Advertising
Entry requirements
here are different entry requirements for this course, depending on where you are in your creative journey.
- A graduate with a good degree, preferably, but not necessarily, in a communications or creative subject.
- A graduate that has studied advertising or marketing to BA level (as listed above).
- A graduate from abroad (with grade 6.5 English or above) with a good degree preferably, but not necessarily, in a communications or creative subject.
- Those with experience within the advertising industry, either here for abroad wishing to take a career break and re-enter the profession at a higher level.
- Employees from the communications industries who want to retrain or undertake staff development. Practitioners who want to refresh and/or realign their career aspirations. Those wishing to progress to higher level research degree work.
Ideally applicants should have a proven ability to undertake MA level qualifications (particularly theory/dissertation modules) OR have up to 2 years’ work experience, BUT anyone with a passion to enter the advertising industry, a strong creative ability and a willingness to learn, should apply.
Months of entry
September
Course content
Do you want to bolster your existing skillset and gain a deeper understanding of strategic thinking, branding, planning, and advertising? Using the pillars of sustainability, inclusivity, and social responsibility, this MA Advertising degree will give you the freedom to take your curious mind, wordsmithing ways and unique art directional style to create concepts, distinct brand identities and unforgettable campaigns that will turn Adland on it’s head.
What will I study?
To become part of the future of advertising, the communication you will create will help shape the more socially aware and culturally important world of creative communication, turning you into an asset for any 21st century communications company.
Here at BNU we don’t just teach you how to apply creative thinking and problem-solving skills. We teach you how to approach a creative problem with insightful planning, research, and transmedia storytelling to ensure brand advocacy and long-lasting social missions.
You’ll learn how to create sustainable and socially aware communication, by looking at how to create active campaigns across a variety of channels, generating fresh content and how to improve consumer engagement, following and reach.
On this Advertising Masters degree you’ll delve headfirst into the world of advertising, looking at everything from transmedia storytelling, brand advocacy, branded entertainment, push and pull conversations, ideation, and insights, to planning, pitching, research, social mission advertising, brand creation and sustainable branding and marketing.
All this make graduates of this MA Advertising program very employable in any branch of advertising, branding or communication industries, in either a creative, account management, strategic or planning capacity because of the up-to-date nature and wide scope of the curriculum offered.
Information for international students
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Fees and funding
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Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
After graduating from this Postgraduate degree, you will leave with the skills and knowledge to be a critically aware and logical thinking professional that understands existing and emerging forms of new strategies and ways of working to lead creative innovation across the advertising industry.
Upon completion of this degree, you will be qualified for a number of roles, including:
- Creative
- Art Director
- Copywriter
- Planner
- Strategist
- Account Manager
- Brand Consultant
- Producer
- Designer
- Graphic Designer
- Content Creator
- Social Media Manager
Course contact details
- Name
- advice
- advice@bnu.ac.uk
- Phone
- 0330 123 2023