Occupation information for Art Directors District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: 5 years or more work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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• Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
• Present final layouts to clients for approval.
• Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
• Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
• Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
• Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members.
• Mark up, paste, and complete layouts and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing.
• Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.
• Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained.

Tools:

• Charcoal pencils
• Desktop computers
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Digital cameras
• Notebook computers

Technology:

• Graphics or photo imaging software
• Presentation software
• Video creation and editing software
• Web page creation and editing software
• Web platform development software

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