Marketing and Design Program

Marketing and design skills go together like ad pop-ups and social media. A marketing expert with great ideas need not depend on others to move concepts into reality. With promotional know-how, creative design, and high-tech, programming skills, Ridgewater Marketing and Design students enjoy a unique, hands-on confidence to take multimedia campaigns from beginning to end.

Program delivery

• Hutchinson and Willmar campuses
• Online – blended
• Fall and spring starts

Skills you will learn

• Marketing and sales theory
• Advertising and promotion
• Spreadsheets and databases
• Multimedia and the web
• Color theory and design elements
• Image editing and usage
• E-commerce data and decision-making
• Interpersonal and digital communications

Choose Ridgewater

Marketing and multimedia design students combine the best of two exciting, highly in-demand worlds in Ridgewater’s Marketing and Design program. With the help of our current, approachable, experienced faculty, you will develop a strong marketing and business foundation and then apply your ideas to web programming, e-commerce, social media, and graphic design. For the self-motivated graduates, this exploding industry awaits you with endless opportunities!

Program attributes that help students thrive

• Comprehensive education to market all aspects of business
• Collaborative learning through interactive classroom sessions and hands-on assignments
• Partner in Business Cluster of programs for flexibility in courses and student interests
• Convenient online format for some classes
• Strong industry partnerships for hands-on internships
• Leadership and business competition opportunities, including DECA business club
• Partnership with Concordia University, St. Paul for students pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration on the Ridgewater Campus

If you love working with people, but you’re also great at working creatively on computers, Marketing and Design is your ticket to a win-win career you’ll love!