Combine talents in art and storytelling with a design career in the media industry. Whether you hope to develop video games, create websites or design graphics for news organizations, a career in design will give you the opportunity to tell stories in innovative, creative ways.
227,400 projected graphic design jobs in the U.S. by 2026
$66,130median salary of a web designer
To students who want to work in news design: Be excited to learn in whatever job you end up in. Nothing goes further than a good work ethic and a willingness to grow.
Anna Hyzy, BAJ'17, print design editor at The New York Times
Learn the basics of design and the creation and maintenance of websites and mobile platforms. Deepen your knowledge of design standards and how to apply them in the design of messages using multiple mediums.
Build a foundation of knowledge about the visual display of quantitative data and the ethical issues in graphs and maps. Put this knowledge into practice by creating graphs, maps and explanatory diagrams in Adobe Illustrator for print publication and in Flash for motion graphics.
Create original sounds, write and edit computer code and author multiform narratives while studying their roles in emerging and complex systems during this introduction to concepts, techniques and tools for creating audio, visual and narrative assets used in computer games and digitally mediated environments.
Develop creative and implementation skills with intensive practice producing effective integrated communication strategies, concepts, copy and design for print, broadcast, direct, mobile, digital and social media campaigns.
Apply your classroom learning to real-world scenarios in student media outlets and organizations, including:
SND at IU is the student chapter of the Society for News Design, an international organization for visual communicators and news media experts. SND hosts an annual conference, as well as a Best of News Design competition for newspapers and magazines across the globe.
Design advertisements, pages, infographics, illustrations, data visualizations or web-based, interactive content for IU’s award-winning student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student.
GameDev@IU is a student-run organization that promotes hands-on experience for students interested in game design. It hosts events such as workshops and game jams, and provides a platform for game development collaboration.
