52120 Graphic designers and illustrators
No. NOC 52120 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 2
TEER 0 to 3 work still counts for Canadian experience work-length points.
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Example job titles
- 3D animation artist
- advertising designer
- animator - animated films
- bank note designer
- cartoonist
- commercial artist
- graphic artist
- graphic designer
- graphic designer - multimedia
- illustrator
- layout designer
- medical illustrator
- multimedia illustrator
- scientific illustrator
Main duties
- Graphic designers
- Consult with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials in order to meet their needs
- Determine the medium best suited to produce the desired visual effect and the most appropriate vehicle for communication
- Develop the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
- Prepare sketches, layouts and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using traditional tools, multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
- Estimate cost of materials and time to complete graphic design
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
Other occupations
52100Library and public archive technicians52110Film and video camera operators52111Graphic arts technicians52112Broadcast technicians Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage52113Audio and video recording technicians52114Announcers and other broadcasters52119Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts52121Interior designers and interior decorators