The fields of advertising, publishing, and television offer great opportunities for trained visual communicators. The Art Institute of Los Angeles offers a Bachelor of Science and an Associate of Science degree in Graphic Design. In the associate's program you'll concentrate on the fundamentals of design and drawing and image manipulation while also learning about marketing and media strategies. In addition to these courses with the bachelor's you'll enhance your project and personnel management abilities. Advanced print production, typography, and conceptual thinking.
Advertising agencies require the talents of many professionals.
Art directors work with writers to develop original concepts, supervising a creative process that relies on the expertise of layout artists, production artists, illustrators, photographers, and printers. In the field of publishing, art directors and designers work with editors and journalists to design and produce magazines, books, and newspapers.