How to Design Killer Infographics

Have you ever wanted to make your own infographic?

Infographics are all the rage right now.

Infographics are being used to tell compelling & engaging visual stories through data.

You've liked, tweeted, pinned, e-mailed, & shared the heck out of them. 2,000,000+ infographics were created in 2010-2011. [Source]

Infographics are perfect for marketers, product managers, designers, & business owners looking to promote a product / service or build thought leadership in a given industry.

In this class, we will break down the steps of creating a successful infographic:

Research & collect data
Develop a narrative & craft a story
Sketch & wireframe an infographic
Design it
Market & promote it

You'll walk away with the tips, tricks, & tools that has helped my infographics land in publications like Mashable & ReadWriteWeb become some of your most successful marketing techniques.

Here are a few infographics I have developed:

Students should bring the following materials to class:

Laptop w/ Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator installed

Prerequisites

Having knowledge / skills in using Adobe Photoshop and / or Illustrator is preferred, but not required. The class will be helpful for individuals regardless of design experience.

Project Guide by Kevin Mandeville

Web Designer @ Yottaa

Kevin is a Web Designer at Yottaa. Taking his first Intro to HTML class his freshman year of high school, he has been changing the world one pixel at at a time.