Gain the skills for an advertising career in as little as one year. You work on briefs from real clients, and write and design ads for real brands and products. This programme is recognised by the prestigious international Design and Art Direction (D&AD) University Network and the Commercial Communication Council (CCC). You put together a professional portfolio of work for a career in an advertising agency’s creative department or a marketing communications company. Your work could even be published. Guest speakers from leading advertising agencies and client companies like Spark, TVNZ, MediaWorks, Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB and Film Construction come in throughout the year to share their knowledge with students. You study the following papers ADVT770 Copywriting (15 points) ADVT771 Campaigns (15 points) ADVT772 Creative Principles and Strategy (15 points) ADVT776 Advertising Art Direction (15 points) ADVT780 Applied Creative Strategies (15 points) And choose three papers from Level 6 DIGM601 Moving Image Foundations (15 points) DIGM602 Web and Interactive Foundations (15 points) DIGM603 Visual Communication (15 points) MARS603 Communications in Marketing, Advertising, Retailing, Sales (15 points) Level 7 ADVT773 Advanced Copywriting (15 points) ADVT775 Advanced Advertising Art Direction (15 points) COMM704 Promotional Culture (15 points) COMM709 Persuasive Communication (15 points) PUBL706 Sponsorship and Promotion (15 points) Career opportunities Art director Copywriter Creative departments of advertising agencies Account service departments of advertising agencies Non-traditional communication companies