Arts Management, Certificate

Turn your passion for the arts into the skills needed to lead, promote, and sustain creative organizations.

This program is designed to provide students desiring a creative lifestyle the entrepreneurial, management and social media skills needed to both create a sustainable plan for their own artistic skills, as well as access to become a management or creative social media asset to various businesses such as profit, non-profit and creative/artistic.

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Career Outlook in Michigan

Career Title Median Salary Annual Openings
Marketing Managers $131,550 692
Social and Community Service Managers $84,433 618
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $45,618 5,353

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What do Marketing Managers do?

  • Formulate, direct, or coordinate marketing activities or policies to promote products or services, working with advertising or promotion managers.
  • Use sales forecasting or strategic planning to ensure the sale and profitability of products, lines, or services, analyzing business developments and monitoring market trends.
  • Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.

What skills do Marketing Managers have?

  • Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
  • Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.


How much does it cost?

WCC is consistently rated one of the most affordable colleges in the country. Check out the Tuition Rates and see how WCC compares to peer institutions.

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