Art director

Main Responsibilities

Art directors come up with original ideas, storyboards and sketches for the magazine, they oversee the entire design departmant and work with picture editors and editors to create a unified look for the magazine. art directord base their designs on visual concepts, they also help guide the photographers and writers to fit in with the concept they have created.

Qualifications

Art directors usually have a degree from an art school which consists of photography graphica and art. it is also essential for them to be able to use apple mac's as they will need to be able to use software such as Adobe, go live, Photoshop and creative suite.

Experience

As for Editors the art director will usually have gained experienc ethrough a university or college magazine as well as learning the role through internships and promotion.