a visual communication designer?

[zoran]

What is that title? Is the person that holds this tile the same thing as a Visual Designer or might it be something more? Or less?

 

[MacGizmo]

It's just another way of saying graphic designer.

 

[zoran]

I was told that the Graphic Designer title, is a more of a technician's title, not so much one of a creative artist's. A Graphic Designer knows more technical stuff, how to prepare the final layout etc., Layouts are crafted and handed over from a Visual Designer, so the GD will prepare them for print or finalisation in a way. No?

 

[chrfr]

I was told that the Graphic Designer title, is a more of a technician's title, not so much one of a creative artist's. A Graphic Designer knows more technical stuff, how to prepare the final layout etc., Layouts are crafted and handed over from a Visual Designer, so the GD will prepare them for print or finalisation in a way. No?

That’s not true at all.

 

[MacGizmo]

I was told that the Graphic Designer title, is a more of a technician's title, not so much one of a creative artist's. A Graphic Designer knows more technical stuff, how to prepare the final layout etc., Layouts are crafted and handed over from a Visual Designer, so the GD will prepare them for print or finalisation in a way. No?

Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Art Director... they're all the same thing, and they can be done without ever touching a computer. Most of them (designers, art directors, etc. are barely competent in using Adobe apps. They know just enough to get by. What you're talking about is a Production Artist.

 

[zoran]

Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Art Director... they're all the same thing, and they can be done without ever touching a computer.

Without touching a computer? How can that be?

 

[chrfr]

Without touching a computer? How can that be?

Graphic design has existed for far longer than computers have. Design is a thing in itself that has nothing to do with computers at all.

 

[MacGizmo]

Without touching a computer? How can that be?

"Design" isn't about using a computer. The computer is just a tool. Using a hammer doesn't make you a construction worker and most definitely not an architect. Design is about communicating a message visually. It's about an idea or concept.

 

[fig]

Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Art Director... they're all the same thing, and they can be done without ever touching a computer. Most of them (designers, art directors, etc. are barely competent in using Adobe apps. They know just enough to get by. What you're talking about is a Production Artist.

Um, I don't know where you work, but all the designers and art directors I know are quite competent in the Adobe suite.

 

[MacGizmo]

Um, I don't know where you work, but all the designers and art directors I know are quite competent in the Adobe suite.

Most of the places I have worked for and with are fairly high-end agencies and individual companies. The type of places who don't start sentences with the word "Um."