Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
Social Media Production and Digital Marketing will help you to explore your creativity and to develop techniques to express your ideas on social media platforms. Social Media Performers, Bloggers, Influencers and Producers with passion and flair, good visual awareness, and an interest in design, advertising, the internet and technology will be excited by this course. You will be introduced to the practical, creative and performance skills you need to succeed in the digital society and creative industries. Our academic team is highly experienced in performance and production in media, teaching you how to advertise, perform, record, edit and produce shorts films and clips suitable for social media.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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5N1298 Media Analysis
5N0690 Communications
5N1356 Work Experience
5N0748 Advertising
5N1900 Sound Engineering and Production
5N0785 Desktop Publishing
5N1364 Digital Marketing
5N1418 Start Your Own Business
6N5426 Digital Video Processing and Production
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M18518 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
QQI 5M18518 Media Production major award may be used to apply to a broad range of courses in the CAO at Levels 6,7 & 8 via the Higher Education Links Scheme leading to a career in festival promotion, branding, marketing, advertising, interactive design, and User Experience Design (UX).