MA Fashion: Branding and Creative Communication

MA Fashion: Branding & Creative Communication is a contemporary studio-based programme designed to help students build creative, conceptual and professional skills. The course aims to encourage and develop the next generation of fashion communicators, with the innovative mind-set, strategic thinking awareness and enterprise vision necessary for contributing to contemporary culture, leading to careers in the fast-moving industry of visual branding and fashion media and communications.  

The course supports the exploration of fashion culture, including fashion journalism, fashion photography, fashion film, fashion curating, branding, marketing and art direction for fashion, contexts for sustainable fashion, engagement with social media and emerging technologies, such as AR, VR and holography, creative collaborative practice and experimental approaches to creative communication.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES

• Expert tuition from industry-active professional designers, artists, visual communicators and researchers, with unrivalled understanding of contemporary art and design practices
• Intensive learning experiences tailored to your needs and ambitions, with high levels of personalised support and extensive 1:1 tutorial time.
• Imaginative and contemporary project briefs, which prioritise experimental practical approaches.
• Studio access 7 days a week
• Access to specialist art and design resources.
• Exclusive access to contemporary creative industry expertise, by means of workshops, talks and projects, as well as the opportunity to participate in a competitive internship scheme in partnership with Hearst Magazines UK (publisher of titles including ELLE, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar).
• You will also have the opportunity to take part in collaborative projects such as with the University of Cambridge and Hearst Magazine, amongst others.

Successful completion of an Undergraduate Degree in an art & design, or related subject, and/or professional relevant experience. Students who do not meet these entry requirements will still be considered on their own individual potential to succeed, as well as any evidence of prior experiential learning.  

Portfolio & Personal Statement
Students must submit a portfolio and a personal statement