Prepare for a Career Where Opportunities Keep Pace with Dramatic Internet Growth
In the last ten years, Internet growth has exploded - from 50 million users in 1997 to more than 1 billion in 2006 - and usage, web sites and e-commerce sales are all expected to continue to increase! Not surprisingly, there is a critical need for people with the graphic talent and technical capabilities to design and develop effective web graphics. In fact, Trendresearch.com reports that the profession is still in its early stages and beyond 2007 there's going to be a new era of web design. And Monster.com charts a 26 percent growth rate in this field for 2006, which will continue to blossom.*
Working in a variety of areas such as advertising, marketing, technical communications, publishing and training, web graphic designers use software applications to design, illustrate, compile and produce visual solutions for communications, especially for the Internet. With the right combination of knowledge, creativity and sophisticated technological skills, you can become an expert in the field, turning this phenomenal growth in web design into a major career move.
Nearly every industry hires web graphic designers to create, maintain and enhance their web sites, including
- Business
- Government
- Education
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Medical
- Entertainment
- Hospitality
Some of the agencies and companies that employ web graphic designers include
- Advertising agencies
- Marketing firms
- Website development companies
- eLearning providers
- Training and development providers
- Corporate communications departments
- Online service organizations
- eCommerce providers
Put Your DeVry Degree to Work in One of Today's Fast-Growing Careers in Web Graphic Design
When you earn your web graphic design degree from DeVry, you'll be prepared for a number of booming career fields. Here are some examples:
- Web Graphic Designer - Create graphics for the web
- Digital Graphics Editor - Modify and develop digital art assets, including drawings, renderings, and photographs.
- Instructional Designer - Develop education, training, information and other materials for interactive learning on the web.
- Media Communications Consultant - Work with public relations, advertising agencies, or corporate communications departments to develop graphic communications.
- Web Graphic Animator - Use software to develop 2D animations for web based delivery.
- Information Designer - Clarify and organize content used in a wide variety of graphic communications.
- Web Page Designer - Design web pages and graphic elements to communicate an effective message for your clients.
Hone Your Skills as a Web Designer and Get the Career You Want with a Degree from DeVry
Graduates of DeVry's Web Graphic Design associate degree program are prepared for all these careers and more! Through a mix of informative classes and hands-on experience, you learn the fundamental concepts, principles, theory and skills that a web designer needs to succeed. Or, take the next step in your career and continue your education toward managing design with DeVry's bachelor's degree program in Technical Management.
DeVry web graphic design degree holders will be prepared to enter this growing field by being able to:
- Use graphic and design fundamentals to create visual solutions to web media challenges
- Produce graphic communications and training solutions
- Create animations
- Understand and apply new and emerging web-based technologies
- Work collaboratively with other media specialists, technologists, subject matter experts and clients
DeVry is the university where you can gain the skills, credentials and respect you need to make it big in the web design world. DeVry's success at preparing students for careers is hard to beat! Check this out.for the past year in all DeVry programs and locations combined, 91% of DeVry graduates in the active job market held positions in their chosen field within 6 months of graduation and earned an average entry-level salary of $41,000.
Earn your degree at DeVry today and start your career as a web graphic designer tomorrow!
Learn more about how your web graphic design degree can be applied in a variety of career fields. Click to download Careers in Web Graphic Design fact sheet.
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*"10 Hot Jobs for 2007," www.fastcompany.com/articles/2007/01/top_jobs_2007.html
