Advertising and Marketing (Hons) Lancaster University

Overview

The modules at The Advertising and Marketing (Hons) offered by Lancaster University are taught by academics who are experts in their specific field, with many having significant professional advertising and business experience. You will gain a firm grounding in all aspects of advertising and marketing theory, and understand how these theories work in practice, developing the key skills that are valued by industry employers.

They welcome guest speakers from some of the UK’s top advertising, marketing and design agencies as well as leaders from brand owning organisations. In your final year you will work on a real-life advertising project for an advertising, design or media agency, and in the past these have included Saatchi & Saatchi, BT and HoWoCo amongst others. Such experience is invaluable for building contacts, strengthening your CV and taking the next step into the advertising industry.

Career

Recent Marketing graduates have started their careers as market researchers, assistant brand managers, e-marketing executives and marketing consultants while Advertising and Marketing alumni have found work with a variety of businesses and creative agencies in account management, research, media planning and buying, and digital advertising roles.

Other graduates have diversified into sales, recruitment and finance; some are studying for professional marketing qualifications while working and some have decided to continue their studies to MSc level, at Lancaster and other universities.