• Communication
• Curiosity – a curiosity for the world around you. Designers love to look beyond the surface of things, to explore both the minute detail and the big picture
• Open-minded, willing to try new things and comfortable taking advice from unexpected sources. Great designers often share pieces of themselves in their work, so you can’t be afraid to expose yourself and wear your heart on your sleeve.
• Attention to details , great attention to details
• Aesthetic sense
• Balancing artistic integrity with audience appeal
• Choosing most effective typography for graphic design projects
• Creative thinking
• Color sense
• Perceptive about client needs
• Problem-solving – As well as the aesthetic aspect of design, it’s good to enjoy the problem solving side too. As a designer you have to think logistically and critically to make things work. Creativity is needed not only to produce something brilliant, but also to work out how the pieces fit together and turn ideas into a finished product.
• Research
• Reliability – Clients don’t just want talent. They want to get to know someone they can count on. It’s important to be reliable, manage client needs, develop consistency and prove trustworthiness.
• It’s good to keep growing and seeking new inspiration. Try new technology, share ideas with the wider creative community and never stop learning.