Membership Type

• Professional & Associate

69%

• Students

31%

Gender

• Male

38.7%

• Female

61.3%

Role in the profession

• Owner

18.6%

• Designer, senior designer, design manager, art director

40.7%

• Educator

4.1%

• Student

21.8%

• Other

14.8%

Age

• 18-30

46.4%

• 31-50

42%

• Over 50

11.6%

Type of business

• School/educator

6.5%

• Design business

24.5%

• Advertising
  agency

4.8%

• Integrated marketing communication firm

4.5%

• Corporate
  in- house
  department

17.1%

• Creative services vendor

3.5%

• Student

18.4%

• Other

10.0%

Number of employees

• Freelance

26.6%

• 2 - 5

24.5%

• 6 - 20

24.8%

• 21 - 100

13.4%

• Over 100

10.7%

Type of education

• Design

63.5%

• Liberal Arts

22.5%

• Business

2.9%

• Other

11.1%

Geographic location

• Chicago

58.8%

• Suburban Chicago

28.2%

• Other

13.0%