Marketing (Management) (Hons) University of Derby

Overview

On this Marketing (Management) (Hons) degree course offered at the University of Derby , we take you beyond the classroom, giving you opportunities for real-world experience. Thanks to our strong links with employers, you'll get the chance to work on real marketing projects, meeting clients and presenting your proposed solutions to their challenges.

Key facts

• Our Marketing degree has no exams - instead you'll complete applied, practical and varied assignments. Through these assignments we'll give you a thorough understanding of what theory is, and how this theory is applied in a real world sense

• We have a range of trips, visits and guest speakers that showcase marketing in action. Our students have recently visited Belfast and Dublin, and we've had guest speakers from JCB and Coors Brewery

• We incorporate live action briefs to work on real marketing solutions for real businesses- we've recently worked with Coors Brewery, Siddiqui Education and East Midlands Railway

• Some modules offer the chance to study abroad to gain a global marketing perspective

• This marketing degree is a CIM accredited degree, meaning if you graduate with a 2:2 or higher, you’ll gain exemptions towards CIM Certificate and Diploma modules to help fast-track your professional marketing career

Career

There is a huge range of job opportunities in marketing and related sectors. You could work for a creative or marketing agency or decide to work on the client-side as an in-house marketing expert. Here are the types of role you could go onto:

• Agency roles such as Account Executive, Account Manager, Content Manager

• In-house marketing roles such as:

• Marketing Officer or Manager

• Brand Manager

• Market Analyst

• SEO Analyst

• Social Media Manager

• PR and Communications Executive

• Digital Marketing Officer

• Internal Communications Executive

Self-employment: increasingly, people are choosing to work for themselves, either by setting up their own marketing agency or by working as an independent freelancer

Accreditation

This degree is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and part of the CIM Graduate Gateway.