MSc Advertising

rrocksy9

A few questions to anyone who has done or is doing the above course;

-how easy is it to get employment after the course, wrt the pitch at the end of the year (particularly the creative stream)?

-what are the interviews like for the course?

Thanks

tellastory

getting a job after the course and the final pitch seems to depend largely, but not entirely, on two things. The first, like anything else, is demand in the industry. This is perhaps more significant for the creative stream, and can depend on how many teams/people from the course got into agencies the year before. The second factor that would likely have an impact on getting a job is the quality of your book, the work (not just ads, but ideas and concepts of all sorts) that you have put together over the year. It can be tricky enough to land a job as a junior creative in an agency, but definitely not impossible, it takes persistence and a bit of work, but can be done.
From an executive stream employment point of view, the course is well regarded in the industry and almost all of the good agencies are open to recruiting directly from it.

Interviews for the course, again like other course interviews, are somewhat based around seeing just how serious the candidate is about getting the course. There tends to be a marked difference between someone who is going for that course interview along with several other courses, and between those who really know what they are talking about, and want that course, and that one only. If you are really passionate, it probably shines through.
Hope that helps