Skills Bootcamp in Professional and Digital Marketing
NTU are proud to have been part of the Government’s Skills Bootcamps provision since 2021. Over the years, we have successfully delivered 10 cohorts of the CIM-accredited Digital & Professional Marketing course and supported over 240 graduates in securing interviews and seeking employment. We have also fostered close relationships with local employers to understand and fulfil industry skills gaps in marketing. Unfortunately, NTU are no longer delivering this course as part of the Government’s (DfE) Skills Bootcamps offer due to recent changes in funding. NTU continues to bid for funding that supports local graduates, employees and SME’s in the East Midlands, so please check back next year as to whether we have been successful in securing funding for the next academic year ( 2025-2026).
The NTU Skills Bootcamp in Professional & Digital Marketing has been designed specifically for independent learners who want to acquire or enhance their digital marketing skills to improve their chances of securing full-time employment within the marketing industry.
About the Skills Bootcamp
This is a fully funded, Level 3 Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accredited course. By signing up, you’ll receive a one-year CIM membership and complete an online multiple choice assessment at the end of the course. This will give you 12 credit points towards a full CIM qualification.
The course will be delivered both face-to-face at our City Campus and online via Teams over a 12-week period and will involve attending 10 sessions, in addition to undertaking guided learning activities in your own time.
It’s important that you’re able to attend all of the sessions as tasks will be set after each one for you to complete. These tasks are aimed at helping you as you go through the course so that you’ll be prepared for the online assessment at the end.
Once you’ve enrolled for the course, all the content including factsheets, presentations and videos will be available to you in the NTU NOW Learning Room. In addition, you will have access to the NTU Library where you will be able to access further reading materials.
The NTU Skills Bootcamp in Professional & Digital Marketing has been designed specifically for independent learners who want to acquire or enhance their digital marketing skills to improve their chances of securing full-time employment. This is a great opportunity to boost your employability skills and gain a qualification!
The course will help you understand:
- the role and functions of marketing within organisations
- the factors that influence customer behaviour
- how digital marketing techniques have evolved and changed over time
- the digital marketing resources currently available
- how to plan and monitor digital marketing activity
After attending this course you'll be able to do the following for any organisation you work for:
- define your target audience
- set clear digital marketing campaign objectives
- identify the most appropriate digital channel/s to use to reach your target audience
- select the best types of content to communicate with your target audience and achieve your campaign objectives
- recognise the links between content and channels, and understand the best combinations to use for different types of digital marketing campaigns
Employability
We work closely with NTU’s Employability service to bring you the latest marketing jobs and opportunities. Along the way will offer you a guaranteed interview with a local employer for an entry level marketing role and support in preparing you for interview.
Who is this Skills Bootcamp for?
Funded by the Department for Education via the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, our Skills Bootcamps are designed to help develop the digital skills most in demand by businesses in the local area.
Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé (NTU) is pleased to offer a Skills Bootcamp to support independent learners aged 19+ who are living in Derbyshire, Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈéshire, Leicestershire or Lincolnshire. Applicants should not be participating on any MA, MSc or MBA marketing programmes.
Eligibility criteria
In order to be eligible, applicants must:
- Be a graduate holding at least a level 6 qualification.
- Currently reside in the East Midlands (including Lincolnshire)
- Have ‘right to work in the UK’
- Can be employed / self-employed/ un/under-employed (e.g., working in retail or hospitality)
- Not hold any marketing qualifications already (please do not apply if you will be studying for a further qualification at the same time as this course)
- Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé students can apply but must be able to provide evidence of ‘right to work in the UK’*, currently reside and plan to find employment in the East Midlands. *please note - this course does not form part of a sponsorship, and undertaking it will not meet the criteria for the Government’s Skilled Worker visa. If English is not your first language, you will need to provide evidence of achieving an English Language qualification.
To enquire or sign up for the full support
NTU's Skills Bootcamps are part of the Government's Lifetime Skills Guarantee, helping everyone gain skills for life. Delivered in partnership with employers, providers and local authorities, they will help people develop the skills that are in demand in their local area and get a better job.
For businesses / employers
If you're a business or employer seeking marketing talent, join our network of employers and let us know about any of your entry level marketing vacancies!
The Skills Bootcamp mentors up to 90 graduates per year, the course is designed to develop the digital marketing skills most in demand by businesses in the local area.
Our mission is to connect local employers to this CIM-accredited pool of graduates- who are ready to contribute to the growth and success of your business!
We are looking for employers who…
- Are looking to expand their marketing team.
- Are recruiting for any 'entry level' marketing roles.
- Want to enhance their recruitment practices and reach.
What we can do for you…
If you are a business or employer seeking marketing talent, then join our network so we can:
- Circulate any marketing opportunities you have to our pool of graduates.
- Connect you with skilled marketing graduates.
- Generate applications for your marketing roles.
We are also looking for businesses / employers to be part of our ‘guaranteed interview’ offer, we will tell you more about this upon enquiry.
Complete the form below to tell us about your vacancy and we will be in touch.
Any Current Staff You Want to Upskill?
We are also offering this Skills Bootcamp course out to any businesses wanting to upskill their employees in Digital Marketing. If you would like to know more, please contact the team and we will send you the information you need to join the course via employer part-funded routes. We look forward to hearing from you.