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Illustrator

Creates images that communicate ideas for books, magazines, campaigns, packaging, products, film, TV or digital platforms. May combine client commissions with personal work.

Salary Information

Junior: £30k–£35k (Major Players benchmark: Junior Designer) | Mid: £45k–£55k (Major Players benchmark: Illustrator)

Career Progression

Junior Illustrator / Assistant > Illustrator > Senior Illustrator / Artist / Art Director

Illustrator Creative Lives articles

ArticlesLondonUKCreative Lives

Multidisciplinary artist Maryam Adam on the unexpected places her mehndi practice took her

ArticlesLondonUKCreative Lives

Bee Illustrates on how to land clients before you even graduate

ArticlesLondonUKCreative Lives

Illustrator Miles Reilly talks how to get spotted by a creative agency

ArticlesNew YorkUSCreative Lives

How Subin Yang went from job rejection to clients like Google and The New York Times

ArticlesLondonUKCreative Lives

Why freelance illustrator River Cousin dropped out of uni on day one

ArticlesBristolUKCreative Lives

Illustrator Lauren Cory on rebuilding creative community after uni

ArticlesBrightonUKCreative Lives

Illustrator Ibrahim Yussop on creating playful work outside industry expectations

ArticlesBrightonUKCreative Lives

Illustrator Laina Deene on carving out time for creativity alongside a full-time job

ArticlesSwanseaUKCreative Lives

“The only real failure is quitting”: How illustrator Owen Harry actually keeps his creative practice afloat

ArticlesNew York CityUSCreative Lives

How Monet Alyssa Kifner mastered the art of putting herself out there while staying grounded

ArticlesUSCreative Lives

Illustrator

Salary Information

Career Progression

Illustrator Creative Lives articles

Multidisciplinary artist Maryam Adam on the unexpected places her mehndi practice took her

Bee Illustrates on how to land clients before you even graduate

Illustrator Miles Reilly talks how to get spotted by a creative agency

How Subin Yang went from job rejection to clients like Google and The New York Times

Why freelance illustrator River Cousin dropped out of uni on day one

Illustrator Lauren Cory on rebuilding creative community after uni

Illustrator Ibrahim Yussop on creating playful work outside industry expectations

Illustrator Laina Deene on carving out time for creativity alongside a full-time job

“The only real failure is quitting”: How illustrator Owen Harry actually keeps his creative practice afloat

How Monet Alyssa Kifner mastered the art of putting herself out there while staying grounded

Inside designer and illustrator Kefan Shi’s whimsical playground of ideas

Multidisciplinary artist Maryam Adam on the unexpected places her mehndi practice took her

Bee Illustrates on how to land clients before you even graduate

“Give yourself permission”: How freelance illustrator Fabiola Lara left the corporate world behind

How Monet Alyssa Kifner mastered the art of putting herself out there while staying grounded

How Subin Yang went from job rejection to clients like Google and The New York Times

Why freelance illustrator River Cousin dropped out of uni on day one

Illustrator Laina Deene on carving out time for creativity alongside a full-time job

Illustrator Ibrahim Yussop on creating playful work outside industry expectations

Illustrator Miles Reilly talks how to get spotted by a creative agency

“The only real failure is quitting”: How illustrator Owen Harry actually keeps his creative practice afloat

Inside designer and illustrator Kefan Shi’s whimsical playground of ideas

Illustrator Lauren Cory on rebuilding creative community after uni