Career As An Advertising Artist - Graphic Designer, Creative Director, Illustrator

Advertising is everywhere. Try to get through a day without seeing a printed advertisement, a television commercial, or a pop-up ad on a web site.Advertising is a dynamic, multi-billion dollar industry that helps us decide what we buy, what places to visit, where we eat, what we drive, and how we look. Advertising ranges from the smallest classified listing in the local paper to the biggest, slickest, all-encompassing campaigns that become part of the popular culture.Do you ever wonder who creates the ads that you see, remember, and talk about? Someone had to think up the idea, kick it around, and manipulate design, composition, color, typefaces, and photography until an ad began to take shape.Advertising artists – also called commercial artists – are indispensable to this creative process, whether it’s designing a company logo, an annual report, a brochure, or a sign on the side of a bus. The very best advertising artists consistently impress a public innundated by thousands of advertising images every week – and the results show up on the client’s bottom line profit while giving us unforgettable catch phrases and characters that make us laugh, cry, or groan.