Instructor: Mark Overlow

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The Graphic Communications program is designed for creative students who enjoy design, technology, and visual storytelling. Students learn how ideas become professional designs used in marketing, advertising, publishing, and digital media. This hands-on program blends creativity with real-world skills, giving students a strong foundation for both college and careers.

Curriculum Focus:
• Visual communication
• Digital illustration
• Digital image editing
• Layout and design
• Animation
• Game design
• Motion graphics
• Photography

Students graduate with practical skills, confidence, and a competitive edge in creative fields such as graphic design, marketing, advertising, printing, social media content creation, and visual communications. This programs turns creativity into opportunity.

Suggested credits earned prior to junior year for this program are: ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Graphic Communications program is designed for creative students who enjoy design, technology, and visual storytelling. Students learn how ideas become professional designs used in marketing, advertising, publishing, and digital media. This hands-on program blends creativity with real-world skills, giving students a strong foundation for both college and careers.

Curriculum Focus:

• Visual communication

• Digital illustration

• Digital image editing

• Layout and design

• Animation

• Game design

• Motion graphics

• Photography

Students graduate with practical skills, confidence, and a competitive edge in creative fields such as graphic design, marketing, advertising, printing, social media content creation, and visual communications. This programs turns creativity into opportunity.

Suggested credits earned prior to junior year for this program are:
(2) Science; (2) Math; (2) English; (2) History

IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU?
• Are you creative?
• Are you detail oriented?
• Do you enjoy learning?
• Can you work within a timeline?
• Are you good at listening?
• Do you respond well to critique?

CAREER FOCUS
• Imaging specialist
• Animator or videographer
• Interactive digital media specialist
• 3D graphics or instructional designer
• Web or web content designer
• Advertising and/or marketing
• Creative director

CERTIFICATIONS
Earn Ohio Department of Education (ODE) credential points toward graduation during your junior and senior years.
• Adobe Photoshop (4 points)
• Adobe Illustrator (4 points)
• Adobe Animate (4 points)
• Adobe InDesign (4 points)

Taking control of your future is easier than you think. By finishing your high school education at Heartland Technical Education Center, you put yourself ahead of your peers with field experience a normal classroom could never replicate. Apply for this program and pursue your passion today!