MA Entrepreneurship: Fashion and Creative Industries
Conde Nast College
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 29,950 **
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
30 Sep 2024
* 6-12 weeks before the course starts for international students. Home students two weeks before the course starts
** £24,950 (UK) | £29,950 (Non-UK) including VAT
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Introduction
Our MA Entrepreneurship: Fashion & Creative Industries programme offers a truly distinctive learning experience, providing students with a bespoke introduction to entrepreneurship and business acumen tailored specifically for the dynamic realms of fashion and the creative industries. Drawing participants from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, this programme immerses students in an array of subjects, including branding, marketing, business theory and practice, as well as business planning and finance. In doing so, it refines existing transferable skills while nurturing a profound understanding of the intricate workings of the fashion and creative sectors.
Situated within the College’s postgraduate Fashion Business portfolio, which also includes master’s programmes in Luxury Brand Strategy & Business, Fashion Communication, and Entrepreneurship: Fashion & Creative Industries, by pursuing our MA Entrepreneurship: Fashion & Creative Industries you will share some taught sessions and projects with your counterparts in other Fashion Business master’s programmes. This collaborative approach ensures that you acquire a holistic and dynamic understanding of the fashion business industries.
This programme leverages the wealth of expertise held by Condé Nast and its extensive network of collaborators within the fashion and creative industries. You will be actively encouraged to engage with industry professionals and organisations, fostering invaluable connections. The programme seamlessly blends independent research with structured academic content, enriched by illuminating talks and masterclasses led by luminaries from the industry. You will be equipped with proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, amplifying your professional creative communication abilities and fostering an environment conducive to the free flow of innovative ideas.
Notably, Condé Nast College boasts unparalleled access to industry luminaries, including the editorial and business teams behind iconic publications such as VOGUE, GQ, Glamour, Tatler, House & Garden, World of Interiors, and WIRED. This unique advantage allows us to combine academic rigour with outstanding industry connections, creating an educational environment like no other. This programme will also provide you direct access to a relevant professional industry mentor from Condé Nast, or the wider fashion and creative industries, who aligns with your entrepreneurial endeavour.
At Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design, our unwavering commitment to industry preparation is evident. This programme is meticulously crafted to explore the landscape of entrepreneurial opportunities within the fashion and creative spheres, making it an appealing prospect for you no matter what your background.
Program Outcome
Although the focus of the MA is on entrepreneurship and encourages students to launch their own businesses, the transferable skills that will be gained are also highly relevant to an increasingly broad range of job opportunities driven by a fast-moving and changing marketplace in both fashion and the wider creative industries. Many employers value entrepreneurial traits when recruiting new staff in these highly creative and visionary industries.
Possible career options alongside launching your own business include:
- Business Director
- Business Management
- Marketing
- Branding
- Buying
- Merchandising
- Retail Management
The unique positioning of the College and range of industry contacts provide opportunities for you to pursue work experience placements and internships in relevant career areas. The College careers advisors are always on hand to support you with your aspirations during and after the course. Not only does the College have contacts within the Condé Nast Publications and Condé Nast International networks, but it also holds links to major fashion houses and other premier lifestyle and creative businesses.
Career Opportunities
We are dedicated to empowering our students to excel in the fashion world. We recognise that a thriving career in this dynamic field requires more than just academic knowledge; it demands practical skills, guidance, and opportunities. Throughout your educational journey with us, we will provide an array of career support options tailored to your needs.
This programme contains modules, experiences and opportunities meticulously designed to equip you with the essential skills, knowledge and practice crucial for a successful fashion career, from personal development to professional practice.
Although the focus of the MA is on entrepreneurship and encourages students to launch their own businesses, the skills gained on the course are also highly relevant to the increasingly broad range of job opportunities in today’s fashion and creative industries. Entrepreneurial qualities are particularly valued in these highly creative and visionary. industries, and the course is suitable for those keen to pursue the following careers:
- Launching a business / start-up
- Business director
- Business management
- Marketing
- Branding
- Buying
- Merchandising
- Retail management
During the course, students will examine the roles outlined in magazine mastheads and the increasing roles in digital media.
Within the course content, there will be many career and professional development elements and activities available to you, including:
- Alumni Career panel during the induction week
- Multiple career focussed workshops until your final term
- Careers Day at the end of the course
You will also have access to our Career Services including, but not limited to:
- Strengths testing
- CV & Cover Letter Editing
- Mock Interviews
- Optional 1-2-1 tutorial with our Career Consultant
Previous students graduating from our higher education programmes have gone on to work at: Condé Nast, VOGUE, Glamour, Aisle 8, Net-A-Porter, Harvey Nichols, L’Oréal, Hayley Menzies, Grazia, HanSpringett LTD (AKA H-Lans), GQ, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, WGSN, TikTok, Tatler, Louis Vuitton, The Times and many more.
