School of Web Design & New Media

Academy of Art University's School of Web Design & New Media is the intersection between traditional design and new technologies, where creativity meets innovation. Students in the program are knowledgeable, strategic designers and thinkers who create cross-brand and cross-media experiences. They act as the vital bridge between web design and back-end coding. They are nimble interactive, new media and web designers who work spontaneously to meet contemporary design challenges.

Web Design & New Media School Description

• Interactive Design & Development
  • Web design & development
  • Experience design & development
  • Interactive & web design for mobiel devices
  • HTML, CSS and web standards
  • User experience design
  • Information Architecture
  • User interface design
  • Prototyping & testing
  • User testing
  • Web coding & scriptiong
  • ActionScripting
  • Small and large-scale site design
• Visual Design & Typography
  • Interactive publication and mobile devices
  • Print publications, single page, multiple pages, books and interactive
  • Branding & Campaign Design
  • Marketing, business & self-promotion
  • Concept development
  • Design aesthetics
• Typography Design
  • Original OpenType font design and development
  • Font modication
  • Typographical standards and aesthetics
• Motion Graphics
  • 2-D animation and effects for broadcast, mobile, and web
  • 3-D modeling and animation for broadcast, mobile, and web
  • Cutting edge compositing and visual effects
  • Interactive advertisement and rich media creation
• Video Design
  • Lighting, shooting and editing
  • Editing for narrative story-telling
  • Advanced compositing techniques
  • Chroma key and green screen techniques
  • 2-D motion tracking
  • Broadcast, web and mobile device optimization
• Audio Design
  • Music composition
  • Sound design
  • Scoring for broadcast
  • Authoring sound for interactive environments
• Photography and Imaging
  • Studio, flash and natural lighting techniques
  • Beginning, intermediate and advanced compositing techniques
  • Professionally exacting digital imaging enhancements
  • Creating original photographic content for portfolio projects
• Portfolio Design
  • Midpoint and senior portfolio design
  • Web, interactive and printed portfolio design
  • Professional presentation practices
  • Identity and resume design
  • Industry practices

Web Design & New Media Schools and Degree Programs

Earn your AA, BFA, or MFA Web Design degree from the School of Web Design & New Media.

• Web Design Bachelors Degree Program
  • BFA Program Learning Outcomes
• Web Design Masters Degree Program
  • MFA Program Learning Outcomes

Online Web Design & New Media Schools and Degree Programs

• Web Design Associate of Arts
• Web Design Bachelor of Fine Arts
• Web Design Master of Fine Arts

Web Design & New Media Class Descriptions and Schedules

• Contemporary Visual Design and Communications
• Web and Interactive design and production
• Print deisng and production
• Motion Graphic Design
• Photography and Imaging
• Typography
• Digital Video
• DIgital Audio
• Hand coding HTML (change to Web Coding & Scripting)
• Flash (move to below)
• Flash & ActionScripting
• PHP and MySQL server-side scripting
• And more!

Click here to view descriptions and schedules for New Media & Web Design courses.

Web Design & New Media Career and Job Opportunities

• Creative Director, Director, Senior, Manager, Coorindator and Production Positions
  • Interactive Design
  • Print Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Web Development
  • Video Design
  • Creative Direction
  • User Experience Design
  • Motion Graphics Design
  • Web Design
  • Web Production
  • Art Direction
  • Design Manager
• Companies Hiring Web Design & New Media School Graduates
  • Adobe
  • Google
  • Apple iApplications
  • Apple iTunes Europe
  • Apple iTunes Music Store
  • Ask.com
  • Attik
  • California Academy of Sciences
  • CBS Interactive
  • Code and Theory
  • Comcast Sports Net
  • CNN
  • Cuban Council
  • Design Within Reach
  • Disney
  • Electronic Arts
  • Fox.com
  • Fluid
  • Gensler
  • Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
  • Apple Computer
  • Hot Studio
  • iWin.com
  • Leo Burnette
  • Live Nation
  • McCann WorldGroup
  • National Geogrpahic
  • National Parks Service
  • NBC Television
  • Nickelodeon
  • Nokia
  • Organic
  • Red Envelope
  • Red Interactive
  • SanDisk
  • SFMOMA
  • Trinity Brand Group
  • Veneable Bell & Partners
  • The Visionare Group
  • Western Union
  • Williams & Sonoma Inc.
  • Yahoo

Program Learning Outcomes

To learn more about the skills you will acquire in this program, view BFA Program Learning Outcomes and MFA Program Learning Outcomes.

Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

Reach your individual goals in Web Design & New Media by taking non-prerequisite Web Design classes led by top industry professionals who work to inspire and develop your unique talents in each Web Design class you take.

Contact us at 415.274.2200 or Request Info.