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Job Description - Graphic Designer

A Graphic Designers job involves designing pages of magazines, newspapers, books and other publications, designing greetings cards and advertisements. This involves choosing suitable illustrations and type fonts etc. and arranging them so that the layout looks pleasing to the eye. They can also work in TV and Film.

Training & Qualifications


To begin a career in graphic design you will need a relevant studio experience or a degree or diploma in graphic or advertising design. To become a graphic designer you must have experience of Apple Mac, and design software. There are many courses available in graphic design.

Personal Qualities

To be a Graphic Designer, you should be creative, imaginative with good computer skills and have artistic talent.

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Telephone Number Dialling Information
 
All telephone numbers quoted in this section are expressed in local dialling format.  If dialling from overseas the country access codes to be used in conjunction with your international prefixes are:-
 
UK   44
USA  1
Australia 61
Canada 1
 
In some cases the first zero of the telephone number will be need to be omitted if dialling from overseas, if in doubt please check with your local operator.

Useful Addresses & Contacts


UK

Chartered Society of Designers, 32-38 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8FN

Tel: 020 7831977

Website:  http://www.csd.org.uk

The Society is the only body in the world able to grant chartered status to designers.

The Design Council, 34 Bow Street, London WC2 7DL

Website:  http://www.design-council.org.uk

The Design Council makes sure people in business, education and government know how effective design can transform what they do.

D & AD

Tel:  020 7840 1111  Fax:  020 7840 0840

 

Email:       claire@dandad.co.uk

Website:  http://www.dandad.org

D&AD is an educational charity for the advertising and design industries.

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USA

American Institute of Graphic Arts, 164 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA

Tel:  212 807 1990  Fax:  212 807 1799

Website:  http://www.aiga.org

The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence in communication design as a broadly defined discipline.

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Australia

The Australian Graphic Design Association, National Secretariat, Robyn Brazier, P.O Box 283 Cammeray NSW 2062

Tel:  02 9955 3955  Fax:  02 9955 0566

 

Email:       secretariat@agda.com.au

Website:  http://www.agda.asn.au

The AGDA is the national association for professional graphic designers. It was founded in 1988 to facilitate the advancement of the graphic design profession in Australia.

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Canada

The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia   B3J 3J6

Tel:  902 422 7381   Fax:  902 425 2420

 

Email:       admiss@nscad.ns.ca 

Website:  http://www.nscad.ns.ca

 

The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design offers four-year undergraduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Bachelor of Design, and the Bachelor of Design (Honours).

 

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Courses - UK   University of East London, Claire Lyons, Graphic Design Course Administrator, University of East London, Docklands Campus, 4 University Way, London E16 2RD Tel:  020 8223 7460
 

Email:       c.lyons@uel.ac.uk

Website:  http://www.uel.ac.uk

Offer a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design.

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Courses - USA

Website:  http://www.sensebox.com

This Website features direct links to more than 290 visual communications programs in the US and more than 140 internationally. It covers art schools, university programs, design institutes, online education, and other forms of graphic design instruction.

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Courses - Australia

The University of Ballarat, Helmut Stenzel, Co-ordinator, Graphic Design/Multimedia

Tel:  03 5327 9823

 

Email:       h.stenzel@ballarat.edu.au

Website:  http://www.ballarat.edu.au

Offers a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Graphic Design /Multimedia) and is one of the smallest and arguably the best three year program of its kind in Australia and the South Pacific region.

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Courses - Canada

GDC National Secretariat, ArtsCourt, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2

Tel:  877 496 4453  or  613 567 5400   Fax:   613 564 4428

 

Email:       info@gdc.net

Website:  http://www.gdc.net

 

The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) is an organization of design professionals, educators and students. GDC is a member of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA).

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