RMIT University
Digital Graphic Design
- Delivery: Online
- Duration: Eight weeks
- Course Type: Short Course
- Total Price: $1,900
Create aesthetic and meaningful assets by developing in-demand digital graphic design skills and learning key design principles such as colour, typography and layout to help students stand out in the market.
Course overview
Digital graphic design is a unique and valuable skill set that enables students to tackle complex design challenges and create aesthetic, meaningful solutions that are both responsive and useful. Strong visual communication is vital in any digital role, whether creating a seamless website, securing sign-off on a presentation or producing a high-conversion advertising campaign online. Beyond creating polished visual outputs, the Digital Graphic Design course focuses on the digital application of graphic design skills, teaching colour, layout, style and typography principles through a digital lens using the Adobe platform.
This course can be taken as a standalone, but has been designed to be taken as part of a two-course Graphic Design and Content Marketing bundle (with a saving of 20% across both courses). For a more comprehensive understanding of Graphic Design and Content Marketing, RMIT University recommends that you also complete Content and Social Media Marketing).
Key facts
13th July, 2026
14th September, 2026
What you will study
Introduction to Digital Graphic Design
- Understand digital graphic design, including communicating information, hierarchy and emotion.
- Comprehend the role of a graphic designer, applications and platforms of digital graphic design.
- Differentiate the types of graphic design, including animation, infographics, logos and more.
- Choose the appropriate tool for a digital asset.
Milestone: Identify three digital design needs of your organisation or sample project.
How you will learn
Throughout this course, you will gain real-world skills through a tangible project: Attain valuable, current graphic design experience by responding to a design problem in your organisation and articulating a solution to your design brief through a final presentation. Don’t have a project? Not to worry. If you can’t BYO your own project, you’ll be provided with the brand guidelines and examples of a design problem where you can apply your learnings and rationalise design decisions.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain how design principles apply to the creation of design assets.
- Design and create digital graphic assets that adhere to best practice design principles and practices.
- Evaluate design assets against a design brief and best practice design principles.
Who should attend
This Digital Graphic Design course is suited for:
- A creative or aspiring designer looking to upskill and potentially seek or transition into a role in a digital team.
- A current marketing, design thinking, human-centred design, or product specialist looking to distinguish themselves by gaining skills and experience in graphic design and improve their career opportunities.
Who You Will Learn From
Sarah Bürvenich
Subject Matter Expert
Sarah has over 15 years of experience as a multidisciplinary senior designer and art director. Previously Design Lead at Bellroy, Sarah now works independently, developing clear design solutions for clients and agencies. Sarah has worked across Germany, New Zealand, Fiji and Australia and her areas of expertise range from fintech, health, beauty, lifestyle/apparel, industrial design, hospitality and education.
Lauren Vilitati
Expert Industry Mentor
Lauren is a multidisciplinary designer with over two decades of experience across packaging, wayfinding, print and digital design. In recent years, she’s focused on brand and digital communications strategy, leading rebranding and website projects for not-for-profit organisations. She holds a Diploma of Graphic Design from RMIT and has expanded her study in UI design, UX research, digital design, strategy and marketing. Lauren’s career spans freelance, in-house and agency roles, as well as founding a creative co-working space in Fitzroy. She has also taught graphic design for many years, mentoring the first intake of her course.
Tanya De Silva
Expert Industry Mentor
Tanya De Silva is a multidisciplinary design professional with diverse expertise, passionate about innovative graphic design solutions. Tanya’s extensive experience includes collaborations with organisations such as Berry Street, the NRL, Working Dog, Yarra Ranges Council, Cambridge University Press and on several award-winning projects for an array of publishers, delivering solutions for digital, print, product and spatial design. Working in these different areas, she continually seeks to explore the integration of traditional media and contemporary media in the evolving creative landscape, where she enjoys empowering students with the skills, resources and confidence to communicate in a meaningful way.