Digital Marketing Management MSc

Postgraduate

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Marketing is constantly evolving – with social media, new retail channels and disruptive technologies all playing major roles in its development, offering opportunities and risks in equal measure. Step into this world, and explore how to manage marketing within it, with our Digital Marketing Management MSc.

Year of entry

2023-24 2024-25

Location

Coventry University (Coventry)

Study mode

Full-time
Part-time

Duration

1 year full-time
2 years part-time

Course code

FBLT056

Start date

September 2024
January 2025
May 2025

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Course overview

Covering the broad range of digital marketing, this course allows you the opportunity to explore how digital marketing strategies are produced, how digital marketing is measured and optimised, and how you can lead in the industry.

Modules focused on how to manage global teams.
Oversee the entire digital marketing process.
Explore theoretical knowledge, skills and personal attributes to help you become a leader in the digital marketing industry.

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Guardian University Guide 2021 and 2022

5 QS Stars for Teaching and Facilities

QS Stars University Ratings

Top 5 UK Student City in England (Coventry)

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Why you should study this course

Study in our DigiComm Lab (subject to availability), a space designed for marketing students where you have the opportunity to get hands-on experience of the latest technology⁴.
Modules on topics such as disruptive technologies and managing digital marketing projects aim to provide you with knowledge in digital marketing that may prove essential in a potential future digital marketing career.
Coventry University is currently a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accredited¹ study centre which provides the opportunity, upon successful completion of this course, to top up your master’s to obtain the CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing qualification. Criteria, application and fees apply.
Aims to support you to become an autonomous learner, to work with self-direction and originality, with the ability to blend theory and practice in complex situations, and to have an appreciation of how evidence-based research can inform and enhance your performance as a potential future digital marketing manager.
Develop your own area of expertise through the Postgraduate Dissertation/Consultancy Project.

Accreditation and professional recognition

This course is accredited¹ and recognised by the following bodies:

Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

The course currently includes the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) accredited module, Leading Strategic Change through Creativity and Innovation. Upon successful completion of the module, you will gain the CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice at no additional cost. Further details can be found on the Professional Development module homepage.

Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

This course is accredited¹ by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) for the 2024/25 intake as well as being part of the CIM Accredited Degree scheme.

Coventry University’s accreditation with CIM is reviewed annually, with the current course mapped to meet the awarding bodies requirements. If the accreditation of this course changes, we would seek to notify applicants and students as soon as possible.

The first semester was one of the best learning experiences I have ever had. Allowing the students to choose their own companies to base their coursework allowed us to reach the objective in any way we liked, which put our skills to the test. My favourite task was working for Tewkesbury Together, having a real client and real world situations to explore for the completion of the coursework was exciting, topping it off with a presentation also added multiple layers to the work; research, situational analysis and then group work/presentation really reflected the real world working environment.
Herkus Mantas Dvareckas, MSc Digital Marketing Management, graduated 2020, quoted 2020

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What you'll study

This course currently includes the Professional Development Module - Leading Strategic Change through Creativity and Innovation. Each of the participating postgraduate courses currently have an individually tailored version of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Professional Development module.

Modules

Contemporary Issues in Research - 15 credits

This module aims to introduce you to the key concepts involved in contemporary research related to your course subject area. You will also be given critical insight into relevant contemporary trends and research priorities. The module will enable you to develop your understanding of key current research techniques and methodologies. You will be provided with the opportunity to critically explore innovative research methodologies, while seeing such approaches in practice through practical examples of contemporary research in your subject area.

Compulsory

Digital Marketing Strategy - 15 credits

This module is intended to provide you with both the theory and practice of digital marketing through a strategic prism. The module builds on existing theories and concepts and encourages you to critically assess the use of the core five tools of digital marketing strategy namely, social media, email, website design, online advertising, and online public relations. The module specifically focuses on the drivers for the increase of online customer engagement in all the aforementioned digital elements.

Compulsory

Disruptive Technology in Marketing - 15 credits

Disruptive technology significantly alters the way that businesses or entire industries operate. Technology has been increasingly disrupting the practices and driving the developments of marketing. Some recent examples of disruptive technology include Blockchain, the Dark Web and Big Data. Marketers are empowered by new technology; they have done a great deal in digital marketing thanks to the unprecedented level of insights in and accesses to customers. But, new technology also baffles marketers, for example, there are constant doubts about the effectiveness of social media advertising, cybersecurity and data protection issues and omnichannel marketing. This module aims to challenge the curious minds of our future digital marketers to build a critical understanding of what disruptive technology is and how it applies to marketing.

