Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Other names for Graphic Designers: Advertising Designer, Advertising Layout Worker, Art Director, Artist, Catalogue Illustrator, Composing Room Supervisor, Concept Artist, Creative Director, Creative Manager, Design Director, Designer, Desktop Publisher, Digital Artist, Food Stylist, Forms Designer, Graphic Art Designer, Graphic Artist, Graphic Designer, Graphic Designer/Production, Graphics Coordinator, Graphics Specialist, Label Maker, Layout Artist, Macintosh Artist (Mac Artist), Multimedia Designer, Multimedia Developer, Multimedia Specialist, Online Producer, Photo Stylist, Presentation Specialist, Production Artist, Production Designer, Publications Designer, Studio Designer, Visual Designer, Weapons Designer,

• Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
• Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
• Use computer software to generate new images.
• Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.
• Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.
• Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.
• Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
• Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Internet websites.
• Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
• Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discussing them with clients or supervisors and making necessary changes.
• Study illustrations and photographs to plan presentation of materials, products, or services.
• Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
• Develop negatives and prints to produce layout photographs, using negative and print developing equipment and tools.
• Photograph layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisors or clients.
• Produce still and animated graphics for on-air and taped portions of television news broadcasts, using electronic video equipment.

• Still cameras
• Laser printers
• Scanners
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Tablet computers
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Photocopiers
• Laser printers

Office suite software

Music or sound editing software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Video creation and editing software

Word processing software

Charting software

Presentation software

Web page creation and editing software

Spreadsheet software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Desktop publishing software

Document management software

Data base user interface and query software

Development environment software

Web platform development software

Internet browser software