Visual Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Media, Digital & Creative

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Visual Designer Skills List in Media, Digital & Creative

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Visual Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Visual Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 42% of Visual Designer job descriptions contained adobe creative suite as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

adobe creative suite
42%
graphic design
38%
branding
32%
indesign
21%
graphic designer
21%
senior designer
18%
designer
18%
mid-weight designer
18%
digital designer
18%
photoshop
18%
packaging design
14%
digital design
14%
retail design
11%
ux
11%
3d
11%
creative direction
11%
3d design
11%
creative agency
11%
designing
7%
footwear
7%
content design
7%
manufacturing
7%
creative designer
7%
junior designer
7%
packaging designer
7%
copywriting
7%
typography
7%
web design
7%
ideation
7%
illustrator
7%
spatial design
7%
fmcg
7%
client communication
7%
design strategy
7%
fast-moving consumer goods
7%
design
7%
interior
7%
junior graphic designer
7%
materiality
7%
digital
7%
packaging
7%
motion design
4%
art worker
4%
ui design
4%
graphic designers
4%
branding design
4%
agency
4%
website
4%
motion graphics
4%
editing software
4%
digital marketing
4%
digital agency
4%
and video production/editing
4%
2d
4%
animation
4%
artworker
4%
visual communication
4%
lifestyle
4%
audio visual
4%
user interface
4%
user experience
4%
usability
4%
ui
4%
strategy
4%
research
4%
social
4%
av
4%
campaigns
4%
trade
4%
retail
4%
product
4%
print
4%
consumer
4%
beauty
4%
marketing
4%
technology
4%
creative work
4%
graphics
4%
modelling
4%
creative solutions
4%
cad
4%
wordpress
4%
windows
4%
troubleshooting
4%
graphic design software
4%
software
4%
microsoft
4%
it technician
4%
it support
4%
instillation
4%
hardware
4%
creative
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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