By providing a fundamental understanding of digital tools and their creative applications, Digital Media prepares students to meet the demands of a diverse and expanding job market. Through lectures and hands-on sessions, leaders from the film, television, broadcast advertising, visual effects and video gaming industries guide students in their development.
Entry-Level Positions:
Motion Graphics (Concept Artist / Storyboard Artist / Designer / Modeler / Animator)
2D Animation (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Layout Artist / Background Painter / Storyboard Artist / In-Betweener / Animator)
3D Animation (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Layout Artist / Background Painter / Pre-visualization Designer / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter)
Visual Effects (Storyboard Artist / Animatic Design & Production / Rotoscope Artist / Background Artist / Match Mover / Modeler / Animator / Effects Animator / Compositor)
Electronic Gaming (Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Background Artist / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter)
Web (Designer / After Effects Animator / Flash Animator)
Film/Television Production (Production Assistant / Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Pre-visualization Design & Production)
Television Commercial Production (Production Assistant / Concept Artist / Character Designer / Production Designer / Storyboard Artist / Pre-visualization Design & Production / Assistant to the Director / Modeler / Rigger / Texture Artist / Animator / Lighter)
Selected employers include:
Motion Graphics
Belief
Blind Visual Propaganda
Brand New School
Motion Theory
Exopolis
Fuel
Imaginary Forces
Logan
Schematics
Scott Miller Design
Stardust
Royale
Big Machine
Troika
Via Worldwide
Yu+Co
Psyop
The Famous Group
Three Legged Legs
3D Animation
Digital Domain
Tiger Hare Productions
Rhythm & Hues Studios
Blue Sky Studios
Sony Imageworks
Weta Digital
Pixar
Dreamworks Animation
Image Metrics
Digital Compositing/Visual Effects
New Deal Studios
Hydraulx
Mattel
Sony Imageworks
Industrial Light & Magic
Look Effects
Electronic Gaming
Blizzard Entertainment
Electronic Arts
Konami Entertainment
LucasArts
Neversoft
Treyarch
Activision
Knowledge Adventure
thatgamecompany
Web/Internet
City Explorer TV
Zugara
Film/Television Production
ABC Family Channel
Aspect Ratio (film trailers)
Fox Sports Net
Prologue Films (title design)
Univision
Lightstorm Entertainment
Cartoon Network
Nickelodeon
Zoic Studios
CBS Digital
Mike Young Productions
Television Commercial Production
Johnson & Murphy Advertising
Rezn8 Productions
Radium
Multimedia, etc.
Cre8ive
McCartney Multimedia
Apple Computer
Visual Effects Society