Creative & Communication

Digital Marketing Specialist

Explore how digital marketing specialists plan, create and evaluate communication across online channels.

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Work you might explore

  • Understanding an audience and defining communication goals
  • Planning content, campaigns and channel choices
  • Reviewing performance data and running small experiments
  • Coordinating creative, commercial and technical work

What skills can help?

  • Audience research
  • Content planning
  • Analytics
  • Clear writing

Courses to explore

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Projects students can try

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PROJECT 01

Create a campaign plan for a student event

PROJECT 02

Audit the accessibility of social content

PROJECT 03

Build a simple content-performance dashboard

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