For a variety of outlets-from book publishing to advertising and from product packaging to the Internet-illustrators use their skills to capture viewers' interest, translating concepts into tangible images.
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- Commercial illustrator
- Storyboard artist
- Publication illustrator
- Quick sketch artist
- Freelance illustrator
- Costume illustrator
- Art director
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- Set designer
- Book cover illustrator
- Advertising illustrator
- Greeting card illustrator
- Children's book illustrator
- Graphic novel artist
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- Cartoonist
- Character designer for animation
- Mural artist
- Costume illustrator
- Computer game illustrator
- Digital illustrator
Annually, more than 500 national and international companies and organizations recruit SCAD students and alumni. Over the past four years, an average of 8 out of 10 SCAD alumni responding to a survey were employed in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
Employers of SCAD alumni include:
Employers of SCAD alumni include:

- American Greetings
- CNN
- Consolidated Designs Inc.
- Corporate Report
- Custom PrintWear Inc.
- Devon Direct Marketing
- Dimension Films
- Disney Interactive Studios
- Heart-Head Publishing
- Jesterhead Creations
- May Merchandising Co.
- Mother Nature Network
- MSP Communications
- Simon & Schuster
- TSI Sports Inc.
- Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
- University of South Carolina
- VSI Communications Group
- West End Games
- WET Design