Wednesday, July 24, 2019

What are the branches of Graphic Design



Does anyone know what is the full-branch of Graphic Design and the title for the person doing it.


Graphic Design
|- Web Design - Web Designer
|- Illustration - Illustrator
|- Photo Manipulation - Photo Manipulator

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Answer



There is no official taxonomy for the various species of designers.


UPDATE:



If you want to take a go at creating your own, some various titles that you might see in the graphic design world:



  • advertisement specialist

  • advertising designer

  • animator

  • art director

  • book setter

  • brand manager

  • broadcast designer

  • cartoonist


  • compositing artist

  • copywriter

  • creative director

  • data visualization specialist

  • director

  • environmental designer

  • exhibition designer

  • exhibition fabricator

  • graphic artist

  • graphic designer


  • illustrator

  • instructor / teacher

  • instructional designer

  • interaction designer

  • interactive designer

  • interface designer

  • logo designer

  • marketing manager

  • motion designer

  • multimedia designer


  • multimedia specialist

  • package designer

  • photo editor

  • photographer

  • prepress operator

  • presentation designer

  • producer

  • production artist

  • publisher

  • senior designer


  • sign maker

  • sign painter

  • signage and way finding designer

  • technical illustrator

  • type designer

  • typesetter

  • UX designer

  • video designer

  • visual artist

  • visual communications specialist


  • visual designer

  • web designer

  • web developer


The catch is that none of those are necessarily isolated skill sets. Throughout a career, a designer will often be wearing a variety of those hats, often several at the same time.


On top of that, there's no real rules at to what a title implies in terms of seniority or salary from one company to the next. It's mostly arbitrary.


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