DIGITAL CREATIVE

 

Objective: Prepare professionals from the advertising and design industry to face new challenges in digital media.

Forsberg’s new program Digital Creative, starting autumn 2013, is a higher one-year education tailored to experienced creatives (art directors, designers, copywriters, creatives) with a focus on digital interactive media and motion graphics. We train for innovation in graphic design, motion design, advertising and digital communications. At the end of the year the students will have the knowledge to choose and execute the best solutions when it comes to technology, media, design, development and also create upcoming trends in the digital industry. The program teachers are experienced professionals within the industry, their role is to guide and inspire. The program is set on the motto learning by doing and the modules cover both theory, technique and creative inspiration, which allows the students to participate in workshops and given briefs.

Instruction language. This program is all in English.

Application deadline. Friday 26 july 2013.

Course start. Monday 26 august 2013.

Course facts. The program runs for 40 weeks during two semesters, monday to friday 09:00-16:00, but also evenings and weekends might be occupied once in a while. The school is open 24/7 for you to work on your projects.

Content. The lessons are comprised of lectures, workshops, guidance and presentations.

Subjects: ideation, creative thinking, digital advertising history, responsive webdesign and CMS, audio-visual media and motion design, smart phone applications, video projection mapping, experimental marketing and execution, field trips, presentation technique, branch knowledge and more.

Softwares. This program includes training in HTML5, After Effects, Resolume Arena, Processing and Arduino, Quartz Composer, Mad Mapper, WordPress, Flash, Photoshop and more. Due to rapid changes in the digital creative industry, this may be subject to change.

Application. CV, worksamples and letter of motivation. It´s a merit if you have attended an other course or program at Forsbergs, equal education or have at lest two years related work experience. It´s important that you have at least basic knowledge of how to handle Mac OS X, and that you have your own MacBook Pro when the program starts. We aim for people about 20-35 years old, from all around the world.

Fee. TBA.

Exam. All students recieve a diploma after passing the tests in all the course modules.

Treats. The fee also includes memebership at the Modern Museum of Art, granting free entrance. Reduced prices at Digital Inn computer store, Matton, Kreatima, Hedengrens, Jordi, ABA and Masters artistmaterial.

More information. Contact program director Joel Dittrich, phone: +46739553053 or email: joel at joeldittrich dot se