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AI-Driven Industrial Digital Marketing

Duration
6 months
Delivery
Fully online
Total learning
496 hours

Career Outcomes

Career Opportunities & Progression

  • Digital Marketing Assistant
  • Social Media Coordinator
  • Content Marketing Assistant
  • Junior Copywriter
  • SEO Assistant
  • Paid Advertising Assistant

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Your programme at a glance

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Qualification
Certificate (non-NVQ)
Awarding institution
NextGen Campus · Academic Transcript
Duration
Six months (24 teaching weeks)
Delivery
Fully online – live Saturday lectures and guided practicals, extensive NextGen LMS laboratories, a Student Project Book, and final-month online capstone classes
Class schedule
Saturday 1.30 PM – 5.30 PM (live online)
Lecture / guided learning
96 hours – instructor-led
LMS laboratory hours
300 hours – content, design, social-media, ads, SEO, analytics and AI-tool labs via the NextGen LMS
Student Project Book
60 hours – including the Management Module
Modules
8 taught modules
Entry requirements
G.C.E. O/L or above, or equivalent. No marketing or technical background is required; an online interview confirms readiness.
Next intake
Confirm available batches with admissions

Class schedules follow the syllabus; confirm the batch timetable with admissions.

Complete Programme Map

Course Content Architecture

8 modules across 4 learning phases. Select a module to read its full curriculum.

8Taught modules
4Learning phases
48Syllabus topics
10Career directions
Six months (24 teaching weeks)Programme duration
NextGen CampusAwarding institution
02 · Learning domains
03 · Hands-on practice
Map a customer journey for a local businessBuild a one-month content calendarDesign a campaign set of posts and storiesSet up and schedule a week of content across platformsBuild a Meta ad campaign (demo budget) with A/B testsOptimise content for a keyword and publish a landing pageBuild a campaign dashboard and a client reportWrite a full marketing strategy for a business

Guided laboratories, practical activities and a Student Project Book build evidence of your learning.

04 · Project, portfolio & progression
Professional portfolioDocumented laboratories, project evidence and the Management Module
Career directionsDigital Marketing Assistant · Social Media Coordinator · Content Marketing Assistant · Junior Copywriter · SEO Assistant
Further opportunitiesPaid Advertising Assistant · Email Marketing Assistant · Marketing Analytics Assistant · Digital Content Creator · Freelance Digital Marketing Assistant
DeliveryFully online – live Saturday lectures and guided practicals, extensive NextGen LMS laboratories, a Student Project Book, and final-month online capstone classes
AssessmentContinuous assessment, practical work, final project and Student Project Book
CompletionNextGen Campus qualification and Academic Transcript on successful completion

8 modules · Full syllabus

Complete Curriculum

Explore every phase of the programme, then expand the modules below for the complete syllabus, outcomes and practical work.

Phase 1 — Marketing & Content Foundations

M01Digital Marketing & AI Foundations12 lecture h · 38 lab h

Builds the foundations of modern digital marketing and shows how AI now sits at the centre of it — the customer journey, marketing channels, and using AI assistants to research, plan and create.

Syllabus Content

  • The digital-marketing landscape
  • Customer journey and funnels
  • Channels: social, search, email, web
  • Marketing goals and KPIs
  • AI assistants for marketing research and planning
  • Responsible AI and PDPA basics

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the digital-marketing landscape and customer journey
  • Describe the main channels and how they work together
  • Use AI assistants to research markets and plan campaigns
  • Apply responsible-AI and data-protection basics (PDPA)

LMS Laboratories

  • Map a customer journey for a local business
  • Use AI to research a market and draft a campaign brief

AI Integration

  • AI assistants (Copilot, ChatGPT and others) for research, planning and ideation

Syllabus alignment: Meta / Google digital marketing (aligned)

M02Content Marketing & Copywriting with AI12 lecture h · 37 lab h

Develops content-marketing and copywriting skills powered by AI — planning content calendars and writing posts, captions, blogs, ads and emails that convert, then editing AI output to a professional standard.

Syllabus Content

  • Content strategy and calendars
  • Copywriting frameworks (AIDA, PAS)
  • Writing for social, blog, ad and email
  • Brand voice and tone
  • AI copywriting and prompt techniques
  • Editing and fact-checking AI output

Learning Outcomes

  • Plan a content calendar for a brand
  • Write posts, captions, blogs, ads and emails
  • Use AI to draft and improve copy, then edit it
  • Adapt tone and message for each platform and audience

LMS Laboratories

  • Build a one-month content calendar
  • Write and AI-improve a set of posts, an ad and an email

AI Integration

  • AI copywriting tools with human editing and fact-checking

Syllabus alignment: Content marketing (aligned)

Phase 2 — Design & Social Media

M03Graphic & Video Design with AI12 lecture h · 38 lab h

Builds practical visual-content skills for marketing using Canva, CapCut and AI image and video tools — creating posts, stories, reels, short videos and simple brand kits sized for every platform.

