Creative Event Design | BA (Hons) at Leeds Beckett University

Course Details

Learn to create and analyse innovative and extraordinary event experiences, which produce powerful, inspiring and far-reaching impacts for both the individual and wider audiences around the world.

Rooted in the creative industries and blended with exciting and contemporary event-related research, this course will teach you how to captivate audiences by delivering interactive and meaningful event experiences that make you stand out as a leader in your field. From festival sites to corporate boardrooms, pop-up food markets to international film festivals, and from protest marches to cultural celebrations, you will learn the art of developing live event content at the cutting-edge of the events management world.

This course will draw on a number of different subjects, insights and approaches. These psychological, socio-cultural and political perspectives will allow you to challenge and examine a variety of theories and case studies related to the creative industries. You will explore experiential marketing and audience engagement strategies to corporate communications and discover how best to secure funding for your events.

Immersed in practice and designed with industry partners, this course will also teach you to challenge conventional modes of working and develop creative strategies, which will help you find your role in this exciting industry.

If you like creative places and people, are curious and open minded, focused and opinionated, and have a strong, creative and cultural interest in events, this course is for you. Whether you are just starting out on your journey into events or are already working in the industry, we will help set you up to deliver memorable experiences with confidence.

Course Benefits

As a student, you will immediately join the UK Centre for Events Management (UKCEM) network, a community of practitioners who have been delivering events management education for more than 20 years. Our specialist team draws together academics and industry professionals who have designed and developed dynamic courses that are informed by practice and research.

You will discover more about the thriving city of Leeds, where you will be given many opportunities to work and connect with a vibrant and creative events scene. Our vast array of industry contacts and rich alumni network will give you access to the festivals, corporate and cultural sector and you will be encouraged and supported to volunteer or work on events, giving you the chance to develop your professional skills.

Industry professionals and leading creative event experts will also be invited to speak with you, offering you their unique insights and allowing you the opportunity to network and develop your own professional contacts. Through these special events, you will learn about the wide variety of opportunities that this inspiring sector can offer.