Rex RaineyJuly 7, 2023
Rex Rainey
AIGA Design Professional Certificate for design professionals.
Skills / Knowledge
- Identify leadership styles and methods
- Recognize best practices for leading and managing teams
- Define emotional intelligence and describe its role in effectively managing teams and client relationships
- Identify key HR terminology and common HR tasks
- List methods for managing performance
- Describe coaching methods for effectively coaching team members
- Name key elements of effective negotiation
- Differentiate between project management methodologies
- Explain project planning principles
- Define business strategy and describe steps for strategic planning
- Describe the entrepreneurial mindset
- Define strategic communication
- Examine methods for strategic planning in marketing
- Describe relevant accounting terms
- Define the steps that make up the accounting cycle
- Explain the role of finance in the entrepreneurial process
- Recall the importance of budgeting and financial planning
- Identify and explain the three major pricing strategies
- Define and distinguish between fixed and variable costs
- Develop a basic financial plan
- Explain the factors and assumptions involved in break-even analysis
- Define key concepts relevant to effective design practices
- Name areas of specialization and potential career paths for designers
- Describe the application of design in different contexts
- Identify elements of design and how to apply them in practice
- Explain basic web design principles and how to apply them
- Describe basic UX principles and how to apply them
- Define prototyping and recognize prototyping strategies
- Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Explain the role of data in design and define key terms related to data analytics
- Explain common analytics for business and quality improvement
- Describe methods of ensuring the quality of data
- Explain basic data management techniques
- Examine methods for promoting creativity and innovation in teams and organizations
- List and describe the stages of design thinking
- Recognize key project management principles and how to apply them to design projects
- Recall common tools and technologies for design and describe how different tools are used in day-to-day design tasks and practices
- Identify the major areas of federal regulation most relevant to the field of design
- Describe basic legal terminology and elements of the larger legal environment
- Identify key elements of copyright law and define fair use
- Explain the major legal protections for intellectual property rights
- Describe ADA and Section 508 compliance
- Explain common goals of accessibility laws and guidelines
- Recognize different legal structures in business
- List key differences between independent contractors and employees
- Define the legal elements involved in forming a contract
- Define nondisclosure agreements
- Describe the standards of professional practice for designers
- Define key terms related to ethics, accessibility, and diversity and inclusion
- Recall common ethical frameworks
- Identify warning signs of ethical problems
- Name common characteristics of ethical leadership
- Describe key goals of accessibility
- Identify principles of accessible design
- Apply accessibility principles to design concepts
- Describe the relationship between accessibility and inclusive design
- Determine best practices for promoting inclusivity in the workplace
- Define unconscious bias
- Identify elements of inclusive leadership practices
- Ability to define the problem/purpose of the project
- Ability to redirect/reframe creative requests
- Ability to justify creative choices
- Ability to explain design process
- Ability to explain a research insight
- Ability to advocate for the team
- Demonstrated professionalism
Issued on
July 7, 2023
Expires on
Does not expire