Design and creative arts

Discover a career where you can let your creative juices flow. One where you have the freedom to work across many different businesses and even a wide range of time zones. By building your design and illustration skills, you’ll have the option of working in-house or freelancing remotely from anywhere in the world.

With ACBI’s Design and Creative Arts courses, you’ll learn how to develop exciting design concepts and use professional design software to bring them to life. As a graduate, you’ll have a range of dynamic and flexible career pathways open to you.

Potential Salaries

Illustrator

$80000

Illustrators produce creative sketches, drawings, infographics and other illustrations for print and digital media. For example, their work may appear in books, in animated videos and on websites.

User Experience Designer

$100000

User Experience (UX) Designers focus on making designs for apps, website and other digital products. They produce make prototypes and test designs to make sure they’re easy and enjoyable for people to use.

Design Manager

$175000

Design Managers are responsible for leading teams of designers. They play a key role in not only influencing the strategy behind creative works, but also improving how design projects are run and creating smarter ways of working.

Source: Seek 2026

Demand for Graphic Designers and Web Designers is booming – Demand for Graphic Gesigners and Web Designers is predicted to grow by 21.7% over the next 5 years (Seek 2026).
Graphic Designers and Art Directors enjoy good job satisfaction – Graphic Designers in Australia score their job satisfaction as being 4 out of 5 (Seek 2026).
There’s growing demand for interior designers – Demand for interior designers is predicted to grow by 19.1% over the next 5 years (Seek 2026).

Step 1: Study a Certificate IV in Design
Kickstart your design journey by building introductory design skills. Build foundational skills in areas like illustration, colour theory, video production and typography.

Step 2: Study a Diploma of Graphic Design
Begin to specialise in graphic design. Learn how to produce engaging, professional designs for digital ads, 3D design, print publications, brand packaging and more.

Step 3: Study an Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design
Take your graphic design skills to the next level. Build your ability to use advanced typography, design dynamic websites, manage design clients, lead design projects and more.

“I have only good things to say about my time with ACBI. The curriculum for my courses was very complete and very hands on. All the trainers I’ve had were highly qualified and the staff always provided me and other students with amazing support.”
-Manoela Prusch

“I’m from Japan and I had been working as a freelance illustrator. However, when I came to Australia, I didn’t have any local career experience. I wanted to enhance my skills and explore more career options. The Diploma of Graphic Design offers both basic and practical studies with essential skills that designers need nowadays. The area around the school is vibrant and diverse, which really helps with my creativity. The classes are face-to-face, and the school provides all the equipment I need. The trainers and staff members are very friendly and always willing to support students.”
-Aiko Sakano

“I’ve started an Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design at ACBI Sydney. I really love graphic design. In this course, I’ve learnt a lot of things about social media design, branding and packaging design. I’m planning to apply all of the knowledge and skills that I have learned from my graphic design studies to my future business. Every business needs marketing and design.”
-Swiss Lee