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How can I become a Graphic Designer
- The most common career steps to get to Graphic Designer are Designer, Artist and Visual Designer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Designer is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Graphic Designer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Graphic Designer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Graphic Designer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Designer isn't from the same job family as Graphic Designer, Graphic Design, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Artist also being a common career path to Graphic Designer.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Graphic Designer, you should also consider Business Owner, Product Designer and Web Designer as they commonly lead to Graphic Designer as well.
What should I know about the Graphic Designer career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Graphic Designer are Bachelor Degree In Graphic Design, Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Graphic Design, and Bachelor Degree In Fine Arts. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Designer being on the path to and from Graphic Designer. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Graphic Designer is part of the Graphic Design job family which has a limited number of unique role types (6) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Graphic Designer are Contract Graphic Designer, Freelance Graphic Artist, Freelance Graphic Designer, Graphic Artist, Junior Graphic Designer.