Graphic Design Academy Online Course

The Power of Online Learning

> Why is online learning for you?

> Demand for Graduates of Graphic Design Schools?

> Course designed by a professional for people wanting to be professional?

> Aims and Learning Outcomes?

> Portfolios are VERY important to get the job you want!

> Entrance requirements

Why is online learning for you?

Some of the key benefits of e-learning include:

Learning according to your own schedule and at your own convenience - time or place.
Personal professional Mentoring.
You choose your learning style.
Start your course ANYTIME.
No Travel Time.
No peer pressure.

Enter e-learning - a viable and effective method that leverages the internet to deliver anytime/anywhere learning to individuals while reducing learning costs.

Enroll with our Academy for a flexible education program as well as trusted access to professional Graphic Design courses which will focus on the core elements and skills that Design and Advertising studios want you to know

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Demand for Graduates of Graphic Design Schools!

Look around you. Almost every centimeter of your home, office, or shops is filled with products, signs, displays, and consumer goods. Each of these items was made possible by some graphic design artist somewhere along the way. Even the computer that you are using right now started out as a concept or blueprint. Once you appreciate this, it's easy to see that there is tremendous demand for graphic designers in the modern world

Advertising Agencies, Design Studios, Marketing companies, Multimedia companies, Print shops, Editorial companies, Textile design companies among others are constantly looking for new open minded talent to help with design and advertising.

They frequently turn to graduates of graphic design schools with great PORTFOLIOS to help them develop enticing, engaging design that can attract consumers, investors and other advertisers including magazine spreads, web sites, consumer products, billboards, television commercials, corporate identity, promotions.

A Certificate Program in Graphic Design is a great way to start building your portfolio of work that is essential for your first job in the profession.
Learn how to apply your artistic talents to today's market, beyond pencil and pen, to the computer and the Internet. These days, if you want the job, you need training to produce the work, a great Portfolio and experience to tackle the most widely used projects.

The Graphic Design Online Academy course is a good foundation enabling you to enter the work place fast with the knowledge and experience to produce essential projects related to this profession. Fancy titles are not what graphic design employers are looking for.

This industry requires an excellent portfolio of work.

We teach you the principles involved in each section as per the course outline and then get you going on the related projects.

You will have a personal Mentor to guide and score each assignment via emails and jpeg examples of your work.

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Course designed by a professional for people wanting to be professional!

This course was designed by a professional Graphic designer with 17 years of experience in the field from Visualizer to Studio Head of an International Agency.

Actual experience is what is really sought after here starting with the best Portfolio you can put together. See his Portfolio and Qualifications under the Lecturer button.

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Aims and Learning Outcomes

Aims

To equip students with the skills necessary to successfully complete the various stages inherent in the Graphic design process (For example analysis, recognition and postulation of a problem, research, generation of concepts, evaluation, realization, communication)

To provide students with an understanding of the commercial realities of design practice as these pertain to production processes, corporate identity, promotions, brochures and more – see course outline

To find out your area of expertise and so become a specialist in the field of Graphics.

To produce the vitally important professional graphic design portfolio.

By the time of graduation, students will have acquired the training and portfolio necessary to go for an entry-level position interview as a graphic designer, assistant art director, production coordinator and computer artist at companies such as ad agencies, design studios, publishing houses, corporate communications departments or even to become a freelance graphic designer.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course the students should:

Be able to plan, research and organize design projects;
Be creative, independent and conceptual creators, producers, problem solvers and thinkers;
Be able to design and understand the essentials of various design projects with confidence in all the major areas.

See course outline for the detail in the study program.

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Portfolios essentially get you hired and Degrees/Diplomas give you credibility and experience

Employers hiring prospective employees or freelancers will want to obtain clear evidence on how effective your portfolio is.

Employers will certainly have a keen sense of aesthetics, and may even be designers themselves. A good portfolio counts for experience as you have demonstrated your abilities when given a brief.

Employers want to know that your Portfolio can assist them in their business.

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Entrance Requirements:

Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system, such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows.

They should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, etc.

Training CD's can be bought from us that are excellent as they show you what to do on screen rather than just notes to read.