Diploma in Digital Design

Vancouver Film School

In 12 months, you will graduate with:

• A diploma in Digital Design
• A portfolio showcasing your work
• Access to the VFS Alumni Directory & Job Board
• Industry connections that will help guide your career

Learn the in-demand skills to become an interactive user experience or motion design industry professional.

Understand fundamental design approaches for both UX/UI and motion design, target audiences, and current tools to tell simple, powerful stories, and create solutions that work.

Take your tools skills to the next level by creating projects that focus on humanizing information, 3D graphics, typography, branding, and motion broadcast design.

Gain experience working with and presenting to a real client, learn more about the industry you’re joining, and harness your design skills to create pieces the world will see.

Jump into your chosen specialization of motion graphic design or interactive design, research your idea and concept for your graduate project, and pitch it to industry mentors.

Execute your idea and concept, managing the intricacies of studio-scale production, and work with your mentor to build and refine your graduate project.

Work with experts in portfolio development, employment strategy, and the business, law, and ethics of design to finalize your personal brand and position as a designer in your chosen field.

Specializations:

Learn how to apply your artistic vision to the widest spectrum of digital experience for web, mobile, and tablet platforms, from gaming to broadcast mediums. Your focus is on creating big ideas, executing successful projects that consider current trends, technology, and consumer mindshare. You'll collaborate with thought leaders, work directly with clients, and partner with industry mentors to envision new design directions, emulating a digital agency experience.

Creative Economy:

The creative economy is increasingly digital, mobile, and interactive. From film production and 3D animation to game, digital, and VR/AR design, VFS is at the heart of the entertainment and media industries’ transformation. As traditional media transitions to online platforms, the demand for digital design professionals is exploding, with 600,000 designers generating more than US$46 billion in global revenue.

Alumni Success

Working as interactive designers, motion designers, project managers, art directors, and studio leads, Vancouver Film School graduates are leading today’s global design industry. In 2019 alone, VFS Digital Design alumni earned accolades from the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Applied Arts Magazine, the SXSW Hackathon, MIT Media Lab’s Reality Virtually Hackathon, and the Salazar Awards.