Graphic Design

Ads, billboards, brochures, logos, web site design, product packaging -- all in a day's work for a graphic designer. Few things are more gratifying than seeing your work on a store shelf or in the pages of a magazine.

As a Graphic Designer (or Graphic Artist), creativity is crucial. Graphic Designers must possess a strong sense of aesthetics, color, and detail, along with a sense of balance, proportion and beauty. Graphic Designers must produce designs that are appropriate for a given context and in accordance to the needs of the client, the ultimate function for which the design is intended.

Upon completion of the program, a successful graduate of the Graphic Design specialization will be able to

• convert a simple idea into print-ready, computer-based graphics,
• produce professional-quality designs using industry-standard software and methods,
• create two-dimensional designs that follow established art standards,
• design visually-pleasing graphics that both inform and persuade,
• generate two-dimensional animations,
• capture and manipulate digital images using cameras, scanners, and other appropriate equipment,
• research solutions to real business problems,
• collect and document the marketing needs of real businesses,
• present themselves and their work to their peers, faculty, and outside individuals,
• work as an individual and as part of a development team, and
• document their best work in an electronic portfolio.

Related careers offered at NIACC: Web Design, e-Business, e-Entrepreneurship