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Understand career planning in a digital media environment.

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Careers in Digital Media

Skills and knowledge in the digital media eld can be applied to a
wide variety of career elds. Careers may require skills from
several areas of digital media, but are commonly divided into
these elds:
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Graphics

Anima@on

Audio Produc@on

Video Produc@on

Web Design

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Careers in Graphics Field-Graphics Designer

The graphics designer is a specialist in visual arts, typography,
page layout, user interface design, and print work. A wide variety
of industries have a need for quality graphic designers.

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Careers in Graphics Field-Art Director

The Art Director is the leader of interpre@ve art in adver@sing and
marke@ng. They translate messages, concepts, and ideas into
imagery for a variety of purposes.

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Careers in Graphics Field-Photographer

The Photographer captures visual images for a wide range of
crea@ve, technical, and documentary purposes. They frequently
use so[ware to digitally enhance their images.

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Careers in Graphics Field-Front-End Web Developer

The Front-End Web Developer creates the visual components of a
website. This includes the graphics, bu]ons, logos, and other
components of a page that the user sees and interacts with.

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Careers in Anima@on Field-Video Game Designer

The Video Game Designer creates and animates the characters,
objects, and environments of a video game. They decide the
gameplay, structures, and rules.

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Careers in Anima@on Field-Character Animator

The Character Animator is specically skilled at crea@ng 2-D or 3D characters and anima@ng their realis@c mechanics and
interac@ons.

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Careers in Anima@on Field-Special Eects Developer

The Special Eects Developer creates realis@c and imagina@ve
scenes for theater, television, movies, and the internet.

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Careers in Anima@on Field-Simula@on Creator

The Simula@on Creator designs educa@onal anima@ons or
simula@ons that are used to teach a process or interac@vely
demonstrate a concept.

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Careers in Audio Field-Audio Engineer/Sound Tech

The Audio Engineer / Sound Technician manages equipment and
monitors levels during the actual recording process or live
performance. Job responsibili@es also include setup process to
ensure the best possible sound is captured.

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Careers in Audio Field-Radio

A career in radio includes posi@ons required to produce a radio
broadcast. These posi@ons include, announcer, audio engineer,
music director, program director, and many others.

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Careers in Audio Field-Audio Editor

The Audio Editor is responsible for cueng, splicing, mixing audio
clips, and arranging them into a well-composed audio produc@on
to convey a message to the audience.

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Careers in Audio Field-Foley Ar@st

The Foley Ar@st re-creates the realis@c ambient sounds that a
movie or lm portrays.

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Careers in Video Field-Director/Technical Director

The Director / Technical Director takes the project from the
beginning of a script into full video produc@on. They oversee
camera angles, ligh@ng, set design, and more.

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Careers in Video Field-Camera Operator (Videographer)

The Camera Operator, or Videographer, follows instruc@ons from
the director. Their job is to capture footage during the produc@on
of a video.

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Careers in Video Field-Video Editor

The Video Editor manipulates the raw video footage and/or audio
clips, and combines them into a sequence to create a nal
product.

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Careers in Video Field-Produc@on Assistant

The Produc@on Assistant is in charge of various aspects of
produc@on such as ligh@ng (gaer), cable management (grip), and
many more.

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Careers in Web Design Field-Web Designer

The Web Designer plans, designs, and maintains webpages on the
internet. They write HTML or CSS code that makes websites
work, allowing for user interac@on.

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Careers in Web Design Field-Programmer

The Programmer is an expert in a variety of computer code
languages. They also create so[ware, standalone computer
programs, and web pages.

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Careers in Web Design Field-Mobile App Developer

The Mobile App Developer designs interac@ve experiences in a
variety of mobile plaiorms using new and emerging technologies
and code languages.

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Careers in Web Design Field-Web Specialist

The Web Specialist is a developer that specializes in a par@cular
eld of web design (usability, accessibility, marke@ng, search
engine op@miza@on, page architecture, etc.).

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