Multimedia Designer
What the work is
Plans, designs and produces digitally delivered information, promotional content, instructional material and entertainment through online and recorded digital media.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Plans and designs the layout and structure of digital multimedia projects for use in various media contexts such as advertising campaigns, educational presentations and social media material
- Uses specialised software, static and animated information, text, pictures, video and sound to produce content for an intended audience and purpose
- Develops multimedia prototypes, mock-ups and storyboards that incorporate voice, images and text
- Researches and selects appropriate software, tools and technologies for multimedia production
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small studio designing websites and apps for local businesses and community groups. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You watch someone use your design for the first time and they never get stuck
- A messy form becomes a simple three step flow that people actually finish
- A client who started out sceptical shows your prototype to their whole team
Hard days
- A client falls in love with a design that tests badly with real users
- Feedback arrives from six people who all want different things
- You spend a week on something that turns out to need starting again
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 242131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.