<p>Like what things do they do and not do. I kind of realized that I had no idea of what they do. Like do they do illistration work or do they just work with font and logos?</p>
<p>Corporate identity systems, publications layout and design, Web design, branding, packaging design, type design, way-finding systems, and all other matter of visual communications and information design. Many graphic designers bring other skills to the table such as the ability to draw and illustrate, interactive programming, motion graphics, etc.</p>
<p>i think there are a few main paths most people find themselves ending up along</p>
<p>branding and art direction
Web design and interactive media
illustration
print and packaging design
motion graphics.</p>
<p>Most people do more than one of these, especially early on in their careers,
but usually they end up being particularly attuned to one area or another.</p>
<p>There are also specializations like
typography and type design,
infographics,
signage,
information architecture</p>
<p>but you probably won’t end up focusing in any of those areas until your career
is well underway.</p>
<p>Unless you are an art director, most designers don’t really get to come up
with the main concepts for corporate advertising campaigns etc. That’s usually
decided by marketing and advertising people. But that depends more on the
specific situation (like who the client is, the size of your firm, your rank in the
pecking order etc). Also if you work in a larger firm or on a large project, like
a corporate website for example, your responsibilities tend to be relegated to
specific tasks, one person structures the website, another person does the interface
and text, another does the animations, another chooses the images
etc. But that again depends on the situation.</p>