Apprenticeship Media Designer Digital and Print

You want to work creatively and design professionally? With us, you learn design from the ground up, right in the mdh community. We accompany people who think courageously, design, and go their own creative path. You learn in a community that knows, supports, and inspires each other, an environment where you can experiment, grow, and become visible with your creativity. You work with the tools, techniques, and fundamentals needed to design digital and printed media, from idea to implementation. Design & Creation: Basics, color, typography, layout; image editing, photography, vector graphics; print publishing & prepress. Digital & Motion: Screen design; audio/video/animation; web publishing & media integration. Concept & Management: Target group analysis; design concepts & presentations; visual marketing; business mathematics & media economics basics. Everything you learn is immediately applied in projects. This way you quickly see what works, what workflows look like, and where your strengths lie. With your degree, you work everywhere strong visuals are in demand, e.g., in digital & IT companies, advertising, design & media agencies, publishers & printing houses, film and TV productions, marketing departments of various industries.

Design digital and printed media from idea to implementation. Apply design basics, color, typography, layout. Image editing, photography, vector graphics. Print publishing & prepress. Screen design, audio/video/animation, web publishing & media integration. Target group analysis, design concepts & presentations, visual marketing, business mathematics & media economics basics. Project work in all areas.

School leaving certificate (at least one): Intermediate secondary school diploma (Mittlerer Schulabschluss / Realschule / Fachoberschulreife). What you should bring: Creativity & a good eye for design. Team spirit. Reliability & resilience. Good color perception. Your application: Motivation letter (approx. 1 page), CV with photo, relevant certificates (can be submitted later).

Real practice from day 1: Projects, tools, workflows like in real agencies. Top equipment: Mac labs, studios, modern printing & media technology. Small groups, close supervision: Lecturers from the industry, individual support. Strong network: Contacts to agencies, start-ups, and companies. Community feeling: Exchange with students from games, film, fashion & media. Career boost: IHK degree + practice makes you fit for job or a subsequent bachelor's degree. Financing: BAföG possible.