Graphic designers develop visual concepts by hand or with computer software. Intended to captivate, inform, inspire, and/or persuade, a designer’s end product is often used in a marketing or promotional campaign, or a public announcement. Graphic designers work creatively, both in print and electronically.

A user interface designer is responsible for creating the look of a website. They’re tasked with designing a user interface from the user’s point of view. They may be given a specific design problem and be asked to solve it. Responsive design and prototyping interfaces are common also within this field of work.

UX design is a field of work dedicated to helping a user make their way through a digital process or product with minimal effort and maximum value. Since the UX design field is ever-evolving and relatively new, we might keep coming back to this definition and adjusting it—users, their problems, and how visual developers solve them will change that quickly.

Digital art, once called computer art or new media art, refers to art made using software, computers, or other electronic devices. Anything produced or made on digital media, such as animations, photographs, illustrations, videos, digital paintings, and such can be classified as digital art.

Web Development

Web development refers in general to the tasks associated with developing websites for hosting via intranet or internet. The web development process includes web design, web content development, client-side/server-side scripting and network security configuration, among other tasks.

App Development

App design is an ongoing process comprising user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) elements. Designers ideate, define solutions, create the app’s flow and structure, and make stylistic choices from colors to fonts. Designers base choices on user research and feedback.

Motion graphics designers, sometimes just called motion designers, create artwork for the web, television or film. This could include movie clips, trailers, commercials, title sequences, etc. They use visual effects, animation and other cinematic techniques to bring life to their creations.

Design strategy applies the tactical thinking of a business strategy to the needs of the user in order to create the most effective product. This intersection between corporate strategy and design thinking achieves long-term goals through creative applications targeted at the end-user.

SEO specialists are marketing professionals who use research and analysis to improve a website’s ranking on search engines like Google. They find the most popular and relevant keywords used in search engine queries and insert them into websites, helping search engines find those sites and display them to web users.

Animation is a method of photographing successive drawings, models, or even puppets, to create an illusion of movement in a sequence.

As a film/video editor, you'll manage material such as camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects to produce a final film or video product. This is a key role in the post-production process and your skills can determine the quality and delivery of the finished result.

Photographers create visual images for an exceptional range of creative, technical and documentary purposes. As a professional photographer, you'll usually work to a brief set by the client or employer.