Bachelor of Business (Design and Marketing)

This interdisciplinary degree combines two complementary fields to equip you for a specialist marketing career with skills in digital and print design. You'll gain foundation knowledge in design and evidence-based marketing and learn how to apply design principles across a range of marketing activities.

You will also learn about the creative elements of advertising and how to work collaboratively with graphic designers to create high quality marketing materials.

You could apply for Vacation Research Scholarships with the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science, or take part in our on-campus Marketing Clinic. The Clinic provides advice to small and medium-sized businesses under the supervision of marketing experts.

UniSA Business is the only business school in South Australia accredited by both AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EFMD (EQUIS) - the world's leading accreditation bodies recognising excellence in business education and research at a global level. These dual accreditations demonstrate the high standards we hold across all areas such as teaching, student learning and research, as well as our commitment to continually improving the quality of our programs.

The degree starts with core courses in business. These will give you a solid grasp of business fundamentals such as economics, accounting and business law. Elective courses are another key part of your business degree.

In your design and marketing specialisation, you'll focus on areas such as digital marketing, design for publication, consumer behaviour, and computer graphics and imaging for design.

You can gain an extra qualification and broaden your career prospects by completing a Diploma in Languages.

As we are the No.1 university in South Australia for graduate careers in Business and Management1, our quality teaching and experiences beyond the classroom will ensure you graduate career-ready.

Employment prospects for marketing professionals in Australia are growing. Between now and 2020 the availability of roles is expected to increase by:

• 12.1 per cent (sales, marketing and public relations professionals)
• 15.5 per cent (advertising and marketing professionals)
• 5.2 per cent (advertising, public relations and sales managers)2

Careers to consider:

• Advertising account manager: managing client relationships; preparing creative briefs; managing the production of advertisements; managing internal and external communications
• Brand manager: responsible for driving the growth of a brand; ensuring all aspects of a brand's marketing and manufacturing match; creating a brand strategy and ensuring all aspects of a product or an activity align with the brand
• Campaign manager: combining creative thinking with factual analysis to target marketing campaigns at audiences; identifying the best mediums for building brand awareness and sales
• Marketing coordinator: promoting products or services by developing and implementing marketing and advertising campaigns; tracking and evaluating performance data; coordinating events; copywriting for a number of promotional channels
• Marketing design specialist: understanding the role creativity and design plays in marketing, and collaborating with other marketing specialists, across advertising, print, media and digital marketing in a diverse range of sectors
• Marketing manager: overseeing and leading a marketing team and all functions; setting strategy; managing marketing plans, budgets and resources; assigning tasks and setting targets
• Publications coordinator: managing digital and print promotional materials; writing, formatting and maintaining content for organisational publications such as newsletters, magazines and reports
• Visual communications manager: leading a creative team to realise the artistic vision of marketing strategies; overseeing graphic design elements for print, web and other media

1ComparED (QILT): Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017-19 - Full-time Employment Indicator (Undergraduate). Public SA-founded universities only. 2Australian Government Department of Employment, Occupational Employment Projections 2015.