Advertising Design

DESMA X 479.6D

Work in an agency-inspired environment to develop concepts and strategies to deliver information, products, and brands that engage the consumer.

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What you can learn.

  • Understand advertising design through the historical context as well as the contemporary application
  • Build skills in brainstorming, researching, and group critique
  • Understand and apply practical and conceptual approaches to advertising design, as well as explore unconventional contexts
  • Understand the creative brief and apply strategic design solutions
  • Learn how traditional and social media integrations can deliver tangible experiences targeted to key groups

About this course:

All advertising across all media is the combined whole of specialized functions: writing, design, direction, and resource management. Strong brands are simple, understandable expressions that must connect with consumers in an increasingly transparent, digitally connected world. In this course, students work in an agency-inspired environment to develop concepts and strategies to deliver information, products, and brands that engage the consumer—with a focus on creating sustainable, ethical, and persuasive practices. Learn how traditional and social media integrations can deliver tangible experiences targeted to key groups.
Prerequisites
Core Design Concepts or equivalent.

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