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FdA Fashion Marketing and Communication

Start Date: 8th September 2025

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  • Length 2 years
  • Study Full-Time
  • Location Rye Hill Campus

Qualification Gained

FdA Fashion Marketing and Communication (awarded by NCG)

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More about the course

If you are looking for a career in the fast-paced fashion world, this FdA Fashion Marketing and Communication degree is for you. This Foundation Degree immerses you in all aspects of creative direction for fashion. Whether you’re interested in retail, PR and brand marketing, buying, trend forecasting, or styling, this is the place to learn and grow as a commercially viable fashion creative.

You will master industry-grade tools such as the Adobe Suite and learn marketable skills. You will learn in incredible facilities such as our print room, CAAD workshop, and photography studio. We work with industry to provide you with real-world experiences of visual merchandising, designing a range plan, trend forecasting, and pitching a marketing proposal.

Our modules are rooted in practical tasks you’ll face in a creative workplace and you have the opportunity to collaborate with businesses and fashion professionals. There are live briefs throughout the course from local and national specialists in the sector such as Eldon Square, Sally Angharad and Barbour. Plus, you will get insider information on the industry from speakers working with brands such as Loanhood, The Handbag Clinic, and TrendBible.

Led by industry professionals, you will learn about current movements and matters within the fashion industry, develop your critical awareness, and hone your creative practice. Alumni have progressed into industry working for luxury brands, developed themselves as independent specialists, and even established their own businesses. Whether you already work within the field or are just beginning your fashion journey, this course is an investment into your future in fashion.

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What can I do with a qualification in Art and Design?

Daily tasks:

  • Arranges conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
  • Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures and advertising rates.
  • Reviews and revises campaign in light of sales figures, surveys, etc..
  • Conceives advertising campaign to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way.
  • Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed, defines target group and assesses the suitability of various media.

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Median Salary

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Daily tasks:

  • Examines quality of merchandise and ensures that effective use is made of advertising and display facilities.
  • Authorises payment for supplies received and decides on vending price and credit terms.
  • Maintains financial and other shop records and controls security arrangements for the premises.
  • Ensures that adequate reserves of merchandise are held and orders new stock as required.
  • Provides information about merchandise to staff and customers and ensures customer complaints are appropriately dealt with.
  • Oversees staff training, rotas and the allocation of work.
  • Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.
  • Defines the market position for the business, decides what to sell, forecasts demand and develops the brand image of the business.

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Median Salary

£29,440 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Performs other tasks not elsewhere classified, for example, forms mounts for wigs, makes buttons, shapes hat brims, and staples seams of industrial gloves.
  • Shapes and steams fabric into hats or hoods and gives final shape to fibre helmets and felt hats.
  • Examines sketches and draws out patterns for the manufacture of garments and upholstery.
  • Fills and stuffs cushions, quilts, soft toys and furniture.
  • Marks out, cuts and sews corsets, light clothing and hoods and aprons and makes and repairs sails, boat covers and other canvas goods.

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Median Salary

£19,744 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Liaises with production staff in checking final proof copies immediately prior to printing.
  • Selects material for broadcast or publication, checks style, grammar, accuracy and legality of content and arranges for any necessary revisions.
  • Writes articles and features and submits draft manuscripts to newspaper, magazine, periodical or programme editor.
  • Determines subject matter and undertakes research by interviewing, attending public events, seeking out records, reviewing written work, attending film and stage performances etc..

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Median Salary

£37,116 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Produces and/or assesses reports and recommendations concerning marketing and sales strategies.
  • Controls the recruitment and training of staff.
  • Examines and analyses sales figures, advises on and monitors marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
  • Discusses employer.
  • Liaises with other senior staff to determine the range of goods or services to be sold.

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Newcastle College Business 1

Median Salary

£78,034 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Briefs advertising team on client requirements, monitors the progress of advertising campaigns and liaises with client on potential modifications.
  • Discusses possible changes that need to be made in terms of design, price, packaging, promotion etc. in light of market research with appropriate departments.
  • Collates and interprets findings of market research and presents results to clients.
  • Establishes an appropriate quantitative and qualitative market research methodology and prepares proposals outlining programmes of work and details of costs.
  • Discusses business methods, products or services and targets customer group with employer or client in order to identify marketing requirements.

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Median Salary

£29,538 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Directs the arranging of conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
  • Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures and advertising rates.
  • Reviews and revises campaign strategy in light of sales figures, surveys, etc. and takes appropriate corrective measures if necessary.
  • Conceives advertising campaign to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way.
  • Defines target group and implements strategy through appropriate media planning work.
  • Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed and develops the most appropriate strategy to deliver the objectives.

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Newcastle College Business 10

Median Salary

£59,250 View more

Daily tasks:

  • Produces or oversees creation of the final product.
  • Liaises with other parts of the production team to ensure graphic design fits with other elements, processes and timescales.
  • Prepares specification and instructions for realisation of the project.
  • Prepares sketches, scale drawings, models, colour schemes and other mock-ups to show clients and discusses any required alterations.
  • Undertakes research into project, considers previous related projects and compares costs of using different processes.
  • Liaises with client to clarify aims of project brief, discusses media, software and technology to be used, establishes timetable for project and defines budgetary constraints.

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Median Salary

£28,115 View more

What can I do with a qualification in Art and Design?

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