Design

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.

Things to Consider

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.

BOMB Magazine, Marketing Intern – Yale Arts Apprenticeship

Deadline: Rolling
Location: Brooklyn, NY, Hybrid, Remote
Apply through Yale Career Link

Position Description:
BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981. BOMB’s founders—New York City artists and writers—decided to publish dialogues that reflected the …

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Lori Ferrara Senior Administrative Assistant
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African American Collections, Museum/Research Intern – Yale Arts Apprenticeship

Deadline: April 8, 2024
Location: Stratford, CT
Apply through Yale Career Link

Position Description:
This individual will be able to possess the skills of working with museum officials around researching, archiving, preserving and graphics which coincide with displays. Computer skills …

By Lori Ferrara
Lori Ferrara Senior Administrative Assistant
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Digital Design Intern at Studio Rodrigo

TLDR: Are you a senior, junior, Master’s student, or recent graduate who wants an internship at a boutique, digital design studio in Brooklyn, NY? Keep reading!

You can apply by sending a link to your portfolio and a brief email …

By Lori Ferrara
Lori Ferrara Senior Administrative Assistant
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90.3% of those graduating between July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023 94.0% employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation $89,622 among graduates employed full-time in the United States Education, Financial Services, Technology, Consulting, and Healthcare

 

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