Accelerate ideation, automate repetitive production tasks, and enhance client processes with AI-driven workflows that improve your creative output.

Learn to leverage AI as a brainstorming partner, rapidly resize assets, generate design variations, and streamline content generation to transform your design work.

• Certificate of Completion
• Suitable for All Experience Levels
• 10 Lessons
• Approx. 15 Hours to Complete

Learn how to:

• Automate repetitive production tasks systematically — rapidly resize assets and generate design variations without manual recreation across multiple platforms
• Accelerate ideation and concept development — using AI as a brainstorming partner to generate diverse visual concepts and explore creative directions beyond your initial ideas
• Streamline content and proposal generation workflows — synthesizing client notes into briefs, drafting UX copy, and automating proposal text without starting from scratch
• Master design-specific AI prompting techniques — ensuring your AI outputs match your creative vision, brand standards, and technical specifications
• Enhance design feedback and accessibility processes — use AI image analysis for preliminary feedback and efficiently generating alt-text for accessibility compliance
  Implement AI responsibly in creative environments — navigating data privacy, copyright considerations, and bias mitigation while maintaining creative integrity
• Develop strategic AI integration skills — learning to identify when and how to incorporate AI tools effectively into your design workflow without compromising creativity
• Create animated 3D icons and dynamic assets — combining AI image generation with animation tools to produce engaging visual elements for digital projects

Workflows you'll build:

Design workflows with ChatGPT

• Develop systematic workflows for brainstorming creative concepts, structuring design briefs, and drafting accessibility text with AI assistance
• Implement processes for using AI to analyze uploaded design images and provide preliminary feedback
• Create structured approaches for various design assistant tasks using comprehensive prompting techniques
• Establish methods for adapting AI outputs to match specific design requirements and brand guidelines

Automating design production with Canva AI

• Master Canva's AI features for efficient design production workflows and scaled asset creation
• Implement "Bulk Create" functionality for generating design variations from data sources automatically
• Configure Magic Resize and Magic Switch for rapid multi-platform asset adaptation across different formats
• Apply Magic Edit/Eraser and Text-to-Image tools strategically within professional production workflows

Creating animated 3D icons with GPT-4o and Freepik

• Develop systematic workflows for combining AI image generation with AI video tools to create animated 3D icons
• Master prompting techniques for both static 3D icon creation and dynamic animation sequences
• Implement iterative processes for generating, refining, and animating 3D visual elements
• Create practical applications of animated 3D icons for various design project contexts

Questions you might have:

Q: How can I use AI for design work without losing my creative voice and unique style?

A: The course teaches you to use AI as a creative tool that helps you execute on your artistic vision. You'll learn prompting techniques that incorporate your style preferences and brand guidelines, ensuring AI outputs align with your creative direction.

Q: How do I handle client expectations when using AI tools in my design process?

A: The course includes guidance on transparent communication about AI usage, setting appropriate client expectations, and positioning AI as a tool that enables better service and faster iteration.

Q: What's the difference between this course and just experimenting with AI design tools on my own?

A: This course teaches design workflows, professional prompting techniques, and integration strategies that produce consistent, client-ready results. Rather than trial-and-error experimentation, you'll learn proven frameworks for reliable design AI implementation.

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Get certified in AI for Design

AI for Design includes step-by-step, implementation-focused workflows designed for immediate impact. We cover essential knowledge and dive into high-value AI strategies and tools that successful designers are using today.

At the end of the course, you'll have the option to get your AI for Design certification by passing our online exam. You can add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, CV, or share it on social media.

Instructors: Dr Alvaro Cintas & Clintin Lyle Kruger
Key tools & technologies: ChatGPT, Canva AI, Freepik
Skills gained: Design ideation workflows, production automation, design-specific AI prompting, accessibility enhancement, visual concept generation, client process optimization, animated asset creation, copyright compliance, creative feedback systems, multi-platform design adaptation