Diploma of Visual Merchandising

With our graduates working across the globe, RMIT's Visual Merchandising course is recognised by the industry as a design leader. You'll develop the knowledge and skills you'll need to flourish in the global and fast-paced world of visual merchandising.

In your role as a visual merchandiser, you will present and maintain an organisation's image, service and merchandise to its customers. You will use your design talents to create stimulating and engaging spatial displays that promote and sell products and services. In your role you will,

• create displays, stands and panels for exhibitions, conferences and other events
• create window and in-store displays for retail shops and department stores
• source elements such as lighting, props and accessories
• work to a project brief and present concept designs to clients.

The major emphasis of the course is the design and production of commercial display and the development of a folio of work that prepares you for employment and a highly successful career as a creative individual.

This course prepares individuals for a creative career as a visual merchandiser or display designer in industries such as retail, events, exhibition and styling. You'll learn in commercial retail, exhibition and event environments in world-class facilities. For example, in purpose-built studios, major street frontage windows and new media and digital display technologies.

You will design, develop and create displays using advanced construction and presentation techniques that use colour, lighting, space, photography, digital technologies, sensory inputs and interactive installations.

This course has a hands-on, design-based curriculum that is monitored and delivered by experienced and practising professionals.

Practical workshops and outstanding industry connections help make this course the largest, most exciting and effective visual merchandising course of its kind in Australia.

This course prepares you for creative roles in the retail, styling, events and exhibition industries.

Upon graduation, you may find work in visual merchandising, retail design and display, photo styling, store design, exhibition, events and design consultancy.

You will have the opportunity to work with:

• national and international brands and retail stores
• event and exhibition companies
• photo styling and display production companies
• promotional support studios.

Depending on experience, you may also advance to middle management/management positions.