Graphic designers/artists design graphics for use in media and multi-media products such as branding, labels, advertising and packaging. Typical activities include:
• Liaising with account manager to determine customer requirements and budget
• Designing client proposals from typesetting (taking a word document, designing it in Quark etc) through to design, print and production
• Working with clients, briefing and advising them with regard to proposal style, format, print production and timescales
• Developing concepts, graphics and layouts for product illustrations, packaging.
• Preparing rough drafts of material based on agreed brief
• Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements if required
• Liaising with external printers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met and material is printed to the highest quality.
Graphic designers work mainly nine-to-six, but deadlines may require working additional hours.