BA (Hons) Advertising Design
This Advertising Design degree is one of only a few specialist advertising courses in the UK. We focus on creative ideas, technical skills, and understanding contemporary digital culture.
You’ll explore the areas of art direction, copywriting and strategic development, as well as how to design campaigns for all forms of advertising, including via social media, motion and traditional print-based designs.
Your studies will help you gain creative and technical skills, as well as the confidence to work in the fast-paced and ever-changing world of the advertising industry.
We have strong links with the creative industry and you’ll work with creative professionals through ‘live’ projects. Recent projects have included companies such as Brains Beer, Cadburys, Welsh Water, Fanta, Ben & Jerry's, Nike, Google, Eurostar and Chanel.
We’re also actively involved in the D&AD New Blood (Design & Art Direction) and YCN education schemes, which provides the students opportunities to showcase their work to advertising agencies.
Past graduates have gone on to work for Cardiff / Bristol based agencies S3 and Epoch Design, as well as global agencies such Digitas LBi, Adam & Eve, Revolt, Cult Ldn, Isobar, Ogilvy, Havas Hellas and MullenLowe London.
What you will study
Year one develops your ability to generate new ideas and concepts, and to solve communication problems.
In year two, you’ll ‘work’ for real clients and agencies, and understand professional expectations. This year also offers the opportunity for a European exchange through the Erasmus programme, or work experience.
Your final year is regarded as a professional year. You’ll tackle national and international design competitions and have further opportunities to meet professional designers.
Year One: Advertising Design degree
- The Creative Process
- Advertising for Print
- Advertising Fundamentals
- Advertising for Audio and Video
- Copywriting
- The Advertising Industry
Year Two: Advertising Design degree
- Customers and Consumers
- Advertising for Digital and Experience
- Marketing Strategy
- Building Brands with Advertising
- The Agency
- Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Trends
Year Three: Advertising Design degree
- Professional Project
- Compete for Success
- Advertising Collaboration
- Case Study
- International Advertising
Careers
The dynamic nature of the Advertising Design course allows graduates to have excellent opportunities throughout a range of advertising, design and creative careers. Graduates can also progress to postgraduate study.
Recent graduates of the Advertising Design course have gone into roles such as:
- Creative Director
- Copywriter
- Motion Artist
- Account Handler
- Researcher
- Planner
- Media buyer
- Digital Marketer
- Creative Technologist
- PR
- Graphic Designer
- Photographer
- Brand Manager
- Ad Director
- Advertising Creative
- Graphic Designer
- Web Designer
- Art Director
- Advertising Account Executive
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