If you like drawing, graphic art and you are of a creative nature, then the profession of a graphic designer is certainly for you.
With or without the Bac, the profession of graphic designer and its derivatives - graphic designer, web designer, illustrator, model maker, etc. - is accessible both to a young audience and in the context of professional retraining. Training with Burraq IT Solutions to grow your skills.
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True creative, an expert in communication, the graphic designer can work within an advertising and communication agency or decide to be independent. by choosing the path of the profession of a freelance graphic designer.
The missions of the graphic designer
Working on the development of a graphic charter, designing a logo for a company, working on a website or a presentation booklet for a client, are among the few missions that can be entrusted to a graphic designer. The graphic designer is a communication specialist.
His missions can then vary according to his specialty: web designer, computer graphics designer, designer-model maker, graphic designer, illustrator ...
Sectors of communication, press, advertising, or even publishing, the graphic designer will often work to produce visual creations in order to translate the ideas of its customers into graphic form. To do this, it carries out various missions, in particular:
- He studies the graphic project upstream with his client or his department head;
- He works on the design of the image (logo, poster, website, etc.): this phase includes several tasks: design, creation, reformulation if necessary, then validation for execution and in some cases, the impression ;
- The choice of colors and graphics of the text require certain technical knowledge such as typography;
- Throughout the creation process, the graphic designer works in collaboration with his client or with an artistic director. A writer can come and collaborate with the graphic designer if there is text to incorporate;
- He follows the project, validates its acceptance, takes care of the printing.
In a small structure, the graphic designer will often be asked to carry out more assignments than in a large agency where the tasks can be divided between several people. This is why one of the essential qualities of the profession is versatility.
Graphic Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer: what are the differences?
A graphic designer is often called a graphic designer. The difference is that the original designer only used the pencil. Today this is no longer the case and we assume that the graphic designer is necessarily a graphic designer who uses DTP (Computer-Aided Production) software. He is a real creative and an expert in communication. He works on different media.
The graphic designer is specialized in production techniques and creates digital images with ease. He masters the computer tool but does not necessarily have the artistic talent of a graphic designer. It is an organizer of computer content.
The web designer takes care of the graphic design of the websites and works with the graphic designer. The latter creates the images and the web designer uses them on the web.
The qualities required to become a graphic designer
To best practice his profession, the graphic designer must have several essential qualities, in particular:
- Be creative, have ideas and know-how to translate them into images, logos, etc.
- Having a sensitivity to the artistic environment and an innate sense of aesthetics,
- Be good at drawing;
- Know how to use specialized software ;
- Know how to adapt to the subjects requested and demonstrate versatility in the exercise of his profession;
- Have good interpersonal skills;
- Not counting your hours and knowing how to deal with stress;
- Have a developed sense of organization (especially if you are a freelance graphic designer);
- Have a team spirit because the graphic designer often works in a team;
- Be flexible enough to be able to adapt to several types of customers;
- Always be curious about what is being done and stay tuned to trends in the business, which are changing fairly quickly thanks to all the new technologies.
- If you are a freelance and work as a freelance, it is essential to make yourself known, know how to sell yourself, and live up to the demands of your clients.
It is often preferable to have acquired some professional experience before setting up on your own. It is precisely by feeling more comfortable in the profession that you will be able to acquire more confidence and give the image of a person who perfectly masters his profession.
Know how to come up with ideas and showcase your creative talent, while remaining open and listening to the customer. You also need to know how to be humble and remain flexible, even if your customer's idea is not the same as yours, stay flexible and remember that the customer is king.
do not necessarily have to be confined to a particular type of job. It is always good to be versatile in the profession, which will also allow you to master more techniques and have more orders from your customers: a major asset for a person who is self-employed!
The advantages and constraints of the profession of graphic designer
Man or woman, with an open and curious mind, always ready to adapt according to the requests of his clients, the graphic designer is a real communicator.
As enthusiastic as you can be for this profession, know how to identify the strengths of the graphic design profession and the existing constraints, before embarking on your training.
The advantages of the profession
- Becoming a graphic designer means choosing a profession that has a number of advantages:
- It is a profession that allows you to develop your artistic qualities and easily exercise your creativity ;
- If you are curious enough and open to new technologies and, in particular, to the evolution of DTP software, you can quickly evolve in the profession;
- It's a job that allows you to earn a good living: if you start at around 1,800 euros, you can easily reach 3,000 euros at the end of your career. Salaries may vary depending on the agency or company where you work, or whether you are an employee or self-employed (freelance graphic designer).
