Gain the vocabulary and tools to tackle diverse design challenges on the job. Kickstart your portfolio and create beautiful, responsive designs for the web.
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These experts bring in-depth experience from the field to the classroom each day, providing invaluable insights into succeeding on the job.
GA instructors* are committed to providing personalised feedback and support to help you gain confidence with key concepts and tools.
*GA instructors are subject to their availability
• Meet instructors and classmates.
• Get acquainted with the course and expectations.
• Discuss the discipline of visual design and the design process.
• Explain common approaches to competitive research.
• Conduct a comparative analysis to make a design recommendation.
• Practice interpreting and creating moodboards for different brands.
• Describe the main components of content strategy.
• Explain why content strategy is important and relevant to visual designers.
• Create an inventory to identify and prioritize brand content.
• Identify the anatomy of a webpage.
• Apply navigation and visual hierarchy to a layout.
• Practice sketching low-fidelity wireframes on paper.
• Analyze the contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity of a web layout.
• Practice designing on a responsive grid.
• Identify UI design patterns on mobile and desktop screens.
• Discuss the importance of typography in visual design.
• Define key terms related to typography.
• Practice selecting and pairing typefaces for a design project.
• Analyze key characteristics of effective typefaces.
• Apply best practices for arranging and styling text.
• Create high-fidelity wireframes.
• Describe the impact of imagery in any design.
• Identify how to use photography, illustrations, and icons most effectively.
• Identify key considerations for adding imagery to wireframes.
• Practice sourcing and exporting images.
• Fix common image issues.
• Explain color theory and its related vocabulary.
• Make appropriate color choices for a brand or product.
• Select a color palette to bring a composition to life.
• Apply color to a composition or user interface using the 60-30-10 approach.
• Explain accessibility considerations for selecting and applying colors.
• Participate in a design critique for the final project.
• Flexible sessions are designed to allow your instructor to tailor the topic based on the needs of your class. Possible topics include motion design, interaction design, and design ethics.
• Present the decision-making process of your design work.
• Provide and receive feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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More than pushing pixels, design is the superpower behind the success of many companies. According to InVision, 92% of mature design organisations can draw a straight line from the efforts of their design team to their company’s revenue.
Design knowledge is also a boon to individual careers. Burning Glass reports that more than a half of tech and IT jobs now require some form of digital design, as well as 815,000 open roles in other industries. Whether you’re creating a digital product, an ad campaign, or a presentation, strong visual communication is critical to convey ideas in meaningful and compelling ways.
Visual design skills are a powerful extension to a variety of professional backgrounds. You’ll find a diverse range of students in the classroom, including:
Product designers and UX practitioners who are striving for higher-fidelity mockups to more clearly communicate design solutions. InVision reports that 66% of UX designer job postings require UI skills.
Digital marketers who are aiming to independently create assets for digital marketing campaigns on for email, social media, and the web.
Web developers who are looking to pair visual and graphic design experience with programming skills to build products that are both functional and beautiful.
Print or graphic designers who want to switch to digital.
Ultimately, this programme attracts students that are interested in gaining a foundation in digital design and kicking off their portfolios.
Yes! Upon passing this course, you will receive a signed certificate of completion. Thousands of GA alumni use their course certificate to demonstrate skills to employers and their LinkedIn networks. GA’s Visual Design course is well-regarded by many top employers, who contribute to our curriculum and use our design programmes to train their own teams.
This is a beginner-friendly programme with no prerequisites, although many students have used software such as Photoshop, Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD* previously and may be familiar with basic visual and graphic design principles. Beginners will have access to optional tutorials to practice using software and boost their confidence ahead of class.
Our Admissions team can discuss your background and learning goals to advise if this course is a good fit for you.
*The design software used in this course varies by market.
Our instructors represent the best and brightest visual design professionals who have designed for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Nike, and Redbull. They combine in-depth knowledge as practitioners with a passion for nurturing the next generation of talent.
We work with a large pool of experienced instructors around the world.
Yes! All of our part-time courses are designed for busy professionals with full-time work commitments.
You will be expected to spend time working on homework and projects outside of class hours each week, but the workload is designed to be manageable with a full-time job.
If you need to miss a session or two, we offer resources to help you catch up. We recommend you discuss any planned absences with your instructor.
Throughout the course, you’ll complete a number of smaller projects designed to reinforce what you’ve learned in each unit, all of which culminate in a final portfolio piece you can show off to stakeholders and future employers. Apply the concepts and tools you’ve learned to create a high-fidelity mockup for a responsive webpage. You’ll also build a process presentation deck to accompany your design that demonstrates how your work evolved from idea, to rough sketch, to polished piece.
We encourage you to tackle a design challenge that’s related to your work or a passion project you’ve been meaning to carve out time for.