Syllabus Content

  • Design principles for marketing
  • Canva for posts, stories and ads
  • Short-video editing with CapCut
  • AI image generation and editing
  • AI video and voiceover tools
  • Platform sizes, brand kits and exports

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply design principles to marketing visuals
  • Create posts, stories and reels in Canva
  • Edit short marketing videos in CapCut
  • Generate and edit images and video clips with AI

LMS Laboratories

  • Design a campaign set of posts and stories
  • Edit a short reel and generate AI visuals for it

AI Integration

  • AI image, video and voiceover tools used responsibly (no misleading content)

Syllabus alignment: Canva · CapCut · AI media (aligned)

M04Social Media Management with AI12 lecture h · 37 lab h

Develops the skills of a social-media manager — running business pages across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, scheduling content, engaging communities and using AI to work at scale.

Syllabus Content

  • Facebook and Instagram business pages
  • TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube for business
  • Scheduling tools (Meta Business Suite and others)
  • Community management and engagement
  • Influencer and UGC basics
  • AI for social-media management

Learning Outcomes

  • Set up and manage business pages across platforms
  • Schedule content and manage a posting workflow
  • Grow and engage a community
  • Use AI for scheduling, replies and content ideas

LMS Laboratories

  • Set up and schedule a week of content across platforms
  • Handle comments and messages with AI assistance

AI Integration

  • AI scheduling, comment-reply and content-idea tools

Syllabus alignment: Meta / TikTok / LinkedIn (aligned)

Phase 3 — Advertising, SEO, Web & Email

M05Paid Advertising with AI: Meta & Google Ads12 lecture h · 38 lab h

Builds hands-on paid-advertising skills — planning, building, targeting and optimising Facebook, Instagram and Google campaigns, managing budgets, and using AI-powered ad tools and Advantage+ campaigns.

Syllabus Content

  • Advertising objectives and budgets
  • Audience targeting and retargeting
  • Meta Ads Manager and Advantage+
  • Google Search, Display and Performance Max
  • Ad creative and A/B testing
  • AI ad optimisation and reporting

Learning Outcomes

  • Plan a paid campaign with objectives and budget
  • Build and target Meta and Google ads
  • Use AI-powered ad tools (Advantage+, Performance Max)
  • Read results and optimise for cost and conversions

LMS Laboratories

  • Build a Meta ad campaign (demo budget) with A/B tests
  • Build a Google campaign and set optimisation rules

AI Integration

  • AI-powered ad creation, targeting and optimisation (Advantage+, Performance Max)

Syllabus alignment: Meta Ads · Google Ads (aligned)

M06SEO, Web & Email Marketing with AI12 lecture h · 37 lab h

Develops search, web and email marketing skills with AI — SEO and content optimisation, a simple marketing landing page or site, and email and WhatsApp campaigns with automation.

Syllabus Content

  • SEO basics and keyword research
  • On-page SEO and content optimisation
  • No-code landing pages and sites
  • Email marketing and automation
  • WhatsApp Business and broadcast
  • AI for SEO, keywords and email

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply SEO to content and a website
  • Build a simple marketing landing page or site
  • Run email and WhatsApp marketing campaigns
  • Use AI for keywords, SEO content and email copy

LMS Laboratories

  • Optimise content for a keyword and publish a landing page
  • Build an automated email/WhatsApp campaign

AI Integration

  • AI keyword, SEO-content and email-copy tools

Syllabus alignment: SEO · Email marketing (aligned)

Phase 4 — Analytics, Automation & Strategy

M07Analytics, Automation & AI Chatbots12 lecture h · 38 lab h

Builds the measurement and automation side of marketing — analytics and dashboards, marketing automation, and AI chatbots for lead capture and customer service, so campaigns run and improve efficiently.

Syllabus Content

  • Meta and platform analytics
  • Google Analytics basics and UTM links
  • Dashboards and reporting
  • Marketing automation workflows
  • AI chatbots for lead capture and support
  • Data-driven decisions and privacy

Learning Outcomes

  • Measure results with analytics and dashboards
  • Interpret data and report to a client
  • Automate repetitive marketing tasks
  • Build an AI chatbot for leads or support

LMS Laboratories

  • Build a campaign dashboard and a client report
  • Build an AI chatbot for a business page

AI Integration

  • AI analytics summaries and no-code AI chatbot builders

Syllabus alignment: Analytics · marketing automation (aligned)

M08Marketing Strategy, Freelancing & Career Readiness12 lecture h · 37 lab h

Brings everything together into strategy and career skills — building a full AI-driven marketing strategy, and preparing to work as a digital marketer, social-media manager or freelancer in Sri Lanka and overseas.

