What if I'm not looking for a job yet?
One of the best things you can do is research jobs you might be interested in for the future. If you don't know what is expected of you, how will you ever be able to land your dream job? Keep an eye on these sites and look around from time to time to see what jobs appeal to you.
Write down what the requirements are such as technical skills and years of experience so you can prepare yourself better. You will be surprised at how much is expected of graphic designers.
Top Ten Websites to Find Graphic Design Jobs
1. Coroflot
Coroflot hosts over 80,000 graphic design portfolios and currently has over 700 job listings. Jobs are organized into a variety of design related categories. You can even subscribe to their job listing rss feed and get personalized job alerts!
2. Behance
The Behance job board is new, but growing fast so be sure to check their listing before the competition gets even rougher! I've seen some hidden gems hiding in their graphic design job board.
3. Authentic Jobs
Authentic jobs lists hot new graphic design jobs every week, both full-time and part time.
4. AIGA Design Jobs
The AIGA's reputation speaks for itself and its design jobs section is a great place to find some amazing job opportunities. Many large and well respected companies look for new and/or experienced designers here.
5. Krop
Krop is one of the largest and most well known websites to find graphic design jobs. It has been around for a long time and new jobs are listed often by top agencies and design studios.
6. design:related
design:related showcases many great listings, including design management jobs, interactive jobs and many other design jobs requiring varying experience.
7. Freelance Switch
The job board over at freelance switch is another growing job listing website that has a variety of design, development, illustration and flash jobs.
8. Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine a large design related blog, also has a job board with design and development jobs. The listings are organized into full-time and freelance positions for easier navigation.
9. Fresh Web Jobs
Fresh Web Jobs tends to lean more towards web design related jobs, but there are jobs for graphic designers on this site and you don't want to miss any listings!
10. Simply Hired
Simply Hired is a great site to check because it shows design job listings from many different websites. It also has filter options so you can easily weed out listings that do not appeal to you.What's Your Dream Job?
I would love to know what all of you aspire to be or do. Do you want to be an art director for a large company or maybe you would prefer to freelance and run your own design studio? Whatever it is lets hear about it in the comments below!
