You are creative, engaging, and patientYou have a great eye for detailYou are passionate about media production and communicationYou want to acquire or develop your business management skillsYou are resilient and you thrive from being busy You are open to learn new ideas and to work with a teamYou want to make engaging content and “sell” ideas, products, and servicesWhen you work in the digital marketing and sales field, it’s up to you to “sell” ideas, products, and services in the most engaging ways you can think of! The Social Media Marketing + Business Traineeships Course will give you the techniques you need to develop creative, effective, engaging and efficient digital promotion strategies and content plans, to establish a genuine, professional relationship with your clients, and to set up your own professional business and career in the digital marketing and sales field!
A career that fits your interest, passion, and life commitments?To enhance your knowledge and skills in social media marketing and business?To make money from your passion?To be able to book your own clients and charge your own prices?To work freelance, from home, or in your own agency?To be your own boss and define your own hours?To start a career as a social media specialist today?Have limited time to studyDo not want to spend years without a jobLong for financial security in a career you loveCan’t pay upfront to fund your new careerAre determined to create a better future for you and your familyBe able to set up your own businessUtilise a variety of techniques to develop realistic, appropriate, relevant, and creative social media marketing strategies:
Achieve the English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills required to successfully take their business forwardBe equipped with the necessary knowledge, understanding, and skills to confidently approach an employer for employment opportunities in the digital marketing and sales field| Key Topics | Lesson Objectives | Lesson Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Placement Level 1 Award in Work Experience:70 hrs Work Experience | Practice the knowledge and skills you have learned about Social Media Marketing, as you immerse in a real-working environment for 2 weeks | Time Sheet covering 70 hours |
| 2. Employability – 601/4680/1 – Level 1 Award in developing employability Skills | Become equipped with the essential employability skills that you need to stand out from the crowd, get in, and get on in the workplace | Assignment / Case study / Oral Questioning / Quizzes |
| 3. Business Skills – L/601/7638 – Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment | Acquire the knowledge and understanding needed to carry out your personal responsibilities in a business environment | Assignment / Case study / Oral Questioning / Quizzes |
| 4. Functional Skills: English | Develop confidence, independence, and fluency in your English language skills, which will help you to get the most out of education, work, and everyday life | Exam |
| 5. Functional Skills: Mathematics | Develop confidence, independence, and fluency in your Maths skills, which will help you to get the most out of education, work, and everyday life | Exam |
| 6. Functional Skills: Digital Skills | Develop abilities to use digital devices as well as communication applications and networks to access and manage information | Exam |
| 7. Social Media Marketing | Learn to utilise different techniques for the development of realistic, appropriate, relevant, and creative social media marketing strategies, as well as in tracking, assessing and analysing content performance | Learner’s Portfolio |
1. Carry out activities in the workplace
2. Prepare for learning in the workplace
3. Identify what has been learnt from the workplace experience
1. Understanding mindset
1. Understanding your customers
2. Understanding motivation
3. Dealing with your first days at work
4. Business and customer awareness
1. Setting yourself targets
2. Managing your time
3. Handling information at work
4. How to keep improving
5. Presenting information
6. Developing assertiveness
7. Introduction to independence
1. Problem solving at work
2. Creative thinking
3. Coping with change
4. Taking part in a project
5. ICT for employment
1. Identifying processes and procedures at work
2. Following instructions
3. Understanding personal finance
4. Tackling number problems
1. Working in a team
2. Working with colleagues
3. Being managed by others
4. Using social media in the workplace
5. Using online collaborative workplace tools
6. Using telephones in the workplace
7. Understanding conflict at work
8. Meetings in the workplace
1. Job and training search skills
2. Job application skills
3. Interview skills
4. Writing a CV
5. Being safe and healthy at work
6. Health and well-being in the workplace
7. Disclosing an offence
1. Working with colleagues
2. ICT for employment
3. Job search skills
4. Dealing with your first days at work
5. Following instructions
6. How to keep improving
7. Working in the community as a volunteer
1. Personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
2. Providing administrative services
3. Managing information and producing documents
1. Supporting change in a business environment
2. Supporting business events
3. Maintaining stationery stock
4. Working in the Public Sector
5. Contributing to innovation and change
6. Budgets in a business environment
7. Project management
1. Contributing to innovation and change
2. Working in the Public Sector
1. Protecting data
2. Being responsible online
3. Digital wellbeing
1. Find and evaluate information
2. Manage and store information
3. Identifying and solving technical problems
4. Developing digital skills
1. Creating and editing documents
2. Editing and enhancing digital media
3. Processing numerical data
1. Communicating and sharing
Unlimited guidance and strategic planning sessions with our careers advisor and access after you graduate. He will work with you to discover what career path you enjoy as a social media specialist and business owner and help to set you up for employment, no matter what avenue you choose, e.g freelance (work in different projects at a time or work at a company), setting up your own social media marketing business, or even starting your own social media marketing agency. You also have free access to our vacancy database to help you find employment when you graduate.
