How to give shape, colour and movement to your ideas
The Communication Design and Multimedia Course at ETIC_Algarve is a professional training programme that combines creativity and technique to prepare you for the job market in the areas of communication design and multimedia design. With technical teaching and practical training, you will learn how to create and develop visual communication projects, graphic design, and interactive digital content for different platforms.
Throughout the Communication Design and Multimedia Course, you will learn:
- Multimedia and new media: web design, audiovisual and digital content
- Creation and development of interfaces and interactive experiences websites, applications, social networks
- Video planning, structuring, editing, and post-production.
This course in the field of design prepares you to work on real projects that combine design and multimedia, equipping you with the tools you need to create creative and effective solutions for brands, companies, and digital projects.
Upon completing this Technical Course in Communication Design and Multimedia, you will undertake a Curricular Internship lasting 480 hours, an essential step in applying the skills acquired throughout the course and gaining practical experience in the job market.
You will also have the opportunity to participate in a European ERASMUS+ mobility project, enjoying an enriching international experience through an internship.
Trainee Support
Concern for the well-being of students is a constant priority, which is why ETIC_Algarve has been providing its community with various services that contribute to their personal and human growth.
Whether through support for entering the labour market, personal development, or financial support granted through the recent Training Grant, we offer trainees a variety of ways to facilitate and promote their growth.
Training Grant
Bolsa Luís Lobato
Personal development
2 Years
1,360 hours, including a 480-hour curricular internship
Classes from September to July
Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Number of Trainee
Maximum 16
And after the course?
Erasmus+
Upon completion of this training, you will have the opportunity to participate in our ERASMUS+ European mobility project.
Career Opportunities
- Design Studios and Advertising Agencies
- Design and/or Communication Departments of companies and institutions
- Setting up your business as a freelance designer.
Specialisation Opportunities
After completing the first two years of this course, you will be able to specialise by undertaking a third year of specialisation at ETIC_Algarve, which will enable you to obtain a British International Certification.
This third year of specialisation is a course recognised by Teesside University in Middlesbrough, England, and grants a qualification equivalent to the third year of the British higher education system (Level 6 – 120 ECTS*).
* CATS: Credit Acumulation and Transfer Scheme (Sistema de Acumulação e Transferência de Créditos)
Contents
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Design Theory/Visual Communication
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- General aspects, history of Communication
- Design Visual Communication: visual perception, codes, symbols and signs
- Psychology of colour. Its applicability in visual messaging
- Typography: the anatomy of type, typographic appropriateness and type families Text layout: print vs online
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Creative Process and Strategic Thinking
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- Generate and develop ideas in Design
- Develop a creative process
- Understand and contextualise Design content in space and time -> Strategic Design as a project methodology
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Communication Project
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- Communication exercise, with development of a graphic communication element
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Vector Drawing
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- Learning how to use Adobe Illustrator
- Interconnection with production processes
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Image Composition
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- Learning how to use Adobe Photoshop
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Corporate Image Design
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- Development of a company’s visual identity
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Advertising Project
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- Design-based visual communication
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Graphic Production
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- Pre-press, printing and finishing systems
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Editorial Project
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- Learning how to use Adobe InDesign Digital and print publishing exercise: newspaper, magazine, e-book
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Introduction to Photography
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- Mechanisms of a camera
- Concepts of framing and composition
- Light and its characteristics
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Introduction to Digital Video
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- Formats, media and means
- Introduction to the Script
- Video and Audio Equipment
- Learning Video and Audio Capture
- Image composition: framing and camera movements
- Pre-production and roles
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Audio Editing, Video Editing and Post-Production
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- Learning audio editing for multimedia: Pro Tools
- Learning video editing software: Adobe Premiere
- Learning video post-production software: Adobe After Effects. Visual effects, graphics and motion graphics
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Audiovisual Project
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- Capture, editing and post-production of a video project
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UX & UI
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- Introduction to Digital Design
- Introduction to UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface)
- Front-End Development
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Digital Marketing
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- Introduction to digital marketing: inbound & outbound
- Design for social media and e-commerce
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Portfolio, Pitching, and Entrepreneurship
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- Communication and oral strategies
- Strategies and tools for business creation
- Personal brand development
- Creation and development of an individual portfolio
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Workshops/Masterclasses
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Final Project
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Multidisciplinary Projects Curricular Internship
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- 480-hour internship at a company in the field
Trainers
Resources and Equipment
- Room equipped with one computer per trainee, with macOS or Windows environment
- Video and Photography Studio, with 100m² and Video and Photography Equipment, including cameras, lenses, lighting and light modelling;
- Huion Kamvas and Wacom drawing tablets;
- Software: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, XD, Audition, etc.; Blender, InVision, Sketch, Canva Pro, Pro Tools, Figma, WordPress with development server.
Portfolio
Application Process
- Schedule a personal interview, please contact info@eticalgarve.com or call 289 823 359 / 960 309 550.
- Completion of application form (sent by e-mail after scheduling the interview)
- Attend the pre-arranged interview with the Head of Teaching, at which you should present your portfolio, if you have one
- Wait for notification of the application result.
Enrolment takes place between March and September, until the start of classes, and while there are places available on the courses.
Enrolment can be completed after the admission requirements have been verified and upon payment of the enrolment fee and presentation of:
- Curriculum / Biography
- 1 passport-type photograph, in digital format
- Qualifications certificate
- Applicant’s documents (ID card / Citizen Card + Taxpayer Card + Proof of address: electricity, water or telephone bill, or driving licence)
- Filling out and signing the registration form and training contract.
Are you interested?
Make a non-binding pre-registration.