Compulsory

Marketing Strategy, Planning and Control - 15 credits

This module is key to developing operational marketing skills for future application in the workplace. The module aims to develop a strategic focus for marketing management by applying operational principles and practices to the framework of the marketing planning process in building organisational strategy. It also focuses on the implementation, control and evaluation of the marketing planning framework.

Compulsory

Consumer Behaviour - 15 credits

A critical understanding of consumer behaviour underpins all marketing activities, service provision, digital platforms and policy formulation. This module aims to show the importance of globalisation in understanding consumer behaviour with an aim to provide you with a detailed insight into the psychology of global consumers and their motivations, thoughts, feelings, reasoning, information processing, decision making behaviours and how they interact with technology to reallocate social and cultural capital to achieve well-being in contemporary society.

Compulsory

Marketing Communications - 15 credits

This module is key to providing you with a critical understanding of the theory, knowledge and skills required to plan for and make marketing communications decisions. You’ll have the opportunity to use interactive learning, to develop the analytical and decision-making skills required by marketing communications practitioners in the workplace.

Compulsory

Digital Marketing Analytics - 15 credits

This module focuses on the key concepts and tools of digital marketing analytics and demonstrates how they can be used to assist decision-making in marketing. The module examines how digital analytics can help build organisational knowledge of customer behaviours and campaign effectiveness in a business environment that has been constantly reshaped by the forces of digitisation. This module reviews the effectiveness of company communications and customer interactions across a range of platforms including website, social media, and mobile marketing. It also examines the digital analytics tools that are used to understand conversations about brands across digital platforms to inform marketing decisions.

Compulsory

Managing Global Marketing Teams - 15 credits

Organisations can only function if they are able to assemble together teams with the necessary skills, attitudes and experience to meet their objectives. Effective organisations thus develop a strategic approach to the attraction and retention of staff, analysing their key employment markets and gaining an understanding of their dynamics so as to enable them to compete more effectively, both now and in the future. This module focuses on these activities from a Digital Marketing Manager’s perspective, acknowledging not just the practical aspects of recruitment, selection, employee retention and dismissal but more critically the role of management and leadership of global teams both within traditional and virtual digital marketing contexts.

Compulsory

Leading Strategic Change through Creativity and Innovation - 10 credits

This module aims to provide you with a framework of knowledge and understanding of how to manage change using creativity and innovation whatever the master’s degree of specialisation you elect to follow, in different types of organisational scenarios. You will critically assess strategies for change and change management, and explore the leadership skills required to lead such successfully.

Compulsory

Project - 50 credits

You are required to carry out a substantive piece of individual research into a business management issue, supported by a series of workshops on research methods. You’ll be expected to draw upon the knowledge acquired, and the variety of skills developed during the course. You will be given the opportunity to either research a theoretical research question of your choice or to address a real question from a host organisation.

Compulsory

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.

How you'll learn

The course is structured to provide a mix of classroom and lab-based activities and can be delivered through a combination of face-to-face teaching and online classes and tutorials:

Lectures
Associated seminars
Practical workshop classes
Personal tutorials
Chance to analyse and explore the latest web designing software and practice web platforms
Opportunity to study a final project based on either a research-based dissertation or an industry-based consultancy project²
Guest speakers (subject to availability)
National and international field trips² (subject to competitive application, availability, meeting applicable visa requirements and additional fees may apply).

This course can be offered on a part-time basis. While we would like to give you all the information about our part-time offering here, it is tailored for each course each year depending on the number of part-time applicants. Therefore, the part-time teaching arrangements vary. Request further information about part-time study.

Teaching contact hours

We set out below the typical teaching contact hours that you will receive on this course. In addition to the contact hours below, we offer the opportunity to attend additional optional sessions, such as guest lectures (subject to availability), or to meet with staff during their advice and feedback hours.

In your first and second semester, you will have around 12 contact hours of teaching a week. The contact hours may be made up of a combination of face-to-face teaching, individual and group tutorials, and online classes and tutorials.

Additionally, you will be expected to undertake significant self-directed study of approximately 12 hours each week, depending on the demands of individual modules.

A strong emphasis is placed on the postgraduate dissertation/consultancy project in your final semester and therefore total teaching contact hours may be reduced in the final semester.

