Advance your skills in interactive media and design - build a solid foundation for today`s global job market.

In the one-year Interactive Media Management Ontario College Graduate Certificate program, you develop the hands-on skills to plan and develop websites, online media and dynamic content. While learning industry-standard practices, you gain the solid foundation in interactive media that you need to further your career in today`s dynamic job market.

You experience the complete design and development process lifecycle of a media-rich product and learn the fundamentals of the industry standard software package Adobe Creative Cloud Master Collection, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and much more.

While acting in the role of an interactive media producer, you develop and implement multimedia projects with rich media content to create various ways of interacting with consumers.

Throughout the program, as you apply your skills on solo projects and team-based applications for a wide variety of users and audiences, you may deal with regional, national and international clients.

There are many job opportunities after graduation. Graduates may find employment in:

• dynamic media development
• web design
• server-side development
• UX or graphic design
• project management
• marketing and advertising firms
• digital publishing
• video production
• online publications
• provincial or federal government

Some specific roles include:

• media director
• video and audio technician
• graphic layout designer
• web developer/programmer
• UX designer
• media project manager

SUCCESS FACTORS

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Want to start a new exciting field of work, or enhance their existing career.
• Are experienced and well organized in a Windows, Mac or Linux environment.
• Have experience with various software applications.
• Are self-motivated and can take on a project as an individual or work in a team environment.
• Have an ambitious interest in graphics, video, web design, animation and media project development.

Careers

Graduates may pursue employment with marketing and advertising firms, newspapers, magazines, federal and provincial governments, publishers, entertainment, retail industry, recreation and tourism, educational institutions and health organizations. Employment opportunities may include media director, video and audio technician, graphic layout designer, interactive developer, UX designer, web developer, project manager, videographer, motion graphics editor, web programmer, production assistant, production coordinator, CMS specialist, video producer, server-side programmer or media animator.

Pathways

Please note: There may be more pathways available for this program than are listed here. Please use our Pathways search tool to see every option.

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Facilitate effective completion of both individual and collaborative interactive media projects.
2. Use and evaluate best practices and tools to design and develop dynamic, rich-media content.
3. Conduct and evaluate a thorough assessment of the requirements of a complex interactive media project.
4. Coordinate the development, budgeting, planning and professional presentation of a complex interactive media project.
5. Design and coordinate a complex media project (interface, navigation, graphics, text treatment) using best practice design and development principles and applying conceptual and theoretical frameworks.
6. Manage the building of effective and dynamic complex Web sites and/or mobile applications.
7. Propose solutions to ethical and professional issues arising in an online environment.
8. Apply research and conceptual skills to propose optimal solutions for mobile/multimedia/Web development problems and facilitate these skills within the project team.
9. Provide creative leadership that results in the effective design, development and implementation of complex interactive media projects.
10. Evaluate the financial, technical and artistic success of a complex interactive media project and present recommendations for improvement.
Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment and environmental stewardship.

Application Information

INTERACTIVE MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Program Code 0300X01FWO

Applications to full-time day programs must be submitted with official transcripts showing completion of the academic admission requirements through:

ontariocolleges.ca
60 Corporate Court
Guelph, Ontario N1G 5J3
1-888-892-2228

Students currently enrolled in an Ontario secondary school should notify their Guidance Office prior to their online application at www.ontariocolleges.ca.

Applications for Fall Term and Winter Term admission received by February 1 will be given equal consideration. Applications received after February 1 will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis as long as places are available.

International applicants please visit this link for application process information: https://algonquincollege.force.com/myACint/.

For further information on the admissions process, contact:

Registrar`s Office
Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Ave
Ottawa, ON K2G 1V8
Telephone: 613-727-0002
Toll-free: 1-800-565-4723
TTY: 613-727-7766
Fax: 613-727-7632
Contact: https://www.algonquincollege.com/ro

Program Resources

Access to a computer at home is recommended.