A Career as big as your dreams is possible with Design, Right after your A/Ls
Did you know that designers are among the most sought-after professionals by some of the biggest businesses today? It’s true. Designers are now offered amazing jobs in powerful industries in exchange for their ability to present creative and innovative solutions that make brands stand out in the market- a worldwide trend that is now evident in Sri Lanka too. If you’re a young creative person in Sri Lanka, you now have the chance to make an incredible career out of what you really love; AOD campus in Colombo presents a guaranteed pathway to highly successful creative careers with a world-class design degree from the Northumbria University UK. Enrollments for the 2016/17 intake are now in progress at AOD.
The most powerful industries in the world, including those in Sri Lanka, have realised the potential that design holds to enhance their business. So, designers are now in high demand. Power industries like hospitality and tourism rely on interior designers and product design for spaces, furniture, utility products etc. Most large- scale exports like tea and cinnamon look to graphic designers for strong logos, brand identities and packaging. Similarly, businesses turn to fashion designers for corporate uniforms that are in line with their brand image while Sri Lanka’s massive apparel industry is also powered by fashion designers. These are just a few examples from the many industries that employ designers for better business.With the rising demand for designers, ‘Design’ is now recognised among the most soughtafter career paths offering stable jobs, financial security and personal satisfaction.
There’s no greater career reward than being successful at what you love doing best; this is why ‘design’ becomes an especially rewarding career path for creative young minds. Today, Sri Lanka’s design career landscape is exploding with amazing new careers for young creatives who have the right education, qualifications and training. For example, the career scope in fashion is no longer limited to only fashion designers; there is new demand for fashion marketing & design experts, fashion stylists, trend forecasters and so on. Similarly, when it comes to graphic design there are so many new careers beyond the traditional role of ‘graphic designer’; branding specialist, brand experience designer, interactive media designer, visual strategist are few of these challenging and equally rewarding careers available in the area of graphic design. Even in the case of interior architectural design, there are numerous fantastic new careers like 3D visualizing artist, furniture design expert, lighting experience specialist and virtual space designer.
Design education is well recognised by the government of Sri Lanka- a fact that becomes evident with the increasing presence of design degrees in state universities and through private education institutes. For those who are interested in becoming design professionals with a qualification accepted anywhere in the world, the celebrated design campus AOD presents complete UK design degrees with Northumbria University- a trusted name officially recognised by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka.
Northumbria’s design degrees in Fashion, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Marketing & Design Studies as well as Motion Graphics & Animation Design are now available at AOD in a 100% internal and complete manner.
AOD’s partnership with Northumbria University is a unique one; it allows AOD students to graduate with the identical design degrees as those conducted in theNorthumbria campus in Britain; the programmes at AOD in Sri Lanka are also conducted by an international faculty and marked by the Northumbria examination panel, allowing the students here to have a complete global student experience. It’s a rare chance to get a UK degree close to home and qualify as a professional recognised anywhere in the world. AOD prides itself as one of the few design schools in South Asia to offer a truly international design experience. As part of this experience, AOD students get access to inspiring study tours to major creative hubs like New York, Milan and Bangkok. Furthermore, AOD maintains a highly experienced international faculty selected with Northumbria University UK to facilitate these international degrees in Colombo; hailing from UK, Canada, Spain, India, Scotland etc. these design industry experts are also responsible for creating a thriving creative culture within AOD. Furthermore, AOD is fully equippedwith studios, creative laboratories, digital equipment and library resources to provide a complete design education in Colombo.
AOD also boasts an impressive relationship with government and private sector industries in Sri Lanka: This gives AOD students the unique opportunity to engage in real-life collaborations while studying and get industry experience in preparation for employment; this unique aspect of AOD education has gained AOD graduates a name in the trade, as well-rounded design professionals fit for leading teams and taking on big challenges.
AOD maintains an astounding employment rate of 100% for its graduates. AOD Job Placement Centre actively places all AOD graduates on their first job with good salaries – an important aspect of AOD’s responsibility towards its students.
If you’re interested in design and wish to find your success through a creative career, AOD gives you a sure pathway to get there. AOD is currently enrolling after A/Ls students on pending results, for its 2016 September intake for Northumbria UK design degrees. To discuss an education or a career in design, call AOD International Design Campus on 0775980 141 or 0115867772, email info@aod.lk or walk in between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday to AOD, 29, Lauries Road, Colombo 4 or log on to www. aod.lk to apply online.