As an innovative and enterprising institution, the university may seek to utilise emerging technologies within the student experience. For all courses (whether on-campus, blended, or distance learning), the university may deliver certain contact hours and assessments via online technologies and methods.

Since COVID-19, we have delivered our courses in a variety of forms, in line with public authority guidance, decisions, or orders and we will continue to adapt our delivery as appropriate. Whether on campus or online, our key priority is staff and student safety.

Assessment

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods include:

Providing a real client with a marketing communications plan and campaign
Conducting a digital marketing project
Conference paper
An academic poster with viva presentation
E-portfolio
Data dashboard with academic commentary
In tray exercise

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards achieving the intended learning outcomes.

International experience opportunities

There are opportunities² to visit other countries and institutions, with previous cohorts on similar courses having visited countries such as Greece. While in Athens, past students on similar courses had the opportunity to visit the Perfetti van Melle headquarters (the organisation which own global brands like Mentos and Alpenliebe) and work on live case studies. In addition, past students on similar courses attended a seminar on negotiations at Athens University of Economics and Business.

Entry requirements

Typical offer for 2024/25 entry.

Accepted applicants will normally hold an honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2:2) in a relevant academic discipline. Applicants with a degree in another discipline may be admitted after consideration on a case-by-case basis.

Applications from candidates with relevant experience are encouraged and will be considered on an individual basis. For more details, please contact us using our online form for UK students.

We recognise a breadth of qualifications; speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you.

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Select your region to find detailed information about entry requirements:

Russia and Central Asia

You can view our full list of country specific entry requirements on our Entry requirements page.

If you do not have the typical entry requirements, you may want to consider studying this course with an international pre-master's. Upon successful completion our International Pre-Master's - Business will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to progress onto this postgraduate degree.

Alternatively, visit our International hub for further advice and guidance on finding in-country agents and representatives, joining our in-country events and how to apply.

Typical entry requirements

Accepted applicants will normally hold an honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2:2) in a relevant academic discipline, such as a marketing or a business management degree. Applicants with a degree in another discipline may be admitted after consideration on a case-by-case basis.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each component area)

If you don't meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.

For more information on our approved English language tests visit our English language requirements page.

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Fees and funding

2024/25 tuition fees.

Student	Full-time	Part-time
UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man	£11,200	Request fee information
EU	£11,200 per year with EU Support Bursary £20,050 per year without EU Support Bursary	Not available
International	£20,050	Not available

For advice and guidance on tuition fees³and student loans visit our Postgraduate Finance page and see the university's Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions.

We offer a range of International scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.

Tuition fees cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them.

The following are additional costs not included in the tuition fees:

Any optional overseas ﬁeld trips or visits: £400+ per trip.
Any costs associated with securing, attending or completing a placement (whether in the UK or abroad).

*Irish student fees

The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.

**EU Support Bursary

Following the UK's exit from the European Union, we are offering financial support to all eligible EU students who wish to study an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree with us full-time. This bursary will be used to offset the cost of your tuition fees to bring them in line with that of UK students. Students studying a degree with a foundation year with us are not eligible for the bursary.

How do you know if you need to pay UK or international tuition fees?

We carry out an initial fee status assessment based on the information you provide in your application. Your fee status determines your tuition fees, and what financial support and scholarships may be available to you. The rules about who pays UK (home) or international (overseas) fees for higher education courses in England are set by the government's Department for Education. The regulations identify all the different categories of student who can insist on paying the home rate. The regulations can be difficult to understand, so the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has provided fee status guidance to help you identify whether you are eligible to pay the home or overseas rate.

If you meet all the criteria required by any one category, including any residence requirements, your institution must charge you the home rate. You only need to find one category that you fit into.

Facilities

During your studies with us, you have access to several innovative learning spaces⁴.

DigiComm Lab

Designed to build creative minds, the DigiComm Lab is currently equipped with the latest industry-standard marketing and advertising software and devices to support your creative development.

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Business Simulation Suite

Coventry Business School's Business Simulation Suite utilises the latest business simulation software to give you the opportunity to improve your business skills.

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Talent Team

Our dedicated Talent Team can assist you in applying for work placements, graduate level jobs and offer skills development workshops. They also aim to organise networking events to introduce you to potential employers and industry contacts².

