• Graphic Designer / Art Director

Description : : Determine a visual identity for a company or advertising campaign.
As Senior Art Director: choose illustrators and photographers and direct layout artists.

Personal qualities:esthetic sensibility,A graphic arts culture

Professional skills :Good drawing ability, personal style, an instinct for concise language, good general culture, typographical skills.

Type of companies offering this position: advertising agencies, web agencies, companies with in-house graphic design studios, freelance work.

• Multimedia Artist

Description: Conception and design of internet sites and CD-Roms.

Personal qualities: Creativity, precision, interest in computer work.

Professional skills : Knowledge of computer software, a sense of ergonomics, familiarity with page formatting.

• Press / Publishing Illustrator

Description: Illustrations for children’s books, book covers, comic books, posters.

Personal qualities: Strong personality, sensitivity, a capacity for self-organization.

Professional skills : good drawing ability, defined personal style, instinct for concise language.

Type of company offering this position: Generally free-lance work for publishing houses, ad agencies or web agencies.

• Press Illustrator

Description: Illustrations for magazines, newspapers.

Personal qualities:Strong personality, sensitivity, humor, independence.

Professional skills :Good drawing ability, defined personal style, instinct for concise language, good general culture.

Type of company offering this position: Generally free-lance for magazines, daily newspapers, reviews, brochures, web agencies.

• Product Designer

Description: Conception of packaging for new products.

Personal qualities:Creativity, enjoys balancing material restrictions with a marketing vision.

Compétences professionnelles : A graphic arts and typographical culture, a feel for visual identity

Type of company offering this position:Established brands, ad agencies, design agencies.

• Layout artist

Description: Finalization of graphic design creation up to final printing.

Personal qualities:Precision, mastery of computer software, esthetic sensibility.

Professional skills :: computer-assisted layout programs, typography, page layout.

Type of company offering this position: : All types of agencies, companies with in-house design studios, free-lance.

• Roughman

Description:Do project sketches, the link between an art director’s ideas and final realization.

Personal qualities:capacity to rapidly adapt and interpret ideas into shapes.

Professional skills : Excellent realistic drawing skills

Types of companies offering this position: : All types of agencies, companies with an in-house studio, free-lance.

• Art Director for press or publishing

Description: Directs a magazine’s layout or is head of a book publisher’s specialized department (novels, young people’s press, art books, etc.). Chooses illustrators and photographers. This post requires experience.

sPersonal qualities:Strong personality, capacity for team work, creativity.

Professional skills : Good general and graphic culture; page formatting and typography skills.

Type of company offering this position: Publishers, magazines, newspapers.

• Graphic Designer specializing in newspaper /magazine conception

Description: Creating the first edition of new publications, or reworking existing publications.

Personal qualities: Interest in page layout and typography.

Professional skills : Good general and graphic culture, marketing vision.

Type of company offering this position: Agencies specializing in press, free-lance.

• Institutional Art Director

Description: Determine visual identity and develop communication for an institution (museum, city, government ministry, theater, cultural association, humanitarian organization, etc.) or cultural activity (music, cinema, etc.)

Personal qualities: Strong personality, sense of team work, creativity.

Professional skills : Good general and graphic culture. Knowledge of page layout and typography skills.

Types of companies offering this position: institutionals or free- lance agencies.

• Graphic Designer for a Museum or Exhibit

Description : Puts all explanatory contents of an exhibit (information panels, banners, cards, signage, posters, catalogue, etc.) in a consistent format.

Personal qualities: Interest in materials, sense of team work.

Professional skills : : Good skills in typography and visual identity.

Type of company offering this position: All types of museums.

• Sign Maker / Typographer

Description: Puts all explanatory contents of an exhibit (information panels, banners, cards, signage, posters, catalogue, etc.) in a consistent format.

Personal qualities: Interest in visual identity, materials, design, typography

Professional skills : Skilled in typography and visual identity.

Type of company offering this position: Various institutions: museums, airports, banks, government ministries, railway or road transport companies, cities, etc.