As a communications link between supplier and consumer, the graphic designer conceives and executes concepts to inform, motivate, educate or sell.

- Art director
- Corporate identity designer
- Design director
- Environmental designer
- Display designer
- Information designer

- Editorial designer
- Multimedia and Web designer
- Sign systems designer
- Production director
- Graphic designer for magazines

- Graphic designer for production houses
- Graphic designer for service bureaus
- Graphic designer for television and movie studios
- Graphic designer for publishing and advertising
SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
Some employers of SCAD graphic design alumni
- American Greetings
- Apple Inc.
- Blackbaud
- Cartoon Network
- Chronicle Books
- Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- Curious Pictures
- Deutsch Inc.
- Devon Direct Marketing
- Erwin-Penland Advertising
- ESPN
- FedEx
- Gannett
- Hallmark Cards Inc.
- JWT
- MCA Records
- National Geographic
- Russell Corporation
- Saatchi & Saatchi
- Turner Broadcasting System Inc.