Graphic Artist vs Graphic Designer

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  • Amicus0

    I got into the industry by completing something between an internship and an apprenticeship, after only completing a year of a design degree (I was working full time as well).

    I was employed as a Graphic Artist until the bosses decided that I understood strategy well enough to be promoted to a Graphic Designer.

    As such I see a Graphic Artist as slightly higher than a Mac Operator or Finished Artist, but not as strategic as a Graphic Designer.

    I'd be mortified if my current boss called me a Graphic Artist, although being in a small studio I have to fulfil both roles at times.

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