The programme is designed to train you on digital marketing concepts and theoretical frameworks used to inform future social campaign development. You will establish and analyse the significance, development and contemporary uses of digital marketing tools and social media.
The social media marketing evolution has dramatically changed the way brands communicate with their customers. For this reason, your development of work through pitch and reports will provide key insights into how social platforms, tools, forms of communications and social understanding recognise and react to the changing nature of the digital environment.
The digital marketing industry requires professionals with specialised skills and an understanding of the ever-changing digital landscape. If you want to succeed in digital marketing, you must possess the skills, knowledge and acumen in regards to key digital technological developments and the impact they can have on your organisation.
It is likely you are already working within a marketing environment and would like to develop your digital skills or you may want to utilise the acumen to support the social media and digital marketing in your own organisation.
Duration: 4 weeks, 4–6 hours per week
Delivery: Online
Fees: €1,320 for Non-BSBI student | Free for BSBI students on academic degree programmes
During the programme, students will have the opportunity to study a range of areas within digital marketing, gaining confidence in this specific subject, learning from practical teaching from our academic faculty.
Contemporary Approaches to Social Media:
This module focuses on identification of digital behaviours that support the new approaches to e-commerce in digital marketing. You will gain a thorough understanding of the various digital marketing models and explore the impact and importance of social and digital media.
Online Campaign Strategy Implementation: In this module we will be looking at how to plan, implement and develop your new digital marketing strategy- seeing social media as an extension of PR. You will also look at the realms of search engine marketing, content marketing and affiliate marketing.
Digital Transformation: This module will explore how to operate and deliver value to customers and ensure your business is successful. You will gain an understanding of digital marketing tools and tactics and how to replace non-digital marketing tools with online.
Content Generation: In this module, you will be looking at what works in content marketing to support consumer behaviour. You will also learn about mobile and video and how the power of influencers has shaped the global social media scene.
Digital Convergence: This module will focus on augmented reality, which is where real and virtual worlds collide. The process is already disrupting manufacturing, marketing, retail, healthcare etc and as technology evolves this will have an even bigger impact in the near future. There are ethics to all dimensions of digital marketing so you will be identifying what this means in interactive and mobile technology.
After graduating in Design Management, Prof. Katherine Boxall went on to work in the advertising industry, account managing for Harvey Nichols, Oxo Tower, Schuh, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and many other major blue chip and fast-moving consumer goods brands. She then progressed to global marketing communications with IBM, before moving into the higher education sector. Katherine has developed E-learning programmes for other HEI’s globally and is also external fashion adviser for many institutions, Katherine is an external examiner for Coventry University London as well as Glasgow Caledonian University. Katherine is Visiting professor for Canvard College Beijing Technology and Business University. She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2012.