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Earn a Professional Certificate in Multimedia

Complete this Professional Certificate program in 9 months or less, working at your own pace. On completion, credit can be applied towards earning an Associate Degree at Sessions College.

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About this Program

Build Contemporary Skills in Visual Content Creation

Do you dream of creating powerful content by producing and editing videos for the digital media space?

In the Professional Certificate in Multimedia Arts program, students build proficiency in software programs for creating digital art, movies, and animations, acquiring professional techniques for video production and editing. Students will learn how to create and edit effective movies and motion graphics for the Web and beyond.

In this instructor-led, project-based program, study with industry-leading design and digital media professionals. Learn at your own pace—no mandatory logins or preset meeting times.

Enroll now to start by December 1, 2024

  • Program Duration: 9 months or less
  • Clock Hours: 360
  • Tuition: $2750
  • Next Class: December 1, 2024

“Learning the facets of media production by producing portfolio driven projects gives you knowledge you can translate into an array of marketable skills.”

Natalie La Scala

Department Head of Digital Media and Video Editing Instructor

Program Curriculum

Designed for the busy adult learner, the online Professional Certificate in Multimedia is a 360-hour program completed in nine months or less studying part time, at your own pace.

Level 1
4218 Photoshop Basics - 60 Hours

Adobe Photoshop is the premiere image manipulation tool for print design, Web design, and photography. You can learn to tame this creative powerhouse of a program in this online Photoshop course. Working with a design pro, you’ll learn the best techniques for common Photoshop jobs including selecting and isolating objects, creating image composites, masking and vignetting images, setting typography, and improving images with retouching and effects.

4226: Illustrator Basics - 60 Hours

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful and versatile tool for creating illustrations, logos, and graphics for print and the web. You can learn to produce detailed and scalable art in this online Illustrator course. Working with an expert instructor, you’ll build a strong foundation, exploring shape tools, drawing tools, layers, the Pen tool (a lesson unto itself) as well as transformations/distortions, type tools, and modifying paths and shapes. Hands-on illustration projects include creating a robot, a series of album covers, a marketing postcard, an advertisement vehicle wrap, and a company logo.

6225: Digital Video Editing I - 60 Hours

Learn the art and craft of editing videos using Adobe Premier, or equivalent NLE program. Working with a pro digital artist, you’ll learn time-honored concepts in editing, including shot types, story structure, scripting, editing sound, continuity editing, CODECs, adding text and graphics, compressing and expanding time, and storytelling strategies. Through a series of creative projects, you’ll learn how to create polished movies for digital and social media applications..

Level 2
4023: Design Foundations - 60 Hours

Color is a fundamental medium for any artist or designer. Typography is what sets designers apart from other artists. Composition, literally the assembly or construction of elements, is the artful arrangement that guides the viewer’s eye through an image. In this course, you will analyze everything from Grand Masters to Madison Avenue ads to tubes of toothpaste, and discover how color, type, and composition are combined to create effective and powerful visual communications. Class projects challenge you to build and apply your design skills in application to real-life creative scenarios

8040: Digital Video Production - 60 Hours

Can you hear Sundance calling? In this online video production course, you’ll learn the basics of planning and shooting videos. You’ll learn how to control your video camera, execute different kinds of shots, and maintain continuity in your projects. Working with an expert instructor, you’ll gain experience in shooting different kinds of videos, focusing on storytelling, production planning, and sound editing, with the ultimate goal of telling stories that move audiences. This course will empower you with the knowledge to tell compelling stories for news, corporate video, and social media.

6010: After Effects I - 60 Hours

Adobe After Effects is a powerful application for motion graphics and visual effects for film and video. After Effects is used for broadcast graphics, music videos, feature films, video rotoscoping, corporate presentations, and conferences. In this online After Effects course, you can study with a leading animator and learn how to use After Effects to create sophisticated motion graphics—using text and object animations, compositing videos and images, and adding audio and effects. You’ll learn how to set keyframes on a timeline and work with transform properties, motion paths, masks, effects, and more.

Program Outcomes

By completing the program, Multimedia Arts Professional Certificate students develop the following competencies:

Video

Shoot and edit engaging videos utilizing skillful production, camera, audio, and non-linear editing techniques.

Technology

Create images, animations, and movies by effectively and efficiently using creative software including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, and other industry technologies.

Art & Design Principles

Demonstrate the ability to produce visually compelling work by applying knowledge of color, typography, and composition.

Storytelling

Conceptualize, compose, and deliver images, animations, and movies demonstrating an effective use of visual communication and storytelling.

About Sessions College

Sessions College has been inspiring creative professionals for 25 years.
 Accredited since 2001, we have a unique and proven approach to online education.

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Accredited by Distance Education Accrediting Commission since 2001

Recognized as top design school by GDUSA

Winner of four USDLA awards for distance education

A Better Way to Learn

  1. Fully Online and Asynchronous. Our programs are fully online and asynchronous, allowing you to fit learning into your life. We provide weekly deadlines to keep you on track, but there are no mandatory login times and our learning platform is available 24 hours a day.
  2. Project-Based Learning. Our curriculum is designed to be highly interactive and project-based from the ground up to improve learning outcomes and keep you engaged.
  3. Feedback from Creative Pros. Our program is taught by industry experts who provide 1:1 feedback on all of your work.

Designed for Career Success

This program will help you prepare and advance your career as a graphic designer or digital media professional.

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Learn from experienced professionals

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Complete a wide range of relevant projects

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Develop skills for an exciting career

Graduates could be employed as Special Effects Artists, Animators, Motion Graphics Artists, Camera Operators, Film and Video Editors, Producers, and Directors.

Median annual salaries in top industries

In May 2023, the median annual wages for digital media workers in top industries was:

Camera operators, television, video, and film $61,800
Film and video editors $66,600
Producers and directors $85,510
Special effects artists and animators $99,060

*As of May 2023, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Truly Accessible and Affordable Education

Open admissions for any student who has graduated high school or attended college. Streamlined online Professional Certificate admissions process sets you up for success in your program.

Our truly affordable tuition is:

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$2,750 total program tuition and fees. Payment plans are available.

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Significantly more affordable than other online design or digital media colleges.

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On completion, transfer credit earned into an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree at Sessions College .* Find out more.

What Students Gained from Our Professional Certificate Programs

Before I started at Sessions, I felt unsure of where to even start with building a portfolio. What kind of graphic design work is most sought after these days? Posters? Online ads? Book covers? These are all questions that have been answered during my time in this program. I feel much more confident in continuing to pursue graphic design as my career.

Audrey Potter

Professional Certificate in Graphic Design

I wished I had known about this program 10+ years ago—I used to help publish a bimonthly magazine for a civic organization, and my InDesign class would have cut our workload for preparing the magazine by 75%. The instructor’s grading and assistance were fantastic.

Carl Plesner

Professional Certificate in Digital Arts

I’ve always been a creative person, but have never had any real artistic abilities. I finally feel like I have an outlet for my over-analytical brain to create art through building beautiful, functional websites. For the first time in my professional career, work doesn’t feel like work.

Justin Moss

Professional Certificate in Web Design

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