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Creative & Design

graphic designer

Learned from 9 real résumés for this role.

Across 9 real U.S. résumés for a graphic designer, the most distinctive skills are Template Creation, Document Organization and Digital Design — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Template Creation
33% have it · 2702.6× vs average
Document Organization
33% have it · 1801.8× vs average
Digital Design
33% have it · 900.9× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

template creation
2702.6×
33% · N=3
document organization
1801.8×
33% · N=3
digital design
900.9×
33% · N=3
responsive web
876.5×
33% · N=3
adobe cc
720.7×
33% · N=3
balsamiq
675.7×
33% · N=3
typography
549.7×
33% · N=3
point of sale
463.3×
33% · N=3
enzyme
360.4×
33% · N=3
ci/cd
348.7×
33% · N=3
iphone
330.9×
33% · N=3
product knowledge
284.5×
33% · N=3
ui/ux
257.4×
33% · N=3
code review
235.0×
33% · N=3
technical assistance
222.1×
33% · N=3

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

web designer10% · N=18front-end developer5% · N=9front-end web developer5% · N=9multimedia designer3% · N=6front end developer3% · N=6photographer2% · N=3graphic design2% · N=3contract web developer and graphic designer2% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

web designer3% · N=9production artist40% · N=6freelance7% · N=3freelance graphic designer20% · N=3freelance web developer3% · N=3graphic17% · N=3graphic artist14% · N=3instructor6% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Graphic Designer need?

In 9 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Template Creation (33% have it), Document Organization (33% have it), Digital Design (33% have it), Responsive Web (33% have it), Adobe Cc (33% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Graphic Designer roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Web Designer (10% of moves, N=18), Front-End Developer (5% of moves, N=9), Front-End Web Developer (5% of moves, N=9).

What roles lead into Graphic Designer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Web Designer (3% of arrivals, N=9), Production Artist (40% of arrivals, N=6), Freelance (7% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Graphic Designer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 9 of them are Graphic Designer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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