{"id":516,"date":"2017-04-19T06:16:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T23:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wayup.com\/guide\/?p=516"},"modified":"2018-06-29T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:11:36","slug":"what-types-of-skills-are-best-for-a-design-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayupstudent.wpengine.com\/what-types-of-skills-are-best-for-a-design-major\/","title":{"rendered":"What Types of Skills Are Best for a Design Major?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking to major in design? Stellar art skills aren\u2019t the only talents you\u2019ll need to succeed in college. Here are five areas that are important for doing well as a design major<\/a> and in your design career after college.<\/p>\n

Creative skills<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Obviously, having a keen eye and a feel for beautiful art is extremely important if you want to major in design. But going above your own creative skills, you\u2019ll also have to learn about how others created their art and the thought processes that went into their pieces.<\/p>\n

Part of creativity is knowing how and when to gain inspiration from others, and you\u2019ll spend lots of time focusing on that as a design major.<\/p>\n

Computer programming skills<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Surprisingly enough, design majors need to be relatively tech-savvy nowadays, especially if they hope to pursue careers in design after college.<\/p>\n

Knowing how to use programs like Adobe Creative Suite, HTML and CSS will propel you light-years ahead of everyone in the job market, and that begins with paying attention to honing these skills in college.<\/p>\n

Organizational skills<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Design majors are often juggling any number of projects<\/a> at various stages of completion, so being able to keep yourself organized both in terms of logistics (for instance, knowing where all of your art supplies are) and creativity (like understanding what\u2019s inspiring each particular piece) is extremely important.<\/p>\n

Organization skills become more important if you begin getting paid for your work, even as a college student. Many design majors juggle freelance work on top of schoolwork, and it\u2019s crucial for you to keep these different assignments straight and to also handle the business aspects of running your own side gig.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ability to take criticism<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Whether you\u2019re working with peers, professors or clients, you\u2019ll have to have a thick skin as a design major and know how to incorporate criticism and feedback from all sorts of people. Creative majors are definitely not for the weak-minded and often require a certain amount of resilience.<\/p>\n

Interpersonal and communication skills<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Being able to communicate effectively with people you\u2019re working with as well as people who are critiquing your art is crucial if you want to succeed as a design major. Even more importantly, if you begin taking on clients as a design major, you\u2019re going to have to flex your interpersonal skills to deal with client requests and handle them efficiently and effectively.<\/p>\n

Next, learn more about this college major such as What is a Design Major and is it Right for Me?<\/a>\u00a0and get more career tips for internships and entry-level jobs such as What is an Internship?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking to major in design? Stellar art skills aren\u2019t the only talents you\u2019ll need to succeed in college. Here are five areas that are important for doing well as a design major and in your design career after college. 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