Now Accepting Applications!
Graphic DesignVisual Media

Now accepting applications for
Fall '26

The graphic design school and the photography & film media school still have a few spots left for fall '26. We're accepting applications on a rolling basis for our two-year graphic design program and our two-year visual media program. Questions? design.central@seattlecolleges.edu

Who We Are

Located in Washington State, The Seattle Central Creative Academy houses two strong programs within Seattle Central College. The first program is Graphic Design which focuses on visual design, print design, packaging, environmental design, motion graphics, web design, app design and interactive screen based media. The second program is Visual Media which focuses on photography, motion, film and video. Our programs are 6 quarters (2 years) and at the end of the program you will graduate with a graphic design degree (Associate of Applied Science Degree in Design) or a visual media degree (Associate of Applied Science in photography / film) depending on which program you choose.

‍The Seattle Central Creative Academy, or SCCA, is a state-of-the-art facility unparalleled in Northwest higher education. We are constantly working to be technologically and academically current. As creative communication professionals, we work in a collaborative learning environment and strive to foster networks within our Academy and with the community at large.

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Courses Offered

We pride ourselves in keeping our curriculum current with changes and developments on
an annual basis. Here are some of the courses that we are currently teaching.

We also offer short courses in Screen Printing (Silkscreen), Letterpress, Typeface Design, Experimental Type, Portfolio Building, Laser Cutting, and Color Theory through our continuing education programs.

Visual Meda Courses
Graphic Design Courses

UI/UX/AI

Packaging Design

Motion Graphics

Color Theory

Video Editing

Webflow

Branding

Poster Design

Environmental Design

Print Design

Lighting Techniques

Typography

Conceptual Problem
Solving

and more...

Where Our Grads Work

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Alumni Profile

Phillip Patterson

My job title is graphic designer, or just designer. My day-to-day is actually not quite as cut and dry as you might think. I'm always working on graphic design projects, but there's the media day that we have to plan, and I help on photo shoots, and we review other work that's tied to the Kraken.

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Class Highlights

Highlights from Lori Peck's Advertising Class

Highlights from Lori Peck's Advertising class at Seattle Central Creative Academy showcase campaigns for clients like Local Yokels and Bike Works. Discover how students develop unique, award-winning ideas that impress their instructors and clients alike.

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Highlights from Erik Fadiman's Interactive Design Class

Highlights from Erik Fadiman's Interactive Design class showcase impressive student projects, from a research-based wine project to a UX portal. Discover the innovative work and design thinking skills developed by students in this program.

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Testimonials

The hard work, collaboration, and hours in the Seattle Central Creative Academy equipped me with years of focus and practice as a designer to not only create quality, visual solutions to problems, but to create those solutions collaboratively, welcome critical feedback from my peers and faculty, synthesize that criticism into a better product, and present a coherent solution.
‍Ian Kirschner, Designer at Microsoft

SCCA provides students with a skillset to hit the ground running in a fast-paced, competitive industry. You will leave the program well-versed in all things design, from packaging and print production to web design and animation. If you're willing to work hard and absorb all SCCA has to offer, you'll leave the program as a qualified candidate for any job in the creative industry.
Andy Boice, Art Director/Owner Unsung Studio

This program is incredible. None of that would have happened without the experience and support of the instructors, who diligently keep their fingers on the pulse of a constantly shifting industry, and the camaraderie of my program peers, who have remained some of my closest friends. I even built my own VR experience. I got up early, stayed up late, and ate more burritos than I’m proud of.
Xio Lugo, Art Director at Resource Media

It was like that scene from The Matrix, but instead of Kung-Fu, it was how to use InDesign. There’s nothing like having a full-time job to learn as much creative stuff as you possibly can. It was a really incredible moment in my life that I wish I could do 3 more times.
Todd Durboraw, Designer at Brooks Running

Attending SCCA was the best spent money of my life. It gave me a better education, and more job prospects than my time at a 4-year  liberal arts college. I’m happy to report that I started a new job working on the Digital Product Design team at Nike!
Hilary Painter, Digital Product Designer at NIKE