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Image Designer for Web and Online Advertising

An Image Designer for Web and Online Advertising works with other marketing and web professionals to create images for use in digital advertisements.

 

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Employment Levels

Around 49,400 people are currently employed as Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings in Australia. This is set to increase slightly to 58,600 people by 2019, according to the Department of Employment.

Employment by State

35.1% of all Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings are employed in VIC. The area with the lowest number of Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings is NT, with only 0.3%.

Gender Split

This is a slightly female dominated industry with 47.6% of Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings being male and 52.4% female.

Age Brackets

The most popular age for people working as Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings is 25-34 years old, with 39.5%. A small percentage (2.2%) of people get into this career path younger, aged 15-19. There is also a number of people who enjoy a career as Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings, with 9.9% aged 20-24.

Hours Worked

Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings work an average of 40.1 hours a week which is 0.8 hours lower than the average for all occupations.

Education Level

The majority of Image Designer for Web and Online Advertisings have a Bachelor Degree qualification (41.2%) or are at a Advanced Diploma/Diploma level (25.1%). 87% of people have a Cert III or higher, whilst 13% have a qualification which is Year 12 or lower.

Image Designer for Web and Online Advertising Duties & Tasks

  • Work with other marketing and web design staff.
  • Understand the problem outlined in the project brief and the proposed solution.
  • Create drafts of concepts for approval.
  • Create images that meet the design brief.
  • Make sure that images are in the best possible format for display.
  • Take photos or refresh stock photos for use.
  • Perform revision of work as needed.

 

 

*The information provided on this page is from the Department of Employment’s Job Outlook website. All salary ranges are from Payscale. Where jobs are not exact matches, job areas have been used. This information is to be used as a guide only.