Kick-start a career in the visual communication industry, exploring both hand-drawn creative concepts and digital skills to produce innovative ideas.

You have an opportunity to learn the foundations, create and refine designs for a range of industry facing briefs and objectives. Develop your knowledge and understanding of digital design, print, typography, commercial branding, and packaging.

Experiment with ideas that inspire and be mentored by leading industry experts who engage with you and your work. Realise and develop your designs to cultivate the design career of your dreams.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the context, concepts, and design principles of the Graphic Design field  
• Knowledge and awareness of design practice, and industry standards and expectations for Graphic Design

Skills

• Cognitive skills to analyse and evaluate information, concepts and ideas for Graphic Design projects 
• Creative and technical skills to develop ideas appropriate for different Graphic Design outcomes and markets 
• Visual, verbal and creative communication skills to present information in professional formats

Application of knowledge and skills

• Through the practice of appropriate and effective ideas generation and decision making within commercial and creative environments 
• Through the identification and evaluation of effective professional Graphic Design practices aligned to appropriate client briefs 
• With responsibility and accountability for their own professional practice and in collaboration with others within a Graphic Design environment

APPLYING

To be considered for a place at LCI Melbourne, our entry requirements are:

• Evidence of satisfactory completion of VCE or year 12 equivalent or work experience equivalence
  
  PLUS
   
• Submission of a creative Portfolio of 6 to 8 items – See tips and tricks how to prepare a portfolio
  
  OR
   
• Completion of a pre-selection kit provided by LCI Melbourne

CLASSES & FACILITIES

• We have small classes, generally no more than 18
• We also have state of the art facilities, including industry-standard computing equipment and software
• Due to COVID-19, Classes may be delivered online

POSSIBLE CAREERS

• Branding and Packaging Designer
• Illustrator
• Typographer
• Web and App Designer
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Environmental Designer

COURSE LENGTH

• 1 years with 3 trimesters 

I'M INTERESTED

If this sounds like the perfect course for you then you can check out more information by downloading the course guide or asking us a question and someone will be in touch to help you out!