On-Campus or Online Course
6 months
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or Online
58 Students Enrolled
Social Media Marketing Diploma
On-Campus or Online + In-company Internship
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The Social Media Marketing diploma will teach you how to create a social media strategy to build and promote your business with the help of online marketing campaigns. You will learn the tools you need to set up a network and run social media campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms. It will give you an overview of social media’s role in driving customer engagement, and its role in optimizing Google search rankings (SEO). By taking part in practical exercises you will learn how to establish a clear voice across social media networks and how to get the most from these, with appropriate and engaging content.
On-Campus version
This 6-month intensive training program is designed to produce professionals in the field of Social Media Marketing. This program is a perfect choice for those who want to enter a Bachelor’s degree without exams in our school.
The main teaching language is English. This program will provide you with theoretical, linguistic, and practical skills.
The study plan includes intensive foreign language study modules. Spanish is obligatory for non-Spanish speakers. If Spanish is your native language or you have a C1 level, you can choose to study French or Russian instead. After completion of the Language module, you have the possibility to take one of the official state exams of Spanish for Foreigners, DELE or SIELE, (or correspondent French or Russian state exams) of A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 levels. HTL International School is an accredited SIELE examination center of the Instituto Cervantes
The specialization modules, which go separately from the Language module, are focused on providing the special, based on real-life experience knowledge. That gives students the possibility to start working in the chosen sphere right after finishing the degree, without the necessity of getting special training additionally. The module marks will be given based on continuous evaluation and the Final business project presentation.
After the theoretical modules are completed or simultaneously with it, all students have to complete an internship period in one of the companies in the sector in Spain or abroad.
Depending on the situation, and to provide each student a possibility to do the internship during the whole course, all classes might be done in a face-to-face manner or using the virtual classroom (streaming). This gives both students and to teachers extra mobility, providing the opportunity to be in class no matter what happens in the world.
Students can move between campuses or change the modality of studies from on-campus to online after finishing one module and before starting the next one.
Online version
Program structure:
- You will have the Access to the specialized online platform with all necessary study materials for all compulsory modules according to the study plan
- All students have to do a foreign language preparation module: Spanish, French or Russian. It is also recommendable to take one of the official state exams of Spanish for Foreigners, DELE or SIELE Global, of the correspondent level A1, A2, B1, B2 or C1. HTL International School is an accredited SIELE examination center of the Instituto Cervantes.
- You will have 3 months for each module to prepare all required for the graduation tests and projects. All the exams and presentations are done online with no necessity of being presential on one of the campuses.
- You will have the possibility to do an internship worldwide as an HTL student. The school will sign all necessary internship agreements. The internship can run simultaneously with your theoretical online studies. Once the internship is finished, it will be necessary to present the evaluation certificate to count it as a compulsory credit inside your transcript of studies.
- You can change the study modality between Online and On-campus trimestrally.
Program Details
Admissions
Qualifications
Careers
Faculty/Methodology
Internships
Final Exams
To enroll in the Diploma Program, it is necessary:
1. to fulfill the online application form below
2. submit the requested documents:
– passport copy
– last studies transcript
– CV
– English level certificate, if any.
On successfully completing this High Graduate Program of Study you will:
1. Be awarded the HTL Hospitality, Tourism & Languages School Diploma on Social Media Marketing Diploma + Official Spanish Language DELE or SIELE Global certificate
2. Have attained an accredited qualification for supervisory levels showing you possess competence in professional work activities.
3. Have attained a professional qualification equated to the International studies framework as a Diploma Course.
- Social Media Executive
- Social Media Manager
- Head of Social/Paid Media
- Head of Digital Communications
- SEO Executive
- Head of SEO/Organic Search
- PPC Manager
- Head of PPC/Paid Media
- Copywriter
- Content Manager
- Head of Content
- Head of Digital Communications
By the end of the course you should be able to: establish a sustainable presence on the social media platforms relevant to your business, execute a social media campaign and measure its impact using metrics, understand online privacy laws and best practice for social media marketing. The program consists of 3 Modules, practical and theoretical. The program blends the on-campus theory with the online study platform and in-company practical internship.
After the theoretical part of the courses is finished, all students are invited to do an internship. We recommend joining our internship for a minimum of 3 months. HTL International School has signed a huge variety of educational agreements with different hotel chains, companies, and travel operators nationally, mainland and on islands. According to Spanish law, it is possible to do a part-time (20 h/week) or full-time (40 h/week) internship during the study period or after the theoretical part is finished. Normally, the companies provide some grants, its quantity depends on the company policy regarding the interns. Some of the internship positions are published directly on our Internships&Jobs Portal. In case you have a company interested in you as an intern in Spain or abroad, please contact us to sign the internship agreement with your company.
- Final Project
- Continuous Evaluation
- Official Exam of Spanish Language for Foreigners DELE or SIELE
- French/Russian language exam
Diploma in SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
STUDY PLAN: 48 ECTS
Module I. Spanish/Russian/French Language Intensive Course
– Official DELE/SIELE exam of Spanish for Foreigners preparation module
– General French or Russian Language according to the initial entrance level
Module II: Social Media Marketing
- Social Media and Customer Engagement
- Build a Social Business
- The Social Business Ecosystem
- Social Technology and Business Decisions
- Social Analytics, Metrics, and Measurement
- Engagement on the Social Web
- Social CRM
- Social Applications
Module III: Internship (mínimum 240 h)
*One academic hour: 45 minutes
