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School of Communications & Media Technologies

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Shape the next wave of content—from AI-enhanced media to immersive storytelling—with the School of Communications & Media Technologies.

In a world ruled by video, this STEM-designated program arms creators, influencers, and media visionaries with cutting-edge tools and real-world experience. From day one, you’ll build a portfolio that moves: branded campaigns, VR journeys, studio-grade productions. Working in collaboration with clients such as Apple, Adobe, CBS will give your portfolio a real-world shine that opens doors and launches careers.

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    Are you ready to put yourself on the cutting edge of media and tech innovation? From day one, you’ll be creating portfolio-focused work with industry-changing technologies such as AI-driven design tools and the latest in studio production equipment. You’ll collaborate with top creative tech companies like Apple and Adobe, gaining real-world experience in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You’ll have the opportunity to visit professional television studios, refine your skills across all media, and work in an ecosystem where the future of communication is being shaped.

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    Student Experience

    The artistic and cultural hub of San Francisco allows you to thrive in a vibrant community of creatives from across disciplines. You’ll produce your own work, collaborate with peers, and be surrounded by innovators in one of the most exciting cities for media and technology. Our unique blend of academic rigor and industry partnerships ensures you’ll graduate with a dynamic portfolio or reel, and the expertise and connections needed to excel professionally.

    Careers

    The School of Communications and Media Technologies prepares you to lead in a shifting media landscape—where brand storytellers, journalists, and AI-driven creators shape content that flows across every platform.

    • Digital Content Producer
    • Host/Anchor
    • Multimedia Journalist
    • Radio/Podcast Personality
    • Social Media Manager
    • Video Producer/Editor
    • Influencer

    Future Agency + Real-World Experience

    Here, storytelling meets strategy and emerging tech. In Future Agency, you’ll work alongside peers and industry pros on projects for real clients, building campaigns that blend design, media, and AI-driven innovation. You’ll pitch bold ideas directly to brand leaders of companies such as Apple, Adobe and CBS. 

    Immerse Yourself in the Art of Live Television, Video & Podcast Storytelling

    Learn to write, shoot, edit, produce, and host content for live television broadcasts, digital streaming, podcasts, social media, branded entertainment, and immersive experiences.

    Become a Media Entrepreneur

    Turn Storytelling Into a Business. Learn how to monetize content, launch your own media brand, and transform storytelling into a business. Whether it’s YouTube, TikTok, podcasting, or AI-driven content strategies, you’ll gain the skills to not just create media—but to own your audience and your future.

    Influence, Engage and Build Your Brand

    Build Your Influence

    Develop the skills to become an influencer, grow an audience, and create branded content that resonates with global communities. You won’t just learn how to post—you’ll learn how to lead conversations, shape culture, and connect with the world.

    Be on camera or behind the scenes

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    Making AI Work

    AI is only a tool. Your vision is the engine of imagination.”

    Creative industries are shifting fast, and fluency in AI is no longer optional—it’s essential. At the Academy, our STEM-designated BA and MA in Artificial Intelligence Marketing and Design—the first of their kind—invite you to explore this frontier with both rigor and imagination. You’ll work hands-on with tools like MidJourney, Firefly, ElevenLabs, ChatGPT, not just as software, but as instruments for storytelling, design, and discovery.

     Alongside technical training, you’ll wrestle with the ethics, the responsibility, and the artistry of guiding AI toward work that soars above former creative barriers. The result: a portfolio of projects that prove you’re ready to embrace the future with open arms.

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    Study with Industry Professionals

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    Facility Highlights

    Step into classrooms and studios that mirror the industry. From AI-powered tools and software to advanced video and audio production gear, you’ll train on the same tech the pros use. Every project is hands-on, every tool future-focused—so you graduate ready to thrive in a media world that never stops evolving.

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      Production Studios

      Two fully equipped production and broadcast studios packed with industry-grade gear. Train with the same tools the pros use—because practice should look like the real thing.

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      Podcast Booth

      Podcasting is shaping today’s media. In our pro-level booth, you’ll develop, record, produce, and edit original shows that cut through the noise.

      Newsroom

      Newsroom

      Green screens, teleprompters, Tricaster systems, anchor desks, interview sets, interactive displays—even a custom news van. It’s a fully functional newsroom designed for real broadcast training.

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      Green Screen Stage

      A 180-degree, floor-to-ceiling green screen stage gives you the freedom to shoot entire worlds from scratch. Cut them into your stills and videos with advanced software. Powered by tech. Fueled by imagination.

      Online Learning

      Online. On the Cutting Edge.

      You don’t have to be on campus to be at the center of innovation. Our flexible, STEM designated online Communications & Media Technologies programs put you right where the future is being made—AI, VR, and next-gen media.

      Learn from the same award-winning faculty, teaching the same curriculum as on our San Francisco campus, collaborate in live Zoom sessions, or move at your own pace with flexible asynchronous options. Remote doesn’t mean removed—you’ll still train on professional-grade tools and gain the industry access you need.

      Take our Future Agency class and collaborate with on-campus students from anywhere in the world creating real world campaigns for clients as diverse as Adobe, Apple, and CBS. Gain invaluable experience in the entire agency production cycle from ideation to presentation. 

      From AI storytelling to virtual production to emerging platforms, you’ll graduate with the skills, portfolio, and creative edge to lead in today’s fast-moving media world.

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      Students & Alumni

      Always Creating. Always Moving Forward.

      At the Academy, creativity doesn’t pause at graduation. It accelerates. From day one, students bring bold ideas and leave with portfolios that speak louder than résumés. And when they graduate, they launch into creative careers.

      This is where passion meets purpose—on campus, in studios, and on global stages.

      Our alumni are out there now winning awards, leading teams, and shaping culture.

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      Kristy Siefkin

      Kristy Siefkin

      “The time I spent at the Academy had a tremendous impact on my ability not only to get my first job but to gain the skills I needed to be able to grow.”

      MA Communications & Media Technologies/Anchor, FOX 10 (Phoenix)

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      Casey Franco

      “Better than anywhere else, Academy’s COM department will teach you how to wield every item in your digital storytelling toolbox. What they teach you about storytelling will help you for sure—trust me on that.”

      BA Communications & Media Technologies/Video Manager, iHeart Media SF

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