MA Digital Video Production and Marketing

Digital video is the driving force of the digital marketing and e-commerce businesses, which are large and growing employers of media graduates who have a knowledge of both the practical and theoretical side of how video content sells.

On this course you will gain a unique blend of the theory of digital marketing, analytics and e-commerce with practical experience of filmmaking and influencer marketing to be gained in producing and distributing actual content for brands.

By directly pointing your career at what is a vibrant, fast-growth job market, the University of Salford offers you a perfect and 2020-relevant skillset to directly design your career for current and future opportunities.

You will:

• Experience a blend of theoretical and practical approaches to digital marketing and video production
• Dissect the key tenets of the role of a digital video marketing professional, moving on to apply these to real-life industry scenarios
• Study at MediaCityUK, one of the country's key digital and creative hubs
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WHAT ABOUT AFTER UNI?

Students will receive direct induction into a vibrant and growing industry. As this list of the top e-commerce companies in the North demonstrates, the industry is particularly strong in this region -

There is strong, double digit growth in this market at the moment, much of it at the expense of linear TV advertising, which declined in 2018 by over 10%. E-commerce as a whole is a $2.3 trillion industry this year, enjoying double digit growth. Students will gain valuable overview and insight into the field.

Already in Manchester there are hundreds of jobs in the field of e-commerce-driven content, since Manchester is a strong hub for e-commerce as a whole. Channel 4 have stated that they are creating their Digital Production Unit in Leeds, with a thrust towards social and digital content. The Hut Group are creating an e-commerce content production centre in Manchester. BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer are both on site at MediaCityUK.

CAREER LINKS

This course is designed to put students into direct contact with companies that are pioneering this new form of video output. That can include the traditional media employers – BBC, Channel 4 – as they pivot to new forms of output. It can also be new fast-growth digital players like The Hut Group, and other fast-fashion companies, major charities, and major commercial companies like .

The course will strive to put students into the contemporary forefront of the field, both regionally in the North West, and globally.