My name is Niki Jacob. I have been in the graphic design industry since 1998. Starting my own business in 2001 and moving into teaching around 2016.
- I am a mom to a beautiful and amazingly smart little girl, who is now a senior in high school going on soon to be a trauma nurse in college,
- a wife to a man who thinks school is a candy store and could not get enough of it until he ran out of it at Doctorate level-he also is in education,
- a fur-mom to an energetic Pitbull/lab mix who swears he is half human.
- and a business owner with clients globally, ranging in many different types of products within the graphic design & digital industry.
But above all that, I am a teacher – my love in this industry I hope wears off on you eventually, or you get so annoyed by me you’ll want to run! lol
My class is playful, sarcastic, but – respectful, demanding, and rigorous.
Advertising & Graphic Design
Web & Computer Design
Business
Fine Art
Photography & Media Production
Advertising & Graphic Design
- Merchandising,
- Typography,
- Packaging,
- Interface Design,
- Video Production,
- Sales & Marketing.
- Adobe InDesign,
- Adobe Illustrator.
- Adobe Photoshop.
- Advanced Imaging,
- Visual Design Fundamentals,
- Advanced Design,
- and Rapid Visualization
Web & Computer Design
- Adobe Dreamweaver,
- WordPress,
- Joomla, ,
- CSS,
- XHTML,
- HTML5,
- FTP,
- MySQL,
- PHPMyAdmin,
- WHM/CPanel,
- Network & Server Configuration
- PHP/XML.
- Responsive Web Design,
- Advanced Web Design
Business
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Legal Issues,
- Copyright Law,
- Business Mgmt.
Fine Art
- Art History I-IV
- Ceramics: hand-building and potter’s wheel. glazing, kiln, firing process. Ceramics I&II.
- Sculpture: woodworking, plaster, metal fabrication. Sculpture I&II
- Painting: oil paints, acrylics, airbrush, watercolor. Painting I, Color & Design
- Drawing: Fine Art, pastels, graphite, pen & ink
Photography & Media Production
- Adobe Lightroom,
- Photoshop
- Audio Production,
- Video Production,
- Audio Engineering (Premiere Pro & ProTools),
- Artist Mgmt,
- Broadcast Writing,
- Audio Mixing.
- TV Studio Production
- Concert Production and Sound

- Teacher of Art/CID:1137371
- Teacher of Graphic Design Certification/CID:1137306
- Teacher of Interactive Media Certification/CID: 1148087
- Youth Mental Health First Aid USA from the National Council for Behavioral Health
- Everyday Techniques of MINDFULNESS for a Healthier Mindset for Children and Adults
- Google Certified Educator Level 2
- EdPuzzle Coach
- GoGuardian Product Training