Certification Results

Evaluation

• For both sections of the Online Test, you must correctly answer 9 out of 12 questions to pass. If you fail a section, you can take it again as soon as you wish up to three times.
• Three Portfolio Evaluators assess your Case Study Presentation based on the evaluation criteria for Visual Designers, Experience Designers, Design Educators or Design Managers.
• You will receive the Evaluators' assessment with individualized feedback and your Online Test scores at the end of the Process.
• If you fail the Presentation, you will receive suggestions for how you can improve your work and be invited to join as an Affiliate Member and reapply in two years time.
• If you fail the Presentation, you can appeal the decision, in which case a new Presentation will be schedule for you with 3 new Evaluators who have no knowledge of past results. You are required to present the same three pieces.

Using the RGD Designation

• After you have become a Certified RGD Member, you may use the RGD designation after their name, including on your personal/firm website and on LinkedIn. (You can also download a digital logo.)
• You will receive a certificate with a sticker to indicate your first year as a Certified RGD. Every year that you renew, you will receive a new Sticker for your Certificate.
• Review the benefits of Certified RGD Membership and all the other categories of RGD Membership.