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Design a career in Digital Media

University of Portsmouth

Design a career in Digital Media

We live in an age when Digital Media is everywhere. The concept means many things to different people. The MA in Design for Digital Media enables you to explore what it can mean for you.

Design a career in Digital Media Digital Media comes in many guises, and in your everyday life you probably encounter it many times: on your phone, computer screen, TV, interactive billboards and many more. All these digital services and products need to be designed, and they all need to be designed for different reading situations, user contexts, platforms and screens. The aesthetics and information value of the screen design becomes critical in guiding us how to interact with the content we want.

Digital Media Design goes beyond Graphic Design – by its nature it is inherently interactive. The design of digital experiences needs to consider the user – their motivation, their limitations, their psychological and physical needs.

The MA in Design for Digital Media allows you to get ahead of the game and become someone able to think about and analyze new technologies as they emerge, and be able to imagine useful domestic or business applications for them. Visit our web blog to see how you can use your design and media production skills to communicate innovative concepts and ideas to consumers and your public.

Career paths after doing this course range from work as a Web designer, Information architect or Interaction designer. This could be someone who freelances and produces sites for small businesses and customizes blogs, or someone employed by a major agency with content management systems, for example in the news publishing world. The possibility also exists to go into academic enquiry at doctorate level.

Other courses also available from the School of Art, Design and Media are the MA Fine Art and the MA Graphic Design