Digital Media
Learn the fundamentals of digital media design and production in just 12 weeks.
What You’ll Learn
In Deep Dive’s Digital Media bootcamp, you will learn the fundamentals of digital media design and production. We will teach you valuable, in-demand skills in commercial animation and computer generated graphics (CGI) utilizing the latest, most popular software development tools in the digital media industry. Demand for digital media design professionals is growing in entertainment, healthcare, education, scientific research, and more.
Our experienced instructors will provide you with the space, time, and tools for creativity and exploration, allowing you to dive deeper into the technologies that most interest you. By the end of this intensive experience, you will have created a portfolio of projects that will demonstrate to employers that you have the skills it takes to add technical value and creativity to their organization and the digital media industry.
Highlights
- Structured digital storyboarding
- Digital narration and sound techniques
- Post-production digital editing
- Social media promotion
- Video clips with CGI
- Animated business commercial creation
- Video editing in 3D environments
- Green Screen tools and techniques
- Iterative design process
Requirements
It’s expected that our students will have a practical understanding of popular operating systems, as well as fundamental computer, internet, and digital peripheral device skills.
Students must use their own laptop in this bootcamp, with an operating system of Windows 10OS or Mac 10.13 or above. Webcams and microphones are required. Internet access with a minimum of 3.8Mpbs/3.0Mbps (up/down) is also required. Contact us for information about minimum specs. Limited loaners are available through CNM ITS.
Full-Time Digital Media Bootcamp
Schedule
- 12 weeks to completion
- Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Fridays: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- In-person instruction at the CNM STEMulus Center, 20 First Plaza Center NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Off-site instruction for video shoots
- Online instruction via Zoom
Dates & Deadlines
January 20 — April 11, 2025
Application Deadline: January 10, 2025
May 19 — August 8, 2025
Application Deadline: May 8, 2025
September 15 — December 5, 2025
Application Deadline: September 5, 2025
Cost and Tuition Assistance
Total Cost: $10,995
Tuition assistance is available.
Nine out of ten applicants receive 100% funding for their Deep Dive programs. Participants receiving financial assistance via scholarships or other funding sources may not have to pay a deposit or any tuition. Learn more about tuition assistance and the payment process.
Meet Your Digital Media Instructors
Dr. Rod Sanchez
Dr. Rod Sanchez has spent the last decade working with companies such as Intel, HP, and DreamWorks Animation SKG to develop first-of-its-kind digital products and technologies. Rod speaks nationally about the important relationship between emerging media, education, and the world economy.
Kasie Cochrane
Kasie Cochrane is a Creative Designer who specializes in digital illustration, 2D animation, graphic design, and video production and editing. With a background in Fine Art and a passion for Art and Design, she strives to build projects that can expose the creative process.
What Our Students Are Saying
“Joining the Deep Dive Digital Media program changed my life. Looking back, I learned so much and experienced even more. I am a different person than before both in skills and life lessons.”
— Angel S.
“The Digital Media program not only taught me skills to further my passion, but it helped me to learn a lot about myself. I learned that given the right tools and encouragement, I can do anything I set my mind on. This bootcamp also affirmed an age old saying embedded in my brain from a young age: ‘No one is going to call you for a job. You must go out and make it happen!’”
— Chelsea D.
Career Readiness
As a full-time bootcamp learner, you will have access to Career Readiness services from our Deep Dive Student Support staff, including:
- Durable soft skill building lessons
- Resume and portfolio feedback
- Job search techniques
- Technical interview preparation
- Technical networking practice
- HireCNM resources
Credit for Prior Learning
If you have received training or performed related work experience, you may qualify for credits. Visit CNM’s Credit for Prior Learning page for more information.