Graphic designers convey various content in a visual and accessible manner. The job involves text, fonts, images and colours. Graphic design techniques are used in the design of advertisements, logos, packaging and various other printed matter, as well as television content and the graphic appearance of web pages. Graphic designers also design fonts, work on effects in movies and much more.
As a graphic designer, you could work at an advertising agency, in the media, or in print shops, to name a few examples. The work involves a variety of computer-related equipment, fonts and styles, usually in collaboration with others such as layout technicians, marketing executives, copywriters, filmmakers, printers or carpenters.