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Visual Design: Harness the Principles of Design

Visual designers are digital artists and strategists. They are the creative visionaries behind everything from your favorite websites and apps to brand logos and ebook covers. They are the graphic designers of the digital world, and they play a crucial role in designing the online experiences you interact with every day.

 

But how exactly do they differ from other designers, such as web designers, graphic designers, and UX designers? You can think of visual design as the umbrella for all the different types of digital design work. Visual designers design ALL the things, from wireframes to logos to infographics and iconography. Although visual designers are known to work on print projects, unlike graphic designers the bulk of their work is done for digital products.

  • $70k
    Averange Salary For A
    Visual Designer

    Source: Indeed.com Average Visual Designer Salary

  • 290,100+
    Visual Designer
    Jobs in the U.S. Alone

    Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • 13%
    Annual Job Growth
    2.5x The National Average

    Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Course Outline

Prerequisites: None

  • Visual Design Fundamentals and Tools Icon

    Visual Design Fundamentals and Tools

    Build yourself a solid foundation in visual design by learning the fundamentals of user experience and user interface design, color theory, and typography. Using the world’s most popular design software, the Adobe Creative Suite, you’ll put these skills into practice and create high-quality design projects to start off your professional portfolio.

    You’ll Learn:

    • User Experience / User Interface Design
    • Color Theory
    • Typography
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Adobe Illustrator
    • Adobe InDesign
    • Figma

    Projects for your portfolio:

  • Branding & Identity Design Icon

    Branding & Identity Design

    It’s time to deepen your knowledge by creating your first, full-fledged brand identity. A successful brand identity conveys product recognition and is the message a consumer receives from the product or service at hand. In this class you’ll learn how to build a cohesive brand from the ground up, by sourcing inspiration from your (faux) client, creating a custom logo, icons, and a style guide to demonstrate how to best use visual media to communicate the company’s message to its target audience.

    You’ll Learn:

    • Branding Standards
    • Target Audiences
    • Logo Creation
    • Iconography
    • Creative Briefs

    Projects for your portfolio:

  • Visual Design Professional Icon

    Visual Design Professional

    One of your jobs as a visual designer is to translate a company’s brand identity into the many different customer touchpoints, including websites and landing pages. In this class, you’ll learn how to build on a company’s brand by designing a user-friendly professional sales page, taking it from an initial hand drawn sketch to a final wireframe.

    You’ll Learn:

    • Intermediate UX/UI
    • Digital Layout Trends
    • User Testing
    • Sales Pages
    • Iterative Design

    Projects for your portfolio:

Tools you will learn:

  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

    The industry-standard software across all design functions.

  • FIGMA

    An industry-standard design tool for creating simple website prototypes called wireframes

  • SLACK

    You’ll connect with your classmates and instructors in Slack, a messaging and collaboration tool used by thousands of digital teams worldwide.

After completing the program, you will earn:

The Skillcrush Visual Designer Course

Official Certificate Of Completion

Your instructors are ALWAYS here to help.

  • Karalyn Thayer

    TEACHING ASSISTANT

    Karalyn works as a teaching assistant for Visual Design and UX at Skillcrush. She owns her own freelance design business in Portland, Maine, and has a background in marketing and graphic design.

  • Bethany Meier

    Teaching Assistant

    Bethany works as a Visual Design & UX teaching assistant for Skillcrush. In her free time she volunteers and does freelance design and development work. She’s also a proud Skillcrush alum!

  • Meher Dodhia

    Teaching Assistant & Career Coach

    Meher is a Design teaching assistant and Career Coach at Skillcrush. She loves to combine technology and creativity to design empowering user interfaces digitally.

GET HELPFUL FEEDBACK ON YOUR WORK

Submit your work privately to your instructor and ask questions about projects to make sure you’re on the right track.

VIDEO CHAT IN GROUP Q&A SESSIONS

Meet with your instructors to get help with your coursework, plus see what your classmates are up to in live group Q&A video calls.

SLACK COMMUNITY

Be immersed in an inclusive online community focused on supporting women and minorities working toward the same goals as you. Share course work, learn techy tips and tricks, and cheer one another on.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do I need to have previous tech experience to succeed in this Course?

    Not at all! This course is perfect for beginners with zero coding experience. You just need to have a basic understanding of computers and be able to upload and download files.

  • Should I have a Mac or a PC to take this course?

    The only thing you need is a computer with access to the web. You should be able to stream YouTube or Vimeo videos and download/upload materials like photos and documents. We recommend a Mac for your future career in tech as Macs tend to be the industry standard, BUT a Windows PC will work fine too.

  • How long will I have access to my Course?

    Once you’ve completed payment for the course, you’ll have access to it for LIFE.

  • What software will I need for the Visual Designer Course, and what does it cost?

    This course relies on the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, which includes a 7-day free trial and costs $79.49 monthly thereafter. You’ll also need a free plan on Figma that will allow you to complete and store up to three full projects, which is just what you need to complete this course.

  • What does a visual designer do?

    Visual designers are the problem solvers of the design world! Think of them as the graphic designers of the digital world. They are responsible for collaborating with ALL different kinds of people (marketers, salespeople, developers, you name it), and should be confident in their decision making skills.

  • How do you become a visual designer?

    First, you’ll need to learn the fundamentals of design and how it relates to design thinking. This approach to problem solving is entirely unique and requires knowledge in graphic design, user experience design and user interface design. And don’t worry if you’ve never heard of these terms before––that’s what our Visual Designer Course is for!

  • What is the difference between a visual designer and graphic designer?

    Great question! While both share a similar toolkit, graphic design can be considered a narrower field focused on mainly print projects. Designers of today need to have a wide skill set to work with different technologies in order to remain competitive in the job market. Rather than focusing on one small subset of design, visual designers encompass it all, with skills in branding, illustration, UX and UI design, web design, typography, color theory and iconography. For more information, check out our blog post on this topic here.

  • How much do visual designers make?

    On average, Visual Designers make $82,000 per year. Senior Visual Designers make on average $125,012 per year, while Junior Visual Designers start out at around $51,812 per year.

  • How do I get started as a designer?

    We’ve made it easy for you––enroll in our Visual Designer Course today!