Syllabus Content

  • Building a marketing strategy
  • Budgets and marketing plans
  • Freelancing: pricing, proposals and clients
  • Portfolio and personal brand
  • CV, LinkedIn and interviews
  • The local and overseas job market

Learning Outcomes

  • Build a complete AI-driven marketing strategy
  • Price and pitch digital-marketing services
  • Build a portfolio and professional profile
  • Prepare for jobs and freelancing, locally and overseas

LMS Laboratories

  • Write a full marketing strategy for a business
  • Build a freelancer portfolio and pitch

AI Integration

  • AI for strategy, proposals and portfolio content

Syllabus alignment: Career readiness (aligned)

Industry certification alignment is syllabus guidance. External examinations are separate; course completion does not award vendor certification.

Learning outcomes

Skills You Will Develop

  • Plan digital-marketing campaigns and use AI to research and strategise.
  • Create marketing content and copy with AI, edited to a professional standard.
  • Produce graphics and short marketing videos with Canva, CapCut and AI tools.
  • Manage business social-media pages across platforms.
  • Build, run and optimise Meta and Google ad campaigns, including AI-powered ads.
  • Apply SEO, and run web, email and WhatsApp marketing with AI.
  • Measure results, automate tasks and build AI chatbots.
  • Build a marketing strategy, a portfolio and a freelance or employment profile.

Career Outcomes

Career Opportunities

Digital Marketing AssistantSocial Media CoordinatorContent Marketing AssistantJunior CopywriterSEO AssistantPaid Advertising AssistantEmail Marketing AssistantMarketing Analytics AssistantDigital Content CreatorFreelance Digital Marketing Assistant

Potential roles to work towards, depending on your practical portfolio, experience and employer requirements. Some roles require further training or certification.

Tools & Platforms

Technologies used

  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • Meta Ads
  • Google Ads
  • SEO and analytics tools
  • AI content and chatbot tools

Labs & practicals

How you will learn

  • Live online teaching and guided online practical activities
  • LMS module labs with trainer feedback
  • A Student Project Book documenting your learning
  • A final project, presentation and practical assessment

Admission requirements

Before you start

G.C.E. O/L or above, or equivalent. No marketing or technical background is required; an online interview confirms readiness.

You will need a computer and reliable internet for online classes and LMS activities.

NextGen Campus support

Student support

  • Academic guidance from your course coordinator
  • Trainer feedback on LMS laboratory work
  • Project planning and documentation support
  • LMS help for login and technical questions

Put your learning into practice

Projects & assessment

Run a complete AI-driven marketing campaign in the final month and present the strategy, creative work and measured results online.

Continuous assessment
40%
Practical / final project
40%
Student Project Book
20%

Complete the required practical work and project submissions. The handbook sets out attendance, pass requirements, grading and re-sit arrangements.

Capstone Project — 40 Hours (Online, Trainer-Monitored)

AI-Driven Marketing Campaign for a Business

In the final month (weeks 21–24) learners attend extra online capstone classes — 40 hours in total, about 10 hours a week — to plan, build, run and present a complete AI-driven marketing campaign for a real or realistic Sri Lankan business. The trainer guides and monitors every learner throughout. Learners produce the strategy, content, designs, ads, landing page and analytics, then present and defend the campaign to a live online panel in week 24.

Capstone Deliverables

  • Marketing strategy and content plan
  • Content, designs and short videos
  • Business pages and a marketing landing page
  • A live ad campaign with A/B tests (demo budget)
  • Analytics dashboard, report and an AI chatbot
  • Portfolio, live online panel presentation and defence

Student Project Book & Management Module

The Student Project Book is each learner's professional record and portfolio, kept throughout the course (about 2.5 hours a week). Learners record their weekly work — content, designs, campaigns, dashboards and AI experiments — and it becomes the portfolio they use to win jobs and freelance clients. It also contains the Management Module.

  • MU1 Client & Brand Briefs Taking a brief, understanding a brand and setting goals
  • MU2 Content Calendars & Planning Planning and scheduling content professionally
  • MU3 Campaign Budgets & Pricing Ad budgets, service pricing and quotations
  • MU4 Reporting & Client Communication Analytics reports and professional client updates
  • MU5 Responsible AI & Data Protection Responsible AI use, disclosure and the PDPA in marketing
  • MU6 Freelancing, Portfolio & Career Portfolio, proposals, interviews and the job market

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