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, 43% of Visual Designer job descriptions contained adobe creative suite as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

adobe creative suite
43%
graphic design
40%
branding
33%
indesign
22%
graphic designer
22%
senior designer
18%
mid-weight designer
18%
photoshop
18%
digital designer
18%
packaging design
15%
designer
15%
retail design
11%
3d
11%
digital design
11%
creative direction
11%
3d design
11%
creative agency
11%
designing
8%
footwear
8%
design strategy
8%
manufacturing
8%
creative designer
8%
junior designer
8%
packaging designer
8%
copywriting
8%
typography
8%
ideation
8%
fmcg
8%
fast-moving consumer goods
8%
materiality
8%
illustrator
8%
content design
8%
client communication
8%
ux
8%
design
8%
digital
8%
packaging
8%
spatial design
8%
junior graphic designer
8%
interior
8%
artworker
4%
animation
4%
2d
4%
and video production/editing
4%
digital agency
4%
digital marketing
4%
motion design
4%
graphic designers
4%
motion graphics
4%
visual communication
4%
website
4%
art worker
4%
editing software
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%
troubleshooting
4%
creative work
4%
graphics
4%
web design
4%
modelling
4%
creative solutions
4%
cad
4%
wordpress
4%
windows
4%
graphic design software
4%
technology
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.

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