Career Ex-ploration

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Graphic DesignerInterior Designer

Animator

Graphic Designer• Income• Skills Required• Working Environment & Condi-

tions• Job Outlook• Post-Secondary Training• High School Requirements

Income

1. Junior graphic designer $2000-$57000 a year 2. Senior graphic designer $25000-$9000 a year3. Salary or self-employed4. Graphic designers who have found full-time employment have benefits such as paid vacations, sick days, and dental insurance.

Skills Required1. Extensive education in art, filming, and graphic design Adobe photo shop, illustrator, page maker etc2. Typography, photo shop, illustrator. Design3. Taking the verbal ideas from the client and developing a creact-

ive way to capture both information and the emotion that the production is trying to show

4. -Creating the visual components of various types of media. (Ex-tv, film, movies, magazines, advertising etc) -Creating and developing new and unique ideas to represent an

idea. -Using various computer programs to generate final projects for client’s approval. -Meeting with clients and clearly understanding what they are requesting

Working Environment & Condi-tions

1. Office , home (freelancer)2. No3. No4. Computer, camera etc 5. Sometimes alone, Usually with oth-

ers6. No

Job Outlook1. growing at an average rate2. 3%~7%3. The number of job seekers will

likely exceed the number of job openings. To succeed, strong computer skills for presenta-tions, design, and project man-agement.

Post-Secondary Training1. Art & design, completed 4-year degree in fine arts2. 2~3 years professional schools3. OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) NSCAD(Nova Scotia College of Art & Design)4. OCAD- $5.523.00 NSCAD- $3115.915. OCAD- Aboveground Art Supplies ($300) K.M. Hunter Scholarship ($500) Meloche Monnex Scholarship ($1500) NSCAD- Endowed Scholarship & Memorial Scholarship

($1000) Annual Gift Scholarship ($1000)

High school require-ments

1. OCAD-Senior Secondary Graduation Diploma with a minimum of 4 Grade 12 courses with a 70% overall final average including English 12 with

a final grade of 70% or above including the provincial exam. NSCAD-ACADEMIC RECORD/TRANSCRIPT All high school applicants must have completed Grade 12 (or the highest grade

level required for secondary graduation) with an average of 70% or higher, including a minimum grade of 70% in Grade 12 English. ADMISSIONS ESSAY Applicants are asked to state in a brief essay of one typed page their reasons for

wanting to attend NSCAD University. Applicants should discuss the experiences they bring

to the university or the reasons that have led them to apply.2. No3. Creating a homepage(website), creating an outdoor banner advertising, creating a

logo that represents a company or group4. Business management, Finance, Marketing, Computer graphics, CAD Design and Soft-

ware, Creative writing, Public speaking, Journalism, Art HistoryDrawing, painting, sketching, Art portfolio, Graphic arts and printing

Interior Designer• Income• Skills Required• Working Environment & Conditions• Job Outlook• Post-Secondary Training• High School Requirements

Income 1. Junior Designer $25,000 to $30,000 a year2. Senior or Self-Employed Designer -$50,000 to $80,000 a year3. Salary or Self-employed 4. Salaried interior designers often receive

benefits, such as dental coverage and sick days. Self-employed designers must provide their own benefits.

Skills required1. artistic ability, communication, planning, organiza-

tion2. National Council for Interior Design

Qualification(NCIDQ)3. Management experience Established client contacts Imagination to enhance the function and quality of

interior spaces4. -consulting with their clients about their needs -taking measurements and photos and look at blue-

prints of the project space -producing aesthetic, functional and safe designs for

interior spaces -Estimating costs and materials required and may ad-

vise on leasing, real estate and marketing

Working Environments & Condi-

tions1. Home, Office2. No3. No4. Computer, Camera etc5. Usually with clients6. No

Job outlook1. The employment growth rate will

likely be close to the average.2. The unemployment rate (1%) is below

the 2004 average (7%).3. The number of job seekers will likely

exceed the number of job openings. Although the retirement rate will likely be average, the number of retiring workers should contribute to job open-ings.

