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MSc Marketing parcours Communication et Management d’Evènements
KEDGE Business School
MSc Marketing parcours Communication et Management d’Evènements

Program overview
With the MSc Marketing programme, students benefit from a dual approach.
The MSc Marketing is designed to give students the opportunity to access to 80% of the marketing jobs through advanced core courses and a choice of 4 elective expertise tracks targeted to develop specific competencies (jobs or areas).
A company will follow the students throughout conferences, job dating, case studies, workshops, applied research problems, etc. in order to acquire a real professional experience.
Curriculum (courses, subject modules)
CORE COURSES
Advanced content to develop key marketing competencies
- Culture, consumption and marketing
- Strategic Brand Management
- Digital marketing
- Sustainable Marketing
- Marketing Decision Making
- Contextual Marketing
Optional Specialisation Course
- Customer Experience Management
- Data Analytics & IA
- Luxury Experience Management
ELECTIVE EXPERTISE TRACKS (EET) OF YOUR CHOICE
Specific focus on expertise targeted on specific profession or, sectors
You must select an EET of your choice: 4 available:
BRAND MANAGEMENT - Bordeaux & Marseille
• Experiential branding & consumption
• Product & innovation management
• Communication & creative strategy
• Communities & social media
• Trade & in-store marketing
• Advanced Quantitative Methods
• Data analytics & user behavior
• Sales Negotiation & Leadership
Key points
• Case study with world class brands
• “Brand Days”: a complete immersion within a brand
• Marketing simulation game
NEGOTIATION & KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - Bordeaux
• Selling products and solutions
• Global strategic customer management
• Sales force management
• Negotiation and social selling
• Salesforce software training
• Specific BtoB relationships: retail, SME’s - BtoB digital transformation
• Financial impact of negotiation
• Legal context in BtoB relationships
Key points
• To take opportunities in B2B businesses
• Case study with industry leaders
• Salesforce training
COMMUNICATION & EVENT MANAGEMENT – Marseille (Partly taught in French)
• Communication strategy
• Experiential branding & consumption
• Communities & social media
• Legal context of marketing partnerships
• Event project management
• Graphic and video creation
Key points
• Case studies with industry leaders in communication
• Strong involvement with stakeholders in the sports
industry
• Project management in groups
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING - Paris
• Cultural Branding & Consumption in a Global Marketing
• International Retail Strategies
• Sales & Negotiation in an international context
• Intercultural management
• Creative Thinking & Methods
• Advanced Qualitative Research
• Advanced Quantitative Research
Key points
• A cultural perspective of marketing and consumption
• A managerial approach of international marketing strategies & business development
• A better understanding of consumers at the cultural level
6-MONTH INTERNSHIP ABROAD OR IN FRANCE
DISSERTATION
Admission conditions
Required diploma(s) :
- Bachelor
Employment opportunities & career impact
Employment opportunities :
Jobs in Customer Experience
- Consultant
- Customer experience manager
- Consumer experience manager
- Customer relationship manager
- Product developer
- Product owner
- Project manager
- Customer insight specialist
- Research officer
Jobs in International Marketing
- International brand manager
- Product manager
- Marketing manager
- Communication manager
- International project manager
- International sales developer
Jobs in Business Development & Negotiation
- Key account manager
- Strategic customer manager
- Business developer
- Head of development
- Sales manager
- Regional director
- Sales area manager
- Business marketing manager
- Category manager
Jobs in Brand management
- Brand manager
- Product manager
- Trade marketing manager
- Social media marketing manager
Jobs in Communication, Media & Event management
- Communication manager
- Events manager
- Sponsorship manager
- Events project manager
- Partnership manager
- PR manager
- Events producer
- Influencer
- Advertising manager
- Community manager
Application Deadlines
Short Track :
Admission level : International Bachelor's degree (4 years)
Duration : 18 months
Degree : Master of Science
Campus : Bordeaux / Marseille
Language : English
Long Track :
Admission level : Bachelor's degree
Duration : 30 months
Degree : Master of Science
Campus : Bordeaux / Marseille
Language : English
Faculty profiles
KEDGE Business School's faculty is made up of almost 183 full-time lecturers and several hundred professional and academic speakers who teach at our French and international campuses.
The full-time faculty is comprised of lecturers-researchers, 90% of whom hold a PhD. 44% are international professors from over 30 different countries.
Due to the dynamics of the merger process, globalisation and the growth Kedge Business School is experiencing, it now boasts a substantial and incredibly diverse faculty, a strong asset in the face of new challenges in the fields of research and education.
Academic Excellence:
KEDGE is one of the European leaders in academic research on management, with a very ambitious research output.
FIRST FRENCH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH SCHOOL
KEDGE produces the equivalent of one article in a top-ranking journal every day.
In the 2017 ranking of best schools for research in management performed by L'Etudiant, the leading French magazine covering student orientation, KEDGE Business School came out on top in France with a total of 103 articles across all categories published by its faculty in 2015.
This exceptional performance is the result of its excellence strategy applied since the School's creation in 2013.
With three Centres of Excellence: Marketing, Supply Chain and CSR, and five Centres of Expertise: Wine & Spirits, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Health Management, Finance Reconsidered and Creative Industries & Culture, the School affirms its academic expertise on several key issues in management sciences.
Campus facilities & Student Life
BORDEAUX
Accommodation
The Housing service of KEDGE Business School is available on a single platform.
You will find housing offers from private landlords, real estate agencies and student residences.
A multilingual team is at your disposal 6 days a week to help you to find and book accommodation.
To connect, sign up using your school email address and password of your choice
For further questions, do not hesitate to contact our housing advisor: housingbx@kedgebs.com
Arrival information
Pick up assistance
KEDGE BS and its International Students Association Melting Potes offer every semester to International Students a pick-up service from “Bordeaux Mérignac (BOD)” airport and “Bordeaux Gare Saint Jean” train station. The dates of the pick-up service will be communicated through the dedicated orientation session KEDGE BS website.
Integration
The International Students Association Melting Potes supports the International Office in facilitating the integration of international students among the French students through the organization of activities all year round.
Contact us on Facebook - Melting Potes
Life in Bordeaux
More information related to the city of Bordeaux, transportation, accommodation, estimated expenses, health & insurance, banks, visas, scholarships… can be found on the “International Student Handbook”.
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Student handbook - Bordeaux (PDF - 2.5 MB)
Caroline Guilloux
Housing Advisor - Student Services
+33 (0)5 56 84 63 26
MARSEILLE
Accommodation
The Housing service of KEDGE Business School is available on a single platform.
You will find housing offers from private landlords, real estate agencies and student residences.
A multilingual team is at your disposal 6 days a week to help you to find and book accommodation.
To connect, sign up using your school email address and password of your choice
For further questions, do not hesitate to contact our housing advisor: logementmarseille@kedgebs.com
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Choose a Master, an MS or an MBA in Event and Leisure Management
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Follow a Masters/MS/MBA in Event and Leisure Management
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