
Careers and employability
Many graduates secure jobs at well-known design consultancies. Some choose to use their skills in other fields, such as teaching and management, while others go on to set up their own business or work on a freelance basis.
Graduates from this course go into a range of roles. Recent examples include:
- designer, UNiDAYS
- junior designer, McCann Birmingham
- junior designer, Pentland Brands
- product development, Bakerdays
- freelance artist, Advocate AA
- junior designer; Landor
- junior motion designer; DixonBaxi.
Work placement opportunities
You’ll be encouraged to undertake work experience alongside your studies. Course staff and our Employability team will be on hand to support you with advice on how to approach companies and get the most from your experience.
Our graphic design students have recently gained work experience with companies such as:
- The Sunday Times
- Dalton Maag
- Pentland
- Landor
- Design Bridge
- Stink
- Paul Smith
- Edenspiekermann
- Nomad.
YouFirst – working with our Employability team
Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants from our NTU Employability team will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won’t find in a book or on the Internet.
You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and for up to three years after completing your course.
Connecting with industry
Industry professionals visit the course to guest lecture and share their experience. Recent visitors have included:
- Anthony Burrill – Graphic Artist
- Rachel Ball – Graphic Novelist
- Chris Williams – Editorial Art Director
- David Bailey – BBC
- Jack Renwick – Jack Renwick Studio
- Michael Johnson – Johnson Banks
- Chrissy Levitt – Creative Conscience
Our students have also recently worked on live projects with Michon Creative, Elmwood, Hallmark, Interbrand, Landor, Oliver Spencer, Purpose, and The One Off.
Our Year One students have recently exhibited at Djanogly Gallery at Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre, giving their work an impressive amount of exposure.
We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.