How to Become a Graphic Artist?

Are you thinking of becoming a Graphic Artist or already started your career and planning the next step? Learn how to become a Graphic Artist, what skills you need to succeed, how to advance your career and get promoted, and what levels of pay to expect at each step on your career path. Explore new Graphic Artist job openings and options for career transitions into related roles.

Graphic Artist Career Path

Graphic Designer

Alias: Graphic Designer II, Associate Graphic Designer...(4)
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36% advanced to
2 - 4Years of Experience
$30K - $48K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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36% advanced to

Senior Graphic Designer

Alias: Graphic Designer Supervisor, Graphic Designer III...(3)
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2 - 4Years of Experience
$46K - $63K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Adjunct Graphic Designer

Alias: Lead Graphic Designer, Team Lead Graphic Designer...(3)
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Salary Trajectory

Graphic Artist Career Path

Summer Intern Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Senior Graphic Designer
Adjunct Graphic Designer
Principal Graphic Designer
Head Graphic Designer
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$14K
$28K
$42K
$70K

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Important Skill Sets for the Graphic Artist Career Path

Indesign Photoshop
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Cloud
HTML AND CSS

Related careers in the Arts & Design Industry

Interested in other Arts & Design careers? Below are occupations that have high affinity with Graphic Artist skills. Discover some of the most common Graphic Artist career transitions, along with skills overlap.

Visual Designer
25% skills overlap
5% transitioned to Visual Designer