You don’t have to learn to create your professional website, or even pay a penny to a web hosting company.
Take full advantage of our FREE website builder that includes everything from your portfolio, an about me page, to a contact form where clients can request your services by sending you an email that will be redirected to your personal email address.
It’s simple: create your quick website using the pre-edited sections. All you have to do is plug in your personality, upload your photos, and you are ready to book clients!
When you successfully complete this course, you will be able and qualifiedto offer social media marketing services, with a wide-range of competencies, such as developing promotion strategies and content plans;creating engaging and quality content; forming sustainable relationships with a loyal core audience; employing pay-per-click advertising tools, influence marketing formats, and targeted advertising; learning photo and video shoot basics from preparation to post-processing (using Adobe Photoshop); and utilising content performance indicators for tracking, analysing, and assessing the effectiveness of your promotion and assessing your performance.
You will also receive four (4) certifications: NCFE Functional Skills Qualification in English, NCFE Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics, NCFE Level 1 Award in Employ ability Skills, and a Certificate for Completing the Social Media Marketing Course.
At Trade Academy, we have 10 Years of experience in Government funding and employment strategies for people wanting to gain a career in different industries. We have helped 5,000 job seekers go from struggling to land a job interview to living their dream job in as little as 6 months.
You can graduate in 12 weeks by attending 8 hours every week on Thursdays. This is your fast track way to launch a new career. You NEED to have a passion for social media marketingand setting up a business related to it, as well as commit to practicing the knowledge, skills, and techniques that you acquire in the course in your spare time, to fully benefit from the quick pace.
E-learning Website
Once you are enrolled, you will be given unlimited access to the learning materials for your chosen course, which will be found in the e-learning website.
You will acquire your theory knowledge and understanding through online synchronous sessions with a tutor using the Zoom application.
Theory to Practice Approach
You will be tutored by a digital marketing and sales professional who will guide you in using your theory knowledge in practical ways, through designated sessions with the same tutor, as well as in practicing by yourself, at home.
You will be provided with interactive and social learning experiences through your tutor and your peers. Your tutor will push you to reach your goals and provide regular feedback for your development. You will also be asked to be in touch with your peers (a small group of 12* students) so that you can find a community of support to help you complete the course successfully.
Take-home Enrichment Activities
You will be asked to complete practical activities and written examinations, outside of your learning sessions; these are aimed to enrich your learning and to help you achieve your certifications.
You will be assessed on your theory understanding through written assignments to make sure that you fully understand each lesson within the course. You will also be assessed on your practical skills through undergoing practical assessments and developing your learner portfolio.
COVID19 Precaution
*The course will be delivered online
Aged 19 to 24
Access to laptop/tablet/smartphone and internet connection
The course is £3,345 but you can get it for FREE (£0) if you avail the UK Government funding
You are eligible for funding if you are:
For more information regarding the terms and conditions and whether you are eligible for funding, click the link below.
After successfully completing this course, you can become self-employed or you can also establish your own social media marketingbusiness.If you undergo further training and gain more experience, it can open up more opportunities, like managing the social media of large local and international companies or, perhaps, progress to a senior social media manager job.
Digital Marketing and Sales is an exciting area to choose as your profession because it is an in-demand and flourishing field in the present and there are so many products and services you canspecialize on. After this course there are specific job opportunities, independent/self-employment opportunities, career progression, and academic/education progression that you could choose from!
Job opportunities:
Independent/self-employment opportunities:
Career progression (by further training and with more experience):
Academic/education progression:
