Certificate in Digital Graphic Design

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in New York State, Pace University is extending the remote learning period on all campuses, including New York City, Pleasantville, and White Plains, through the end of the spring semester. While in-person class sessions will not be held, classes will meet via an online format. Students should check their Pace email, read Blackboard announcements, and contact their instructor for further direction.

The core of this Certificate in Digital Graphic Design program will cover Adobe Creative Cloud software tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, InDesign, Bridge, Acrobat PDF and also WordPress to build your portfolio website. Students will learn proper Adobe workflow processes and best practices to design, create, build and export content for print and digital outputs. Students will learn the concepts, tools, and techniques to design flyers, postcards, banners, ads, magazines, digital content and more.

The learning objectives of our programs are to develop technology skills and soft skills of student learners to enable them to plan, design, build, and integrate digital tools for print and the web.

WHO SHOULD ENROLL

• Anyone with basic or intermediate knowledge of Photoshop
• Students who are literate in PC or MAC based software/ or operating system who want to learn digital graphic design.
• Anyone with a print background, graphic designer, photographer, developer, marketing and communication professional looking to acquire a strong foundation of skills and knowledge in digital design or applying these skills to the web.
• Design entrepreneurs, small business owners, freelancers and others looking to learn how to use the Adobe tools for graphic design.

PROGRAM TOPICS

• End to end process in Digital Graphic Design
• Understand the latest in graphic technologies, utilizing best practices
• Learn how to effectively use digital assets in workflow processes
• Design and build multi- page products/ content for a variety of different platforms
• In this program students will learn the tools and how they can integrate the software and technologies to design flyers, postcards, banners, adas, magazines, digital content and more

COURSE BENEFITS

Software and topics

• Digital Assets Management (DAM): In this class students will review the Digital Assets Management workflow using Adobe Bridge and formats, and best practices for graphic design.
• Photoshop: In these classes students will use Adobe Photoshop for color correction, retouching, photo-montage, special effects and graphic design.
• Illustrator: In these classes students will design using Adobe Illustrator: ads, banner, logos, infographics for data visualization and elements for graphic design.
• Adobe XD: In these classes students will design the mockup and prototype the UI and UX of a website.
• WordPress: In these classes students will create an entire website using WordPress. Adding pages, interactive banners, gallery, contact forms, and more.
• InDesign: In these classes students will create marketing material and multiple pages documents such as magazines and newsletters using Adobe InDesign.