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

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Visual Designer Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Visual Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Visual Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 38% of Visual Designer job descriptions contained graphic design as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

graphic design
38%
branding
30%
adobe creative suite
30%
indesign
21%
photoshop
17%
digital designer
17%
designer
17%
graphic designers
13%
senior designer
13%
retail design
13%
digital design
13%
creative direction
13%
3d design
13%
digital
9%
packaging design
9%
mid-weight designer
9%
ux
9%
graphic designer
9%
packaging
9%
illustrator
9%
designing
9%
creative agency
9%
design
9%
typography
5%
modelling
5%
content design
5%
graphics
5%
web design
5%
copywriting
5%
footwear
5%
manufacturing
5%
creative designer
5%
creative work
5%
graphic design software
5%
junior designer
5%
creative solutions
5%
motion graphics
5%
exhibition
5%
ideation
5%
fmcg
5%
design strategy
5%
client communication
5%
website
5%
digital marketing
5%
and video production/editing
5%
packaging designer
5%
motion design
5%
digital agency
5%
animation
5%
3d
5%
2d
5%
visual communication
5%
editing software
5%
print
5%
strategy
5%
research
5%
social
5%
lifestyle
5%
campaigns
5%
trade
5%
retail
5%
product
5%
ui
5%
consumer
5%
beauty
5%
marketing
5%
product design
5%
artwork
5%
adobe photoshop
5%
adobe illustrator
5%
adobe
5%
instillation
5%
wordpress
5%
windows
5%
troubleshooting
5%
technology
5%
software
5%
microsoft
5%
it technician
5%
it support
5%
cad
5%
hardware
5%
creative
5%
av
5%
audio visual
5%
user interface
5%
user experience
5%
usability
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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