Sure there’s a long list of discounts, incentives, benefits, events, and resources that comes along with membership in AIGA, but the most valuable benefit is the community that it represents. The AIGA is a 22,000 person-strong nation-wide community of design professionals who care about the future of the profession.
By joining AIGA you’re making a difference in your community and making a personal investment to the future of design both nationally and locally. AIGA membership means empowering yourself to become a vital part of that future and become a stronger designer and citizen.
Benefits from our Official Sponsors
- Discounts on Adobe products
- Adobe Systems, Official AIGA Sponsor for Design Solutions, offers special rates for all products in the Adobe store.
- AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
- Members receive early access to this annual compensation survey produced with the support of Aquent, Official AIGA Sponsor for Professional Development.
- Save on Shutterstock images
- Take 15 percent off any standard image subscription at Shutterstock, Official AIGA Sponsor for Creative Inspiration.
Members-only discounts on products and services
- Access to members-only webinars
- AIGA members can access live and archived webinars in the exclusive “Breakthroughs: Where Inspiration and Technology Meet” series, produced by AIGA and Adobe.
- AIGA Design Jobs
- Only AIGA members can view complete job listings at AIGA Design Jobs.
- AIGA Member Gallery
- Current members can showcase their work, connect with like-minded creatives and be found by employers and recruiters.
- Apple products
- Discounts on Apple products and accessories, as well as complimentary shipping and engraving.
- Competition entry fee discounts
- Members save 25 percent on entry fees to AIGA competitions.
- Conference and event discounts
- Members get discounted rates for AIGA national and local conferences, lectures, seminars and networking events.
- Design Business and Ethics
- New professional- and associate-levelmembers receive a printed copy of this publication.
- Design firm advice, tools and resources from APDF
- The Association of Professional Design Firms offers discounts on activities to improve your business practices.
- Designer Directory
- Only AIGA members are listed in the AIGA Designer Directory, the place employers turn to first for qualified candidates.
- Discounts on books and magazines
- Log in for discounted subscriptions to CMYK, Communication Arts, Creative Business,Design Bureau, HOW and Print—as well as discounts from Peachpit Press/New Riders and Allworth Press.
- Exhibition previews
- Members have advance access to all exhibitions in the AIGA National Design Center via exclusive opening receptions.
- FedEx® services
- AIGA members are eligible for special rates on select FedEx® shipments and FedEx OfficeSM print and copy services.
- F+W Media events and services
- Through a partnership with F+W Media’s Design Community, AIGA members get discounts on select events and services.
- Health insurance
- AIGA is now partnering with two health insurance administrators to offer coverage in virtually every state.
- Management advice and resources from DMI
- AIGA members can register at the DMI member rate for attendance at DMI national and regional conferences, seminars and workshops.
- National Design Center library
- Members can request by-appointment-only access to the AIGA National Design Center library in New York City.
- Print-on-demand discounts from Blurb
- This easy-to-use, on-demand publishing platform offers AIGA members a discount to make their own books.
- Software training discounts from lynda.com
- AIGA members have access to information and activities that help develop and maintain software skills.
- Rockport Publishers events and discounts
- Rockport helps members expand their knowledge base with discounts on design books and a free lecture series for emerging designers.