BA (Hons) Marketing and Social Media Management for the Creative Industries Bachelor's degree at LMA
BA (Hons) Marketing and Social Media Management for the Creative Industries at LMA is nationally recognised through a UK degree-awarding body. You'll explore specialisations such as Marketing, Finance, HR / People, Operations, Strategy, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain and Consulting…
About this course
Blend creativity with strategy in this dynamic degree designed for the creative industries. Develop the insight and skills to craft impactful marketing campaigns, build brand communities, and master social platforms across sectors like film, music, and games. With real-world experience and industry From the provider’s course page.
BA (Hons) Marketing and Social Media Management for the Creative Industries is a Bachelor's degree (BA (Hons)) at LMA, based in Liverpool,London. It runs 3 years, studied full-time.
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Business & Management, see the sections below.
Curriculum & modules
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
Level 4 4 modules
- Studying Marketing in the Creative Industries
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Explore how global creative businesses operate and promote themselves. You'll examine industry structures, challenges, and key debates while building essential research skills. This module lays the groundwork for understanding the creative sector through a marketing lens, preparing you to think critically and commercially from day one.
- Social Media Platforms and People
Module details
Dive into the fast-moving world of social media. You'll explore platform strategies, influencer marketing, and the psychology behind online engagement. Through real-world case studies, you'll learn how to analyse trends, understand audiences, and create campaigns that connect and convert.
- Marketing & Communications in the Creative Industries
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Master the art of creative communication. This hands-on module covers branding, digital marketing, and social media strategy. Using real-world case studies, you'll learn how to craft campaigns that resonate with audiences and promote products, performances, and ideas across the creative landscape.
- Marketing & Social Media Campaign Development
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Design and deliver standout marketing and social media campaigns. From audience targeting to content creation, this hands-on module builds your confidence with industry tools and real-world briefs. You'll gain practical experience in supplier management, agency collaboration, and budget control, equipping you to lead bold, creative campaigns across the fast-moving creative industries.
Level 5 4 modules
- Exploring Marketing in the Creative Industries
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Explore the future of creative marketing, from global campaigns to AI, ethics, and sustainability. You'll analyse emerging trends, decode the attention economy, and develop strategies that cut through digital noise. This module sharpens your critical thinking and equips you to lead in a fast-evolving, platform-driven industry.
- Creative Content Creation
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Master the art of content that stops the scroll. You'll create podcasts, videos, and digital campaigns using SEO, storytelling, and platform strategy. With real briefs and hands-on projects, this module builds your confidence to pitch, produce, and deliver standout content that connects with creative audiences.
- Digital Metrics, Data & Analytics
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Turn insight into impact. Learn how to use analytics tools, social listening, and A/B testing to optimise campaigns and forecast trends. You'll explore ethical data use and develop the skills to make smart, strategic marketing decisions in a data-driven world.
- Creative Industries Social Media Project
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Design and deliver a real-world social media campaign. From audience research to content creation and performance analysis, you'll build multimedia assets that engage and inspire. This project-based module develops your creative confidence and strategic thinking, readying you to lead in the digital space.
Level 6 4 modules
- Industry Investigation
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Explore a current issue shaping the creative industries through independent research. You'll choose your topic, analyse it critically, and present your findings in a format that suits your strengths. This module sharpens your research and communication skills, preparing you to tackle real-world challenges with insight and originality.
- The Creative Business Professional
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This module is all about you! You'll create a personal portfolio that showcases your growth as a creative business professional. Learn to articulate your skills, brand, and career goals while refining your communication and decision-making abilities. It's an essential step in preparing for your future career in the creative industries.
- Strategic Marketing Management for Creative Brands
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Lead bold brand strategies in a fast-moving creative world. You'll explore global vs. local branding, sustainability, and immersive tech like AI and AR. This module develops your ability to innovate, reposition brands, and apply strategic frameworks that drive long-term impact.
- Major Marketing Project
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Your Big Moment to Make an Impact! Take on a real or simulated marketing challenge and make your mark. Whether developing a campaign, exploring digital innovation, or solving a creative business problem, you'll deliver a project that showcases your strategic thinking, creativity, and industry-ready skills.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
Course in depth
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
What you'll study
This degree blends creativity with strategy, equipping you to craft impactful marketing campaigns, build brand communities and master social platforms across the creative industries, film, music, games and beyond. A course like this normally progresses from foundations in Year 1: you'll typically study Introduction to Management & Organisations, Marketing Principles, and Business Economics & Data. Year 2 moves into specialist areas such as Operations & Supply Chain Management, Organisational Behaviour & HRM, and Strategy. In Year 3, you'll focus on specialist options including Entrepreneurship, International business, Digital business, Consulting, Marketing, and People & HR, culminating in a capstone project or consultancy brief grounded in real-world industry experience.
