Working in the graphic design industry involves the use text and graphical elements as tools in solving various visual problems. A graphic designer should aim to conceive, design and create products that are functional in addition to being pleasant to look at and should also be able to capture, draw and hold the interest of the viewers.

Graphic design is a practice of skillfully combining text with graphics, and using these aesthetic combinations in making statements and conveying messages. This can be done with the application of a few techniques in graphic design and with the use desktop publishing software in designing effective logos, brochures, graphics, posters, newsletters, signs and other types of visual communication.

As with every other field in design, an excellent education in a specific field of design is the ticket to landing great career opportunities. There is a rather large number of graphic design schools established in the United States. Here are some reputable graphic design schools with campuses in Emeryville, California.

·  The Western Career College, with campuses in Pleasant Hill, California
San Jose, California and Emeryville, California, was founded in Sacramento, California in the year 1967. This school’s philosophy is focused on an outcome-based style of learning. This Western Career College directs a lot of attention on retention and maintenance, job placement and job performance, resulting in highly competent, very qualified and extremely motivated employees. The Western Career College is an accredited institution by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Western Career College offers programs in graphic design, specifically a Certificate on Graphics Specialist, Certificates on Computer Graphics Designer, Certificates on Computer Aided Design and Drafting and an Associate of Applied Science and Computer on Computer Graphics. These programs provide students with the skills and the training necessary to gain access to professions in graphic design, multimedia development, publications, web design or 3d animation development. Graduates of these programs are set to gain a lot of hands on experience and knowledge in graphic design, web design, desktop publishing and multimedia authoring.

· Expression College for Digital Arts, located in Emeryville, California is an institution that features a unique curriculum, highly experienced and skilled faculty members and professional quality studios and equipment for its students. Students of the Expression College for Digital Arts has unlimited access to its facilities, personalized assistance on career guidance and are given attention and catered to individually since the classes in their design programs are rather small.

This institution offers a Bachelors degree in Digital Arts with programs in Broadcast Design, 3D Animation, Digital Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Digital Visual Media, Visual Effects and Sound Arts.

· The Silicon Valley College has campuses in Emeryville, San Jose, Fremont and Walnut Creek, California. This educational institution offers degree programs that provide students a curriculum designed to help them jump start a career in the field of Graphics Design. They offer Associate Degrees and Diploma Programs on Design and Visual Arts, Architectural Design Drafting, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics Specialist and Computer Graphics Designer.