Group art supervisor vs associate art director

The differences between group art supervisors and associate art directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a group art supervisor and an associate art director. Additionally, an associate art director has an average salary of $82,664, which is higher than the $66,772 average annual salary of a group art supervisor.

The top three skills for a group art supervisor include creative concepts, photo shoots and user experience. The most important skills for an associate art director are graphic design, photography, and adobe creative suite.

Group art supervisor vs associate art director overview

	Group Art Supervisor	Associate Art Director
Yearly salary	$66,772	$82,664
Hourly rate	$32.10	$39.74
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	12,626	8,646
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	6	6

Group art supervisor vs associate art director salary

Group art supervisors and associate art directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Group Art Supervisor	Associate Art Director
Average salary	$66,772	$82,664
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $112,000	Between $49,000 And $139,000
Highest paying City	-	Santa Rosa, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Levi Strauss & Co.
Best paying industry	-	Media

Differences between group art supervisor and associate art director education

There are a few differences between a group art supervisor and an associate art director in terms of educational background:

	Group Art Supervisor	Associate Art Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	Harvard University	Harvard University

Group art supervisor vs associate art director demographics

Here are the differences between group art supervisors' and associate art directors' demographics:

	Group Art Supervisor	Associate Art Director
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%	Male, 46.7% Female, 53.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 7.8% White, 67.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 7.8% White, 67.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between group art supervisor and associate art director duties and responsibilities

Group art supervisor example responsibilities.

Direct and manage all photography including composition, talent acquisition and photo manipulation.
Create corporate communications, mini websites, PowerPoint presentations, print collateral, promotional advertising materials.
Forecast the company's strategic growth and potential earnings through a full businessplan, complete with ROI and investment strategy.

Associate art director example responsibilities.

Design ads, uploading print PDFs to vendor s printing website, manage print approval process and create HTML email blasts.
Assist in html with Dreamweaver.
Design and develop animation for RFPs.
Produce and maintain new-product marketing templates to establish a solid foundation for brand email campaigns using inline CSS.
Design Powerpoint decks for presentations.
Coordinate and direct fashion photography shoots for on-figure and tabletop merchandise.

Group art supervisor vs associate art director skills

Common group art supervisor skills

Creative Concepts, 23%
Photo Shoots, 22%
User Experience, 14%
Concept Development, 12%
Brainstorming, 7%
Direct Reports, 6%

Common associate art director skills

Graphic Design, 12%
Photography, 10%
Adobe Creative Suite, 10%
Adobe Photoshop, 7%
Sketch, 7%
Art Direction, 6%

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