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SMU-NAFA Advanced Certificate in Marketing with Visual Impact Module 6: Design Futuring and Participatory Design

  • Digital Marketing & Comms
  • Innovation & Business Improvement
Next Intake: 4 Aug 2025 (Mon)
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  • 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
4 Aug 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

Design and designers today are fast moving away from their traditional service-oriented role. The principles behind the thinking of design are becoming progressively systematic and focused on preferable futures. Design today is one where everybody can design, a direction which recognises the importance of allowing the participation of partners, stakeholders, citizens and even end users.

In this module, participants will gain insights into where design is moving towards and will also learn how to make strategic choices in their organisations that enhance partnerships with future-set designers. Marketing professionals and business owners who are concerned about future trends affecting their organisations will find this module useful in generating forecasts for their businesses, causes, initiatives and concerns through the lens of design.
 

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Learning Objectives

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

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of design futuring
  • Explain the role of design in forecasting trends
  • Identify signals and drivers 
  • Speculate possible, plausible, probable and preferable futures
     

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

Rand Ang
Lecturer in Digital Film & Television
Temasek Polytechnic
Rand Ang
Lecturer in Digital Film & Television
Temasek Polytechnic
Rand is a filmmaker who has written and directed commercials, music videos, television series, and feature films. His commercial work includes clients like AirAsia, Singtel, UOB and Temasek. He won the best film at the Cathay Motion Picture Awards in 2013 and was named one of the top ten directors/ producers by Monocle Magazine in 2009. Rand was the creative director behind projects with reputable brands and government affiliated agencies. His accolades included awards in the Singapore Design Awards, Creative Circle Awards and Conqueror Awards. Rand holds a Master of Arts in Design, focusing his research on the role of design in social innovations with lowly-funded community-based initiatives and the impact of design as a narrative on building inclusivity in society.

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