Description
Program Overview
In order to keep ahead of their competitors, sports organizations, clubs, leagues, and professional athletes require market promotion, which means they can’t do without experienced marketers. The course trains qualified professionals capable of promoting a sporting event, effectively managing the development of a sports club and making the athlete a real star.
THINGS YOU WILL LEARN: KEY DISCIPLINES
1. Strategic Sports Marketing
Marketing in the system of strategic management of a sports organization.
Strategic marketing analysis of the sports organization environment.
Mission and strategic vision of a sports organization.
Marketing goals and strategies.
Specific operational strategies of marketing tools in sports.
2. Product policy of sports organizations
Product as a key tool for sports marketing.
Types of sports products: event, service, goods, information.
Structure and contents of sports products of various types.
Hierarchy in the product portfolio of a sports organization.
Managing the product policy of a sports organization.
3. Sponsors' and partners' offers in sports
Sponsorship as a sports marketing strategy
Types of sponsors in the sports industry
Principles of sports sponsorship
Process of interaction with sponsors
Activation of sponsorship.
4. Merchandising and licensing in sports
Merchandising in the structure of income of sports organizations
Goals and merchandising objects
Business models in merchandising
Licensing in sports merchandising
Brand protection.
YOUR PROSPECTS
Brand Manager STARTING SALARY 70 000₽
Fitness Club Manager STARTING SALARY 120 000₽
Sports Event Organizer STARTING SALARY 80 000₽
Sport’s Services Sales Manager STARTING SALARY 80 000₽
Marketing Director STARTING SALARY 100 000₽
PR-Director STARTING SALARY 100 000₽
Requirement
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree with CGPA > 2.50/4.00 OR 3.0-3.5/5.00
A copy of your international Passport Bio-Data Page.
WAEC Certificate
Undergraduate Certificate (ND & HND)
Undergraduate Transcript (ND & HND)
Passport Photograph
English Proficiency TOEFL (60 IBT), IELTS (5.5)
Curriculum Vitae
Two reference letters.
Statement of Purpose in English (A letter that states the Applicant’s Purpose for choosing the Program ).