Careers and opportunities

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

Apply the latest scientific and technical concepts and theories and developments in strategic digital marketing, marketing planning and marketing communications principles to solve issues using a range of tools at the forefront of digital marketing management practice.
Critically analyse and evaluate consumer behaviour in a digital marketing context and understand the impact of ethical, sustainable and societal considerations on transformative consumer culture.
Develop a technical and scientific understanding of contemporary global and national strategic digital marketing and disruptive technology issues to make informed digital marketing management decisions.
Synthesise multifaceted technical and complex issues in digital marketing analytics, managing global marketing teams and strategic digital marketing issues both domestically and globally.
Construct, critically evaluate, recommend and execute a digital marketing project and a marketing communications campaign to meet the corporate objectives of different organisations.

Through our Talent Team, you will have the support of dedicated employability support staff, who are industry trained, and are able to tap into their extensive network of employers with a wide range of internship possibilities². The Talent Team’s staff based in Coventry Business School can also support you with workshops and guidance on the various aspects of the employment process such as preparing your CV, interview practice and mock assessment centres.

Coventry University is committed to preparing you for your future career and giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market. The central Talent Team provide a wide range of support services to help you plan and prepare for your future career.

Where our graduates work

Previous graduates have secured positions in a wide variety of digital marketing areas, such as social media campaign management and website analysis working with leading organisations worldwide such as McCann, Zurich and many others.

Graduate Immigration Route visa

Based on current information from the UK Government, international students whose study extends beyond summer 2021 may be eligible for a visa under the UK Government’s Graduate Immigration Route, which will enable students to stay and work, or look for work, in the UK at any skill level for up to two (2) years. Check the most up to date guidance available to check your eligibility and any updates from the UK Government before making an application or enrolment decision.

How to apply

UK students

To apply to study for a postgraduate course at Coventry University, you can apply online.

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International students

Full-time international students should apply directly to the university. Read our application pages to find out your next steps to apply.

How to apply

For further support for international applicants applying for postgraduate degree view our International hub.

You can also download our International guide which contains lots of useful information about our courses, accommodation and tips for travel.

Get in touch with us today for further advice and guidance.

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Disclaimers

Coventry University together with Coventry University London, Coventry University Wrocław, CU Coventry, CU London, CU Scarborough, and Coventry University Online come together to form part of the Coventry University Group (the University) with all degrees awarded by Coventry University.

¹Accreditations

The majority of our courses have been formally recognised by professional bodies, which means the courses have been reviewed and tested to ensure they reach a set standard. In some instances, studying on an accredited course can give you additional benefits such as exemptions from professional exams (subject to availability, fees may apply). Accreditations, partnerships, exemptions and memberships shall be renewed in accordance with the relevant bodies’ standard review process and subject to the university maintaining the same high standards of course delivery.

²UK and international opportunities

Please note that we are unable to guarantee any UK or international opportunities (whether required or optional) such as internships, work experience, field trips, conferences, placements or study abroad opportunities and that all such opportunities may be unpaid and/or subject to additional costs (which could include, but is not limited to, equipment, materials, bench fees, studio or facilities hire, travel, accommodation and visas), competitive application, availability and/or meeting any applicable travel, public authority guidance, decisions or orders and visa requirements. To ensure that you fully understand any visa requirements, please contact the International Office.

³Tuition fees

The University will charge the tuition fees that are stated in the above table for the first Academic Year of study. The University will review tuition fees each year. For UK (home) students, if Parliament permit an increase in tuition fees, the University may increase fees for each subsequent year of study in line with any such changes. Note that any increase is expected to be in line with inflation.

For international students, we may increase fees each year, but such increases will be no more than 5% above inflation. If you defer your course start date or have to extend your studies beyond the normal duration of the course (e.g. to repeat a year or resit examinations) the University reserves the right to charge you fees at a higher rate and/or in accordance with any legislative changes during the additional period of study.

⁴Facilities

Facilities are subject to availability. Access to some facilities (including some teaching and learning spaces) may vary from those advertised and/or may have reduced availability or restrictions where the university is following public authority guidance, decisions or orders.

Student Contract

By accepting your offer of a place and enrolling with us, a Student Contract will be formed between you and the university. A copy of the current 2023/2024 contract is available on the website for information purposes however the 2024/25 Contract is currently being updated so please revisit this page before submitting your application. The Contract details your rights and the obligations you will be bound by during your time as a student and contains the obligations that the university will owe to you. You should read the Contract before you accept an offer of a place and before you enrol at the university.