Do you feel comfortable with and challenged by technology? Do you have specialized skills as an artist and technician? If so, combine your artistic ability and your techie skills with a degree in Web design and interactive media.

Web design and interactive media is a dynamic industry of integrated electronic communications running on conventional computers as well as devices such as cell phones, kiosks, MP3 players, and museum displays. As such, Web design and interactive media is an essential part of the business, education, entertainment, and scientific industries.

The field is ripe with employment opportunities for those who possess the skills to combine film, graphic arts, sound, and text to improve the dissemination of information. When you complete a Web design and interactive media degree program, you will have acquired those in-demand skills.

Web design and interactive media degree programs
Web design and interactive media coursework begins with drawing and design, digital image manipulation, animation, multimedia system design, scriptwriting, sound, and video. Intermediate courses introduce interactive media authoring, project management skills, video technology, and Web skills such as Flash and JavaScript. In advanced courses, you’ll expand your understanding of the structure and technologies of Web and interactive media products and learn techniques for designing and managing large projects.

In the Web design and interactive media associate degree program at the Art Institutes, for instance, you’ll develop a strong foundation in the field, learning to combine animation tools on Macintosh- and Pentium-based PCs. You’ll also become skilled in software applications such as PhotoShop and Macromedia Director to integrate animation, images, sound, text, and video into a complete project. The school’s bachelor’s degree program offers a more advanced understanding of Web design and interactive media. In the capstone project of the program, you’ll plan, design, and develop substantial projects, often for actual clients

You may also gain professional experience through student internships and freelance work. Once you complete your degree program, you will have compiled a professional-quality digital portfolio to showcase the skills you’ve acquired.

Web design and interactive media careers
With a degree in Web design and interactive media, you’ll be prepared for an entry-level career as an animator, creative director, digital media producer, graphic artist, instructional designer, interactive designer, programmer, project coordinator, special effects artist, or Web developer. These careers may be found in the fields of advertising, corporate communications, education, electronic games, film, law, marketing, medicine, and publishing.

Enhance the art and science of electronic communications — pursue a degree in Web design and interactive media today.

IT companies likely to spur demand in near term…

While property prices in cities of Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida float at unprecedented levels–the tourist attraction of Jaipur–has been coming up as a potential destination for real estate developers and investors.

Especially, the segment of commercial real estate in Jaipur is quite upbeat for the past one year and a number of business conglomerates are making a beeline to set up their offices in the city, famous as pink city of India, says Anurag Sharma of New Age Consultancy.

In fact, some of the biggest corporate houses have already forayed in this capital city of Rajasthan, with their ambitious projects. Recently, international steel baron LN Mittal announced to establish a technology institute in the city, spread in more than 100 acre. Healthcare majors like Apollo and Escorts, at other end, have also expressed interest in setting up their ultra-modern facilities in Jaipur.

Growth drivers

The biggest advantage that Jaipur Properties offer is that of “cost”. Definitely, the capital prices and rentals of commercial properties in Jaipur are far less in comparison with the cities like Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. Thus, a business organization can substantially cut down its costs by operating from Jaipur.

Secondly, the city boasts of an impressive connectivity via all the modes of roads, railways and air, and is well-linked with nearly all the major cities of India. Take the instance of its international airport, the only one in Rajasthan.

Furthermore the availability of land is not an issue in Jaipur, and unlike the big cities, a firm can acquire large chunks of land in the prime locations to build their offices. Owing to these reasons, it makes a sound business proposition for companies to operate from this city. Nevertheless, a lot of companies have identified these advantages and trying to capitalize on the same.

The IT hopes

According to Knight and Frank, a consultancy firm, sufficient availability of land is something that can convert Jaipur into next IT destination of India. Meanwhile, BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) major Genpact has already established a huge facility in the city and mammoths like Infosys and Wipro have also expressed their interest in establishing their offices in Jaipur.

Nonetheless, Delhi-based Vatika group is developing a huge 800-acre infotech city in Jaipur, while the Rajasthan government has also started offering land to IT companies, on subsidized rates.

With this, commercial properties in Jaipur are likely to undergo a boom time as more and more business houses come to the city, professionals from the real estate industry of Jaipur say.