A Day in the Life of a Graphic Designer 2024 ⭐️

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In this video, I will show you what a typical day looks like for me as a graphic designer. If you have ever wondered what a graphic designer's life is like, this video will give you a glimpse. My main focus is on brand identity and logo design, which involves meeting with clients, asking them questions, understanding their company's needs, and building a good working relationship with them.
The other half of my day is usually spent creating content for social media to help aspiring graphic designers learn how to make a living in this field. I am passionate about what I do, and I can't wait to share my experience with you all!
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[@willpatersondesign]

Hope you guys enjoyed the video and feel inspired! If you have any questions, comment them below and I'll be sure to answer :)

[@fortunemlondiwa1175]

First one to comment broo, l love your content

[@paisleyhannah4294]

Thank you for sharing, I surely felt inspired 😊

[@greengreen3370]

"the presentation takes as much time as the design process" I wasn't prepared for this back when I started doing design 😂

[@peregrination3643]

Me, as a newbie, "Oh...well, that's good to know. Up till now I wasn't sure how formal 'presentations' were for the people that were recommending presentations." Some designers just show their nice slides or the pdf they upload.

[@Mathino-v5s]

My name is Mathino, I am a graphic designer. I would like to share my training with you for free, and I would love your support and encouragement.

[@nishgofish89]

Definitely feeling inspired by this! I especially appreciate the "not getting to the office before 11 am." Feels like in today's hustle culture people are so keen on promoting "wake up at 5 am, workout, start work at 7, go till 9 pm" type work days. I'm just glad to see someone with a successful business being open about sleeping in, keeping mornings light, and showing realistic work-life balance.

[@willpatersondesign]

Yeah, I'm not for waking up too early and I hate 'hustle culture'. It's not my thing and I find it can become toxic. :)

[@henrymmene4470]

Not over working and living in a quiet place is a great combo and its also great for your mental health.

[@willpatersondesign]

Work to live - don’t live to work! :)

[@rahulrajbhoj]

@@willpatersondesign I think I needed this, because of what I am going through lately.

[@erin9868]

Its always interesting to see how other people work! Im a packaging graphic designer and it's very different but also relatable!

[@willpatersondesign]

I love watching others work too!

[@abiconnick]

Really enjoyed this!

[@willpatersondesign]

Thank you! Really appreciate it :)

[@angelo_knf]

Very inspiring indeed! Love to see how other designers schedule their day. It's interesting to see some backstage of your studio and work as well. Cheers!

[@techwithizzy]

Hooray 🙌🎉. Legend is here with a banger. Love this man ! Now give us more 😅

[@noahscheich3729]

I’m thinking of becoming a graphic designer because I love being creative and seeing ideas become visualized, but I also like working with my hands lol. Would you recommend this field for someone like myself?

[@soulfulsatyam]

This Inspires a lot ... Thank you for this video ...❤❤

[@gearlounge3743]

I loved seeing what you actually do

[@siamkhan7808]

Best of luck dear 💜

[@briannastockwell5408]

Question: how do you stay creative and keep things fresh? Backstory: I’m an Agricultural Communications major - ag based designs, photography and videos. I find it incredibly hard to keep my designs fresh and struggle with logos that don’t look like others I’ve seen before.

[@sammoor1316]

yay team 🤩

[@naomipaterson1097]

❤

[@Mscheeky27]

Tricky question here…how to restart your career after a 10yr break, what would be your step #1? 😔

[@eyhtwozed2606]

Im curious as well. Hope the community can share.

[@eddymendoza37]

Very interesting, maybe take some famous logos and redo them in your own style?

[@willpatersondesign]

I'm not really sure what to suggest specifically as I've not been in this situation, but I suppose the obvious would be just to get back to it, brush up on skills you know could use some improvement, rework your portfolio and begin marketing yourself again - don't try and do everything all at once, if you've got the ability/resources to take your time with it then it will be less overwhelming

[@naomipaterson9300]

PODCAST! 🎉

[@sarrahaltamimi]

please please please drop a tutorial on creating serif fonts, where to start, rules, stealing from other fonts,...etc

[@zzarlyy]

I have a question but I don't know if you're even going to be able to get back at this. I'm a 17 year old with a dream and passion to become a graphic designer. I've been watching videos on graphic designers and how their lives are on a day to day basis to get a quick peak at my soon to be future. My only worry is that (A.I) is slowly taking over and that graphic designers will be left in the dust because now a days you can simply get a literal robot to do anything you want them to do. They could generate literally anything. Companies might not even look out or admire (Graphic designers) anymore because they could simply just type in a command in any (A.I) website and get exactly what they're looking for. I want this to be my future but that is my only concern and worry for future graphic designers. - Is graphic design even worth going for now in 2024 ? - Is there different kinds of graphic designers ? - Can I work from home being a graphic designer? - What technology would a beginner (Learner) graphic designer need ? I just found your page today and I already love your style of videos and what content you put out. I hope to hear back from you, Will.

