Digital Designer
What is a Digital Designer?
Similar Job Titles:
Graphic Designer, Web Designer, UI Designer
The purpose of a Digital Designer is to create digital assets for multimedia and graphics projects, including websites, mobile apps, advertising, animation, emails, social media, video games, and interactive displays. Some Digital Designers work exclusively on digital projects; some also design print collateral. In their work, Digital Designers use computer software like Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Muse, Premier Pro, After Effects, and InDesign.
What does a Digital Designer do, typically?
Designs on-brand creative solutions
A Digital Designer creates, manages, and produces digital design solutions for a variety of uses: websites, product graphics, email templates, social media graphics, brand campaigns, and photography.
Translates creative concepts into visual design
A Digital Designer works with cross-functional teams to take ideas from concept to execution, working with project managers, design teams, information technologists, and content experts. A Digital Designer interprets the team’s concepts into a design that will deliver an effective user experience.
Uses Digital Design and development tools
A Digital Designer is comfortable using computer software and applications to create digital designs and may have front-end development skills to convert data to a graphical interface, such as through HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
Misconceptions about the role of a Digital Designer
Digital Designers are not:
- Digital Marketers: Digital Designers focus on creating the best experience for a specific person (or avatar) who will interact with the design. Digital Marketers focus on using digital solutions to get the greatest number of people to interact with the design.
- Graphic Artists: Digital Designers do their work using digital tools, and most, if not all, of their work is delivered in a digital format. Graphic Artists design mostly print collateral, although some projects may end up in a digital format. Because of the blurred lines between traditional and digital media, the job title Graphic Artist is being rapidly replaced by Digital Designer or Digital Artist.
Important metrics for a Digital Designer
It’s not always easy to use traditional business metrics to measure whether or not a design is effective, or to determine if a Digital Designer’s work engages the user as intended. Here are a few ways to measure digital design:
Digital Designer Salary
US Based, employer-reported data for a Digital Designer:
- 25th Percentile $61.5K
- Average $66.5K
- 75th Percentile $71.5K
Digital Designer Job Description
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As a Digital Designer at <Company XXX>, you’ll get to showcase your expertise in creating digital assets for our multimedia and digital communication needs.More specifically, you’ll get to:
- Design on-brand creative solutions for a variety of uses: websites, product graphics, email templates, social media graphics, brand campaigns, and photography
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver designs that are creative, useful, and align with technical and brand standards
- Take ideas from concept to execution, working with project managers, design colleagues, information technologists, and content experts to deliver an effective user experience
- Use the latest software and applications to design and develop digital solutions
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