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

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Graphic Designer Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Graphic Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Graphic Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 49% of Graphic Designer job descriptions contained graphic design as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

graphic design
49%
adobe creative suite
37%
adobe
16%
indesign
16%
photoshop
16%
illustrator
13%
creative
13%
pos
13%
design
10%
graphic designer
10%
branding
10%
designer
10%
digital designer
10%
creative agency
10%
digital
10%
print
10%
ux
10%
web design
10%
graphics
7%
marketing
7%
beauty
7%
packaging
7%
campaigns
7%
product
7%
advertising
7%
adobe xd
7%
figma
7%
javascript
7%
sketch
7%
video editing
7%
digital assets
7%
newsletters
7%
social media
7%
creative designer
7%
point of sale
7%
visuals
7%
user experience
7%
after effects
4%
graphic
4%
junior graphic designer
4%
mid-level graphic designer
4%
senior graphic designer
4%
graphic designers
4%
publishing
4%
sports marketing
4%
3d design
4%
creative direction
4%
digital design
4%
retail design
4%
artwork
4%
health
4%
consumer
4%
lifestyle
4%
retail
4%
social
4%
trade
4%
licensing
4%
pop
4%
print design
4%
creative work
4%
design principles
4%
3d
4%
analytical
4%
digital media
4%
cs
4%
html
4%
marketing manager
4%
video
4%
ui
4%
communications
4%
concepts
4%
in-house
4%
wordpress
4%
marketing agency
4%
angular
4%
backend development
4%
html5
4%
node.js
4%
pixel-perfect
4%
ui developer
4%
ui/ux design
4%
web applications
4%
a/b testing
4%
jira
4%
qa
4%
trello
4%
uat
4%
user research
4%
ux design
4%
systems
4%
ux designer
4%
spatial design
4%
senior designer
4%
junior designer
4%
mid-weight designer
4%
packaging design
4%
packaging designer
4%
adobe photoshop
4%
brand awareness
4%
editing software
4%
marketing copy
4%
visual communication
4%
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