Graphic Design is an artistic and professional discipline that focuses on visual communication and presentation toward the goal of delivering a message or creating a product. Possible graphic design occupational titles include: graphic designer, graphic artist, production artist, designer, creative director, artist, design director, creative manager, and desktop publisher.
Product design describes the process of imagining, creating, and iterating products that solve users’ problems or address specific needs in a given market. The key to successful product design is an understanding of the end-user customer, the person for whom the product is being created. Product designers attempt to solve real problems for real people by using both empathy and knowledge of their prospective customers’ habits, behaviors, frustrations, needs, and wants.
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Designers must combine creativity with functionality. Educational requirements vary. In some fields, graduate training is beneficial or required. Students can begin by observing professionals, talking with them, studying their art and technique, and obtaining experience through internships.
Students considering these fields are encouraged to reach out to their faculty and alumni to develop professional relationships and contacts. Portfolios are fundamental for demonstrating previous experience and should be adaptable to fit changing career narratives, as well as capable of demonstrating the process as well as the product.
The Yale Arts Apprenticeship Program is an initiative that connects Yale undergraduates, particularly those on financial aid, with professional arts practitioners of any discipline.
As an option within Yale’s Summer Experience Award (SEA) funding model, the Arts Apprenticeship must …
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Location: New York, NY
Apply to Apprentice Program 2024-25 between March 1–May 1, 2024.
The Juilliard School recruits a talented group of people to the Professional Apprentice Program in Technical Theater and Arts Administration each academic …
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Desired Start Date: June 10, 2024
Location: New Haven, CT; New York, NY
Apply through Yale Career Link
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The publishers at No Place Press create 2-3 books annually, working closely with artists, designers, and …