Also called: Social Media Graphic Designer
Creates graphics, short videos, and templates for brands' social media.
They design daily Instagram posts, TikTok overlays, and story templates, often turning around content the same day. Trends change weekly. Many start as interns.
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 graphic design or communications.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing.
Growing about average. High demand but under AI pressure.
High risk for 10 years. AI tools generate posts, captions and short video edits at scale; strategy and on-trend creative direction survive in fewer roles.
Classes: Graphic design CTE, Video production, Marketing or DECA.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1024.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.