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Overview

This short course will equip you with the skills to design posters, flyers, social media adverts and other publications for your small business. The tutor will guide you through the steps to ensure that images, colours and fonts are used effectively to grab the attention of your customer. The content (messaging) of the advert/publication will also be a topic on this course

At the end of this introductory course, you should be able to create your own piece of work, leaving you confident enough to add images, the lettering and the design you envisage on future publications.

What Will I Study?

  • How to envision and create a graphic piece
  • How to add different types of fonts, colours and images
  • What the content/message should be, based on your target customer
  • How to package your graphic and prepare it for printing 

Entry Requirements

No previous experience required for this course.

Materials

Just a pen and paper for note-taking. Please be aware that you may need to purchase these software packages in order to use them at home. 

Progression

Students may wish to enrol on other leisure courses, such as ‘From pleasure to profit: mini-marketing course for new and small businesses.’