Magazine designer vs designer

The differences between magazine designers and designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a magazine designer, becoming a designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a designer has an average salary of $66,347, which is higher than the $52,372 average annual salary of a magazine designer.

The top three skills for a magazine designer include photo shoots, adobe indesign and adobe creative suite. The most important skills for a designer are sketch, customer service, and graphic design.

Magazine designer vs designer overview

	Magazine Designer	Designer
Yearly salary	$52,372	$66,347
Hourly rate	$25.18	$31.90
Growth rate	4%	3%
Number of jobs	47,339	52,433
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	40	38
Years of experience	6	12

Magazine designer vs designer salary

Magazine designers and designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Magazine Designer	Designer
Average salary	$52,372	$66,347
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $92,000	Between $45,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between magazine designer and designer education

There are a few differences between a magazine designer and a designer in terms of educational background:

	Magazine Designer	Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Magazine designer vs designer demographics

Here are the differences between magazine designers' and designers' demographics:

	Magazine Designer	Designer
Average age	40	38
Gender ratio	Male, 50.6% Female, 49.4%	Male, 56.9% Female, 43.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 7.7% White, 66.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	13%

Differences between magazine designer and designer duties and responsibilities

Magazine designer example responsibilities.

Manage and develop a stream line Intranet site for better communication purposes and quicker access to documents and company information
Create a dynamically updating, database driven website for updating faculty publications and seminars with a custom content administration system.
Use architectural and structural-base external reference drawings files as backgrounds for communication, electrical, HVAC mechanical and structural revisions.

Designer example responsibilities.

Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Manage various PCB designs utilizing state of the art DFM techniques and comply with company standards.
Utilize CSS, DHTML, HTML, and JavaScript for cross browser, cross platform compatibility and consistency.
Develop different kinds of functions globally, locally for the development of forms using JavaScript, CSS.
Transform customer specifications into usable SolidWorks 3D models and assemblies from which all manufacturing are derived.
Process ECR's and ECO's using Windchill.

Magazine designer vs designer skills

Common magazine designer skills

Photo Shoots, 32%
Adobe Indesign, 19%
Adobe Creative Suite, 18%
Adobe Photoshop, 13%
Concept Development, 10%
Digital Materials, 9%

Common designer skills

Sketch, 10%
Customer Service, 7%
Graphic Design, 6%
CSS, 5%
HTML, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%

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