CAREER ROADMAP: Description of Field: Learn about Yourself & Career Options

Graphic design concerns the process What Can I Do With This Major: of constructing through the use of Graphic Design, Art, Communication Studies, Electronic Me- , visual arts and page dia & Broadcasting layout to produce communications typically for a client. Graphic Sample UF Majors: designers can work with web sites, Art, Marketing, Graphic Design, Visual Art Studies, Digital publications, , packaging, Arts and Sciences, Drawing logos and branding. Designers can work freelance or salaried in design Career Planning: firms, or in-house with companies such Our Career Planning staff can help you explore interesting as advertising and related services, major/career options, prepare for and start an internship/job , periodicals as well as search. Log in to view the ways we can help! technology firms.

General Skills: Build Experience UF Organizations: Samples skills include creativity, Computer Vision Graphics and Medical Imaging (CVGMI) communication, active listening, and Lab, UF Designers, Vox Graphis artistic and visual expression among others Visit Student Activities & Involvement for Additional Opportunities

Insider Advice: Professional Organizations: American Institute of Graphic Arts, The Society of Illustrators, Gain experience through volunteer Industrial Designers Society of America, Society for Environ- and internship opportunities. Keep mental Graphic Design and maintain a portfolio of your work, and look for opportunities to display Sample Local Opportunities: your work. Utilize your network to see Gainesville Volunteer, Design Firm Directory, MASS Visual out opportunities and employers. Prepare for Your Next Step Sample Job Titles: , Graphic Artist, Design Engineer, Design Assistant, Communications Technology Designer, Designer Applications Engineer, Marketing Communications Intern

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Sample Employers Recruiting at UF: Coffey Shots Photography, KAX Media America, Dwain Fletcher Company, ME Productions, Trimark Properties

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