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Creative Technologies: Interdisciplinary Technologies Careers

Related Skills

  • Ability to identify and analyze strategies of composition in the work of digital arts
  • Strong time-management and organizational skills, able to meet deadlines
  • Use html and WYSIWYG editors to create interactive web experiences that are visually and aurally inventive
  • Create and edit sound materials digitally
  • Operate either a Windows or Macintosh PC
  • Capture, edit, and manipulate both motion and still images
  • Work with other artists in collaborative projects
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to use several technologies
  • Working and collaborating with artists in a variety of arts
  • Grasp basic concepts in Theatre, Art and Music and apply them in digital arts
  • Identify and analyze strategies of composition in the work of digital artists
  • Solve problems, both technical and aesthetic, in a digital environment
  • Explore computer arts as a performance medium

Being Successful in the Field

  • Build your own portfolio
  • Post your work on discussion boards
  • Start a blog
  • Get an internship
  • Join Design clubs

Related Fields

  • Advertising
  • Animator
  • AR/VR Designer
  • Digital Artist
  • Digital Sound Producer
  • Digital Video Producer
  • Light and Set Designer
  • Marketing
  • Multimedia Design
  • Multimedia Production
  • UI (User Interface) Designer
  • UX (User Experience) Designer
  • Web developer
  • 3D Designer

 

Career Industry Liaison

Name Office Email Phone
Renee Carrigan  223 Bone Student Center  rdcarig@ilstu.edu  (309) 438-2200 

Internship Coordinator

Name Office Email Phone
Jody Decremer  Center for Visual Arts 216A  decremer@ilstu.edu  (309) 438-3921