Hi, I’m a student at ArtCenter College of Design majoring in Illustration with a focus in Motion Design. I love drawing, I take a lot of graphic design classes, branding, motion design and lots of prints. I enjoy branding and I love getting to see all the cool promotional things that brands have their graphic designers make in LA, people can get very creative with it. I also got to work at a print shop and found to really enjoy working there, being crafty and using my knowledge from design school giving back to businesses. Initially, I thought I would go work in the digital product design space and do something along the lines of UI/UX after taking my UI class, but realizing I really want to pivot more into the print space and most interested in packaging for food/beverage or beauty industry. I realize that AI is growing rapidly and the UI/UX digital product space is getting way too oversaturated with lots of people and lots of AI, which turns me off from it a lot.
I feel like kind of a mess because I didn’t realize I wanted to do packaging until my last semester of school. I’ll be graduating with just my print shop experience.
For those in the field, what do you recommend I do to expose myself to get more experience and work towards those packaging roles, whether it be an internship or an official position? Especially with the education that I have right now? What should I brush up on skill wise? and has AI taken a toll on the industry?
I’m feeling insecure and unqualified that I don’t know much about the engineering side. But I heard some people managed to land these roles with just art related degrees or even completely unrelated degrees. How should I go about this to put in the work toward this future? Just trying to find a place where I can start this journey. thank you :)