Graphics Designer - Career Queries

Hello Geeta, A warm welcome to Career Guide.com Thanks for visiting us and writing us your career query. Graphic Designing is a part of Visual Communication have great career scope and importance. Graphic designer is a field that deals with the creativity,imagination and out of box thinking, A Graphic Designers combines the words and the images with their ideas by using their hands or technology to present a particular thing or information. In order to become a Graphic Designer one need to have certain set of skills and attributes like to very Creative and Imaginative,Having an experim

1 answer Prathamesh Kapote in Graphics Designer category

Graphic design is a way of communication using text, images or Audio Visuals. A career in graphic design is considered to be one of the best options for someone who is inclined towards and passionate about designing information & graphics. Graphic designers are required in so many industries like Advertisement industry, Print Industry, Web designing industry etc. If you are looking for Top designing institutes in India, the list below might be of some  help to you:- National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Art & Design (IIAD), New Delhi Srishti School of

2 answers in Graphics Designer category

Hello Dear Aspirant, A warm welcome to Career Guide.com Thanks for visiting us and writing us your career query. Graphic Designing is a part of Visual Communication have a great career scope and importance. Graphic designer is a field that deals with the creativity,imagination and out of box thinking, A Graphic Designers combines the words and the images with their ideas by using their hands or technology to present a particular thing or information. In order to become a Graphic Designer one need to have certain set of skills and attributes like to very Creative and Imaginative, Having an

2 answers Prathamesh Kapote in Graphics Designer category

Dear Vivek, Thanks for writing to us. Graphic Designing has a scope. It is a creative field and if you are passionate about art and design then this can be very good career option for you. **Scope of Graphic Designing** In simple words, graphic design is a sort of visual communication. Graphic designers use a wide variety of visual mediums to communicate messages via shapes, fonts and colors on print design, websites and social media. Graphic designers are experts in designing, layouting, typography, diagramming, drafting, drawing and lettering. Designers are expected to be skillful in hand

2 answers Vivek Negi in Graphics Designer category

Dear Vivek, Thanks for writing to www.careerguide.com! Well, I will first answer your question directly and then would like to share what it means to be a graphic designer. To become a professional graphic designer, you need to first, identify focus area and get degree in relevant area of interest. **Identify your area of focus:** Before you decide to be a graphic designer, decide your area of interest and focus within graphic designing. Graphic design is very broad area. There are different forms of graphic design and you need to choose specific focus area, for example,advertising, web

1 answer Vivek Negi in Graphics Designer category

Good day! The graphic design profession is in great demand these days. As a large business owner myself, I can say that there are few real specialists in this field, but I was lucky enough to find more thanks to /  . The resource I visited showcases case studies and portfolios of the agencies, allowing business owners to assess their previous work and capabilities.

2 answers in Graphics Designer category

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2 answers Vivek Negi in Graphics Designer category

Dear Aspirant, Very very good question! NID is a Institute of National Importance, therefore whatever the name is, you need not be worried. If the course is full time and is 4 years, definitely it has value. Even IIMs till today cannot give MBA or PhD as a degree. They give PGP as a Diploma. Only IITs till now are allowed to give degrees and PhDs since they are National Institutes under an Act of Parliament. Even Chartered Accountancy does not have a word of Diploma or Degree, still it has masters degree equivalence under the Law. If you get admission in NID, you need not worry about anyth

3 answers Surabhi Dewra in Graphics Designer category

Dear Aspirant, Good question indeed. I would say not exactly mathematics, but definitely geometry knowledge will help in graphic designing. Definitely basic mathematics about cms, inches, graphs, is required. Best wishes

2 answers Dr. Anand Wadadekar, PhD in Graphics Designer category

Hi There, Interesting question, since you wish to develop other skills and not just academic qualifications. [As a Graphic designer][1], apart from your work knowledge which will be taught to you while in the course. [As a Graphic designer][2], one of the necessary skill, you need to develop is: **Communication Skill:** Though you would be a person to be working all by yourself. But before you get into work and also after the work is almost done, when you need a kind of proof reading, you need to communicate with the client. **Art of Convincing**: Not just communicating, but also convinci

