This presentation covers what is graphic design, what graphic designers work, study paths, career prospects and why you should consider career in this area.

1. Career in
Graphic Design
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2. COMPETITION
Career
snapshot
SOCIAL IMPACT
STUDY LEVEL
EARNING
GROWTH
ROI
INDIA ABOARD
STABILITY
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Graphic Designers communicate ideas to inform and
inspire the customer using visual concepts developed
by either using computer software or manually. They
work on the design and creation of logos, brochures,
advertisements, social media content and websites.
Graphic designer creates visual communicate for their
client. They must understand what client is looking to
communicate and creates visuals which are either use
in print of digital medium.
Career in Graphic Design
What Graphic Designer do?
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ACTIVITIES They DO?
Interact with client to understand the need
Understand the message to be communicated and
translate that into creatives
Use illustrations and design software to make layouts
and designs
Choose design elements like fonts, colours, objects
Create visual elements required for the design
Present the design to client and incorporate
feedbacks received from them
Supervise all design production stages, including
arranging and supervising printing

4. Industries They Work
ADVERTISEMENT RETAIL E-COMMERCE PUBLIC
RELATION
PRINTINGPACKAGING
BRAND
MANAGEMENT
CORPORATE
COMMUNICATION
PUBLISHING MARKETING
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What They DO?
POSTER DESIGN MAGAZINE DESIGNTYPOGRAPHY
LOGO DESIGN
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
ADVERTISEMENT

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•Creative
•Innovative
•Artistic
•An Eye for Detail
•Analytical skills
•Communication skills
•Computer skills
•Time management skills
•Designing skills
Personality TraitsAptitude Traits
What is needed?

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Study path
Diploma
UG
PG
•Diploma in Graphic and Web design
•Diploma in Graphic design and Advertisement
•Diploma in Media design
•B.Sc. in Multimedia, Animation and Graphic design
•Bachelor of Visual Art in Graphics
•BA in Graphic Design
•Post Graduate in Computer Graphics
•Master of Arts (Visual Arts and Animation)
•MA in Graphic Design

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top institutes of india
Institutes Program Duration Program Name Selection Basis
NID Ahmedabad 4 years, 2.5 years B. Des, M.Des NEED + Studio Test+Interview
4 year,5 year B.Des, B.Des+ M.Des(Dual
Degree)
UCEED
4.5 years,2.5 years Undergraduate and post gradu-
ate diploma
All India Examination+ Studio
Test + Interview
1-2 years M. Des General IQ test, Critical Analysis
2 years M. Des
Gateof CEED+ Design Test +
Interview
4 years B. Des
All India Examination+ Studio
Test + Interview
3 years, 4 years B.Sc., B. Des, MA Written Test + Interview
IDC, IIT Bombay
MAEER’S MIT Instituteof Design
UID,Ahmedabad
IIT, Kanpur
Symbiosis Centre of Design,Pune
PearlAcademy, Delhi, Noida, Mumbai,
Jaipur

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top INSTITUTES aboard
InstitutesCountry Program Name Selection Basis
US RhodeIsland School of Design, Providence Masterof Fine Arts SAT or ACT,TOEFL or IELTS
Yale University, New Haven MFA (GraphicDesign) IELTS,TOEFL
Maryland Institute College of Art,Balti-
more, MD
BFA( Graphic Design),MFA
(GraphicDesign)
IELTS,TOEFL
CranbrookAcademy of Art, Bloom field
Hills, MI
Graduate andPost Graduate
programs
IELTS,TOEFL
Florence Design School, Florence Academicand Master courses IELTS,TOEFL
CreapoleEcole de CreationManagement,
Paris GraphicDesign Course -
University of Arts London, London BA (Hons) Graphic and Media
Design
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US
US
US
ITALY
FRANCE
UK

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CAREER Prospects
•Entry level salaries in this area is low and starts at 10-12Kper month
however it grows with experience
•The median salary is 20-25kper month
•Graphic Designer can grow their career in web design, UI/UX design or
take senior graphic designer role to Art Director in advertising agencies
•Top 5 cities offering this profession are: Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mum-
bai, Pune, Chennai

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You get to be creative and communicate your ideas freely
Can work independently after gaining some experience
This field has a lot of opportunities as it has many appli-
cations throughout several industries
Work on designs which makes impact on world
You can influence business and customer with you work
PROS
CAREER REALITIES

12. Finding clients is a difficult task for freelancers
Have to be creative and original all the time which
could be daunting at times
Relatively low pay
Gap between expectation of a client and reality
that a graphic designer can offer varies a lot
because of constraints like time and money
Instability in career as you will be working as a
contractual/freelance resource
CONS
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