Email Designer

Also called: Email Marketing Designer, CRM Designer

Designs the marketing emails companies send, making them look good on every phone and inbox.

A day in the life

An email designer builds a holiday sale email, codes it so it works in Gmail and Outlook, and tests versions to see which subject image gets more clicks. They may design dozens of emails a month for an online store.

Pay over a career

Starting
$42k
Typical
$62k
High
$90k

Approximate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Graphic design degree or self-taught with HTML/CSS skills.

Ways in: 4-year college, 2-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.

Majors to look at: Graphic Design, Digital Marketing.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady demand from e-commerce and marketing teams.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

High risk for 10 years. Templates and AI tools build and test routine email layouts automatically; fewer designers are needed for each campaign.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Web design CTE, Graphic design, Marketing.

Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1024.

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