1 answer Meghna Mukherjee in Graphics Designer category

[Both BFA and animation have enormous scopes][1] in viz. BFA - graphic design, advertising, print media, painting, sculpture and so on. Animation - core animation, e-learning, film and video editing and so on. You need to decide what interests you more, also the selection of institute will decide opportunities in initial stage as it provides a good launching pad however in long run, its only your work that would matter. Regarding BFA - its a 4 yr graduation course, are you willing to spend that much time for it after already having a graduate degree in commerce? I suggest shorted diplomas in

2 answers Megha Agarawal in Graphics Designer category

Dear Aspirant, [Graphic Designing][1] is a very good field having good [scope][2] and good salary packages. In Mumbai following are the Institutes which are known to be good: 1. FX School, www.fxschool.in, 105, New Link Road, Morya Landmark I, opp. Infinity Mall, Andheri West Mumbai, Maharashtra, 022 4235 4235 2. National Institute of Computer Arts, www.nicainstitute.com, 404 Laxmi Commercial Centre,, Kasturchand Mill Compound,, Senapati Bapat Marg,, Opposite Phool Market, Beside Dadar Railway Station, Dadar (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra 022 6553 8995 3. ZEE INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE ART, www

2 answers Meghna Mukherjee in Graphics Designer category

Hello Dear Aspirant, Graphic Designer field has been of the career towards which many students are fascinated. [Graphic Designing][1] means Visual Communication and Communication Design. Graphic Designers use various methods to create and combine words,symbols and images to create a visual representation of ideas and Messages.A Graphic Designer may use a combination of typography,visual arts and page layout techniques to produce a final result.A Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated. Com

1 answer Prathamesh Kapote in Graphics Designer category

Dear Vaibhav,After [MBA][1] you have now realised that whatever you learnt in MBA is waste since that is not of interest to you now. Unfortunately, you did not realise that MBA or business was not your liking. So you have unfortunately wasted money, time and energy in doing MBA.Anyways, I am glad that you finally want to do what according to your interests. Thanks for approaching [CareerGuide][2] for seeking guidance to your career difficulty.I hope that you have made sure that Graphic designing is now what interests you more and you are confident that you can do justice to yourself and career

2 answers Dr. Anand Wadadekar, PhD in Graphics Designer category

If you have Maths in you high school level it will be great help;  concept of Maths is as essential as other important issues, Maths helps to be more specificthorough idea about area/measurement etcspacial senseideas of expenditureprofit and loss etc.without maths concept nobody has clear ideas about spacial occupation of any concept/imagination/thought.Graphic design needs good sense of measurement-so no doubt it will be great help, but student should have aptitude in Maths-if he has no preferences as well as aptitudes how can s/he keep Maths in Plus II level-Maths will be help but

1 answer Dr Rupa Talukdar in Graphics Designer category

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Dear Eeshan, Good to know you looking for your interest as your career. I assume you are self learner and have learnt photoshop and other design tools in your college days. First make a good portfolio for yourself of all your creative work done so far. Upload your creative work on Facebook, Orkut , you tube and other social media. Try for internship with some firm which would also give you some exposure and add to your CV as an experience. Do let me know if you need to discuss further. All the Best

1 answer Swati  Sibal in Graphics Designer category

You can choose to go to for a Graphic design or visual communication course from a reputed institute like NID or IIT Guwhati for undergraduate level. Backing your profile with a good college degree is very important in design market. There is no formal coaching required to get into these schools however there are many of these available. You must prepare a good portfolio for interview and do some test preparation by looking at the sample paper's on their websites. Portfolio becomes very important once you clear the 1st level written test. Portfolio is to be shown during the personal interview.

1 answer Megha Agarawal in Graphics Designer category

The earning could be anything between 1 lakh to 15 lakh per year in this field depending on your qualification and expertise. For being able to through institute names, we will need more specific question from your side.

1 answer Megha Agarawal in Graphics Designer category

Hi Shekhar!Its good decision to upgrade your skills and move up in career, probably a decision that you should have taken much before on your career path. But better late than never. I would suggest that with a 7 yrs of experience, you must leverage your experience to move up the leader to be a project leader, for which you dont just need to keep learning new softwares but probably take up some courses like HCI (Human computer interaction design) courses and design/heuristic analysis courses, which will immediately place you one step above your present profile.Such short term courses are offer

2 answers Megha Agarawal in Graphics Designer category