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Master’s Degree in Brand Creation and Product Identity

Mise à jour le 01/07/2024

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Master’s Degree in Brand Creation and Product Identity

The Master’s in Brand Creation and Product Identity at ISMOD is a qualification registered with the RNCP, Level 7, delivered over two years and designed to train senior executives and strategic managers at the intersection of design, marketing and management, capable of transforming an abstract concept into a strong, coherent and desirable brand.

This programme is perfectly aligned with the needs of managers responsible for brand or product management, who are seeking creative, passionate, curious and motivated collaborators.

The ISMOD Master’s enables students to be fully operational from their first professional experience. Courses, conferences, masterclasses and Business Games are delivered by professionals who are experts in their respective fields.

Students also benefit from connections with our network of premium partner companies for the completion of their work-study programme.

Certification: Title registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications

FURTHER STUDIES :

This Master’s degree is professionally oriented and therefore leads directly to employment.

Prerequisites

ENTRY LEVEL(S)

Bachelor’s degree / Licence and Bac+4

Prerequisites: The Master’s in Brand Creation and Product Identity at ISMOD is open to holders of a Bachelor’s degree / Licence or any other Level 6 qualification and, for entry into the second year of the Master’s programme, to candidates who have validated a Master 1 or have obtained a waiver from the certifying body.

Admission is based on the review of the application file and may include an interview.

Programme objectives

The Master’s degree in Brand Creation and Product Identity at ISMOD is a State-recognised Level 7 qualification aimed at achieving the following objectives:

  • Shape the unique position a brand should occupy in consumers’ minds in relation to competitors

  • Define the brand’s mission, vision, values, and promise

  • Learn to craft a compelling narrative that creates an emotional connection with the audience

  • Develop a brand guidelines document, including logo creation, typographic choices, and colour palettes

  • Design packaging not only as protection, but as a communication and usage medium

  • Propose product sound, olfactory, or tactile design elements

  • Apply user-centred innovation methods to solve complex problems

  • Ensure that product features reflect the brand’s promises (for example, an “eco-friendly” brand must offer a durable and recyclable product)

  • Brief and supervise creative professionals (graphic designers, photographers, copywriters)

  • Anticipate market developments and societal behavioural changes to keep the brand relevant

  • Understand the fundamentals of intellectual property in order to protect creative works

Teaching Methods and Assessment

Assessment Methods: Case studies and/or tests and/or essays and/or text analyses and/or multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and/or oral assessments and/or research projects / Continuous assessment / Work-study and competency evaluation (written + oral) / Thesis defence / Professional evaluation in the company

Programme Summary Documents: Course materials (PDF, and/or Word, and/or PPT formats), case studies and/or audio and video resources, and any exercises to be completed during the programme

Duration of Studies:

DURATION OF STUDIES:

  • 2 years for students holding a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent qualification, and 1 year for students who have completed the first year of a Master’s programme.
  • Work-study programme available.
This programme does not offer any equivalences or transfer pathways.

Students entering the first year of the Master’s programme are required to validate all skills blocks

Admission Procedures and Deadlines

Access deadlines

  • Registrations for the September 2026 intake will take place from 1 March to 20 September 2026.
  • Registrations for the January 2027 deferred intake will continue until 18 December 2026.

Modalities

Access to our programmes may be initiated:

  • By the employer,
  • At the employee’s initiative, with their employer’s agreement,
  • By a student or their legal guardian
  • Work-study is available from the third year onwards

Upon completion of the application form, our institution undertakes to respond within 72 hours.

If the programme requires specific prerequisites, we will propose, regardless of the funding method you are considering, a knowledge assessment and/or a positioning interview (by telephone or videoconference) and/or a review of your application file.

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Career Opportunities

  • Research and Development (R&D) Manager

  • Brand Designer

  • Creative Director

  • Brand Strategy Consultant

  • Brand Identity Manager

  • Innovation Product Manager

  • Packaging Designer

  • UX/UI Designer

  • Digital Creative Manager

  • Independent Visual Identity Consultant

Programme

1ST YEAR

The master’s programme in the 1st year, aimed at developing managerial skills, is structured as follows:

Semester 1:

  • Business Strategy

  • Human Resources Management and Organisational Behaviour

  • Project and Innovation Management

  • Managerial Geopolitics

  • Corporate Finance and Cash Management

  • English

  • Business Challenges in a Globalised Economy

  • Business Law

Semester 2:

  • Business Model & Business Plan

  • Innovation Marketing

  • Collaborative Tools Management

  • Globalisation and International Economics

  • Introduction to Marketing and Communication

  • Business Strategies

  • Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Monitoring

  • Persona Development and Experience Mapping

  • Business Game

  • Internship (Optional)

2ND YEAR

The MIP programme in the specialisation year is organised around two (2) axes:

AXIS 1: SPECIALISATION SUBJECTS

Semester 1:

  • Project and Innovation Management

  • Brand Storytelling and Narrative

  • Generative AI for Creative Production

  • Digital Communication Strategies and Introduction to Ads

Semester 2:

  • Intellectual Property Law

  • Client Needs Investigation and Reformulation

  • Eco-Design

  • Strategic Marketing and Product Placement

  • Business Game

  • Internship (Mandatory)

  • Preparation of the Professional Dissertation

AXIS 2: CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Validation of competency blocks:

  • Block 1: Create and develop a digital entrepreneurship project with the support of AI

  • Block 2: Design a digital project using a UX Design approach adapted to AI

  • Block 3: Lead a digital project using agile methodology, preparing its functional specifications and technical requirements

  • Block 4: Develop an e-marketing and communication strategy for a digital entrepreneurship project with the support of AI

  • Block 5: Conduct studies and write reports in competitive intelligence and business strategy

Tuition Fees

Information regarding the cost of this programme can be accessed by clicking on the following link : ici