[@flytetime7637]

As a fellow designer this was an interesting view of another designer’s work day. I was looking at your hardware set up and was interested to know if you have any thoughts on laptops. I currently work on a 27’ iMac but I’m considering get a MacBookPro or similar. I work with Photoshop, InDesign, illustrator, occasionally use After Effects and 3D apps like Blender and Dimensions. I’ve been watching YT videos to find the right configuration of memory and SSD but I’m finding it a minefield. Any advice would be helpful.

[@willpatersondesign]

I just get the highest spec I can afford. It rarely goes wrong!

[@claudschgi4794]

you guys are so cool! :)

[@rossmcvinnie6903]

Do you have an advertising deal with Costa? If not then you should do - there logo in just about every shot. Love the video - always like to see your hand lettering content, it makes me want to get back to experimenting with that those techniques.

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks for watching! No advertising with Costa in this video - I just like their coffee. :) Stay curious!

[@FreshAndBlessedPodcast]

I would love to work with you!

[@abkartsdesign9082]

can i get project as a skitch artist?

[@Jarrix]

this is so inspiring, however i wonder: do you ever eat XD? seems like you are working flat out. i love the office its so nice and cozy, just a really clean vibe there. Thanks for sharing this with us

[@willpatersondesign]

I do ha. I eat whilst working - I don't really take a lunch break.

[@fiercepandaz]

"I roll into the Office at 11"............... Most designers work regular Office hours 9-5, then typically a few hours past 5, occasionally weekends. The thing they don't tell you in school is the amount of time spent doing admin type things like reading emails, responding to emails, planning meetings, budgets, timelines, invoicing, estimating, oh and being creative!

[@willpatersondesign]

@@fiercepandaz that’s the work I do when in the office! I feel your pain hahah

[@fiercepandaz]

@willpatersondesign I recognize the sweat and tears you likely went through to get to the place you are now for sure, tho Will.

[@DesignWho]

Hi Will

[@willpatersondesign]

Hey!

[@Human173_]

I love the idea of a graphic designer but I’m a very social person and have to talk to people would I still want to go into this job or should I find another one where I talk a bit more with my group?

[@MokkaBunni_]

Hey, i want to become a graphic designer and i wanted to ask you a question. What are good programs i should learn to use regarding graphic design? i heard programs like adobe photoshop, illustrator, and Indesign were good but I'm not sure. Should I learn those programs before even thinking taking a graphic design course? or will the course itself teach me how to use them?

[@loomonda18]

Hi there! Hope I can help with your question as I'm a self taught designer myself. Before I even touched the Adobe programs, I personally spent months learning everything I could on theory and design principles (ex. Hierarchy, white space, grids, colour theory, etc.) & I made a checklist of all the topics I needed to learn/make notes on, and followed that so it wasn't too overwhelming. After that, I bought the Adobe suite and again spent months learning the programs (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign - & for fun, After Effects, but not required). After I had a good understanding of the programs, I began doing a ton of passion projects and briefs, building case studies, and my socials. My entire process does take a LONG time, it literally took me probably 2 years now to finally be at the end of my base learning journey to feel like I'm actually pretty proficient as a designer, but I personally knew that I wanted to be thorough. I was working a another full time job during all this too, so that's probably why it took longer as well lol - I know a lot of ppl just jump straight into the programs, but imo, theory is extremely important and sets ppl a part from being a good designer vs. someone who just knows how to use the programs - best of luck!!

[@logodesigner08]

Paterson how I start my logo Practice I am so confused what I do first Drawing, calligraphy, Basic Shapes, software 😵‍💫

[@danielesaleggia240]

Hi Will! I have a question that I have wanted to ask you for a long time, and I hope you can answer.. do your graphic design services only concern the brand's identity or do you also do something else like book layouts, advertising, UI?

[@willpatersondesign]

We can do all these things, however we specialise in brand strategy (getting the business to understand how their brands works and how to connect with their audience) and brand identity (creating the visuals and the personality of the company through visual design).

[@flatindostudio]

i see designer. i subscribed

[@larryiscreating]

Wait, you have a place in the UK called Poundland? 0:19 sec. Are they affiliate at all with Poundtown here in the States?

