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AIGA Membership

AIGA offers you deep personal connections with creative professionals in your community and across the nation. By joining AIGA, you are supporting a network of creative changemakers, problem solvers, and design industry leaders.

Membership Benefits

How to Join

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Find your community

Every member is a member of both the AIGA national organization and one or more of the 60+ local chapters of their choice. Located internationally or just too far from an existing chapter? Choose "Member-At-Large" as your primary chapter during sign up.

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Select a membership type

We offer memberships for students and designers of all types and experience levels. See membership types below.


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Sign up for membership online

The fastest way to membership is to create an online account and sign up online. During this process, we will ask if you are a student or an educator or if you have particular areas of interest. This will ensure that you benefit from any applicable discount and receive relevant communications from us.


Membership Levels

Student

$50 /year

A full-time K-12 student, or any full-time college or university undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a two- or four-year program in design, visual communications, or related field of study.

Emerging

$150 /year

A new designer who is one to four years past graduation or any new practitioner with less than a total of four years experience in the industry.*

*Members only qualify for this category for a maximum of four years.

Professional

$250 /year

A design or related industry professional with five or more total years in practice.

Leader

$500 /year

A professional designer, industry-adjacent leader, arts supporter, or firm owner who opts to make a greater investment in AIGA and the future of the profession.

Educator

$200 /year

A full-time educator in design or related field of study in a K-12 school, college, or university. 

*Each AIGA Chapter is a wholly independent and self-sustaining 501(c)(3) organization. Some chapters may charge a separate nominal membership fee, which is paid directly to the chapter to support local programs. Any applicable chapter fees are clearly indicated in the payment process before you checkout.


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