Who it's for
This course suits graduates interested in combining marketing expertise with social media strategy in creative fields. It's designed for those who want to understand how brands communicate across digital platforms and build careers in creative industries where these skills are increasingly central to business success.
Careers & job market
Across Business & Management courses nationally, 87% of graduates are in work or further study within 15 months of graduating, and 60% of working graduates are in highly skilled roles or pursuing further study. National earnings data shows starting salaries (at 15 months) typically range from £24,000 to £32,000, rising to £26,350–£37,200 after five years. These figures reflect national outcomes; your own trajectory will depend on your choices, experience and the opportunities you pursue.
University & format
This BA (Hons) is studied full-time over 3 years at LMA, a University with campuses in Liverpool and London. Instruction is in English. The degree is a recognised UK degree-awarding body qualification, nationally recognised.
Applicant information
The next application dates for this course, followed by facts the provider publishes.
- 2027 entryCompleted applications can be submitted
Your application needs a reference before you can send it.
- 2026 entryFinal date for 2026 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2026 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
- 2027 entryEqual-consideration deadline
18:00 UK time for most undergraduate courses.
Show 5 later dates
- 2027 entryUCAS Extra opens
Applicants who used all five choices and hold no offer may be able to add another choice.
- 2027 entryLast day applications go directly to providers
Applications received after 18:00 UK time are entered into Clearing.
- 2027 entryClearing opens
Eligible applicants can see vacancies and release themselves into Clearing.
- 2027 entryFinal date for 2027 applications
Applications must reach UCAS by 18:00 UK time.
- 2027 entryLast day to add a Clearing choice
Check that this course still has a vacancy before adding it.
Provider-published requirement; check the linked course page before applying.
See and book current events. Dates can fill or change.
Entry & how to get in
Entry & your chances
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Entry is set by the university and based on your offer. Use your predicted grades to see how you compare, then check the university's stated requirements.
How to apply
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
- 1Register on UCAS Hub
Create your UCAS application and add this course (code W810). One application covers up to five choices.
- 2Write your personal statement
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
- 3Submit by 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for most undergraduate courses. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
- 4Reply to your offers
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
- 5Results day & confirmation
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
Fees & funding
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Tuition per year
Standard capped home fee at English providers (2026/27); Scotland, Wales & NI differ.
Check fees at LMA →For students who normally live in England
2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
Starting on or after 1 January 2027?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
Paying for it
- Tuition Fee Loan: can cover eligible tuition up to the applicable limit and is paid straight to the provider.
- Maintenance Loan: up to £10,830/yr away from home outside London (England, 2026/27), means-tested on household income.
- Repayment: 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below it; written off after 40 years.
- Earn alongside: most students work part-time in term, part-time roles on the StudySmarter job board.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Scholarships & bursaries you could qualify for
That does not mean no funding exists. Check the university directory for current amounts, eligibility and application dates.
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Careers & earnings
What Business & Management graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
- 1Graduate / AnalystOn a scheme or first role · 0–2 yrs
- 2Specialist / ManagerOwning an area, marketing, finance, ops · 2–5 yrs
- 3Senior / Head ofLeading a function and a team · 5–10 yrs
- 4Director / FounderRunning a business unit or your own company · 10+ yrs
How pay grows: this course vs Business & Management nationally
National figures for Business & Management graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Work out your pay
Headline figures hide a lot. Calculate realistic take-home pay for this field by role, region and experience, then check your CV before you apply.
Job market & outlook
How Business & Management graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
How AI is changing the work
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
What AI takes off your plate
- Routine reporting and data pulls
- First-draft decks and copy
- Standard forecasts and reconciliations
- Scheduling and admin workflows
More human than ever
- Strategy and judgement under uncertainty
- Leading, negotiating and selling
- Sense-checking and owning what AI produces
- Relationships with clients and teams
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Roles & employers
Where Business & Management graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Roles graduates go into
Where they work
- Consultancies
- Corporate graduate schemes
- Retail & FMCG
- Startups & scale-ups
Jobs after this course
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Business & Management graduates.
Who studies here and in this subject?
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
LMA
Business and management across the UK
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
Local crime-data context
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
Around Liverpool
4,905 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Around London
3,138 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
Is Business & Management right for you?
Tick what applies to you and see how good a fit it is.
International students
What applying to LMA from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
Tuition fees
International tuition is set per course by LMA; international fees are typically £12,000–£30,000/year for classroom subjects and higher for lab/clinical ones. You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
English language
Most UK undergraduate courses ask for around IELTS 6.0–6.5 (no band below 5.5–6.0), or an accepted equivalent. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
Student visa
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Scholarships & funding
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check LMA’s funding pages.
Living costs
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
Working while you study
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with LMA and gov.uk before you apply.
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