Fashion Communication and Promotion with Diploma in Creative Professional Development

Norwich University of the Arts
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 4 Years Events managementMarketingArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

A-Level Entry

BCC

UCAS Points

104 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£22,500

About this course

OVERVIEW

BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion at Norwich University of the Arts is designed to enable you, as a talented and self-motivated student, to develop strong ideas and the confidence to implement them through the use of appropriate media and technologies.

On our multi-disciplinary course, you will learn to combine analytical, editorial and marketing expertise with your preferred creative skills, whether you are interested in graphic design and illustration, or film and photography. The result will be original and imaginative content driven by your strategies for promotional campaigns, events, magazines and media, both print and digital.

KEY FEATURES

  • Share the first-year curriculum with BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Business, allowing you to study shared core fashion fundamentals including fashion history, contextual awareness, branding, marketing, industry awareness and effective communication techniques

  • Engage with a wider range of topics, examine more complex concepts and explore the use of new media and digital technologies as tools for innovation and creativity within fashion communication and promotion

  • Consider the impact of sustainability and develop forward-thinking ideas that could affect social change through fashion ventures

  • Explore the use of traditional and new media in a wide range of possible avenues for creative practice

  • Have the potential to shape the future of the fashion industry; you could even contribute to the evolution of totally new creative roles

  • Consider fashion communication from conceptual and commercial perspectives, explore a diversity of products and markets and develop an understanding of the interconnected global nature of the industry.

    DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    The Diploma in Creative Professional Development offers undergraduate students the chance to spend a year between Year 2 and 3 of their course exploring their employability options through a structured programme of input sessions and work-based learning. The aim of the course is to provide you with an opportunity to gain industry insight, develop your employability skills through a series of supported experiences, expand your network and build your confidence in the workplace.

    YOUR FUTURE

    Your student experience throughout the course will prepare you for progression into employment, self-employment or for further post-graduate study. You will be an independent learner and excellent communicator equipped with a set of specialist and transferable skills necessary to build, evolve and sustain a career within fashion.

    The course encourages work-related learning and work placements. Dedicated employability workshops covering networking, personal brand building, CV and cover letter writing will assist you in seeking out appropriate opportunities within the industry.

    Through engagement with industry guests, the Ideas Factory and bespoke workshops graduates will go on to roles such as stylists, creative directors, art directors, magazine editors and creative account managers for the fashion industry.

    Following on from their studies students have gone on to secure employment at high-calibre fashion brands/organisations such as Archant, Selfridges, Net A Porter, Saatchi & Saatchi, Jimmy Choo, Hunter and Wonderland.

    Student successes:

    Graduate Fashion Week Award winners for Fashion Publication Award 2019

    2022, 21, 20, 19 and 18 Graduate Fashion Week Award Finalists for Fashion Photography, Creative Direction, Marketing and Communications

    Competition winners for the United Nations Trust Orange Label Project, Lyst and Elle writing competitions

    Live briefs with Matches Fashion, Blakely, Jigsaw and Jarrold

    OUR STUDENTS’ WORK

    Explore our online Graduate Showcase – celebrating the very best Norwich University of the Arts graduate work. Explore nuagradshowcase.com

  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades BCC
    UCAS Tariff Points 104 points
    BTEC DMM

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    1133 Public relations and communications directors
    7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations
    2432 Marketing and commercial managers
    3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
    3421 Interior designers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Norwich
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Events management, Marketing, Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £22,500