A professional who designs art and copy layouts for material to be presented by visual communications media such as books, magazines, newspapers, television, and packaging. Responsibilities include:

• Studies illustrations and photographs to plan presentation of material, product, or service.
• Determines size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, selects style and size of type, and arranges layout based upon available space, knowledge of layout principles, and esthetic design concepts.
• Draws sample of finished layout and presents sample to art director for approval.
• Prepares notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
• Reviews final layout and suggests improvements as needed.
• May prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material according to instructions of client or supervisor.
• May prepare series of drawings to illustrate sequence and timing of story development for television production.
• May mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.
• May specialize in particular field, medium, or type of layout.
• May produce still and animated graphic formats for on-air and taped portions of television news broadcasts, using electronic video equipment.
• May photograph layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisor or client.
• May develop negatives and prints, using negative and print developing equipment, tools and work aids to produce layout photographs for client or supervisor.
• May key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.