LO2: Task 3 Career pathways

Graphic Designer


Independent:

The skills needed for this job is to know how to operate Adobe Illustrator and how to do graphic design, however you need to have personal attributes for example good communication skills as the client knows what they want but you need to have accurate information. Organisation skills would impact on being successful in this freelancer job role because the client wants it done within one day of it being sent therefore knowing what order you’re doing everything in etc will be useful. An example of how to find freelance work would be on freelancer.com as you can hire people for jobs or advertise them for yourself.


Voluntary Sector:

For this voluntary job they aren't asking for much experience because you aren't getting paid however they want you to have the ability to use design software and provide a portfolio of your work to see if the standards are good enough. Personal attributes you need will be to have a creative flair, this is useful because you need to create the work from only what they are showing you but it is for 15-25 so you will need to make sure it is appealing for them, by doing this it will impact on how successful you are on the voluntary section.



Employment

To work in employment at Cactus you need to 3 years of commercial experience this is useful to them to know that you will be trustworthy to work with them also a major skill is having a good understanding of photoshop/ illustrator etc as it will be graphically produced. Cactus want you to have patience to appreciate the finer details this means you need to be good at problem solving for example if you rush the project more problems will go wrong with it so having an eye for detail will be useful. You also need to be highly creative to work in this industry because they are wanting you to be responsible for compelling the designs so the more creative you are the further you will get in the industry.


Work based training and higher education

There is a course at Hillsborough college which offers a foundation degree in graphic design however to further my skills I would get a work based training with the college which will help me with the course. There are entry requirements for this course as it is higher education therefore there are skills needed to start this course. You need skills in maths and English to be successful in this course as you must be understanding people’s inquiries and also have an art based skill this is useful as they may want to see your portfolio for example to show you can work in this type of industry.

Further Education


If you are wanting to study graphic design at college for example you may be able to take the course or a creative arts course which will allow you more experience in graphic design in the future. They allow you to learn more about how to work within in a team which will be key for employment, however they would expect you to have some type of skills on design/ art skills to show your creative side and you can work well on the course