- The profession offers a variety of clients: the graphic designer can operate for all kinds of clients, make a sign for a merchant, work on the logo of a large group in the fashion or beauty sector, create advertising posters, banners, work on the graphics of a website for the computer graphics designer who works in conjunction with the web designer ...
- This job allows you to meet people, to be able to work with a team or, on the contrary, to choose to work solo ...
- Many training courses allow access to the profession of graphic designers and to acquire all the professional techniques of this profession.
- Training schools can train on site but there are also open distance training.
- Learning the trade can be done after the Bac, but also as part of a professional retraining . So, if you are an employee and want to practice a profession that tempts you, such as that of a graphic designer, nothing prevents you from training from home to access a profession that is more in line with your aspirations.
The constraints of the profession
- The profession of the graphic designer requires patience and flexibility. You should not be reluctant to redo graphic design proposals several times in order to satisfy a client. Fortunately, when the grinding is done on a computer, it saves a lot of time to rework a project!
- For a graphic designer who wants to set up on his own, after having acquired professional experience, he will have to know business management and often not count his hours if he wants to succeed in the profession.
- You have to already have a meticulous character and be careful because it's a job that requires a lot of precision.
Level of studies and conditions for training as a graphic designer
The training of graphic designers is interesting: it can be opened to anyone passionate about this profession.
The young person before the Bac (3rd level) or young with the Bac in hand who wishes to prepare a BTS or a License, or even more, but also employed adult who wishes to change the professional path and do a job that corresponds to a real passion. There is something for everyone as long as you have the qualities required for this job.
Whether you are aiming for an employee job or you want to work as a freelance, you can train for the profession of a graphic designer either with a specialized school or through a distance training school.
It is even possible for a passionate young retiree through the artistic milieu and graphic design, to follow a training course and to create a self-employed company to practice after his training and to be able to set up his activity. It is sometimes forgotten, but not all retirees go on an adventure across the world: some, for lack of means, or by personal choice, prefer to spend their time in other activities and many are returning to college for passion!
Training to become a graphic designer
Distance learning to become a graphic designer: many advantages
To work in a communication agency, you will be asked to prove your skills as a graphic designer. A graphic designer diploma may be the first proof, but it is your portfolio of creations that will make the difference.
However, if your desire is to work quickly and to set up as a self-employed person, you also have the possibility of training yourself with distance training in order to acquire the techniques of this artistic profession and to exercise the profession. You will then always be able to complete this qualifying training with a diploma course.
Note that this type of correspondence training offers a serious educational follow-up and that it also allows an employee to prepare for his professional retraining while learning at his own pace.
Burraq IT Solutions that provide the graphic training will you attain positions such as:
- Graphic designer.
- DTP model maker
- Graphic designer
- Illustrator
- Visual communication designer.
- Artistic director.
With Burraq IT Solutions, you can choose a qualifying training or a diploma training. You can opt for this type of training immediately after your Baccalaureate, or as part of continuing training with a view to professional retraining.
Some training offered by distance schools can be done with a 3rd level (therefore without the Bac). This is the case for the Graphic Designer training, that of DTP model maker or that of Illustrator. On the other hand, to follow a Bachelor Graphic Design training, you must already have a Bac + 2 level.
Opportunities and developments for the profession of graphic designer
Where to practice as a Graphic Designer?
The graphic designer has the choice between becoming an employee of a communication agency or a specialized shop (example: printer) and establishing himself as a freelance and working as a freelance graphic designer.
In both cases, he will find more outlets on the outskirts of the capitals but especially in Ile-de-France, in the Hauts-de-France region and in the Rhône-Alpes. However with the evolution of telecommuting, a graphic designer can easily freelance from anywhere.
What are the possible career paths for a graphic designer?
The evolution is not always the same for a salaried graphic designer and for a freelance.
The freelance must invest in DTP hardware and software and keep abreast of what is happening in the business. He must also build up a client portfolio and, at the start, he will undoubtedly have to prospect and make himself known. A little longer start-up, which can, with experience, end up paying off if the candidate becomes particularly expert in his profession.
Graphic designer business background
If the profession of graphic designer as it was previously exercised is less represented and less in demand, its variations and especially all graphic design professions related to IT are increasingly in demand. It is therefore necessary to know how to adapt to technological developments and not to hesitate to follow additional training (new DTP software for example) to be able to find more opportunities in this profession.
If you also want to create logos or imagine shop signs with particular typographies, if you are patient and can spend several hours concentrated on your computer, if you have a concern for perfection and like impeccable finishes, why not become a salaried graphic designer or a freelance graphic designer? You will certainly find the training adapted to your current situation and will be able to change jobs if graphic design is your great passion.
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