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A10A Graphic Illustrator Journeyman

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Graphic Illustrator Journeyman creates and edits artwork, imagery, captions, identification numbers, and archived data and image files using design and layout principles. They work with raster and vector graphics, desktop publishing, image editing, electronic presentations, web design, animation, and digitized audio and video software.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Imagery captioning, identification, and file archiving
  • Raster and vector artwork file handling
  • Desktop publishing and print reproduction fundamentals
  • Reference sketching for combat documentation

Civilian Career Paths

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Graphic Designers

Military design and layout skills, color theory fundamentals, image editing, and raster and vector graphics knowledge transfer directly to graphic design work.

How to prepare: Build a portfolio project showing a design brief, initial concepts, and finished print and web layouts using civilian design software.

What the civilian work involves
  • Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
  • Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
  • Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop

Desktop Publishers

Military desktop publishing, lettering, layout, and print reproduction fundamentals align with preparing text and artwork for publication.

How to prepare: Create a multipage publication in Adobe InDesign and document a proofing pass that corrects typography, spacing, and image placement.

What the civilian work involves
  • 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.
  • Check preliminary and final proofs for errors and make necessary corrections.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Photoshop

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC A10A

    [1] NEC entry "A10A - Graphic Illustrator Journeyman"; cached text line 1373; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Imagery captioning, identification, and file archiving, Raster and vector artwork file handling, Desktop publishing and print reproduction fundamentals, Reference sketching for combat documentation, Graphic Designers (O*NET 27-1024.00), Desktop Publishers (O*NET 43-9031.00)

  2. O*NET: Graphic Designers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Graphic Designers (O*NET 27-1024.00)

  3. O*NET: Desktop Publishers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Desktop Publishers (O*NET 43-9031.00)

Defense contractor jobs for A10A

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