right now.


 * Are you required to continue training/progressing in your education to remain competitive and capable to do your job? I just have to keep up with all the technology changes and learn the new programs.


 * Do you find your field in high demand? No. Everyone does work differently and clients pick what they perfer.


 * If you could go back to college and re-do your career choice, would you? No. I love my job too much. Art is my passion.


 * How long does it take you to complete a project? Time frames usually vary from three weeks to three months, depending on specific deliverables, with the “average” project duration lasting four to six weeks. Every project is different, so I learn individual needs before providing a schedule.


 * Do you find yourself using one piece of software more than the rest? I mainly use Adobe’s Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Adobe Acrobat, and Wordpress. Those are certainly the most valuable tools in my arsenal.
 * Where do you find inspiration? I find all my inspiration outside around my town.