The pathways and opportunities for graduates of the programme are exciting and diverse.

Students graduating from the BA (Hons) in Visual Communication Design can look forward to beginning a career in a broad range of fields in both the private and public sectors, such as:

– -Graphic Design (branding, corporate design, identity, packaging etc)
– -Advertising and art direction
– -Web design
– -Interactive Media (games, dvds, software applications)
– -Motion Graphics and Post-production for TV and film
– -Exhibition and Environmental Design
– -Print and Publishing (newspapers, magazines, printers)
– -Illustration and Photography
– -Art and Design education
– -Design journalism and criticism

Many graduates have also established their own companies in corporate design, publishing (Ampersand Design), exhibition design, web design (Cron Design), advertising and information design, motion graphics (Lovely Productions, DADDY) and interactive media.

Recent graduates have started careers in companies such as Design Factory (Dublin), Design Works (Dublin), Zinc (Dublin), Zero-G (Dublin), Why Not Associates (London), SO Design (Amsterdam), Piranha Bar (Dublin), Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin), JudgeGill (Manchester), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Dublin) and Martello Media (Dublin)

Other graduates have chosen to pursue post-graduate study and research in design at IADT and other institutions in Ireland and abroad. These include: Central St Martins, London; London College of Communication; Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia; School of the Visual Arts, New York and Dublin Institute of Technology.