ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE – Design
For graduates of a:
Bachelor of Communication Design
Bachelor of Visual Communication (Honours)
The following information provides career titles, employment opportunities, professional associations
and links to salary information relevant to these qualifications.
Careers that can be moved into
with these qualifications:
Potential employers of students
with these qualifications:
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Government
Advertiser
Cartographic Drafter
Communication Designer
Corporate Image Designer
Desktop Operator (Marketing Services)
Features Graphic Designer
Formatter
Furniture Designer
Graphic Artist
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Industrial Designer (e.g. designer of safety
equipment, industrial machinery, transport
vehicles)
Interior Architect
Interior Decorator
Interior Designer
Layout Artist
Lighting Designer
Medical Equipment Designer
Model Maker
Packaging Designer
Product Designer
Scientific Equipment Designer
Set Designer
Sign Writer
Stage Designer
Stationery Designer
Self employed
Textile Designer
Transport Designer
Visual Merchandiser
Web Designer/Developer
Note: Further qualifications may be required for
some roles.
apsjobs.gov.au, careers.vic.gov.au and
lgjobs.com.au are good starting points for
information about career opportunities within the
federal, state and local governments.
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Arts Victoria arts.vic.gov.au
Australian Centre For The Moving Image
acmi.net.au
Department of Education and Training
education.vic.gov.au
Department of the Environment
environment.gov.au
National Gallery of Victoria
ngv.vic.gov.au
Private
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Adcorp adcorp.com.au
Apparel Corporation apparelcorp.com.au
Aristocrat aristocrat.com.au
Art Associates artassociates.com.au
Advanced Concept Innovations (ACI)
advancedconceptinnovations.com
Bates Smart Architects
batessmart.com.au
Bligh Voller Nield (BVN) Architecture
bvn.com.au
Burbank burbank.com.au
BURO Architecture and Interiors
buroarchitects.com.au
Carr Design Group carr.net.au
Charlwood Design charlwood.com.au
Corporate Image Design and Marketing
cidesign.com.au
DesignInc designinc.com.au
Cyclone cyclone.net.au
Design + Industry design-industry.com.au
Designer Rugs designerrugs.com.au
EYE Corp eyecorp.com
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Francis Maurice Design and Advertising
fmda.com.au
GM Holden holden.com.au/corporate
Geyer geyer.com.au
Harkess-Ord harkess-ord.com
HASSELL hassell.com.au
HBA+EMTB hboemtb.com
Henderson + Lodge
hendersonandlodge.com.au
Herald & Weekly Times heraldsun.com.au
Hofstede Design hofstede.com.au
Ikea ikea.com/au
Individual Jewellery
individualjewellery.com.au
In House Mad inhousemad.com
Jm Art Work jm-art.com
The Just Group justgroup.com.au
KBR kbr.com/
Kwik Kopy – Corporate Design & Print
Solutions kwikkopy.com.au
Koy Design koy-design.com
Leader Community Newspapers
leadernews.com.au
Lego lego.com
MDTdesign mdtdesign.com.au
Millward Brown millwardbrown.com
Monash University monash.edu.au/jobs
Motorola motorola.com
Nuttshell Graphics nuttshell.com.au
Oxford University Press oup.com.au
Papermarc papermarc.com.au
Passport Dsn passportdsn.com.au
Paul.M paulm.com.au
Peddle Thorp Architects Melbourne
pta.com.au
Playgro playgro.com.au
PTID Environments ptid.com.au
R-Co r-co.com.au
Rip Curl ripcurl.com.au
RLD Strategic rldstrategic.com/
Satelight Design Pty Ltd satelight.com.au
Shelron Graphics shelron.com.au
Show & Tell Creative Pty Ltd
showandtell.com.au
monash.edu/careers
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Sony Australia sony.com.au
Studio Binocular studiobinocular.com
Studio 505 studio505.com.au
Temelli Jewellery tj.net.au
The Buchan Group buchan.com.au
3 Deep Design 3deep.com.au
360 South 360south.com.au
20twenty twenty20.com.au
The Ball Group theballgroup.com.au
Truly Deeply trulydeeply.com.au
Vanzella Graphic Design vanzella.com.au
Vibe Design vibedesign.com.au
Whites Law Bindery whiteslaw.com.au
Not for Profit
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Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
(ACCA) accaonline.org.au
Craft Victoria craft.org.au
International
For information regarding international
employment opportunities, please visit:
monash.edu/careers/students-grads/
find-a-job/working-outside-australia.html
Refs:
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Graduate Destination Survey (GDS),
Monash University
Graduate Opportunities
graduateopportunities.com.au
Career Gateway
careergateway.monash.edu.au
The skills and attributes these
qualifications aim to develop:
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Monash Graduate Attributes Policy
policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/
academic/education/management/
monash-graduate-attributes-policy.html
Employability Skills (Employment and
Career Development website)
monash.edu.au/careers/studentsgrads/employability-skills.html
monash.edu/pubs/handbooks/
courses/3123.html
Professional associations relevant
to these qualifications:
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Australian Graphic Design Association
(AGDA) agda.com.au
Australian Publishers Association (APA)
publishers.asn.au
Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of
Australia (TFIA) tfia.com.au
Craft Victoria craft.org.au
Design Institute of Australia (DIA)
design.org.au
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
(MEAA) alliance.org.au
Media Federation of Australia
mediafederation.org.au
National Association for the Visual Arts
(NAVA) visualarts.net.au
The Communications Council
communicationscouncil.org.au
Helpful Links:
General
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graduatecareers.com.au
graduateopportunities.com
myfuture.edu.au
prospects.ac.uk
unigrad.com.au
fairwork.gov.au
Industry specific
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artshub.com.au
Salary Indicator:
Please visit these websites for the most current
figures:
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Fair Work fairwork.gov.au/pay
Graduate Careers
graduatecareers.com.au/
research/gradjobsdollars
Job Outlook joboutlook.gov.au
Monash Clubs and Societies
Enhance your employment outcomes; become
involved with clubs and societies at Monash
University.
Monash student associations are a good
starting point for a list of the range of clubs and
societies at Monash University. Some include:
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AIESEC (All)
aiesecmonash.squarespace.com
Arts Club (Caulfield)
myspace.com/arts_club
Monash Student Association (Clayton)
msa.monash.edu
Monash Student Union Caulfield
monsucaulfield.org.au
monash.edu/careers
seek.com.au
jobsearch.gov.au
careerone.com.au
mycareer.com.au
Monash University accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of its content and persons wishing to rely
on the information contained in the publication should verify the accuracy of that information at the
time they intend to use it. Published February 2015. CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C.
This publication is prepared as a guide only. The content is based on information publicly available.
Each list provides a sample only. It is not intended to be comprehensive.
Did you find the information in this flyer useful? Remember to respond to Australian Graduate Survey
(AGS) when it’s your turn. For more information:
graduatecareers.com.au/research/surveys/australiangraduatesurvey
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