Hagenberg
APEX Gaming Technology
“Senior Grafik Designer mit KI Fokus” (senior graphic designer with an AI focus), at least €45,738 gross a year for 38.5 hours a week1.
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Graphic design: designing, animating, using new tools with confidence
In graphic design you create images, type and animations for brands, games and products. Many positions also ask for confident use of new tools: 22% of design adverts in Austria mention AI7. A company in Hagenberg pays at least €45,738 a year for a senior position1.
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01 · What you do
5 tasks from a real job advert in Hagenberg
- Animated graphics: motion graphics and images for game interfaces, symbols, characters, backgrounds and effects.
- Design: using composition, colour, typography and animation with confidence.
- New workflow: developing and improving a production process with AI tools.
- Simplifying routine: building processes that take over repetitive steps in images and animations.
- Support: helping the graphics team with technical questions.
Requirements
Training in graphics, media design or digital art, confident use of Photoshop and After Effects and, in the advert’s words, of current AI tools for image generation. Apply with a CV, a cover letter and a portfolio1.
PhotoshopAfter EffectsTypographyImage generators
02 · Who is hiring
5 employers in Austria looking for graphic designers
As of October 2026. The job titles are quoted verbatim from the adverts, with a translation where they are in German.
Ried im Innkreis
Wintersteiger
“Grafik- & Mediendesign mit KI-Fokus” (graphic and media design with an AI focus)72.
Vienna
Austrian Academy of Sciences
“Junior Project Officer – Graphic Design & Community Operations – AI Factory”, from €43,576.12 a year72.
Hallein
EMCO
“Marketing & Creative Specialist – AI-first”72.
Linz
Gruppe am Park
“Brand Designer:in” (brand designer), from €3,000 a month72.
How to find more
Save a job alert
Search karriere.at for “Grafik Designer” and save the search: new adverts then arrive by email72.
03 · Applying
What convinces: a portfolio that shows your part
- One project showing your process: sketch, variants, your selection, the finished result. Whether the variants are made by hand or with tools is up to you. This shows your decisions.
- A focus: whoever hires wants to see what you stand for. Finished work goes in the portfolio, sketches in a separate blog93.
- Show animation: Hagenberg asks for After Effects, so a short animation belongs in it1.
- Clarify rights: images generated with AI are mostly not protected45. Show where you designed yourself.
Portfolio, CV, dates and the work placement in the 6th semester are on the page Applying.
04 · Pay
What you earn in graphic design: from entry level in Vienna to the USA
| Country | Role | Amount | Type of figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (Vienna) | Advertising graphic designer, 1st and 2nd year | from €2,844.20 a month64 | Minimum pay under the collective agreement |
| Austria (Hagenberg) | “Senior Grafik Designer mit KI Fokus” | from €45,738 a year1 | Job advert |
| Germany | Graphic designer | median €35,500 a year81 | Salary data from a job platform |
| United Kingdom (London) | Graphic Designer | median £45,000 a year96 | Salary guide of a recruitment firm |
| USA | Graphic Designer | median $68,500 a year97 | Salary guide of a recruitment firm |
| Japan (Tokyo) | Graphic designer at international companies | ¥6 to 9 million a year98 | Salary guide of a recruitment firm |
“Median” means half earn more and half earn less. The figures come from different surveys and are only roughly comparable. In Austria, holiday and Christmas bonuses come on top.
05 · Progression
From junior to creative direction: 4 stages
Junior
Graphics to a brief, learning the tools. At least €2,844.20 a month in Vienna64.
Senior
Building your own workflows and supporting the team with technical questions, as advertised in Hagenberg1.
Art director
Usually after 5 years. Median pay in the USA $114,850 a year20.
Creative director
Responsibility for brand and team. Median pay in the USA $135,000 a year67.
06 · Outlook
Outlook: changing, design stays in demand
For classic graphic design, employers worldwide expect fewer jobs: 11th among the jobs shrinking fastest until 203014. In the USA, the statistics expect 2% fewer jobs until 2035, yet around 16,000 openings arise there every year18.
At the same time, 22% of design adverts in Austria mention AI, for the first time more than in IT7. Employers look for people who design well and use new tools with confidence.
In Hagenberg for this
Visual Design and Visual Concepts and Design, plus the elective “Artificial Intelligence Art” if you wish62.