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Professional Skills

Introduction

You will be a greater asset to your future employer even as a brand new employee than you might think. During your time at Illinois, you’ve gained experience in approaches, processes, methods, tools, and tasks. This collection of terms is just a starting point to help you take stock of all your abilities, make sure your résumé is up-to-date, and highlight your expertise in your targeted cover letters. And if you need a refresher or would like to learn something new, take advantage of free training from the LinkedIn Learning Online Training Library before you graduate.

Skills List

  • Banner
  • Blackboard
  • Canvas
  • Compass
  • Moodle
  • ArcGIS
  • AutoCAD
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Cinema 4D
  • Digital sketching
  • KeyShot
  • MakerBot
  • Marker rendering
  • Maxwell Render
  • Maya
  • Model making
  • Revit
  • Rhino
  • Sketchbook
  • SketchUp
  • SolidWorks
  • SPSS
  • Stata
  • TerrSet
  • 3D printing
  • 3D scanning
  • 3ds Max
  • Unity
  • Vectorworks
  • Wacom tablet
  • Empathic modeling
  • Human-centered design
  • Market research
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Responsive design
  • Reverse engineering
  • Sustainable design
  • Acrylics
  • Bronze
  • Ceramics
  • Charcoal
  • Clay
  • Fibers
  • Laser cutting
  • Marble
  • Metals
  • Oils
  • Papier-mâché
  • Pastels
  • Pen and ink
  • Pencil
  • Printmaking
  • Textiles
  • Vinyl cutting
  • Watercolors
  • Canva
  • Creative Cloud
  • Ghost
  • Illustrator
  • InCopy
  • InDesign
  • Issuu
  • Photoshop
  • QuarkXPress
  • Beehiiv
  • Bluesky
  • Buttondown
  • Constant Contact
  • Drupal
  • Etsy
  • Facebook
  • Hootsuite
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Mailchimp
  • MailerLite
  • Pinterest
  • Squarespace
  • WordPress
  • Acrobatics
  • African-based dance
  • Aikido
  • Alexander technique
  • Ballet
  • Capoeira
  • Contemporary dance
  • Hip-hop
  • Improvisation
  • Jazz dance
  • Juggling
  • Modern dance
  • Pilates
  • Tae kwon do
  • Tap
  • Tumbling
  • Yoga
  • Broadsword
  • Hand-to-hand combat
  • Knife
  • Quarterstaff
  • Rapier and dagger
  • Shaolin staff and knife
  • Single sword
  • Smallsword
  • Sword and shield
  • Theatrical firearms safety
  • Ableton Live
  • Analog and digital mixers
  • Audacity
  • Audition
  • GarageBand
  • Finale
  • Max/MSP
  • Pro Tools
  • QLab
  • SFX
  • Sibelius
  • Access
  • Acrobat
  • Agile
  • Basecamp
  • Box
  • Excel
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Google Docs
  • Google Slides
  • Keynote
  • Microsoft Word
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • SharePoint
  • Slack
  • Teams
  • Tessitura
  • Darkroom developing and processing
  • Digital photography
  • Film photography
  • Large-format cameras
  • Lighting
  • Automation
  • Costume construction
  • Costume design
  • Costume rendering
  • Cutting
  • Draping
  • Electrical wiring
  • Fitting
  • Lighting design
  • Makeup techniques
  • Metalworking
  • Patterning
  • Period research
  • Prosthetics design
  • Rigging
  • Scenic painting
  • Set construction
  • Stagecraft
  • Stage management
  • Theatrical drafting
  • Upholstery
  • Video projection
  • Welding
  • Wig design
  • Woodworking
  • Axure
  • Balsamiq
  • Figma
  • Interactive prototypes
  • Lucidchart
  • Origami Studio
  • Site maps
  • Sketch
  • Storyboards
  • User testing
  • Wireframes
  • After Effects
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Final Cut Pro
  • iMovie
  • iStopMotion
  • Premiere Pro
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube
  • Ajax
  • Apache
  • Bootstrap
  • CSS
  • Dreamweaver
  • Flinto
  • Fluid UI
  • Git
  • Grunt
  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • JSON
  • MySQL
  • PHP
  • Proto.io
  • Python
  • R
  • Sass
  • XML
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