[@willpatersondesign]

There's no way you guys have a shop called Poundtown?! I've heard of Dollar Tree/General, it's similar to a 99 cent store

[@abbymariec]

Not gonna lie, seeing the Tesla in the beginning hurt my soul as I am a new designer making 15 an hour 😢

[@willpatersondesign]

My first project when I was a teenager was around $40/50 :) There's no gatekeeping, I've taught pretty much everything I've learned over the past 10+ years on my videos to share with you guys

[@dcarbs2979]

It'll hurt even more to know for the same money you could have got a Ferrari with zero depreciation that'll make up for the difference in running costs!

[@willpatersondesign]

@@dcarbs2979 I'm not a car guy. I just wanted an electric car :)

[@basharunsal6141]

Hello from the 3rd world countries where a senior graphic designer make a 500$ a month

[@yahiasalah7243]

Hey Will just a small question I wanted to ask. I have started learning grafic designing 3 mouth ago and although I could freely use Adobe illustrator and photoshop I am unable to produce a real work no matter how many hours I spent brain storming or mind mapping or whatever they call it. another problem is that I am really confused what category should I focus on. can you please make a video explaining what to do or at least reply to my comment?

[@willpatersondesign]

Have you tried following a brief? I sometimes find if there isn't enough information to work from it can be a bit overwhelming knowing where to begin - if you have a brief it gives you perimeters to work in which helps your brain work out the problem :)

[@dcarbs2979]

How often do you hand design (lettering) rather than pick a ready-made font or design digitally first?

[@willpatersondesign]

About 80% of the time I'm doing it by hand :)

[@budhrajkumar2587]

Yeee... I complete 200th like of this video😅

[@rado.andriamanantena]

Wait… You are using a Wacom tablet as mousepad? 🙂‍↕️

[@willpatersondesign]

I do! Depending on what I'm working on I'll switch between them

[@MarkeS_Design]

What kind of tablet do you use for your computer?

[@ArleltArmin]

Hello I'am just here because I'm so confused l always wanted to be a graphic designer but I don't know anymore with that AI stuff I feel afraid of drive in it so I was wondering if the graphic designers that read my comment could tell me if they managed to use AI as a tool or the AI start taking the job already?.do you feel that this job will survive AI for the coming years or not? please answer me because I am very confused about what to do I had many plans but I feel messed up right now. thanks❤(sorry if my english wasn't clear I'am not a native speaker so)

[@adisonpatton5896]

Hi Will! Love your videos! I wanted to ask for your advice for younger designers like myself who are about to graduate uni and do into the work force. I would love your thoughts, thank you!

[@willpatersondesign]

Don't wait for someone to tell you to do the work you want to do. Always work on a passion project and stay curious!

[@ketanpreetsingh165]

what is the font name that you used in you video as captions

[@darksidevenom6]

What Typography books were those at 1:49

[@nicolaerfe3164]

Nice video! Don't like that green logo for your client though ))

[@willpatersondesign]

Thanks! (that's okay you don't know what the logo is for) haha

[@iamaero5876]

Where is ep 2?

[@willpatersondesign]

would you like Ep2? :)

[@fujiwarakei3197]

Hi Will. I want to purchase Logotype Design Course. I want to know your course having subtitles? Thank you

[@willpatersondesign]

Subtitles and dubbing coming soon!

[@fujiwarakei3197]

@@willpatersondesign Thank you 😊 I will buy course tomorrow.

[@joeel-shazly8326]

Is this career still rewarding in 2024 after all the AI stuff?

[@willpatersondesign]

Much more rewarding. :)

[@Marwelnajs]

Iam doing thubnails for youtubers and i can make very nice logos.

[@seowebservice]

Hello, Beautiful Logo for online peoples God Bless You everyday mighty name of JESUS CHRIST AMEN Fahid Agustan Pervaiz from Lahore Pakistan

[@abdullahnaseem2285]

How can I apply to work for you or with you

[@willpatersondesign]

We're not currently hiring but whenever we do we post on our socials :)

[@abdullahnaseem2285]

thank you, @@willpatersondesign

[@kevynlevine]

No hat.

[@joshoates3432]

Don't drink Huel man 🤦

[@willpatersondesign]

I do what I want! haha :)

[@joshoates3432]

@@willpatersondesign it's full of crap

[@willpatersondesign]

@@joshoates3432 ha :)

[@siamkhan7808]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@nazimuddin1875]

Free Palestine

[@marudesign.studio]

What's the name of the book you are referencing to create your font?