Visual Communication Design

Are you artistic and imaginative and would like to work in a creative field? Are you always looking to develop and play with new design ideas?

Diploma in Visual Communication Design

A visual communication designer develops creative concepts and then turns them into reality by hand and digital means. They communicate ideas to inspire, inform, and captivate people’s attention across a wide range of target markets. From glossy magazines, logos, posters, and animation to websites and app design, the field of Visual Communication Design is exciting and diverse.

In this course, you will learn to use your creative imagination and develop design skills in preparation for entering the dynamic design industry.

If you enjoy playing with graphics and words to make eye-catching design communication, then a career in Visual Communication Design awaits you.

Advanced Diploma: Visual Communication Design

This one-year full-time course is an advancement on the Visual Communication Design Diploma and prepares students to enter the creative industry. Students develop the skills and knowledge of the Diploma by applying these within a specialised body of work that addresses a particular visual communication design challenge.

Students will develop their competency and deepen their understanding of the visual communication design profession within and across the following fields: brand strategy and development, integrated advertising campaigns, design for social or sustainability awareness, user-experience design and the sub-fields of image generation, i.e. photography, illustration and printmaking. This will be supported through contextual research into economic and social issues and the innovative application of technology. A graduating student will have developed the skills to conceptualise and design a well-researched visual communication design campaign and a written research report that details and justifies the research at an appropriate academic level.

The kinds of positions a graduate could hold in industry fall into the following areas: Graphic design, Advertising & Branding, Publication design, Web design, Animation, Illustration, and Photography.

This course has five subjects, all of which integrate into the core visual communication design output.

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