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MA Creative Direction at Leeds Beckett University

Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Take a practice-led exploration into creative direction, strategy, storytelling, and design to enhance your career and collaborate in the creative industries. Creative direction sits at the intersection between creative strategy, communications, and design, encompassing campaigns and editorial work, public engagement, content, and branding. You'll gain the insight and experience to develop your practical and critical skills, while using your creative values to position your distinctive practice in industry.

Faculty: Leeds School of Arts  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: 20 Sep 2027  |  Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Creative Direction: Critical Methods, Creative Direction: Advanced Projects, Creative Direction: Expanded Practices.

Career pathways

Creative direction at Leeds Beckett equips you with the skills, knowledge, and leadership qualities to confidently steer creative projects and teams. With a focus on real-world application, you'll graduate with a solid understanding of the professional practices undertaken in the design, creative, and cultural industries. Roles include Creative director, Art director, Creative strategist, Visual researcher, Image director, Trend forecaster, Brand manager, Design director.

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Entry requirements

Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of Design, Communications or Visual Communications, at least a second class honours degree in a non-cognate subject and have a background in arts, sciences or humanities, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment. In your personal statement please outline your interest and experience in the field of Creative Direction, and your future ambitions within the subject area. You should also include a section titled ‘Statement of Intent'. Under this heading you should cover the following criteria in around 500 words: Outline a project proposal, (this may change and develop as you progress through the course) Contextual inspiration for your project proposal, including case studies, reference points and process you would like to learn and test Conceptual inspiration (the narrative/meaning behind the project) Who is your intended audience, user group, customer, viewer, reader? Ideas for an outcome, mode of engaging your audience All suitable candidates who meet the entry requirements can submit a portfolio of work related to the areas listed above and may be required to attend an interview. Your portfolio should include examples from your previous education, professional experience, or personal work. IELTS 6.5 with no skill below 6.0.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,710 a year (2027/28). The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2027/28 is £10710. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,995 a year (2027/28). The tuition fee for the year for students entering in 2027/28 is £18995. Source

Intake: 20 Sep 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://myapplication.leedsbeckett.ac.uk

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