BA (Hons) Content Creation
London, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 16,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU/EEA/swiss students 2-year accelarated programme
Study the art of connecting with audiences and meeting business needs with a BA(Hons) Content Creation degree.
What you can expect from your degree
These days, having a sleek and consistent online presence is the best way to reach audiences and boost brand engagement. Opportunities have exploded in the digital marketing space in recent years, meaning there’s never been a better time to study content marketing at SAE.
If you’re keen to start a career in content creation or social media marketing, SAE’s BA (Hons) Content Creation degree will teach you everything you need to know to get started. Taught as both a 2-year accelerated and traditional 3-year degree across all campuses, you’ll learn essential technical and theoretical marketing skills across this content marketing degree, so you can succeed as a content writer, brand manager or social media influencer.
You’ll get comfortable using industry-standard software to create your content, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, and Pro Tools. Across the course, you’ll experience the workflow involved in building a visual brand, from composing and editing to publishing digital content. You’ll also have access to SAE’s excellent facilities to help bring your creative ideas to life, such as podcast studios, green screens, post-production suites, and high-tech Mac labs.
Create your own course
As you take your marketing to the next level, you’ll learn practical skills like website search engine optimisation (SEO), digital image editing and video production. Both individually and in small creative teams with your fellow content creation degree students, you’ll create a large portfolio of creative work which will include websites, photography, podcasts, videos and more. You’ll also collaborate creatively with students from other SAE disciplines, producing engaging audio–video content, honing your interview and post-production techniques, and working with real-life businesses to develop online strategies and campaigns.
Across your time at SAE, you’ll work closely with SAE’s Experts – talented entrepreneurs, creatives and educators from across the marketing industry. They’ll act as advisers throughout your content creation degree, teaching you how the marketing industry works, and making sure you pick up essential business, legal, financial and entrepreneurial skills. You’ll collaborate with them to structure your Major Project – an in-depth study of your chosen area of interest, planned and realised towards the end of your studies.
At the end of your time at SAE, you’ll graduate with an impressive talent for digital storytelling, a head full of practical communications skills, exceptional marketing industry connections and the drive to make it as a successful marketing professional.
1st Trimester
Start your learning journey by developing fundamental knowledge and invaluable content creation and online marketing skills which will form the basis for your future modules.
- CC (T1) - Communication Design
- CC (T1) - Photographic Storytelling
2nd Trimester
During your second term, you’ll broaden your scope to work on more complex multidisciplinary projects in accordance with industry-standard marketing practices.
- CC (T2) - Audio Interview and Podcasting
- CC (T2) - Video Production
3rd Trimester
Across Trimester 3, you’ll undertake a variety of content creation project briefs in a professional working environment using a project-based ‘creative studio’ approach. Creative Studios sees you take part in real-world assessment activities that reflect current digital and social media marketing industry practices – guaranteeing a highly practical educational journey.
- CC (T3) - Creative Studio 1: Overview
4th Trimester
The second Creative Studio term focuses on collaborative, practical and technical content creation and digital marketing skills, as you explore areas of professional interest and develop your chosen pathway.
- CC (T4) - Creative Studio 2: Overview
5th Trimester
As you near the end of your marketing degree, you’ll start to specialise, advancing your skills across your chosen area of the marketing industry by selecting from one of 3 optional modules.
- CC (T5) - Creative Studio 3: Overview
- CC (T5) Advanced Specialised Production
- CC (T5) - Research and Professional Development in Creative Media
6th Trimester
The final module of this content marketing degree lets you demonstrate the academic and practical skills you’ve developed across your 2 years at SAE via an advanced-level large-scale project.
- CC (T6) – BA/BSc Content Creation and Online Marketing Major Project
What you'll learn
At the end of your Content Creation degree you will:
- Learn skills in storytelling, journalism, podcasting, interviewing, branding, photography, video editing and more.
- Develop your writing and communication skills and unleash your creative potential.
- Confidently operate the latest marketing industry software, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Pro Tools, Canva, and Figma.
- Gain entrepreneurial and business skills to take into your marketing career.
- Combine hands-on immersive training with academic learning for holistic education from day one.
- Collaborate creatively with SAE students from other courses, such as film-makers, designers, animators, game developers, and producers.
- Build an impressive network of connections across the wider creative industries.
- Develop a significant portfolio of work to present to industry.
- Graduate career-ready with practical employment skills gained through strong marketing industry links.
- Marketing degree start dates available in January and September.
What jobs will this course lead to?
- Content Creator
- Content Editor
- Digital Marketing Professional
- Social Media Manager
- Web Writer
- Interviewer
- Copywriter
- Social Media Influencer
- Brand Manager
- UX Designer
The BA/BSc (Hons) Content Creation course can be studied as a 2-year accelerated marketing degree, split over 6 trimesters, or a traditional 3-year degree, split over 6 semesters. Its structure follows 3 distinct stages – each designed to help you develop specific skills. Dividing it this way means you graduate as a well-rounded content marketing professional with a universal understanding of the entire content creation process.
- Stage 1 (T1/S1 and T2/S2) provides a foundation of core technical knowledge.
- Stage 2 (T3/S3 and T4/S4) broadens your skills, exploring new areas of digital marketing.
- Stage 3 (T5/S5 and T6/S6) is all-encompassing, covering every aspect of content creation from conception to completion, including managerial aspects like project management, finance and promotion.