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- Liaising with clients to determine their requirements and budget
- Managing client proposals from typesetting through to design, print and production
- Working with clients, briefing and advising them with regard to design style, format, print production and timescales
- Developing concepts, graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites
- Determining size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and font style and size
- Preparing rough drafts of material based on an agreed brief
- Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements if required
- Liaising with external printers on a regular basis to ensure deadlines are met and material is printed to the highest quality.
Job Requirements
- Preference will be given to those with relevant degrees.
- A degree in graphic design is advantageous although other art and design subjects will be accepted.
- A range of relevant postgraduate programmers are also available in many higher education institutions.
- You will need work experience and a portfolio of work to show employers.
- This can be obtained through internships and holiday work.
- Employers also expect a good knowledge of design software, such as Quark Xpress, InDesign or Illustrator plus photo-editing software, such as PhotoShop.
