Also called: Stationery Designer, Surface Artist
Designs and illustrates greeting cards, stickers, gift wrap, and stationery.
They create seasonal designs months ahead, painting holiday cards in July. Some work for big companies like Hallmark; many sell on Etsy or license designs. Hand lettering and cute characters are common.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in illustration or graphic design helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Illustration, Graphic Design.
Growing slowly. Paper card sales are slowly shrinking.
High risk for 10 years. AI art floods generic cards, stickers and wrap; distinctive designers who sell their own brand do better.
Classes: AP Studio Art, Graphic design, Business or marketing.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1013.
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