Graphic Design BA(Hons)

Prepare for your career

Your Graphic Design degree course will provide you with skills and technical expertise plus opportunities to put what you learn into practice with work-related experience.  

• In recent years students have worked on the John Lewis Christmas clothing range, a live brief for local Studio, Studio Makgill and for the paper company Antalis.
• Students have the opportunity to run printing workshops and mini-residencies at Ditchling Museum bringing them into contact with the public to pass on the skills they have learned during their studies.
• Projects such as Studio245, involving students and staff who work with professional clients on live projects, provides participating students with invaluable real-world experience.
• By the end of your studies you will have experience of working independently and in collaboration with other disciplines.

• There are further opportunities for postgraduate study at the University of Brighton, for example:

  • MA Graphic Design
  • MA Sustainable Design
  • MA Sequential Design/Illustration

As part of our Future Selves employability week of events, Graphic Design graduate Charlie Sheppard spoke to students about his career – and we chatted with him afterwards about his time at Brighton, his advice for graduates and what he’s been doing since.

What kind of roles can I do with a graphics degree?

Our graduates work across a range of disciplines within the contemporary creative industries in roles such as:

• Branding Specialist
• Graphic Designer
• Brand Strategist
• Brand Consultant
• Book Designer
• Motion Graphic Designer
• UX/UI Designer
• Packaging Designer
• Art Director
• Social Media Strategist
• Experience Designer.

Graduate destinations

Our graduates are active in the creative industries, working in organisations such as consultancies, publishers and agencies or at companies they have established themselves. Some of the organisations where you'll find our alumni include:

• Macmillan
• Becks
• Interbrand
• Channel 4
• The Royal Opera House.

Our graduates include:

• Will Hudson and Alex Bec founders of It’s Nice That
• David Wilson, music video director
• Charlotte Bassett, Designer at Studio Makgill
• Charlotte Heal, Creative Director at Kinfolk Magazine
• Aneel Kalsi, Art Director at Wallpaper*
• Chani Wisdom, Designer at Tate Galleries
• Charlie Sheppard, Art Director at Anyways
• Rifke Sadleir, designer/developer, Our Place Studio
• Megan Chandler, winner of the 2019 Creative Conscience Award
• Lucia Vinti, commissioned to illustrate the families guide for the 2019 Van Gogh and Britain exhibition at Tate Britain.

The fact that the course is so open to pursuing your own interests and choosing what you want to learn means that collectively we have a really diverse skill-set. We're all really supportive of each other's successes, and quite often end up working together which feels like a natural progression from uni.

It seems a lot of us have ended up in similar circles in terms of work since graduation. Studying at Brighton has had a direct effect on my work now. Doing a design degree rather than learning coding through a route such as computer science means that my work is heavily design-led.

Rifke Sadleir designer/developer, Our Place Studios, graduated 2016

Professional advice and support

Outside of your course, our Careers Service is here to support you as you discover (and re-discover) your strengths and what matters to you. We are here for you throughout your university journey as you work towards a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Connect with our careers team

• Find part-time work that you can combine with your studies.
• Find, or be, a mentor or get involved with our peer-to-peer support scheme.
• Develop your business ideas through our entrepreneurial support network.
• Get professional advice and support with career planning, CV writing and interview top tips.
• Meet potential employers at our careers fairs.
• Find rewarding volunteering opportunities to help you discover more about what makes you tick, and build your CV.

Whatever your career needs, we are here to help. And that's not just while you are a student, our support carries on after you've graduated.

Find out more about our Careers Service...