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Your Smart Career Move for a Slow Economy

You've always known that you have a creative eye. From the way you arrange your living room to the way you prepare meals to the way you pick out outfits, you constantly receive compliments from friends and family members. If you're in a non-creative career field, you might be squandering valuable talent. This is not to say that accountants, doctors, and teachers come a dime a dozen, but true artists are rare, and you should explore every opportunity to cultivate your abilities. This is especially true now that the economy is slowing down. You could use this relative lull to hone your talent. Then, you could reenter the job market with the types of skills for which employers all over the world are clamoring. Graphic design, for example, is a career field that offers numerous opportunities and will only become more relevant as media technology continues to develop.

Why Graphic Design? And Why Now?
Graphic designers are responsible for conveying visual messages using any variety of media (photography, animation, computer graphics, etc). Usually working with entertainment outlets, advertising firms, and publishing companies, graphic designers work at the forefront of popular culture helping to bridge the gap between consumers and producers. Billboard ads, TV spots, corporate logos, Hollywood films, and magazine layouts all bear the mark of some graphic designer.

With the right training, you could transform your creative background into a fulfilling career that offers variety, opportunity, and growth. According to the US Department of Labor, job growth for graphic designers will match the national average for most other occupations. Through your bachelors or associates training, you can master the requisite tools (computers, paints, psychology, CAD software, etc) to pursue an exciting career in this growing field. And instead of buying magazines and movies, you could be the one helping to design them.

Schools are listed in alphabetical order by state then city.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division

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Develop your creative potential through The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division where we give you the freedom to decide when and where to attend class. Because you're always on the go, we offer education to go wherever you connect to the Internet. While we meet the demands of your busy lifestyle, our online degree and diploma programs go even further by embracing the standards of excellence long held by The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and The Art Institutes system of schools backed by an over 85-year commitment to academic excellence. Learn from the leader in online creative arts education.
Programs:
Digital Design
Game Art & Design
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American InterContinental University Online

[Online]

The Visual Communication online degree program is designed to educate and develop artistic and imaginative students for careers in the fields of commercial art and design. Emphasis is placed on the development of the thinking process and the ability to conceive creative solutions for specified design problems. Students will learn the principles, practical applications and methodologies used in completing competent and creative graphic solutions.
Programs:
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications
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