St Helens College | 2024 School Leavers' Prospectus

Industry Links TownCentre Campus *Salary data collected from various sources, see page 106 for details, July 2023 Graphic Designer £18k - £35k Advertising Art Director £18k - £45k+ Product Designer £23k - £45k Art Editor £20k - £40k Animator £18k - £36k Illustrator £18k - £40k The UK has the second largest design industry in the world, and is recognised as an innovative leader with high quality designers. Nowmore than ever, employers are looking for talented individuals with the right mix of skills, creativity and imagination. You will unleash your creativity across a range of disciplines fromdesigning fonts, typefaces andmagazine layouts to exploring digital and traditional illustration and studying 2D animation. Working on live briefs with local employers is a crucial part of your course, alongside showcasing your work at our end-of-year show. Visit www.sthelens.ac.uk/ graphicdesign for more information 80 GraphicDesign Course Title Entry Requirements Progression Level 3 ExtendedDiploma University or Employment 4GCSEs at grade 4 or above (including English and/or maths, and preferably an art related subject) University Graphic Design at Liverpool JohnMoores University Joined us from Rainhill High School Nicole Aspiring Graphic Designer Former Graphic Design student Emily, completed an impressive project in collaboration with Liverpool School Sports Partnership. She created a range of characters that will be used in activity workbooks as part of amental health andwellbeing project. Students created a series of impressive animations based on books that have been adapted into films, such as TheMaze Runner, Jaws and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The work ranged fromdigital 3D animation tomixedmedia elements such as collage, painting and drawings, all combinedwith digital editing and animation techniques. 81 "I really enjoyed the variety of projects we undertook, from screen printing to creating our own branding. I also createdmy own website which I have continued to update with designs and illustrations."