DG3S45W - Creative Advertising 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2025 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: DG3S45W
Module Title: Creative Advertising
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Games and Design
Faculty Sub Group: Design
Module Leader: Molly Owens
Module Team: Lee Thomas, Steven Wright
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake: 2024
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: Welsh
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 25
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
HECOS Code Weighting:

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2025

Module Aims

Explore the?ways?in which organisation’s communicate on a local, national and international level.
Examine?contemporary advertising industry practices.
Consider?cultural?aspects?of?advertising.
Identify potential?career?option

Content Summary

The?UK?was,?in?2016,?the?fourth?largest?advertisingmarket?globally?based?on?domestic?markets?alone, but?also exported around £3 billion of advertising to other?countries.
A?career?in?advertising?will?likely?mean?you?working?on many?different?projects?at?once?and?your?role?ranging?from strategic?to?creative?whilst?encompassing?local, national,?and?international?briefs.
This module focuses on the issues and opportunities presented in the professional world. You’ll encounter case studies?of?campaigns?that successfully?translate?across cultures.?You’ll?consider cultural?differences?and?traditions that go beyond stereotypes whilst also producing a professional standard portfolio of your?work.
You’ll?be?expected?to?produce?a?creative online?portfolio?of your revisited,?edited and crafted?work plus personal projects?for?review?by?your?lecturers,?peers?and?industry?practitioners.

 

Disclamer: 25% of the module is delivered in Welsh language.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Project supervision 14
Supervised time in studio/workshop 14
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 64
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Analyse critically the global advertising strategy of multinational organisations
LO2 Explain and understand key cultural issues when advertising in a given region

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 A bilingual industry standard professional portfolio of work. 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Adz (2013) The Stuff You Can't Bottle: Advertising for the Global Youth Market. Thames and Hudson
Gould (2015) Global Advertising in a Global Culture. Roman and Littlefield Education
De Mooij (2013) Global Marketing and Advertising: Understanding Cultural Paradoxes. Sage
Hollensen (2016) Global Marketing. Pearson
Shaver and An (2013) The Global Advertising Regulation Handbook. Routledge 6 Solomon (2014) Consumer Behavior, Global Edition. Pearson
Tungate (2013) Adland: A Global History of Advertising. Kogan Page 8 Wilson (2013) Global Advertising, Attitudes, and Audiences. Routlege