Marco Morales

Graphic Design

My dream career is Graphic design, I have been doing Graphic design for the past 6 years and it has grown to become my passion in life and what I would love to do as an actual career. I'm passionate about design because it's my preferred media of art and to create, I love being able to bring my ideas and others to life through just messing around on my computer.

To learn graphic design no educational background is needed but to get in the field and start doing jobs you will typically need a bachelor's degree in graphic design or in any other related art field. You will also need a need portfolio of your work so any possible clients can see you've worked on before, what kind of work you do, and what kind of work you're able to do.

The average annual salary of a graphic designer sits around $51,629 (Average Salary in Las Vegas)

5 Skills That are important for success as a Graphic Designer are

• Creativity - As a graphic designer your job is too bring ideas to life in many ways you're going to need to be creative to be able to provide your best, taking inspiration from the world around you
• Communication - You will need to have decent communication skills because when you have a commission or collaborating with another creative you will need to talk to them and tell them how the projects going, if you're having issues with something, the work might be turned in late whatever the case is you will need to be able to communicate with who you are working with
• Patience - Some projects may take some time to work on or you may have a difficult client you're working with, you need to be patient so you can provide the best service you can and best experience .
• Technology- As a graphic designer naturally you will be around technology a lot and will be using a lot of advanced and hard to navigate softwares like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or after affects. These are tools a designer has to master to really get the most out of their work and ideas
• Branding - Graphic designers are often the ones maintaining and building the branding for their clients, they need a in depth understanding of the brand, its aesthetics, and audience. They find ways to make the branding stand out and really be unique to that brand with logos, promotional work, campaigns and make sure all the work is consistent through all platforms and is speaking to the target audience.