Study advertising and collaborate with your classmates on advertising briefs, writing and designing ads for real products and clients.
Advertising is about thinking laterally and developing effective brand and product campaigns. You start with a blank piece of paper, do the hard work to get to a great idea and then choose various media to create a campaign. AUT is the only New Zealand university that teaches advertising creativity specifically and at degree level.
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This is part of the Bachelor of Communication Studies.
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You develop ideation, art direction and copywriting skills for print, radio, outdoor, television and digital advertising, as well as creative problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate information in a compelling way.
We work closely with the advertising industry, and you learn from guest speakers from leading advertising agencies and client companies like Google, TVNZ, Spark, MediaWorks, Saatchi & Saatchi, DDB, Colenso BBDO, FCB New Zealand and Film Construction.
Clients and agencies brief our students directly, and your completed ads may even be published in the media. Many students are also offered workplace experience at major advertising agencies. By the end of your degree you’ll have a professional portfolio to apply for work as a copywriter, art director and other roles in an ad agency.
This year you take eight core courses that give you an overview of the media world and communication theories.
You take four courses related to advertising and brand creativity, exploring the advertising industry and its role on a global stage, creative strategies and principles, and trends in advertising.
Our advertising and brand creativity courses help you develop a professional advertising portfolio you can use to apply for work as a copywriter, art director and other roles in an ad agency. You collaborate with your classmates on advertising briefs, writing and designing ads for real products and clients.
This year you take the first of your core courses to give you an overview of the media world and communication theories, and start to take the first advertising and brand creativity courses.
You continue to take courses related to communications and the media, and further explore creative strategies and principles, and trends in advertising.
Our advertising and brand creativity courses help you develop a professional advertising portfolio you can use to apply for work as a copywriter, art director and other roles in an ad agency. You collaborate with your classmates on advertising briefs, writing and designing ads for real products and clients.
*Because of timetabling and the prerequisites required for higher-level courses, you may not be able to take a second major if you start in July and want to complete your degree in three years. If you do a second major, you may need to do an additional semester.
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Majoring in advertising creativity will prepare you for a wide range of roles, including:
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