Course Overview
Digital graphic design has been forecast by seek to grow 12.9% in the next 5 years. It is a unique and valuable skillset that allows you to tackle complex design challenges and create aesthetic, meaningful solutions that are both responsive and useful. Strong visual communication is vital to any digital role, whether it be creating a seamless website, receiving sign off from a presentation, or producing a high conversion ad campaign online.
Beyond creating perfect pixels, our Digital Graphic Design course will focus on the digital applications of graphic design skills, teaching you colour, layout, style, and typography principles through a digital lens on the Adobe platform. In the last 12 months, more than 8,500 jobs have sought skills in Adobe Photoshop, including roles in graphic design.
Who's It For?
- A creative or aspiring designer looking to upskill and potentially seek or transition into a role in a digital team.
- A current marketing, design thinking, human-centred design, or product specialist looking to distinguish yourself by gaining skills and experience in graphic design and improve your career opportunities.
What You'll Learn
Throughout this course you will gain real-world skills through a tangible project: Attain valuable, current graphic design experience by responding to a design problem in your organisation and articulate a solution to your design brief through a final presentation. Don’t have a project? Not to worry. If you can’t BYO your own project, you’ll be provided with the brand guidelines and examples of a design problem where you can apply your learnings and rationalise design decisions.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain how design principles apply to the creation of design assets
- Design and create digital graphic assets that adhere to best practice design principles and practice
- Evaluate design assets against a design brief and best practice design principles
Study Method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration and Study Load
- 8 weeks
- 8-10 hours per week
Delivery
- 100% online
- Mentor supported
Entry Requirements
- There are no prerequisites for this course
Why Choose RMIT Online?
- Real world skills: Develop skills that have been validated by industry, while getting credentialed by a world-leading university.
- Industry connected: You’ll gain knowledge and practical skills from renowned industry partners who are at the forefront of their field.
- Flexible delivery: Advance your career while you study. RMIT Online courses let you balance work, study and life commitments.
- Supported community: Be guided by a network of industry experts and peers, and supported by our dedicated success team.
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About RMIT Online
RMIT Online offers a world-class education that delivers work-ready skills and knowledge to transform your or your teams’ careers. 100% online, built with industry leaders and backed by RMIT.
We offer short courses and degrees at the nexus of business, design and technology, leaning into the future of work needs. We team up with industry leaders and experts to deliver the best in structured, flexible education using the latest digital tools and interactive technologies.
We’re dedicated to our mission of future-ready careers and creating a ‘community of lifelong learners, successfully navigating the world of work’, designed for the future of work.
