Benefits
Why earn an Adobe Certified Professional certificate? Discover premium industry-recognized benefits when you become an Adobe Certified Professional.
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Thinking about getting a professional certification? Looking to improve your creative skills and gain a competitive edge in the digital media and design job market? Are you on the fence about taking the first step and wondering, “Are certifications really worth it?”
You’ve come to the right place. Here, we break down the extensive benefits of Adobe Certified Professional — an industry-recognized credential for digital creators.
You’ve come to the right place. Here, we break down the extensive benefits of Adobe Certified Professional — an industry-recognized credential for digital creators.
What does it mean to be an Adobe Certified Professional?
Becoming an Adobe Certified Professional validates your practical skills and knowledge using the world’s leading creative desktop apps for graphic design, photography, video editing, UI/UX design, and more. In partnership with Certiport, our exam provider, Adobe, offers hands-on certification exams for individual Adobe Creative Cloud programs.
As an Adobe Certified Professional, your proof of proficiency and commitment to using industry-standard creative tools stands out to potential clients and employers.
Explore all the types of certifications and exam resources we offer, including:
- Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop
- Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator
- Print & Digital Media Publication Using Adobe InDesign
- Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro
- Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Using Adobe After Effects
- Multiplatform Animation Using Adobe Animate
- Web Authoring Using Adobe Dreamweaver
Certification benefits for individuals.
Demand for hiring innovative digital creators is growing in many fields, such as graphic design and video editing. Visual, interactive communication is a big part of our daily lives and should only become more essential in the future.
With mastery of some of the world’s most powerful creative tools, Adobe Certified Professionals are prepared to bring their skills to life in the real world, communicating visually and solving problems in unique ways.
With mastery of some of the world’s most powerful creative tools, Adobe Certified Professionals are prepared to bring their skills to life in the real world, communicating visually and solving problems in unique ways.
1. Expand your knowledge.
No matter why you decide to pursue an Adobe Creative Cloud certification, validating your knowledge with hands-on training elevates your skillset in an ever-evolving digital landscape and provides value to the clients, coworkers, and hiring managers who seek your expertise.
2. Communicate your proficiency in Adobe apps.
Becoming educated as an Adobe Certified Professional boosts your confidence and helps communicate credibility to the people and organizations you want to work with. You’ll gain practical skills and a competitive edge when you’re looking for a job in design and digital media.
Adobe certifications allow you to:
- Work more efficiently.
- Increase your marketability.
- Boost your earning power.
- Stand out from the crowd.
- Open the door to more job options.
- Capture the attention and trust of your audience as a freelancer.
- Demonstrate commitment and dedication.
3. Unleash your creative skills.
Once you understand how to use Adobe software, you harness the power to create incredible things. Reaching the level of mastery required for certification allows you to bring your ideas to life with greater ease. With a firm grasp of an app’s full set of features and capabilities, you can focus less on figuring out the tools and more on executing your creative vision. After all, companies and institutions are always seeking the most compelling content to better connect with their audiences.
Just ask Adobe Certified Professional* World Champion Kai, who designed a poster for an education nonprofit as part of the competition. Her work demonstrated impressive use of Adobe Illustrator with beautiful drawings and designs that emphasized her client’s messaging. Soon after, Kai was contacted by a regional advertising agency and offered an internship. “The competition and certification proved that I had skills that can’t be measured any other way — it showed that I can work under high-pressure conditions, be timely, and still maintain creativity,” she said. “I actually received a couple more job offers in addition to the internship.”
* Learn more about our name change from Adobe Certified Associate to Adobe Certified Professional.
Just ask Adobe Certified Professional* World Champion Kai, who designed a poster for an education nonprofit as part of the competition. Her work demonstrated impressive use of Adobe Illustrator with beautiful drawings and designs that emphasized her client’s messaging. Soon after, Kai was contacted by a regional advertising agency and offered an internship. “The competition and certification proved that I had skills that can’t be measured any other way — it showed that I can work under high-pressure conditions, be timely, and still maintain creativity,” she said. “I actually received a couple more job offers in addition to the internship.”
* Learn more about our name change from Adobe Certified Associate to Adobe Certified Professional.
Certification benefits for businesses and teams.
In addition to benefits for individuals, Adobe Certified Professional offers advantages for businesses, organizations, and employers that want to help their teams build their Adobe skills.
1. Enable your hiring managers to quickly assess a job candidate's design skills.
There’s an increasing demand for creative skills in the job market, and the number of people with these skills has grown significantly. And overall, new graduates earn higher starting salaries in their first jobs if they list creative skills on their resumes and online profiles than those who do not.
When you screen and interview digital creators and designers, you need to look at the quality of their resumes, portfolios, and training. You can feel confident that candidates certified in Adobe Creative Cloud apps have the skills you seek.
When you screen and interview digital creators and designers, you need to look at the quality of their resumes, portfolios, and training. You can feel confident that candidates certified in Adobe Creative Cloud apps have the skills you seek.
2. Provide your clients with credential-backed quality.
When you help employees become Adobe-certified, you commit to validating their technical skills. This can help you create a trustworthy professional image and expand your network of clients and partners.
3. Build confidence and enhance motivation in your team.
Employees with confidence in their abilities have a can-do attitude and feel greater autonomy. Investing in professional training and development for your internal team can boost morale, productivity, and performance while helping close employee skill gaps, develop future leaders, and reduce overall risk.
Educational benefits of certification.
When you teach Adobe skills to students, you can inspire their learning and positively impact their future goals and careers. Learn more about certifying Adobe skills at your school or institution, and see student and teacher video testimonials about the program’s value.
1. Enhance your teaching.
More than ever, it’s crucial to cultivate essential creative skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving in the classroom. In fact, 69% of educators agree that creative problem-solving isn’t emphasized enough today. Learn how to use Adobe apps to cultivate these skills in your students and prepare them for the future.
Incorporating Adobe certification into your curriculum can help:
- Improve your craft.
- Enhance your curriculum.
- Enable you to teach and develop creative skills.
2. Improve student outcomes.
Encouraging students to become Adobe Certified Professionals keeps them engaged, confident, and academically focused. Our latest studies show that institutions realize better outcomes for their students and themselves when they teach digital and creative skills. For instance, with the largest undergraduate enrollment in the US, Miami Dade College has seen success in preparing students for a robust career in digital media through the Adobe Certified Professional program.
Check out more customer stories and studies for information about the measurable impacts of creative skills and digital literacy on student outcomes in K–12 and higher education.
Check out more customer stories and studies for information about the measurable impacts of creative skills and digital literacy on student outcomes in K–12 and higher education.
3. Boost students’ career prospects.
Ultimately, becoming an Adobe Certified Professional provides a leg up for young job seekers as they work to create successful career paths. In fact, the importance of critical thinking and soft skills cannot be understated. Among job postings across diverse career fields, some of the most highly sought-after characteristics include:
- Communication
- Creativity
- Collaboration
- Creative problem-solving
- Critical thinking
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