SOUTH AUCKLAND CREATIVE HUB X MEDIA DESIGN SCHOOL

The South Auckland Creative and Tech Hub provides a space to explore, create, and grow for youth in South Auckland. Through digital technologies and creative industries gain a taste of what possibilities await.

Together with our partners at Media Design School, NZ’s most awarded tertiary institution for creative and digital technology qualifications, we bring the Digital Creative Foundation programme to South Auckland’s rangatahi.

THE FIRST STEP

This programme will give you a taste of what working in the creative and digital design industries.

Don’t know what to do? Or know what you want to do but not how to get there? Then this programme has what you need. Whether you’re a school leaver, a student looking to change paths, or employed and looking to redirect your passion, this programme will teach you the basics of digital design. Set yourself yp with the skills you need to tackle our bachelor’s degrees and kickstart your career in graphics, movies, games and beyond.

HOW IS IT STRUCTURED?

The Digital Creativity Foundation comprises two certificates:

  • The New Zealand Certificate in Arts and Design
  • The New Zealand Certificate in Digital Media and Design

 

Each certificate is worth 60 credits and contributes to the completion of the overall programme.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

18 to 24? From South Auckland? Our team here at the South Auckland Creative & Tech Hub and our partners will guide you through the process.

Media Design School is an Adobe Creative Campus which comes with a variety of incredible benefits for our students including your own Adobe Creative Cloud Pro License for the duration of your studies.

NZ CERTIFICATE IN
ARTS AND DESIGN
COMPONENTS

AD100 Concept Art
Gain the understanding of arts an design processes and drawing skills with a range of media including digital.

AD200 3D Design
Gain the understanding of designing, creating, and building basic 3D models that can be applied to a range of media formats.

AD300 Game Design
Gain fundamental knowledge of game design theory, game design principles, intellectual property, cultural appropriation and teamwork skills.

AD400 Animation
Gain knowledge of digital animation, animation principles, animation workflow and conveying meaning to a specific target audience.

NZ CERTIFICATE IN
DIGITAL MEDIA AND
DESIGN COMPONENTS

DM100 Visual Communication Design
Gain knowledge in a range of industry standard applications, visual research skills, design literacy skills, Elements and Principles of Design, industry practice standards and technical skills in a range of software applications.

DM200 Digital Design
Gain fundamental knowledge in front-end web design practices, including markup languages, HTML and CSS, W3C standards including accessibility standards.

DM300 Digital Design
Gain Gain knowledge and skills to design and produce content for multimedia outputs, with consideration to effects, composition, quality content and audio.

DM400 Portfolio Design
Gain knowledge and skills to analyse, collate, create and present a portfolio.