Program Summary
This is a new qualification, which is designed to help students to progress in the world of marketing. The purpose of the qualification is to allow students to develop the skills needed to enable them to develop their understanding of the marketing environment and to apply their knowledge in the workplace to advance their careers. The qualification is particularly suitable for students who are already employed in the
marketing industry and who are looking to progress their career to the next level, for example to a mid-level managerial role. The qualification is also suitable for students in the general field of business who require detailed marketing knowledge and for students who wish to make a career change to marketing.
By giving students a sound knowledge of marketing and by introducing them to marketing strategies and planning, current trends, industry changes, and marketing in the wider business context, this qualification will help them to progress their careers into middle management.
This qualification is suitable for students who:
- are already in an administrative or entry-level marketing role and who are looking
for more responsibility in a supervisory or middle-management role
- are currently in a marketing role such as Marketing Assistant, Marketing Executive,
Marketing Coordinator, PR Assistant, PR Executive
- are looking for a career change to the marketing
- require detailed marketing knowledge in their existing role.
This qualification is designed to introduce students to the world of marketing by helping them to understand the basics of marketing and the various functions that constitute marketing. The qualification also introduces students to the basic techniques they need to prepare them in looking for their first marketing job or to progress in an existing marketing role.