Content Creation

Why study Content Creation BA Honours at Middlesex?

On this course, you’ll master the art of creating engaging, innovative and shareable content across video, photography, podcasting, social media and immersive AR (Augmented Reality). You’ll develop both the creative spark to generate ideas, and the technical expertise to bring them to life using industry-standard tools.

You will graduate with a professional portfolio that showcases your abilities to produce social media campaigns, branded assets and digital content for different audiences and platforms. Alongside creative skills, you’ll gain entrepreneurial know-how, strategic thinking and the ability to manage your own digital presence.

• Designed for aspiring content creators, influencers, digital storytellers and media entrepreneurs who want to build a strong personal brand or create compelling content for clients.

• Gain real-world experience through optional work placements or a year-long industry sandwich placement, supported by our careers and employability service.

• Learn from staff with professional expertise in content design, branding and digital media, advertising and public relations, bringing real-world industry insight into your studies.

• Benefit from MDXStudios industry partners in London and beyond, such as Troubadour studios, giving you opportunities for first-hand industry experience, to network and showcase your work.

• Graduate with a professional portfolio and the entrepreneurial skills to thrive in the fast-moving world of digital content creation.

With opportunities for work placements and industry projects, you’ll leave Middlesex confident in your ability to collaborate, adapt and thrive in the fast-changing media landscape.

Year 1

Branding and Consumer Behaviour (30 credits) - Compulsory

You will develop creative and technical skills to design and deliver impactful content using industry-standard tools. You will build strategic thinking, audience awareness and entrepreneurial skills, graduating with a professional portfolio and confidence to create and manage content for brands, clients or your own practice.

Visual Storytelling (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module explores visual language and the fundamentals of effective communication, focusing on how meaning and narrative are created through images and design. Students are introduced to visual storytelling across print, photography and web design, developing design theory knowledge, professional practice and ethical, creative problem-solving skills.

Creative Media Production (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module focuses on the creative fundamentals of audiovisual communication, exploring how meaning and narrative are created through short-form video and audio. Through practice-based tasks, students develop production design, planning and recording skills, responding to briefs while demonstrating professional techniques and industry-standard best practice.

Communication Across Platforms (30 credits) - Compulsory

This module explores creative and strategic communication across platforms, focusing on how messages are designed for different audiences. Students develop skills in creating industry-relevant content using digital and analogue practices, responding to communication objectives while exploring ethical creative processes, emerging technologies and potential career pathways.

https://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/content-creation-ba-honours/