Here’s a quick overview of the most important Skills required for a Graphic Designer to grow in their career.
#1 Ideation (Technical Skill)
Ideation, sometimes referred to as idea creation, is the imaginative process of coming up with, refining, and sharing new ideas.
#2 Typography (Technical Skill)
Graphic designers must be knowledgeable about everything from typesetting, kerning, tracking, and leading to choosing the best font for a project.
#3 Branding (Technical Skill)
– Through the use of logos, colours, typography, illustrations, photography, visual components, and other things, they must bring that brand to life.
#4 Design Principles (Technical Skill)
To develop aesthetically appealing and well-structured designs, understanding how to combine lines, colour, shape, space, texture, typography, size, dominance and emphasis, and harmony.
#5 Design Softwares (Technical Skill)
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Sketch should all be familiar to graphic designers.
#6 Creativity (Soft Skill)
They must use a lot of creativity to produce designs that are both attention-grabbing and convey the appropriate message.
#7 Communication (Soft Skill)
Graphic design is a form of visual communication, designers must convey ideas through their creations.
#8 Strategy (Soft Skill)
They must take into account how various design components interact together and how to effectively communicate meaning while upholding design standards.
#9 Problem Solving (Soft Skill)
Troubleshooting design problems or redesigning designs to satisfy client requirements may be required.