Profession Visual Communication Designer - free course from Skillbox, training, Date: November 29, 2023.

Russian Internet company in the field of online education, founded in 2016. The controlling stake in Skilbox LLC belongs to VK. The company is considered the leader in the Russian professional online training market. It is also a leader in training for jobs related to the digital economy and online advertising.

Skillbox is a Russian company that specializes in online education. Skillbox calls itself an online university for in-demand skills.

The educational programs of the service are focused on four main areas:

• design;
• programming;
• marketing;
• control.

On the platform you can gain knowledge on current topics and in-demand skills. All courses are aimed at practice: we monitor the relevance of the material and help with employment and internships.

The Skillbox educational platform was launched in 2016. The company was founded by Igor Koropov (1989-2020) and Dmitry Krutov. Later they were joined by Andrey Anishchenko and Sergey Popkov. The general director of the company since its founding has been Dmitry Krutov. Skillbox received the Runet Prize twice: in 2018 in the Education and Personnel category, and in 2019 in the Technology and Innovation category.

In February 2019 Mail. Ru Group acquired 3% of the company, then increased the stake to 10.33% in March, and finally to 60.33% in December of the same year. According to the Mail's annual report. Ru Group, a controlling stake in the company cost it 1.6 billion rubles.

In November 2019, RBC included the company in the rating of the 35 largest EdTech companies in Russia, placing Skillbox in 6th place. In 2020, in the ranking of the top 10 largest EdTech companies compiled by RBC, Skillbox moved to 2nd place.

In October 2020 Mail. Ru Group increased its stake in the company to 70%. In November 2020, the co-founder of the platform, Igor Koropov, died in Sochi.

Learn the basic tools of a graphic designer. You will be able to develop a corporate identity and design concepts for the brand. Learn how to manage projects from brief to presentation.

• Introduction: what does a graphic designer do, what is “good design” and how to achieve it.
• Getting started with Adobe Illustrator: creating your first banner
• Adobe Photoshop: learning composition, learning to work in the program
• Poster: developing associative thinking, learning to find images and metaphors. Layout of the poster
• Bonus module. Learning to accumulate observation
• Presentation: how to collect information from the customer and present your ideas. Create a presentation in Illustrator
• Getting started with Adobe InDesign: learning the interface and creating a catalog
• Poster PRO: step-by-step creation of a poster for a customer
• Identity: we analyze the features of the logo and corporate identity, study the constituent elements of the identity
• Bonus module. We are working on a logo and corporate identity for a mini-bakery
• Event identity. We analyze the audience, create a moodboard, determine the main idea of ​​the identity
• We consider style-forming elements: fonts, illustrations, patterns
• Presentation of ideas to the client: how to effectively present a portfolio, show first ideas and agree on edits
• Finalizing the event identity. Working with the palette in Adobe Colors, making icons and navigation, testing ideas
• Variety of methods and techniques. Competitions for designers
• Guideline: what is it? Parameters and design examples
• We are preparing the first case. Platforms for creating portfolios
• Bonus module. Creating a logo for Suicide
• Bonus module. Creation of corporate identity for the sub-brands Suicide Ventures and Suicide Digital
• Bonus module. Website creation for Suicide Ventures and Suicide Digital

Graphic designer PRO