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Desktop Publishers

Media and Advertising

  • Average Salary

    RM2100 - RM 3500

  • Career Trends

    -

  • Compability

What is Desktop Publishers?

Format typescript and graphic elements using computer software to produce publication-ready material.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2100 - RM 3500

Example of a Job Position

Advertising Associate
Art Director
Computer Typesetter
Creative Director
Desktop Publishing Specialist
Electronic Console Display Operator
Electronic Imager
Graphic Artist
Mac Operator
Production Manager

Task

? Check preliminary and final proofs for errors and make necessary corrections ? Operate desktop publishing software and equipment to design, lay out, and produce camera-ready copy ? Position text and art elements from a variety of databases in a visually appealing way to design print or web pages, using knowledge of type styles and size and layout patterns ? Convert various types of files for printing or for the Internet, using computer software ? Transmit, deliver or mail publication master to printer for production into film and plates

Knowledge

Communication and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and techniques and methods of dissemination. Includes alternative ways to inform and entertain through writing, verbal, and visual media.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Design

Knowledge of techniques, equipment and design principles including in producing precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings and models.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of structures and content from foreign languages ??(other than English), including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Skills

Writing

Communicate effectively through writing that suits the needs of the audience

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Coordination

Adjust the actions taken, with the actions of others.

Capability

  • 1

    Information Arrangement - The ability to arrange various things and actions in a certain sequence or pattern according to the rules specified (for example: number patterns, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 2

    Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so that others can understand

  • 3

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

  • 4

    Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on tasks in a given period without being easily distracted.

  • 5

    Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after being moved around or when parts are moved or reset.

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