Media Design

Master of Fine Arts – Online

Gain a strategic advantage in branding and design.

At Full Sail University, master's degree programs are fast and focused so you can finish your degree in just 12 months. With classes starting every month, you'll gain the advanced skills you need to become a valuable part of a modern marketplace sooner than you think.

In the Media Design master of fine arts program, you'll explore the tactical and collaborative planning behind design and discover opportunities in multi-channel marketing. Learn key skills you need in design strategy, brand development, and production workflow that you can apply to your career right away.

Areas of Focus:

Design Strategy

Design Strategies and Motivation - Refine the concepts developed in previous courses to maximize the impact and effect of your communications.
Defining Client Needs - Explore the designer-client relationship and investigate research strategies and methods for developing effective multi-media campaigns.
Effective Copywriting - Understand the nuances of writing for advertising, corporate communications, and presentations.
Design Research - Learn the process of exploring and evaluating design options as they investigate many of the research methods and tools used in the profession.
Measuring Design Effectiveness - Examine multiple points of view, further your research, and apply higher-level critical thinking skills through a variety of assignments and discussions.

Design Strategies and Motivation
Defining Client Needs
Effective Copywriting
Design Research
Measuring Design Effectiveness

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Brand Development

Brand Development - Explore the history and processes of brand development in media design through case studies and the basic tools used in the marketing profession.
Design Integration - Gain a solid foundation in research, critical thinking, discussion, and critique as you explore new directions in your design projects.

Brand Development
Design Integration

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Production Workflow

Multi-Platform Delivery - Develop a plan for creating professional-quality deliverables from the research and exploration completed in previous courses.
Organizational Structures - Learn to organize, process, and evaluate information obtained from your research while creating media applications derived from earlier investigations.
Professional Practice - Learn the platform and the tools that help designers find and navigate pathways to success in the media design profession.
Thesis: Presentation of Design Solution - Present your projects and explain how your research, preliminary investigations, and applications contributed to the process used to arrive at your final design solutions.

Multi-Platform Delivery
Organizational Structures
Professional Practice
Thesis: Presentation of Design Solution

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