Advertising - Art Direction

At Humber, the Advertising Art Direction (AAD) graduate certificate program offers you a portal into the advertising industry as an art director. If you have a background in graphic design, digital and visual creative arts, branding, interaction or digital experience design, film or photography, and want to specialize in art direction within the ad industry, this is the program for you.

The AAD program offers focused classes to build skills and hone your craft in art direction. Our program will be offered at Humber Downtown as of Fall 2025 and models real agencies to include collaborations with Advertising Copywriting students. Our faculty are expert, industry-based professionals ready to develop your skills through a variety of hands-on strategies in the classroom with live client and agency projects and industry networking opportunities, such as our annual portfolio event (www.adartcopy.com) – your networking begins day one.  

The program is designed to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of advertising art direction, design and copywriting combined with marketing, branding and strategy development. These skills enable you to create effective communication and advertising solutions across a wide range of media – both emerging and traditional – to build a portfolio of creative work that reflects the industry standards required for field placement and entry-level art director positions.