| Everyone wants a job that offers flexibility, allows | | | | Digital Publishing |
| creativity, requires minimal supervision, and pays well. | | | | Web Design & Production: Design Emphasis |
| West Valley College has an excellent training program | | | | Web Design & Production: Production Emphasis |
| that offers just this. You can be a graphics artist, web | | | | What about salary? Depending on your level of |
| designer, technical writer, or an audio and video | | | | experience and education, you could earn anywhere |
| technician, with a starting pay ranging from $40,000 to | | | | from $35,000 to $40,000 starting all the way up over |
| $60,000+ per year. | | | | $100,000+ a year. You can work full time for a large |
| Most careers in digital media let you work from home, | | | | corporation making a base salary, or you can start |
| set your own hours, and let you use your imagination | | | | your own business working on sites for small/medium |
| to create websites, animations, posters, business cards, | | | | sized businesses. A web designer's median salary by |
| and logos. If this type of work interests you, individuals | | | | years experience from list $38,436 for less than 1 |
| with these types of skills are in demand. Here are | | | | year, $41,487 for 1 to 4 years, $50,680 for 5 to 9 |
| some job titles common for the industry: | | | | years, and $58,862 for 10+ years. Check out some of |
| · Web Designer / Web Developer | | | | the other pay scales for digital media related jobs: |
| · Desktop Publisher | | | | Graphics Designer - |
| · Graphic Design Artist | | | | Digital Media Director - |
| · Media Director / Editor | | | | Seasoned professionals to students recent high school |
| · SEO Copywriter | | | | graduates can benefit from these courses! In today's |
| · Technical Writer | | | | economy companies are looking to cut back on costs, |
| Books and articles are available on this topic if you | | | | for the best bang for their buck. If you are interviewing, |
| want to learn more. Many prefer to learn in a formal | | | | or if a company is considering a layoff, better rounded |
| setting, either in a classroom or instructed online. West | | | | skill sets can make the difference between getting a |
| Valley College has an excellent digital media curriculum, | | | | job offer, or making it past a round of headcount |
| offering both degree and certificate courses with | | | | reduction. |
| different emphasis. Classes include HTML/XHTML, | | | | In closing, the Internet continues to grow at a fast |
| CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, SEO | | | | pace...and there will always be a need for someone |
| search engine optimization, and many others. See if | | | | with digital media experience to help create and |
| any of the following interest you: | | | | manage a corporation's web presence. The web is |
| Degrees / CertificatesDigital Media Design & | | | | ever evolving and is here to stay. So why not choose |
| Production | | | | a rewarding career in Digital Media? |