BA (Hons) Creative Industries Management at Leeds Arts University

This course encompasses a diverse range of creative disciplines and management practices to prepare you for a career in the creative industries. You will gain knowledge of core business practices that include strategy, marketing, finance and entrepreneurship. The course examines successful business leadership and management to develop essential knowledge and skills.

Duration: 3 years full-time / 4 years with placement year  |  Study mode: full-time (optional placement/sandwich year)  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year one: You will examine business administration and management, and the principles of leadership to understand how businesses operate within the context of the creative industries. Year two: You will examine the wider cultural and ethical aspects of business practices alongside recognising and understanding the role and potential impact that evolving technology may have on future growth and sustainability. Year three: You will develop business plans that encompass creative business strategy and planning through the development of a personalised creative business project that considers strategy, budgets, resources and time management.

Career pathways

Having studied leadership and acquired advanced business management and communication skills, there are a wide range of careers opportunities available to graduates. You could work in roles across the creative industries as a general manager, project manager, production manager, or brand manager, or in areas such as event and venue management, talent management, marketing and communications.

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