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SMU-NAFA Advanced Certificate in Marketing with Visual Impact Module 4: Design to Educate and Entertain

  • Digital Marketing & Comms
  • Innovation & Business Improvement
Next Intake: 7 Jul 2025 (Mon)
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  • SkillsFuture
  • Full Certificates
  • This module is part of SMU-NAFA Advanced Certificate in Marketing with Visual Impact

This module is conducted in-person.

Next course starts on
7 Jul 2025 (Mon) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD2,180* (as low as SGD254 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

2 Full Days (Weekdays)

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

  • Professionals, managers, executives and business owners with a sound understanding of marketing principles and practices
  • Individuals seeking to enhance their marketing expertise with design literacy for improved collaboration with creative counterparts


PREREQUISITES

There are no prerequisites for this programme. Prior knowledge on any of the topics is not required. 
 

Overview

Illustration is the most primal form of information transfer for audiences of any age. Often associated with imagination and playfulness, the medium is poised to tug at our heartstrings and awaken our inner child. Simple to comprehend and easy to digest, illustration, infographics, comics and animation are popular for its mass appeal to inform, persuade and entertain simultaneously.

In this module, participants will gain insights into the whimsical potential of illustration and animation and learn about the personification of brands for a human touch and the process of translating complex information into engaging and enduring visual anecdotes.
 

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Learning Objectives

At the end of the 2-day module, participants will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the use of illustrative mediums and animation in visual communication
  • Explain the effectiveness of using illustrations, comics and animation as a medium
  • Simplify complex information into an entertaining and engaging narrative
  • Explain how brands can be personified to add a human touch
  • Engage simple drawing and animation techniques to communicate a message
     

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Josef Lee
Adjunct Lecturer
NAFA
Josef Lee
Adjunct Lecturer
NAFA
Josef, a designer and visual storyteller in Singapore, also serves as a creative director, illustrator, animator, comic artist, educator, and author/artist of children's picture books. With nearly two decades of experience, he has personally earned over 20 local and international design awards. In 2008, he founded the motion design studio MOJO, which has since won over 30 awards. Among his recognitions for business excellence are the '2012/2013 Singapore Brands Award (Innovation Brand Award)' and 'Promising SME 500 Award 2012 (Platinum Category)'. Currently, he teaches as an adjunct lecturer at NAFA for the Diploma in Illustration with Animation, and engages in public speaking events such as the Singapore Writers Festival 2019 and Today at Apple, covering topics from picture books to creativity and storytelling.

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