So you are pretty creative, you are interested in designing and you know little of Photoshop for example. Everyone around you motivate you to be a designer or you have decided by your self because you love doing things with images, tools in Photoshop etc. For fun your talent and creativity is gonna work fine but when you need to choose a path for your career, what designer you gonna be or what designer profile will shoot your way of working and your talent. To Solve this puzzle i have collected some role that you can choose to be in future and work on your talent and creativity accordingly.
1- Graphic Designer
What they create:
> logos, letterheads, business cards.
> Marketing and promotional materials: Magazines, book, catalogs, billboard design etc
> Product related designs: packaging, look, promotional things etc.
> Presentations
> Illustrations and graphics design(like for mobile covers, t shirts).
Why corporate world need this kind- As we all know that we memory works better with graphics compared to written promotions or spoken words. Here comes the role of graphic designer. Above written things what they create
section have all things a brand, business to become famous in today’s world.
Skills needed : Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
2- Web Designer
What they create:
> Websites, landing pages, microsites
> Blog templates and themes
> Mobile apps
> Banner ads
> social media material
> Email newsletter and other marketing stuffs
Why corporate/business world need this kind- Era of online world, all things we need is availabe on online market. A whole big market out there on web to be built and create. First 10 sec is max time a human client/customer’s eye
take to decide weather he/she wants to browse your website more or not. Here need of a web designer is arise, from template design of site to interactive design of website is divided in this profile. This also include User experience (UX) and User Interface(UI), Interaction design etc.
Skills needed- Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, javascript, Wireframing, Prototyping etc.
3- Photographer
What they do-
> Retouching of photos.
> Capturing images of products for brand name building
> magazine photo shoots.
Why corporate/business world need this kind of people- Along with capability to capture photographs they use their editing software to get objects/subjects in a professional manner which later can be used for commercial use. The creativity and composition skills of a photographer can tell a story and grab attention of a mob. Isn’t what every one of us want?
Skills needed- Various adobe products(Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator etc).
4- Motion graphics designer & Animators
What they do-
> Explainer videos, storyboards, promotional videos.
> Animated graphics, animated films, Movie title sequences, movie effects
> Product demos, video games, movie special effects
> Animated presentations
Skills needed- Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Interaction Design, 3Ds Max,Maya, Cinema 4D, blender, Blender, After Effects, Flash, Photoshop
From Special effects in movies to video games animators are everywhere. What they do? Ask yourself, when you see special effects in movie, a big deep pit deep down from the mountain, you see it actually coming. Right or not? It feels like we are actually falling in the pit, it is done by animators creating special effects. They bring stories, characters and a life in story.
5- Interior Designer
What they do-
> Space/Floor plans
> Diagrams/Layouts
> Visually appealing spaces
Skills needed- AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Photoshop
Now for Interior, you know where this word is used. For internal structure, color swatches, furniture, fixtures etc. They take empty space of a room, building and make them pleasurable for you from point of view, fashion and
status. furniture, accessories, paint, lights, carpet etc these all elements are selected on the basis of design and style preferences. Most of the designers create drawings and diagrams of the layout of the space that can be filled with elements.
6- Fashion Designer
What they do-
> Sketching of designs
> Selection of colors, material and textures.
> Research on latest trend by reviewing magazines and fashion shows.
Skills needed- Adobe Photoshop, Product development, Merchandising.
From sketching the cloth, pattern, color, design and to giving it a final touch using computer software to give it actual feel of that how it will look and feel when it will be completed. With use of software, designers also provide feel of physical touch by using texture. So before actually making actual cloths and wasting time and money, every firm
prefer to see actual look of cloth, design and how it will look when completed.
7- Product Designer/ Industrial Designer
What they do-
> Transportation products( cars, bikes, planes)
> Daily use consumer and household items
> Electronics and consumer hardware
> Medical devices
Skills needed- 3ds, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Ansys.
All equipment from electronics, cars, construction to medical devices are designed before actually start working on them. Prototyping, that is the correct word to use here. Prototype is created using software like AutoCAD or solid works to have actual feel of 3D models of the product.