- One-year certificate
- September entry date
- Exchange District Campus, Winnipeg
- Annual application deadline: March 1
- Laptop delivery (buy your own laptop)
- Competitive admission program
DescriptionAs digital technologies continue to transform how people communicate, learn, and engage with information, organizations need creative professionals who can design compelling experiences across multiple media platforms. Digital Media Design combines creativity, technology, storytelling, and user-centred design, requiring both technical expertise and strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Graduates develop the creative, technical, and strategic skills needed to thrive in diverse career paths, from design agencies and corporate innovation teams to videography, game artistry, motion design and animation, interactive experience design, digital content creation, and the expanding global creator economy.
Digital Media Design is a one-year certificate program that introduces students to the foundations of digital design and media creation. Through hands-on learning, you will develop practical skills in graphic design, photography, video production, motion graphics, web and mobile design, 3D artistry, digital illustration, and user experience design. Upon completion, you can enter the second year of study and choose a specialization in Interaction Design and Development, Video and Motion Graphics or Game Development Art, allowing you to build advanced skills aligned with your career interests.
Leveraging industry-standard workflows and production technologies, you will learn to build market-ready content, solve complex visual challenges, and apply design thinking to real-world applications. The curriculum prioritizes creative ambition, technical rigor, professional standards, and portfolio development—positioning you for advanced specialization and rapid career growth.
Graduate Profile
The DMD Foundations certificate graduate will learn to:
1. Design and develop digital interactive experiences
2. Design creatively by applying colour, composition and typography
3. Photograph, light, tell stories and edit to produce video and still images
4. Integrate audio into projects by sourcing, mixing, recording and editing
5. Animate and create digital media
6. Create and edit 3D assets
7. Communicate professionally - visually, orally and in writing
8. Demonstrate professionalism by valuing diversity and respecting workplace culture through accountability, reliability, ethical behaviour and time management
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