Graphic designers/artists design graphics for use in media and multi-media products such as magazines, labels, CD-ROMs, advertising and signage. Typical activities include:
1. Liaising with clients to determine their requirements and budget.
2. Designing client proposals from typesetting (taking a word document, designing it in Quark etc) through to design, print and production.
3. Working with clients, briefing and advising them with regard to proposal style, format, print production and timescales.
4. Developing concepts, graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and internet website.
5. Determining size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and font style and size.
6. Preparing rough drafts of material based on agreed brief.
7. Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements if required.
8. Liaising with external printers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met and material is printed to the highest quality.