Digital Content Creation
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About this course
**Skills in digital media and moving image are the most in-demand professional skills you can have right now in the creative industries.**
This course will give you the foundation you need to thrive either as a freelance content creator, or working with a studio or a brand to bring ideas to life and publish content that has real impact.
Using **a custom-built £850,000GBP studio** at the heart of a specialist arts school you will have the space to **develop your ideas**, while developing a family of multi-disciplinary skills that will let you create dynamic, exciting, varied content.
Live projects and industry briefs will give you real insight into platforms and how to **design content with purpose**, and an opportunity to **build up an industry-ready portfolio** while you study.
You will be a part of a truly creative campus at HCA. Working alongside other creatives, you will have the chance to collaborate with like-minded specialists from courses like Illustration and Animation, Games Design, and Graphic + Media Design, giving you a chance to **experience how contemporary design agencies and brand partnerships work**.
Graduates on this course will receive a BA (Hons) Digital Content Creation.
**Career paths include:**
- Content Creator
- Digital Marketing
- Motion Graphic Artist
- Social Media Influencer
- Video Production
- Content Production
- Social Media Content Producer
- Content Designer
- Website Content Editor
- Media Strategist
- Chief Creative Officer
- Copywriter
- Art Director
You will also acquire in-demand skills that are required by businesses outside of the entertainment and content production sectors.
**Why study Digital Content Creation at HCA:**
1 / Get in-demand skills that enable you to go into a variety of roles within the creative industries, or get started as an entrepreneur or freelancer.
2 / Work in a purpose-built studio space with access to a suite of industry-standard software and equipment.
3 / Build up your portfolio in a supportive environment through supervised live briefs and projects.
Modules
From your first day at HCA you will work as a creative, developing your skills and your own voice through a series of projects. You will develop your creative practice, practical skills alongside your critical awareness and theoretical knowledge. You will study a range of modules that build your knowledge and confidence and total 120 credits each year.
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