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Careers

  • Graphic Designer
  • Artist
  • Packaging Designer
  • Art Teacher

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Download the Art and Graphic Design Degree Plan

The Program

  • Offers immediate exposure to understanding the design process from concept to final product
  • Hands-on use of equipment beyond software within a student’s first year
  • Small class size allows for personal, individual attention throughout the program with focus on job placement after graduation
  • Strives to help students hone in on and develop their personal design aesthetic based on their individual strengths
  • Provides a variety of unique internship and experience opportunities

The Professors

  • Include a 5-time winner of the Addy Awards, the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition
  • Four time Society of Professional Journalism Award winner
  • Have a vast network of relationships with professional printers and design agencies
  • Hold staggering professional portfolio filled with professional experiences

The Preparation

  • SNU graduates hold the knowledge to get great jobs or continue their education
  • Graphic Design majors hold jobs at graphic design firms, advertising agencies, free-lance graphic design jobs, some even enter the workforce prior to graduation

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Cody Rains

Currently: Graphic designer at Impressions Printing in Oklahoma City

Responsibilities: Include a variety of design work for a variety of clients. He also handles a great deal of the internal branding and marketing design for Impressions including business cards, brochures, media ads, outdoor signage, newsletters and vehicle wraps.

In His Words: “Within the graphic design department, class sizes were usually smaller, which allowed me to have a lot of one-on-one guidance. Another plus was the constant emphasis on real life scenarios. Every time we presented our work, we presented as if it was a corporate setting, which I think prepared me to make that transition from classroom to workplace.”