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University of Cape Town: Brand Management

Explore the principles and processes of building and maintaining a strong brand identity.

Explore the principles and processes of building and maintaining a strong brand identity.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Jun 17, 2024
Enroll by Jun 23, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Jun 17, 2024
Enroll by Jun 23, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Effective brand management strategies are invaluable to a business’s success, having a direct impact on its long-term growth and profitability.1

Professionals following brand management career paths are responsible for the perceptions customers hold about their brand. They develop brand management strategies to create favourable sentiments around their products and organizations.

This strategic brand management course will allow you to learn from some of the brightest minds and biggest brands in South Africa, and give you the strategies you need to boost your brand management career in a landscape defined by digital and social media.

1 Ignyte Branding (Apr, 2019).

This course is aimed at brand managers, marketing professionals, or anyone who has experience, or an interest, in communicating a brand to customers and relevant stakeholders. Whether you are pursuing a new role or looking to validate and build on your existing skill set, you’ll benefit from this course by looking at how to build and maintain a brand’s reputation, tell its story, and cohesively integrate a brand strategy into your business.

Course curriculum

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Learn to effectively manage your company’s brand as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: The fundamentals of branding and personal branding

Module 2: The value of brand equity and personal branding

Module 3: Managing a brand's identity

Module 4: Positioning and differentiating a brand

Module 5: Brand contact planning and management

Module 6: Supporting brands through marketing communication

Module 7: Brand reputation

Module 8: Brand growth strategies

About the certificate

Acquire the necessary skills to seamlessly integrate brand management into your business operations and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

1 in 3

The proportion of consumers who trust all the brands they buy.

Edelman (Jun, 2019).

94%

The percentage of people who expect brands to be consistent across different web and social media channels.

Renderforest (Feb, 2020).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.