Choose Your Visual Design Career

“Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power.” – Connie Malamed

You’re at a crossroads at the beginning of your career, and you have a vague sense of what you want, but can’t articulate it or make a solid decision.

You have a deep passion to help people find and consume the information within it with less conscious effort while making it visually appealing at the same time. You love it when you need to puzzle out how to design a project with different bits of content, figuring out what is relevant, and then organized it.

Lucky for you, if the above sounds like something you love to do, you want to be a visual designer! Now, let’s narrow that down even further – which type of visual designer do you want to be?

The three most popular choices are a Visual Communications designer, the Multimedia Artist, and the Art Director. But how will you choose which one is the best for you? This infographic explains what makes the three most popular visual design careers unique, their basic salaries, and other fun facts about the field.

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