Art Directors

Also Called:

Art Director,

Creative Director (CD Director),

Design Director,

Creative Services Director

What they do: Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.

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Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications

Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
  • Present final layouts to clients for approval.
  • Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include creating, designing, and making your own rules.

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Persistence

Cooperation

Innovation

Achievement/Effort

Interests

Career interests describe the perspectives and interests of people who enjoy the type of work involved in this career.

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Knowledge

People who want to pursue this career have knowledge in these areas.

Engineering and Technology

  • Design

  • Computers and electronics

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

  • Music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Communications

  • Multimedia

Business

  • Sales and marketing

Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Verbal

  • Communicate by speaking

  • Listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • Come up with lots of ideas

  • Create new and original ideas

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

  • Talking to others

Problem Solving

  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Work Values

Work values describe how your core beliefs align with those commonly needed for this career.

Independence

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

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  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
  • Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
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Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop