Level 2 Diploma in Creative Digital Media Skills

This Level 2 Diploma in Creative Digital Media Skills is designed to introduce you to the dynamic and ever-changing digital media industry. You will gain a broad understanding of various sectors within the industry and develop essential skills that can prepare you for a wide range of careers. The course is recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry body for UK screen-based industries, and holds the ScreenSkills Select quality mark, indicating its suitability for preparing students for careers in the screen industries.

Curriculum

The curriculum covers core industry knowledge and allows for specialization through optional units. You will work on live briefs to develop practical project skills.

1. Year 1
   • Digital media sectors and audiences
   • Planning and pitching a digital media product
   • Final digital production project
   • Media industry in context
   • Deconstruction media products
   • Digital moving image production
   • Digital audio production
   • Digital publishing production
   • Website production
   • Digital games production
   • Digital editing for moving image
   • Advertising production
   • Factual media production
   • Digital audio editing
   • Writing for digital media
   • Digital games testing
   • Lighting for moving image

Careers

This course provides a foundation for further study or entry-level positions in the creative digital media sector. Potential career paths include junior roles in film, television, photography, sound creation, or advertising.

• Junior positions in film or TV industry
• Photography
• Sound creation
• Advertising industry