Business and Management for the Creative Industries

UCAS code: W815

Here's what LMA says about its Business and Management for the Creative Industries course.

Course Summary Blend business acumen with creative thinking in this future-focused degree. You’ll explore strategy, entrepreneurship, and marketing through hands-on projects and industry collaboration. With a strong emphasis on real-world experience and innovation, this course prepares you to lead, manage, and grow creative ventures - equipping you with the skills to thrive in a fast-moving, opportunity-rich economy.

Why Study BA (Hons) Business & Management for the Creative Industries at LMA? The UK’s creative industries are booming, with rising demand for professionals who blend business expertise with creative insight. LMA offers a unique learning environment where business meets creativity. You’ll gain leadership and strategic skills while working on live briefs in our industry-standard studios. With strong links to creative organisations and a curriculum shaped by real-world demands, you’ll graduate with the confidence, experience, and network to launch your own venture or step into a leadership role in the creative economy.

What Will You Learn? You’ll build a toolkit of business and management skills tailored to creative contexts in industries like film, music, theatre and gaming. From marketing and finance to operations and people management, you’ll explore how creative enterprises grow and adapt. Through enterprise projects and strategic planning, you’ll develop the insight and versatility to lead innovation and drive success in a global, evolving industry. With a focus on real-world application, ethical practice, and industry engagement, this course prepares you to lead, launch, or support creative ventures in a fast-moving global economy.

YEAR 1 MODULES In your first year, you’ll gain essential knowledge in both business and creative industries management. Studying Business in the Creative Industries Financing Creativity Marketing & Communications in the Creative Industries Live Creative Project

YEAR 2 MODULES In your second year, you’ll enhance your understanding of business practices in creative sectors. Exploring Business in the Creative Industries People & Organisational Behaviour Operations in the Creative Industries Enterprise Project

YEAR 3 MODULES Your final year will provide opportunities to focus on advanced business management topics and industry connections. Industry Investigation The Creative Business Professional Strategic Leadership & Management Major Business Project

You will experience a wide range of assessment methods at LMA which are focused around developing and assessing your understanding and practical application of a broad range of topics and skills in business and management as they are used within the Creative Industries . Types of assessment you will encounter include creative reports; real world case study projects; individual and group presentations; pitches and project portfolios; and reflective evaluative tasks.