Professional Social Media Certificate
Boost your capabilities in creativity, content production and strategy as you get on track for today’s most dynamic careers in media, marketing and high tech.
Communication – Certificate in Professional Social Media
Professional Social Media, Certificate
Offered as an Academic Certification
The Certificate in Professional Social Media provides a fast-paced credential with which learners can improve their practical, strategic and creative capabilities for online media production in the 21st century.
The landscape for digital communication is constantly evolving, and this curriculum helps learners develop rigor and flexibility needed when responding to real-world communication challenges. Designed to serve the needs of learners who want to activate digital audiences for organizations of any size, the certificate’s courses encompass commercial, journalistic, non-profit, political, and advocacy-based missions.
Every course in the Professional Social Media curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning and simulates professional practice using relevant tools and platforms. Learners also develop a measurement mindset, including best-practices for capturing and using analytics to make smart decisions and formulate sustainable strategies that make a difference.
Degree Fit
Program Preparation
The certificate is primarily oriented toward preparing students for careers in social media marketing, content creation, and media strategy. Pertinent job titles include Social Media Manager, Social Media Strategist, Brand Strategist, Content Strategist, Copywriter, Community Manager, Account Manager, Project Manager, and Digital Producer. Other affiliated career categories include public relations, journalism, user experience design and data analytics.
Degree Roadmap
Learners emerge from the certificate with skills and dispositions in writing for online media, content strategy, visual storytelling, design thinking, new media entrepreneurship, and a practical understanding of the landscape of creative industries today.
Guided Pathways
Contact: Erik Palmer – 541.552.6880 – palmere@sou.edu
Associate Degree Paths
Rouge Community College: AA Oregon Transfer, Communication Interest, Design and Digital Media
Klamath Community College: Digital Media Design
Similar Majors
Emerging Media and Digital Arts – Communication Studies – Innovation and Leadership
Similar Micro-Credentials
Design Thinking & Lean Entrepreneurship – Foundations of Professional Writing – Multimedia Journalism – Social Media Strategy – Visual Storytelling
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Career Opportunities & Outlook
Contact Communication
SOU Communication Program
Britt Hall, First Floor
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6673
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