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Art Editor

设计·美术、3D、动画

Art editors bring design concepts to life by handling image processing, layout, and output quality assurance, serving as key executors in the design team.

Daily work

  • 01Crop, color-correct, and retouch images to align with brand style
  • 02Perform layout and text editing based on design briefs, adjusting visual hierarchy
  • 03Create print materials such as posters, brochures, and business cards
  • 04Communicate with designers to ensure consistency in final outputs
  • 05Check output file formats, dimensions, and color modes for print or digital use
  • 06Organize and maintain image asset libraries for easy team access

Ability requirements

Hard skills

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Layout and design principles
  • Color management and output standards

Soft skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Aesthetic sensitivity
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Time management
  • Stress resilience

Best suited for

Ideal for those with good aesthetic sense, attention to detail, quick to learn new software, and enjoy supporting creative teams.

Less suited for

Not suitable for those who lack patience, dislike repetitive retouching, are not interested in design software, or prefer creative freedom over execution.

Salary (monthly)

13KMedian
Bottom 8KTop 20K

Pre-tax estimate, tier-1 cities with social insurance · reference only

Profile

Higher is better
Growth3
Stability3
Autonomy / Remote-friendly3
Transferability3
AI Resistance2
Lower is better
Work Intensity4
Competition4
Entry Difficulty3
Major Relevance3
Education Threshold2

MBTI Fit

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High intensity

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Disclaimer: Salary figures on this page are estimated pre-tax monthly pay for positions with social-insurance contributions in China's tier-1 cities; other cities are converted using regional coefficients. Dimension scores and MBTI fit are editorial estimates, provided for reference only, and do not constitute any promise or advice.