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This is a working document from Grow, translated from the Spanish original for readers of this portfolio. It is included as evidence of program design and of how a syllabus can be written to enroll rather than merely to inform. Figures are as published at the time.

Grow · School of Digital Professions · Academic program

Digital Marketing Career

A twenty-one module program taking someone from no formal marketing background to employable digital generalist — strategy, research, content, creativity, influencer marketing, SEO, email, ecommerce, UX, social, paid media, design and editing. Over 200 pre-recorded lessons, filmed in studio.

21 modules
Sequenced from fundamentals to freelancing, with a final integrative exam
200+ lessons
Professionally filmed, interactive by design — each one sends you somewhere to look, download or try
13 instructors
Practitioners working at recognized brands, one per specialism

Why this program exists

The first course we ever built was Digital Marketing, back in 2017. The industry kept growing exponentially, generating more jobs and new specialisms, and we kept teaching through all of it — adapting the programs to changes that force you to stay current. This edition, now structured as a full career track, has years of work behind it: years of understanding what our students need in order to connect with the job market, and a rethink of how people actually learn.

Different instructors teach you this digital profession, bringing what they deal with daily at large brands. The recorded classes are interactive on purpose — they send you to look at references, download apps, follow accounts, search things. After each one you complete activities that reinforce what you learned. On the practical side there are submitted assignments with video feedback from instructors, and a final integrative exam you have to pass to receive the diploma.

Enrolling also subscribes you to everything relevant we find online that can help you grow in this profession, and to our Discord community, with private channels for people who took this course. That's where you ask questions, network, argue about digital topics, share news, and get help when Meta blocks your account and you have no idea what to do.

Finally, if you pass the final exam and receive the certificate, you can upload your CV to our database — so we can send you job openings, or put your profile forward when companies ask us for good students.

Who this is for

People who want to communicate or sell on social media more effectively than they currently do.
People who don't want to go back to university and want to learn a digital profession quickly enough to work in it.
Founders and small business owners willing to study something that will grow their sales.
Advertising professionals who always eyed marketing sideways and now want to combine it with what they already know.
School leavers who want a digital career they can start working in straight away.
Requirements

This is an entry-level course that reaches fairly advanced ground. It works whether you want to learn enough for your own venture or to work in the field professionally. The minimum you should already have is basic command of your own social accounts.

The program

Delivered on an interactive platform with exercises, supplementary material and a video forum. Pre-recorded classes, your own pace, instructor feedback rather than tutors.

00
Platform tutorial
01
Introduction
  • What you'll learn: a short walkthrough of the whole career track
  • The job market — scope, roles, what the qualification gets you
  • Developing a marketer's mindset
  • Soft skills vs. hard skills
  • How to build a portfolio for this field — and starting yours now
02
Marketing fundamentals
  • What changes relative to traditional marketing
  • The jargon everyone repeats without knowing what it means
  • Branding: unique value proposition, Golden Circle, brand elements
  • Why positioning a brand matters
03
Strategy
  • Building a strategy, and setting objectives
  • Buyer persona: who exactly are we talking to
  • The customer journey
  • Presenting the plan and the channel mix
  • What we analyse about a competitor
  • When something is a strategy and when it's just a tactic
04
Data research
  • Market research and analysis tools
  • Social listening to capture insights
  • Consumer insights — learning to spot a trend
  • First steps with a data research platform
05
Communication plan
  • The conversion funnel in theory
  • Top of funnel: awareness and consideration
  • Middle of funnel: conversion
  • Bottom of funnel: loyalty and retention
  • Mapping channels onto the funnel
06
Introduction to creativity
  • How creativity is actually trained
  • Developing judgement
  • Why inspiration matters, and where it comes from
  • Insights: the heart of content that travels
  • Advertising conceptualization — the thing marketing schools don't teach
  • Writing creative headlines
  • Promotions that make noise on social
  • The formula behind memes and virals
07
Content marketing
  • Content strategy, and the different content types
  • Attracting users with inbound marketing
  • Competitive analysis as strategy input
  • Storytelling: the craft of holding attention
  • Copywriting: persuasive writing, and the power of the CTA
  • Real-time marketing
  • Handling a social media crisis
  • The blog as a magnet for users
08
SEO
  • Why optimizing your site's content decides whether people find you
  • Keywords and content planning
  • On-page optimization
  • Useful tools, introduced so you can go further on your own
  • Basic measurement for reporting
09
Email marketing
  • A low-cost channel for acquiring customers
  • Which tools exist and which are worth learning
  • Ways to build a real database
  • Segmentation is the whole game
  • Growth strategies
  • Automating processes that save cost and hours
  • Which metrics belong in a client report
  • An exclusive platform tutorial recorded for Grow students by the vendor's own team
10
Social media marketing
  • The platforms you need to understand to work in this
  • Channel strategy across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Pinterest
  • Emerging platforms — and our commitment to record new material when one takes off
  • Data-driven strategy and insight analysis
  • Building online campaigns, and why remarketing matters
  • Introduction to Meta Business Manager
  • Earned media
11
Influencer marketing
  • Profile and ecosystem analysis
  • Where to find them and how to contract them
  • Defining the strategy
  • Writing the brief: knowing what to ask for
  • Generating value on both sides
  • Budget negotiation
  • A tour of the major agencies
  • Tools for analysing an influencer's audience and performance
12
Performance & paid media
  • Introduction to the major advertising platforms
  • Initial account setup for working across several clients
  • Managing and building campaigns in Meta Ads
  • Building campaigns in Google Ads
  • Basic measurement for reporting and optimization
13
Landing pages and web optimization
  • Web design and optimization
  • Which builders let you ship a simple site
  • Principles of design and writing for the web
  • Publishing a basic site
  • A/B testing and experimentation
  • Core metrics and the insights worth reporting
14
UX principles
  • User-centred design methodologies
  • Finding an MVP
  • Defining the user
  • Which usability tests are worth running
  • Content: telling a story on the page
  • Briefing
15
Ecommerce
  • Introduction to the ecommerce world
  • Platform comparison across the major storefront and marketplace options
  • Building the store
  • Costs and P&L
  • User acquisition and growth strategies
  • WhatsApp Business and Instagram Shopping
  • The metrics that tell you what to improve
16
Formats
  • Analysing the objective before choosing the format
  • Static, video and podcast
  • Creation tools
  • Practical introductions to mobile editing and design tools
17
Indicators and metrics
  • Funnel KPIs
  • Business KPIs: LTV and CAC
  • Introduction to Google Analytics
  • What a CRM is for
  • The platform stack behind a working funnel
18
New technologies applied to digital marketing
  • Metaverse, blockchain and web 3.0
  • Introduction to AI platforms for text and image generation
19
Tools for daily productivity
  • Short tutorials on project and productivity tools
  • An exclusive tutorial for Grow students on a social management platform, with a free plan included
20
Learning to think like a marketer
  • Writing a brief
  • How digital teams work — the roles, and how requests actually get made
  • Consumer-centred thinking
  • Executing and measuring
  • Negotiation skills
21
Where you go next
  • How do I carry this career forward
  • The art of teaching yourself
  • Pricing your work
  • How to offer services or start out freelancing
  • Personal brand on LinkedIn
  • Productivity habits
  • Recommended books and blogs
Assessment and certification

Activities after every lesson, submitted assignments returned with video feedback from the instructor who set them, and a final integrative exam. The diploma is only issued on passing it.

Why it's built this way: a recorded course with no obligation on the student finishes at around a tenth of the completion rate of one with real deadlines and a real examiner. The exam isn't there to be strict. It's there so the certificate means something to an employer.