Experimenting with your computer, or a computer at school or the library, will give you a good idea as to whether desktop publishing is for you. Play around with various graphic design and page layout programs. If you subscribe to an Internet service, take advantage of any free Web space available to you and design your own home page. Join computer clubs and volunteer to produce newsletters and flyers for school or community clubs. Volunteering is an excellent way to try new software and techniques as well as gain experience troubleshooting and creating final products. Part-time or summer employment with printing shops and companies that have in-house publishing or printing departments are other great ways to gain experience and make valuable contacts.
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- Advertising Account Executives
- Advertising and Marketing Managers
- Advertising Workers
- Art Directors
- Bindery Workers
- Bloggers
- Book Conservators
- Book Editors
- Business Managers
- Cartoonists
- Columnists
- Comic Book Artists
- Comic Book Publishers
- Comic Book Writers
- Copy Editors
- Copywriters
- Customer Service Representatives
- Demographers
- Diet and Fitness Writers
- Digital Advertising and Marketing Workers
- Digital Designers
- Editorial and Research Assistants
- Editors
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Photographers
- Fashion Stylists
- Fashion Writers and Editors
- Food Photographers
- Food Writers and Editors
- Foreign Correspondents
- Graphic Designers
- Illustrators
- Indexers
- Intellectual Property Lawyers
- Internet Marketing and Advertising Consultants
- Interpreters
- Lexicographers
- Literary Agents
- Magazine Editors
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Consultants
- Media Planners and Buyers
- Media Relations Specialists
- Music Journalists
- Newspaper Editors
- Online Journalists
- Photo Editors
- Photographers
- Photographic Equipment Technicians
- Photographic Laboratory Workers
- Photojournalists
- Political Columnists and Writers
- Political Reporters
- Prepress Workers
- Printing Press Operators and Assistants
- Public Opinion Researchers
- Quality Control Engineers and Technicians
- Real Estate Writers
- Reporters
- Sales Managers
- Science and Medical Writers
- Search Engine Optimization Specialists
- Songwriters
- Sports Photographers
- Sportswriters
- Statisticians
- Technical Writers and Editors
- Telemarketers
- Translators
- Typists and Word Processors
- Writers
