The Latest In Computer Graphic Design

Saturday, February 14, 2009

By Henry Dickson

By 2014, you can expect the graphic design job market to be one of the most sought after and fast growing. Most careers will be in graphic design, website design, and computer animation design. Though computer graphic design would throw up plenty of job openings, the market would be highly competitive. Some find it interesting to study, while some love it as a career and others purely for hobby. To become a computer graphic designer, a four year college degree or a Bachelors Degree is sufficient. If you do a two years college degree or an Associates Degree then you could obtain some technical positions. This type of career can not move forward unless you get further education. The importance of formal education must be clearly understood if you want your career to continue in this field.

About thirty percent of those in a computer graphic design career work independently as freelancers. Nearly half of all freelancers hold regular jobs in either computer graphics or some computer related jobs.Freelancing is a good option in this career since there would always be demand from smaller firms for a computer graphic designer.

There are many other careers in computer graphic design. You could choose a career in the print media like books and magazines, audio media like radio advertising or digital media like films and television. Not so much in terms of variety but you could expect a steady stream of work if you seek a career in a large or small specialist company. Or you may even decide to work as a freelancer in this profession.

If you wish to pursue this as a career, a college degree, desire, and knowing where you want to go is not enough. You must have pronounced skills in using computer graphic soft ware as well as other computer skills. A collection of your best work ought to be made called your portfolio. So the contents could come between your getting the job or not.

As soon as you finish your college and have made up your mind as to what you want to do, your aim should be to get that first entry level job. Where can you get computer graphic design jobs? If you are looking for opportunities as a freelancer, then look through online job boards, classified ads as well as job for hire boards. Work for hire boards? Wish you good luck and better fortunes as you pursue a graphic design career. - 20764

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