Advertising and Marketing

Overview

Careers in the worlds of advertising and marketing are some of the most attractive, in financial terms and in terms of career progression, and this course aims to prepare you to be a professional advertising and/or marketing communications practitioner with the theoretical knowledge, skills and personal attributes needed to become a manager in the field upon successful completion.

Our graduates, upon successful completion, will be adaptable and reflective advertising and marketing communications specialists, capable of filling management level positions. We can now boast of a growing network of alumni working in the advertising and marketing industry, nationally and internationally, whose feedback informs the continuous development of the course.

Career prospects 

Graduates of this Advertising and Marketing course at Coventry University can pursue a wide range of career opportunities in marketing or advertising agencies, in-house marketing departments or the rapidly expanding digital, direct and interactive marketing industry.

Previous graduates on similar courses have secured positions in marketing areas such as brand management, creative advertising development, marketing associate professionals, buyers and procurement officers, managers and proprietors in other services, management consultants and business analysts, sales accounts and business development managers, managers and directors in retail and wholesale.

Some of our recent marketing graduates from similar courses are working with organisations such as Valeo, McCann-Erickson, Minority Group Support Services, Danco, IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union), King Power, Dongguan Television, BMW, Dyson, IKEA, SmartSpotter (Hamilton Bright Group), Dukes International as well as owning their own companies.