Post-secondary training1. university degree or college diploma in interior design or architectural

design2. 2 to 3-year diploma or a 4-year3. The Art Institutes School Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design4. The Art Institutes School ($46,140.00) Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design ($3,658.20) (two semesters 30 credits)5. Kerry Black Scholarship -This scholarship, in the amount of $1,000 annually, is awarded to a stu-

dent with a concentration in painting or ceramics, on the basis of artistic merit.

Toni Borschneck Memorial Scholarship -A scholarship, in an amount determined annually, is presented to a stu-

dent at Emily Carr and is based on artistic achievement at the University.

High school require-ments

1. Grade 12 graduation with an overall grade point average of 2.5 (C+ or 67%) calcu-lated using the following five required courses; English 12 or First Peoples English 12 (a minimum grade of 60% or 'C' is required)

-Two other grade 12 academic courses chosen from: English Literature 12, History 12, Other Language 12, Comparative Civilizations 12, Geography 12, Geology 12, BC First Nations Studies 12, Biology 12, Chemistry 12, Principles of Mathematics 12, Calculus 12, Physics 12, American Sign Language 12, Conservatory Canada 12, Royal Conservatory Music 12. Psychology 12, Law 12, Writing 12 (Creative, Journal-ism or Media), Marketing 12, Accounting 12, Applications of Mathematics 12, Com-munications 12 and Technical and Professional Communications 12.

-Two option or elective courses chosen from any above or: Art Foundations 12, Studio Arts 12, Visual Arts 12, Choral Music 12, Instrumental Music 12, Dance 12, Drama 12, Acting 12, Theatre Performance 12, Theatre Production 12, Drafting and Design 12

2. NO3. Decorating the individual bulletin boards of the residents working to a brief, designing interior designs researching and drawing up plans4. Environmental psychology, architecture, product design, decoration

Animator• Income• Skills Required• Working Environment & Conditions• Job Outlook• Post-Secondary Training• High School Requirements

Income 1. $25,000 to $30,000 a year2. $70,000 to $100,000 or more a

year3. self-employed freelancers who

are contracted by companies for certain lengths of time or just until their projects are finished.

4. No

Skills Required1. graphic design, commercial art, graphic communica-

tions, cartooning, drawing, painting2. TESDA Accredited National Certification in Animation3. Animating the model, Animating the model, Building a

model4. Putting together an animated feature drawing a series of images that are filmed to create

moving cartoons for film and television drawing the characters’ poses, movements, and ex-

pressions, and background testing the characters’ motions by flipping the pages

through their fingers.

Working environment & conditions

1. work in design studios, either at their homes or in offices.

2. No3. No4. Computer5. Usually with others sometimes alone6. No specific busy season but sometimes

may work overtime to meet deadlines

Job outlook1. Employement grew at an average rate2. The unemployment rate (3%) is close

to the 2004 average (7%).3.The employment growth rate will likely

be average because of the emergence of information technologies, and an in-creasing number of websites. The number of job seekers will likely exceed the number of job openings.

Post-secondary training1. high school diploma and creative ability as demonstrated by a

portfolio of your work. university degree in visual arts with a specialization in graphic

design, commercial art, graphic communications or cartooning, or a college/other program in graphic arts.2. 4-5 years3. The Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (Vanarts) Vancouver film school4. VANART(FULL TIME PROGRAMS)-2D Animation ($19,750 ) 3D Animation for Film, TV & Games ($29,750 ) Vancouver film School -3D Animation & Visual Effects (12 months in Duration) ($34,750)5. No specific scholarship available in school

High school requirements1. Communications & Media Studies, Visual Arts, Computers,

Drafting & Design2. No3. creating a multi-media group that generates quality creat-

ive products for the animation, comic book, RPG and toy markets.

creating short animated documentary features of inter-views with children

doing a series of web animation.4. participating Animation Education for High School and

Middle School Students developing computer skills ( photo shop , illustrator etc)