Week 44: Social Media Template Design for Clients

Create a range of editable social media template designs for a client in Canva.

Beginner

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Sign up for a FREE Canva account. Familiarise yourself with the application. Create a social media template using Canva’s FREE design assets.

Intermediate

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Sign up for a FREE Canva account and using a client of your choosing, create 3 editable social media templates for a single social media platform. Once complete. Re-size the templates for another social platform.

Advanced

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Sign up for a FREE Canva account and using a client of your choosing, create a suite of editable social media templates for 2 social media platforms. Once complete, use a range of PSD mock ups to present your designs and demonstrate the context in how they should be used by the client.

Time Allocated

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2 Hours for Beginners: / 3 Hours for Intermediate: / 4 Hours for Advanced: /

Design Goals

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Demonstrate your graphic design skills using an alternative platform.

Constraints

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Use Canva for everything.

Resources

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Software

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  • Adobe Illustrator

    Design System, Templates

Upload

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