We are now living in a multi-faceted digital world where everyone and everything has been digitized. The increasing numbers of digital lifestyle technologies that are taking up almost every aspect of our day-to-day living have gradually transformed our lives, causing every one of us to be reliant on technology.
Unfortunately, our basic knowledge and technical skills are not enough to keep pace with the demands of digital revolution. As the world faces a more serious and intense industrial transformation, the country is also faced with a greater need for equipped and experienced workforces that would facilitate and monitor such change. Businesses and institutions, most especially, would have to acquire better personnel and superior equipment and resources to advance their services and keep up with their clients necessities.
A Digitally Transformed Nation
Through digital technology, peoplespecifically the young onesare now engaging and enjoying in various online activities, such as social networking, instant messaging, video conferencing, and gaming. In fact, comScore, a U.S.-based research company has ranked the Filipinos as the worlds heaviest users of social media, and the Philippines as the country with the highest penetration in Facebook across the globe.
Apart from those life-changing developments, digitization stretched cutting-edge boundaries in art style and media. These new dimensions have provided huge and exciting opportunities and possibilities for people and industries, especially those that are related to multimedia arts.
Interactive media have become a commonplace globally, as its application can be found in a wide range of industries including, but not limited to:
Creative industries
Commercial
Entertainment and fine arts
Education
Engineering
Medicine
Scientific research
Education
Business sector
In the Philippines, Filipinos have shown their involvement and excellence in the digital world by winning a number of international competitions that are linked to the use of digital technology. Among these are global contests in video production and web master development that require high-tech tools and gadgets. In addition, Filipino animators were also able to penetrate and work in different digital film and game development companies overseas, showcasing their talents to many nations globally.
Mounting Career Opportunities
Meanwhile, due to the growing consumer demand for realistic visual and special effects, electronic publishing, digital audio, as well as three-dimensional graphics, employment and career opportunities in the design and media arts are expected to grow in the local and foreign job market in the coming years. Competition for job openings is also assumed to be tighter and challenging.
In order to be highly employable in the industry, a candidate should have the artistic talents and technical skills required by the position. There are several digital arts schools offering programs which focus on interactive media work and training in such field. CIIT, for one, is among the best emerging colleges for multimedia arts in the Philippines. Students of CIIT are trained to be equipped with wide range of digital media skills.
CIIT offers programs that will develop each students creative and technical competence through appropriate hands-on training. Through the use of state-of-the-art facilities and software, the school helps motivate and bring out the passion of every student in digital arts and design.
So if you are a multimedia arts and animation enthusiast, enroll now at CIIT!
To know more about the schools programs and services, visit www.ciit-ph.com.