How Graphic designer career is best for college students?

Safalta expert Published by: Ishika Jain Updated Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:18 PM IST

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Graphic designing is an emerging field that is gaining popularity and importance day by day among institutions ranging from top multinational companies to small shops. Therefore many college students are becoming interested in learning graphic designing skills to earn a side income while studying and many of them sometimes pursue a full time full-time this field which has a lot of growth potential. 

In the modern era with a wide variety of diverse fields, students who are pursuing their higher education have a variety of sources through which they could earn an extra income which could help them to become independent to a certain extent by paying college fees, carrying out their mini expenses like eating out, buying their books and clothes, etc. The top freelancing skills that college students could use as part-time jobs include graphic designing, web design, and development, content writing, photography and videography, video editing/photo editing, digital marketing, animation, translation and languages, android app development, etc.

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But the main highlight for today’s article is graphic designing and many queries regarding these fields which are usually in the minds of the students will be resolved such as Who is a graphic designer? What is the role of a graphic designer? In which tools one must be proficient to be a graphic designer? How long would it take to be a decent graphic designer? And most important would be the average pay range given to a graphic designer and how this field is in terms of a full-time career. The demand for graphic designers is growing day by day in every field including the corporate world, police army, schools, educational institutions, advertisement companies, and even a common man who is opening a new business needs a designer to design the logo and banners with illustrations or design a website for a company, etc.

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Graphic designing is relatively a new and popular field as compared to other traditional fields which includes a great blend of knowledge and creativity and people have the opportunity to be their bosses by working independently from their homes. The knowledge regarding the application of the essential seven elements is very crucial which includes the line, colour, shape, texture, type, space, and image, and the person must have mastery regarding when to use what and how much of it to be used.

Knowledge of basic tools:
Although there are many designing tools available, the basics that a person must be proficient in to be a good graphic designer are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator-Logo, Vector Image Illustrations, Adobe Xd, and Adobe design. But the main hindrance which came in the beginning only for the college students is that these tools are mostly paid due to which many students are hesitant to even start their learning. But students who are serious about their passion and have a willingness to learn new skills usually opt for them and many of the tools have extra provisions for the college students where they used to give students that software at relatively lower costs as compared to other people. 

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Sources of learning:
After purchasing the software, the next problem arises regarding finding the relevant source to learn the operation of this software. Although youtube is a great source for learning, generally complete professional videos regarding graphic design are not available on it. So, it's better and more beneficial to go for paid courses which usually cost less but give in-depth knowledge about the field and the use of the particular software which makes the person industry ready. Those who are serious and passionate about their career should be beginning from today onwards and could enroll in this graphic designing Course

Requirement of a degree or not:
Another question that usually emerges in young minds is that is a degree required. Its answer could be understood with the help of a simple daily life situation like in a gym there may be two fitness trainers, one a certifies one while the other one non-certified, so people usually give more value and trust the certified trainer Similarly if a student who is just thinking of opting graphic designer as a freelancer and earning a side income in his college then the degree doesn’t hold much value but if a student has decided to make it a full-time career then pursuing a degree would add more value and relatively makes the process of finding a job much easier.

Sources of getting work:
There are two ways of getting a project including directly working with the clients or competing with the community, freelancers, Upwork, etc. The different fields in which people can enter after having basic knowledge about graphic designing include brand identity design, marketing, and advertising design, packaging design, web and user interface, print and publication design, lettering and type design, graphic illustrations, data visualization, and infographic design, etc.

Salary:
The salary ranges depending upon the field but in India, the salary of a UX/UI graphic designer is usually the same as a software engineer. Graphic designers tend to earn more when they work as a freelancer than when they work in a company. Having a remarkable portfolio is a must to get independent work from clients which represents the quality of the work and such opportunities could come through assignments or internships. Therefore, students must consider this field as the demand for this field is growing day by day and there is a lot of earning potential.
 

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