Description
Creates designs, lay out and produces printed and digital materials and publications utilizing a wide variety of commercial art media and techniques and applies creative and innovative ways to translate written or verbal ideas or concepts into graphic design work.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Principles, techniques, materials, and equipment used in graphic design
- Graphic design software such as In Design, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Freehand
- Design and layout tools related to web site development such as HTML, CSS, and Dreamweaver
- Presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint
- Principles of composition, typography, aesthetics, color and design theories
- Principles of copywriting and editing
- Principles of marketing and public relations
- Requirements and terminology for digital pre-press
- High volume offset and/or digital printing methods, both sheet fed and web
- Recordkeeping procedures
- Capabilities of computer systems and hardware common in graphic design