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Creativity unleashed.

Welcome to the school that teaches you to be more like yourself and less like everybody else.

Join the world's best creative problem solvers.

The Brandcenter brings different ways of thinking together to create greater outcomes.

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Master’s Program

Build a portfolio, earn a master's degree, and launch your career in advertising, branding, or marketing, through our two-year, full-time master's program.

  • Art Direction

    Art Directors create and curate the visual expression of a brand.

  • Copywriting

    Copywriters craft words to tell stories that create ultimate impact.

  • Creative Brand Management

    Business-, people-, and leadership-savvy, Creative Brand Managers lead client and agency teams to accomplish business objectives through creative solutions.

  • Experience Design

    Experience Designers use the principles of human-centered design to develop digital products and physical experiences where brands and people interact.

  • Strategy

    Strategists use their powers of curiosity about people, culture, and brands to drive strategy for advertising and brand communications.

Executive Master’s Program

Our online Executive Master's program equips brand and integrated marketing professionals looking to expand their strategic chops with the brand building expertise they need to advance their careers.

Cannes Lions Festival Study Abroad Program

The Brandcenter Cannes Lions Festival Study Abroad Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Professional Development

Our professional development program offers individual courses for marketing communications professionals seeking personal growth plus custom curriculum for companies and organizations.

Alumni Showcase

The work of our alumni speaks for itself.

But we’d still like to tell you about it.

Alumni Showcase

Every time I thought I knew what to expect from Brandcenter, it gave me something completely unexpected. And every time, it gave me exactly what I needed.

— Chrissy Boals (Art Direction, 2021)

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