What am I?

[dolbarian]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and have read through a few posts so far and it seems like a nice friendly place!

I have a quick question, so here it is...

I graduated from university a year ago where I studied design (3D, 2D etc). I am currently working for a signage company as an Artworker, where I basically design things like shopfronts, banners, stationary etc.

I know my role is quite mixed, but it was my first job and I enjoy it, however, I am now looking for a new job to develop my career and for some new challenges. Here is where my problem lies, I am new to the design industry and I am looking around for jobs, and I have come across job adverts that ask for Artworkers and Graphic Designers...

What's the difference? Am I a graphic designer or an artworker? both of the adverts for each role ask for pretty much the same thing, so technically I could apply for both, but i'm just confused as to why there are two different job titles for similar work.

Some of the Artworker job adverts even state "Graphic Designers need not apply", why's this? are graphic designers seen in a totally different light to artworkers?

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[Kelly Creative]

welcome aboard, try this

http://www.graphic-design-forum.com/...-designer.html

[d3niss3]

yay! i don't even know that there's a difference. Let me just read what Kelly have provided.

But anyway, welcome aboard!

[rossable]

welcome

never heard of "Artworker" before.
the US just has different specializations of graphic design but you get hired according to focus, past experience, and current knowledge/skill set when compared against the positions needed to fill the requirements.
i'm not into pre-press or illustration so that could be why i haven't heard that term.

[blueocto]

Its a shame the article on that post no longer works :( But I would have assumed Artworker is more like Illustration and editing graphics, photography, imagery etc
Whereas Graphic Designer works with layouts with text and images, try to portray a message etc etc

[Mack]

I would say the US calls and "artworker" a "production" person.

Graphic Designers are expected to be creative generally speaking, and an artworker or production person is expected to pump out work/ more template... not creative.