Benefits

Joining AIGA – what’s in it for you.

When you join AIGA you become an advocate for design. Your membership also provides an enormous opportunity for you to enhance your design and leadership skills. That’s because you are joining an organization dedicated to empowering your success at every stage of your career. Most of all, you are aligning with thousands of design thinkers like yourself who, together, can ensure that design makes a positive difference in how we all live.

National membership benefits

Exclusive to AIGA members:

- Health Insurance discounts
- Ability to add a portfolio and view complete job listings at AIGA Design Jobs
- Listing in AIGA Designer Directory
- Access to Creative Business articles
- Information on operating your business in the AIGA Center for Practice Management
- By-appointment-only access to the AIGA National Design Center library in New York City
- Ability to submit posters for Get Out the Vote
- Regular emails and notices on AIGA activities, events and news. See the full mailing schedule.

Discounted rates for AIGA members:

- AIGA conferences and events
- AIGA competitions (save 25 percent!)
- Job postings at AIGA Design Jobs (save more than 50 percent!)
- Books in the online store
- Special rates for APDF (Association of Professional Design Firms) workshops
- Discounts on lynda.com training libraries

Partner discounts offered only to AIGA members:

- Special rates for all products in the Adobe store (15 percent off!)
- Special rates for select FedEx® shipments
- Complimentary digital subscription to I.D. magazine* and special rates for print subscriptions of F+W Publications magazines: HOW, Print and I.D. (up to 71 percent off!) *Only offered to professional and associate members

Special access to publications, news and services:

- Printed copy 365: AIGA Year in Design
- Printed copy of the AIGA “Design Business and Ethics” series in a binder
- Printed copy of AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
- Monthly e-newsletter AIGA Communiqué
- Access to CarbonCool, AIGA’s carbon offset program

Additional Chicago member benefits

- Full calendar of events for designers in business and education
• Small Talks
• Tools of the Trade
• Design for Business
• Clear Space
- Annual Chapter meeting and retrospective
- Student-focused programs and portfolio reviews
- Monthly e-newsletter of events and happenings
- Opportunities for giving back in your profession
- Chances to network with colleagues
- Exposure to design leaders and mentors in Chicago