A desktop publishing artist or artworker is a desktop publishing worker, responsible for translating the work of
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
s and
graphic designer
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming ...
s into digital files ready to go to print or be placed online. A DTP operator is usually skilled in multiple computer design applications, such as
Adobe CS.
This job description is used in
advertising agencies
An advertising agency, often referred to as a creative agency or an ad agency, is a business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing for its clients. An ad agency is generall ...
,
publishing
Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...
,
color separation
Color printing or colour printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white
or monochrome printing).
History of color printing
Woodblock printing on textiles preceded printing on paper in both Ea ...
,
printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...
and related industries. DTP operators were formerly known as FA artists (FA: Finished artwork); the name changed with the introduction of digital processes.
The median pay for a DTP artist in 2022 was $47,910 per year or $23.04 per hour. Most organizations require an associates degree for this role, but do not require prior experience. Although there is a short amount of training needed, it often will take place on the job. In 2022, there were about 8,500 jobs for this position, with overall the amount of positions declining.
See also
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Production artist
A production artist (also known as pre-press technician, artworker, finalizer, desktop publisher or mac operator) is a graphic design professional specialized in the technical aspects of design, playing a role in the final stage of the design pr ...
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Graphic designers
A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming ...
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Visualizer (advertising)
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Art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
References
Visual arts occupations
Advertising occupations
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