The Secret Power of Brands

Posted 1 year 12 months ago by UEA (University of East Anglia)

Study Method : Online
Duration : 6 weeks
Subject : Business
Overview
Understand the role of brands and brand management in the modern world, and start developing your career in the sector.
Course Description

Brands are the most potent commercial and cultural force on the planet. Think McDonald’s, Apple, Manchester United, Tate, Google or Harry Potter. Get under the skin of such brands, and ask how and why they become so powerful.

The University of East Anglia has teamed up with influential brand consultancy Wolff Olins to bring you this course, led by renowned consultant Robert Jones.

You’ll learn from practitioners at companies like Virgin and Google. You’ll get a rich mixture of theory and practical tools as well as insights and methods from the converging worlds of technology, design and brand.

If you’re developing a career in branding -­ or if you work in a related area, like strategy, marketing or innovation -­ this course is for you. It will support your professional development, and also provide you with a taste of what taking a Masters in branding or brand management would be like.

Requirements

If you’re developing a career in branding -­ or if you work in a related area, like strategy, marketing or innovation -­ this course is for you. It will support your professional development, and also provide you with a taste of what taking a Masters in branding or brand management would be like.

Career Path
  • Explain what a brand is, and how it influences people’s actions
  • Describe the shape, and the changing dynamics, of the branding industry
  • Start to build a brand by defining a sense of purpose
  • Evaluate the role of design in branding, and the four dimensions on which it works
  • Assess the advantages and techniques of brand-led management
  • Imagine the future of branding, and start to build your personal brand