Diploma of Graphic Design

Refine drawing and other visual representation tools

Develop and extend design skills and practice

Research visual communication history and theory

Produce graphic designs for 2-D and 3-D applications

Produce typographic design solutions

Create and manipulate graphics

Design and manipulate complex layouts

Develop graphic design practice to meet industry needs

Present a body of own creative work

Make presentations

Articulate, present and debate ideas

Collaborate in creative processes

Originate and develop concepts

Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures

Apply legal principles in intellectual property law matters

Create and optimise digital media

Develop and apply knowledge of communications industry

Develop social media engagement plans

Create multiplatform advertisements for mass media

Write persuasive copy

Manage personal and professional development

Undertake project work

Negotiate contracts

Develop and implement an e-commerce strategy

Build and maintain business relationships

Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety

Ensure a safe workplace for a work area

Write complex documents

Work with photomedia in creative practice

Create observational drawings

Select and refine a specialised drawing technique

Research and apply light and colour

Refine 2-D design ideas and processes

Refine 3-D design ideas and processes

Design specifications for animation and digital visual effects

Manage copyright arrangements

Interpret and respond to a design brief

Implement design solutions

Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief

Create visual design components

Author interactive media

Create user interfaces

Coordinate testing of interactive media products

Design digital applications

Design e-learning resources

Design interactions

Design digital simulations

Investigate technologies for the creation of digital art

Source funding for projects

Develop and refine illustrative work

Develop professional illustrations

Refine illustration techniques

Extend expertise in specialist creative fields

Provide freelance services

Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledge

Develop and implement own self-care plan in the creative industries

Manage feedback on creative practice

Prepare to work with confronting material and processes in the creative industries

Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace

Prepare digital images for pre-press processing

Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practice

Manage media assets

Integrate disability access and inclusion

Realise a body of creative work

Develop sustainability of own professional practice

Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice

Prepare audio assets

Develop and manage a budget

Set up and produce basic digital print

Set up and produce complex digital print

Digitise complex images for reproduction

Manage colour

Generate complex imposition

Set up and operate automated workflow

Build dynamic websites