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Curriculum
The programme is structured as four 10-week terms. The first three are taught and the final term is dedicated to independent study to complete the final projects and a thesis. The programme structure consists of modules that are shared across all Fashion Business programmes, which focus on research skills and building critical awareness of current issues as well as developments in the fashion, media and luxury industries along with programme-specific modules that enable you to acquire technical and practical skills aligned with your career goals.
- Brand Communication & Marketing Strategy
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Business & Financial Modeling for Creative Industries
Course Structure
This industry-focused programme aims to support and empower you to have the confidence to plan, develop and launch your own start-up business by the time you complete the course. You will be equipped with the relevant transferable professional skills and be capable of producing industry appropriate business propositions.
This is a broad and forward-thinking programme that examines a range of areas within the fashion and the creative industries. You are encouraged to identify opportunities in the market and propose your own business solutions using relevant innovative and traditional business start-up models and methods.
An emphasis will be placed on developing the right industry knowledge and highly practical business skills required for the establishment and development of a sustainable, contemporary creative business.
You will be supported in the development of an effective transition from student to the business owner (or employment), clearly connecting theoretical topics, business models, academic study and industry thinking with the contemporary world of business and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. You will become familiar with life-long learning approaches that will allow you to continue to advance your knowledge and understanding and develop new skills to a high level upon graduation.
Course Highlights
- Access to professional industry mentors both from Condé Nast and the wider fashion industry
- Access to professional industry mentors both from Condé Nast and the wider fashion industry
- Option to launch your own business before you complete the course
- Learn how to set up or develop your business using contemporary methods combining theory and practical professional skills
- Outstanding Industry Speakers
- Careers advice
Course Dates
25 September 2023 - 04 September 2024
Modules on the MA Entrepreneurship
Brand Communication & Marketing Strategy
This module introduces you to contemporary communication methods used within fashion and the creative industries to convey brand attributes. You will examine successful communication strategies used by brands and explore the varied formats, technologies and themes harnessed by brands to produce positive experiences for intended audiences. This module also provides opportunities for you to develop visual communication and the software skills required to create brand communication outputs to a high level.
Creative Entrepreneurship
This exciting module introduces you to the world of entrepreneurship, examining key considerations and challenges in the fashion and creative industries. You will also explore a range of entrepreneurial business models and theories. During this module, you will have the chance to evaluate and reflect on the attributes and qualities, as well as strategies utilised by successful entrepreneurs and their value within global economies. While learning to recognise market opportunities in fashion and the creative industries, you will apply models of reflective practice to encourage you to recognise your own personal traits, qualities, skills and knowledge.
Critical Research: Fashion Markets & Creative Industries
Whilst studying this module, you will be introduced to a range of research methods, techniques and tools used to enhance critical thinking and analysis in order to foster your own personal opinions. This introduction of key theories along with academic discourse is essential in supporting you to underpin your creative practice whilst maintaining an academic focus.
Business & Financial Modelling for Creative Industries
This module aims to support you with the development of an effective and well-considered business plan that will attract funding/investment from suitable potential stakeholders and act as a guide for launching a new venture. The planning undertaken at this stage will underpin the final entrepreneurship project, when the concept will be developed further, in readiness for launch.
Final Entrepreneurship Project & Business Launch
This module provides you with the opportunity to combine theory and practice by bringing together all the knowledge you have gained throughout the course and applying it practically to the launch of a new business. By further developing and preparing to launch your own fashion/creative industries business, you will build significantly on the business ideas, market research, branding, and financial planning identified/conducted or created during the course. In addition to this, you will further develop your skills in project management and leadership.
During this module, you will develop your own individual briefs and clearly set out your project aims and objectives. You may choose to work in consultation with an external business partner or collaborator for which you will clearly define arrangements in agreement with project/module supervisors. All students will be given the option to have an industry mentor throughout this module.
Who teaches at Condé Nast College of Fashion?
The academic team at Condé Nast College provide a varied background and knowledge base of the wider fashion industry. Individual links and continued study provide constant updates from within the fashion industry sector and beyond. The culture and style of teaching are designed to enhance personal perspectives on the fashion industry and to question fashion communication, its methods and future whilst supporting and developing individual skill sets and styles.
During your course, you will also be taught by a range of our academic staff as well as industry guests and visiting lecturers.
Some of our previous industry speakers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Tory Burch and Victoria Beckham to name a mere handful.
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
In order to confirm and secure a place on this course, students will be asked to pay a deposit of £1,200 at the point of receiving an offer from us.
UK students can pay the tuition fee in instalments throughout the year.
International students will be asked to pay their course fee in full in advance of arriving at the College and prior to the issue of a confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS).
For complete fees information visit Terms and Conditions
Bursaries & Alternative Funding
There are no bursaries or funding options currently available for this course.
Additional Course Costs
There is an optional study trip abroad that is not covered by the course fee. This takes place in the spring and further information is provided at the start of the course.