CertHE Social Media Content Creation (FT & PT)
Delivered at the University of Salford, this course trains you to produce, deliver and distribute content across social media platforms for a wide range of businesses and organisations.
Why study Social Media Content Creation?
- Learn to shoot and edit video to a professional standard, create content across platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn, and understand distribution technologies for tracking and measuring success.
- Industry links with media organisations including Channel 4, ITV, BBC Sport and The Hut Group, with curriculum shaped by established industry contacts.
- Graduates can progress into roles including social media officer, digital content producer and communications assistant, with employers spanning ecommerce, broadcasting, sport and the public sector.
What is a CertHE?
- A Certificate of Higher Education is a nationally recognised Level 4 qualification, equivalent to the first year of a degree, awarded after one year of full-time study.
- The course is hands-on and practical, with flexible full-time or part-time learning options available.
- On completion, you can progress directly into employment or continue onto further study to top up to a full degree.
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The GMIoT will play an important role in helping people upskill and reskill in areas where employer demand is high.”
Institutes of Technology will provide you with:
- Well-designed, ambitious and enjoyable courses and programmes and accredited higher technical qualifications that are valued by employers and prepare you well to progress into higher-level “good” jobs and/or higher-level learning
- Clear information advice and guidance, prior to entry to your course or programme, through a range of information and activities. To help you to consider and plan your own learning journey into and through higher technical education, whatever your starting point and aspirations
- A learning experience that improves and develops the wider professional and personal skills you need for higher level job roles and lifelong higher-level learning
- Support for you to overcome any barriers which might get in the way of your learning, with flexible personalised options that enable you to balance learning with work and wider responsibilities
- Multiple opportunities, throughout your course or programme, to work with a range of employers, including those in your locality to enable you to develop the professional, high-level technical and wider skills needed to be successful in your chosen career pathway
- High quality digitally enabled environments, with cutting edge industry standard equipment, that enables you to gain hands-on experience and technical skills to support you to progress directly into industry
- Teachers and support staff who are skilled education professionals with high level and relevant industry knowledge in their sector/subject area who can support you to develop your own professional practice, industry knowledge and higher-level skills
- Opportunity for you to reflect on and give feedback on your learning experience to help us to ensure we deliver high quality courses/programmes that are of high value to you and others
- Support to progress your own career pathway to higher level jobs and/or learning, relevant to your future career aspirations and to develop your skills in managing your own professional career journey
Be involved
Working with the GMIoT offers you the opportunity to build your brand with the future workforce. Find out how we can help you fill your skills gap, diversify your workforce and attract your next generation of highly skilled talent.
Employer benefits
Backed by £290 million in government investment, The GMIoT offer access to state-of-the-art technology and facilities. Find out more about how the GMIoT can give your organisation the edge.