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Art Directors
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.
What an art director does
Become an art director
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good art director
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $60 per hour with an average salary of $125,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $38 and $67 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $79,900 and $140,300 per year.
Art Director job outlook
- There are 1,008 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 395 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.