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Social Media Industry & Portfolio

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In this capstone course, discover social media marketing opportunities and how to optimize your online presence for job success. Topics include brand research, campaign development, networking strategies for LinkedIn, and more. Prepare for a career in...

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  • Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
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Overview

Social media has created a whole new industry field for careers. Many are under the marketing or public relations umbrella. These careers include social media management, content creation, and much more. In this course, students will create an earned-first creative project for their portfolio as well as update their resumes and social media presence to be prepared for these new social media job opportunities.

Prerequisites

Participants should have knowledge equivalent to the Social Media Marketing Certificate (which includes this course).

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$975
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Self-paced tuition & enrollment

Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.

Tuition
$975
Course length
18 hours
Format
Self-paced online

This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.

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Curriculum

What you'll learn

  • Learn about earned-first creative thinking
  • Create personal ideas and learn how to showcase them in a portfolio
  • Resume and LinkedIn optimization
  • Social media presence optimization

Course syllabus

Section 1 - Brand Research & Building

Understanding the Competitive Landscape

  • Examples of successful social campaigns
  • Examples of social media portfolios

Build Your Brand

  • Research brand goals
  • Define target audience
  • Define what makes you unique
  • Determine brand voice
  • Determine your visual identity
  • Consistency in online presence
  • Creating your own brand image with references

Understanding the Earned-First Approach

  • Establish your audience’s needs
  • Earned-first approach
  • How to make creative ideas
  • Incorporating gamification and/or call-to-action

Section 2 - Social Campaign Development

Portfolio Project Brief

  • Introduction to client brief
  • Establish a target audience
  • Establish a project purpose

Portfolio Project Development

  • Establishing the project challenge
  • Creating a valuable insight through research
  • Develop a big idea solution
  • Create concept mock-ups
  • Showcase how it will earn coverage through research
  • Establishing brand ambassadors
  • Media and social coverage mock-ups

Section 3 - Networking for Social Media

Networking Optimization for LinkedIn

  • How to clearly showcase your skills and experience
  • Sharing content and engaging the community
  • Reaching out to hiring managers
  • Finding companies and organizations to follow
  • Building a lasting network

Building a Network

  • Compiling a list of successful professionals
  • Reaching out to book informational interviews
  • Career considerations
  • Conferences and Summits

Self-paced course

Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.

This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.

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Social media has reshaped the marketing and public relations landscape, creating an array of new career paths in areas such as social media management and content creation. In this course, students will develop an earned-first creative project to showcase in their portfolio while refining their resumes and online profiles to prepare for emerging opportunities in the social media industry.

Self-paced curriculum

What you'll learn self-paced

  • Learn about earned-first creative thinking
  • Create personal ideas and learn how to showcase them in a portfolio
  • Resume and LinkedIn optimization
  • Social media presence optimization
Self-paced syllabus

Section 1 - Brand Research & Building

Understanding the Competitive Landscape

  • Examples of successful social campaigns
  • Examples of social media portfolios

Build Your Brand

  • Research brand goals
  • Define target audience
  • Define what makes you unique
  • Determine brand voice
  • Determine your visual identity
  • Consistency in online presence
  • Creating your own brand image with references

Understanding the Earned-First Approach

  • Establish your audience’s needs
  • Earned-first approach
  • How to make creative ideas
  • Incorporating gamification and/or call-to-action

Section 2 - Social Campaign Development

Portfolio Project Brief

  • Introduction to client brief
  • Establish a target audience
  • Establish a project purpose

Portfolio Project Development

  • Establishing the project challenge
  • Creating a valuable insight through research
  • Develop a big idea solution
  • Create concept mock-ups
  • Showcase how it will earn coverage through research
  • Establishing brand ambassadors
  • Media and social coverage mock-ups

Section 3 - Networking for Social Media

Networking Optimization for LinkedIn

  • How to clearly showcase your skills and experience
  • Sharing content and engaging the community
  • Reaching out to hiring managers
  • Finding companies and organizations to follow
  • Building a lasting network

Building a Network

  • Compiling a list of successful professionals
  • Reaching out to book informational interviews
  • Career considerations
  • Conferences and Summits

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