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 ux as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

ux
30%
adobe creative suite
26%
graphic design
19%
designer
19%
photoshop
12%
user experience
12%
design
8%
cad
8%
creative
8%
print
8%
digital
8%
branding
8%
product design
8%
umbraco
4%
ux designer
4%
wordpress
4%
systems
4%
adobe
4%
figma
4%
ui designer
4%
ui specialist
4%
ui/ux designer
4%
user interface designer
4%
signage
4%
brand design
4%
google analytics
4%
content design
4%
spatial design
4%
revit
4%
user experience designer
4%
retail design
4%
design development
4%
product
4%
video editing
4%
solidworks
4%
indesign
4%
design principles
4%
adobe photoshop
4%
artwork
4%
content designer
4%
2d animation
4%
agency
4%
campaigns
4%
communications
4%
video
4%
creative work
4%
point of sale
4%
pos
4%
visuals
4%
typography
4%
digital assets
4%
newsletters
4%
social media
4%
web design
4%
3d design
4%
creative direction
4%
digital design
4%
digital designer
4%
adobe illustrator
4%
interior design
4%
microsoft office
4%
presentation design
4%
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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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