Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Media, Digital & Creative

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Designer Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 30% of Designer job descriptions contained designer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

designer
30%
ux
25%
adobe cc
25%
agency
20%
creative
20%
digital design
20%
html
20%
ui
20%
photoshop
20%
campaigns
20%
graphic design
15%
digital
15%
graphic designer
15%
web design
15%
design
15%
illustrator
15%
print
15%
product
10%
retail
10%
social
10%
trade
10%
cad
10%
draughtsman
10%
interior design
10%
luxury designs
10%
technical drawings
10%
indesign
10%
adobe creative suite
10%
beauty
10%
consumer
10%
lifestyle
10%
packaging
10%
presentations
5%
animation
5%
commercial
5%
website
5%
powerpoint
5%
creative designer
5%
presentation
5%
print media
5%
video editing software
5%
artworking
5%
brand design
5%
creative agency
5%
video editing
5%
junior designer
5%
3d
5%
design teams
5%
theatre
5%
adobe
5%
digital agency
5%
visuals
5%
email
5%
digital designs
5%
figma
5%
adobe creative studio
5%
css
5%
products
5%
frameworks
5%
digital media
5%
prototypes
5%
interaction design
5%
events
5%
user experience
5%
prototype
5%
exhibitions
5%
wireframes
5%
javascript
5%
junior graphic designer
5%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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