Master of Science - Project Management for Creative Practitioners (Professional Placement)

Project, product, and design management, commercial and operational skills are an advantage to art and design graduates, along with a critical understanding of what it means to deliver value (beyond monetary value), can provide a boost for mid-career creative practitioners.

This course offers tailored opportunities to develop students' knowledge and skills in design and project and product management. Students will participate in designing projects, develop a portfolio of projects in response to live briefs and deliver a major project working with key stakeholders or on their own personal enterprise and development pathway. Students will gain skills in areas such as entrepreneurship, funding, marketing, collaborative practice, resource management, risk assessment and, importantly for creative practice, agile work flow. Students will have an opportunity to complete the course with a professional certificate in an agile management framework, which is internationally recognised.

Students will develop a pragmatic understanding of the political, social and economic contexts of project management for creative practice. Areas of study and practice include people management, communication management, process management and business case development.

Kingston University allow students to do a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The responsibility for finding the work placement is with the student; the University cannot guarantee the work placement, just the opportunity to undertake it. This course equips graduates with the skills, knowledge and confidence (plus industry recognition) to work on creative projects as a team member or project manager.