Graduate Diploma in Creative Business
Launch your creative career with the Graduate Diploma in Creative Business. Learn entrepreneurship, finance, branding, marketing, and leadership to start and grow sustainable ventures in the creative industries.
NZ$8,208
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Develop entrepreneurial and commercial skills
Gain skills in building and managing creative businesses, including identifying opportunities, strategic thinking, and project viability assessment.
Understand business finance fundamentals
Learn to construct financial models, articulate value, evaluate funding partnerships, and manage the financial realities of creative ventures.
About This Course
The Graduate Diploma in Creative Business from SAE New Zealand is designed for aspiring creative professionals aiming to develop entrepreneurial, strategic, and commercial skills essential for success in the modern creative economy. The programme provides an in-depth understanding of building, funding, and growing creative businesses, with a curriculum covering practical business development, finance, project management, marketing, intellectual property, leadership, and sustainable career strategies. By graduation, you'll have the knowledge, tools, and practical plans to confidently launch and manage your own creative enterprise.
Course Content
- Building a viable creative business
- Business finance fundamentals
- Personal branding
- Creative entrepreneurship
- Project management
- Marketing & promotion
- Creative ownership and intellectual property
- Leadership and self-management
- Growth strategies for creative enterprises
- Operating under Tikanga Māori principles
Entry Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; check SAE website for detailed domestic and international entry requirements
Build towards these roles
Creative PractitionerCreative ProfessionalCreative FreelancerCreative EntrepreneurBusiness OwnerProject ManagerProducerExecutive ProducerMarketing Manager
SAE New Zealand is an Auckland-based creative media school with a global reputation and over 40 years of history developing working professionals in audio, music production, screen, and songwriting. Their courses are hands-on and studio-based, taught by industry practitioners in purpose-built facilities — and as part of a worldwide network spanning campuses across four continents, the qualification you earn here carries weight far beyond New Zealand.
