Cracow, Poland

Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing
(field of studies: Promotional and Branding Communication – Advertising, Branding, Public Relations)

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⇑Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing at UPJPII

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: journalism and information
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: rekrutacja.upjp2.edu.pl/en/

⇑Why choose the Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing specialisation at UPJPII?

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Why study it:

Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing is an English-taught specialisation within the second-cycle (II stopnia) degree Komunikowanie promocyjno-wizerunkowe – reklama, branding, public relations at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow (UPJPII), offered as full-time study by the Faculty of Communication Sciences. It is designed for students who want practical expertise in event marketing and influencer marketing.

Programme: the communication toolkit

Alongside the specialisation focus, you build knowledge and practical skills in:

  • promotion, advertising, marketing and branding,
  • applying the latest communication technologies, tools and marketing methods,
  • public relations strategies and corporate and brand reputation management,
  • promotional design and computer graphics,
  • analysing communication trends and evaluating the effectiveness of promotional and image-building activities.

Specialisation: events and influencers

The specialisation centres on two areas of marketing communication. You learn to plan and manage marketing, cultural and corporate events, and to design and implement influencer marketing campaigns in collaboration with digital content creators. You also learn to build brand communication strategies across both traditional and digital media, combining creativity with strategic thinking and the standards of media and communication ethics.

Labs: the Academic Media Center

Students have access to the facilities of the Academic Media Center, and courses are taught by academics and industry professionals.

After graduation: events, influencers, campaigns and design

The specialisation prepares you for work in areas such as:

  • event marketing and influencer marketing,
  • campaign and marketing communications management,
  • advertising, branding and marketing,
  • public relations and corporate communications consulting,
  • creative, marketing and event agencies, digital marketing and e-public relations,
  • promotional design, DTP (desktop publishing) and computer graphics.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at rekrutacja.upjp2.edu.pl.

⇑Test: Is Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. During an agency internship, you’re asked to pitch a launch concept for a new product aimed at young customers. Where do you start?

2. A brand wants to partner with an influencer. What do you look at first?

3. The day before a major event, your sound supplier pulls out. How do you react?

4. How do you judge whether a campaign with online creators has worked?

5. The programme is taught in English, your classmates come from many countries, and together you’re building a campaign for a brand active in several markets. How do you feel?

6. An influencer you’re working with posts something controversial and a storm breaks online. What do you do?

7. Are you interested in the ethical and legal side of marketing – labelling sponsored content, for example?

8. What experience do you have of organising events – at university, in a student society or at work?

9. When you scroll through social media, what interests you most?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Applied Communication – Event and Influencer Marketing?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Communication
Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.
Marketing
Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships. Marketing is used to create, keep and satisfy the customer. With the customer as the focus of its activities, it can be concluded that Marketing is one of the premier components of Business Management - the other being innovation.
Marketing
Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising in the world.
Milton Hershey. Interview with Abe Heilman, 1953. Paul Wallace Research Collection, Accession 97004, Box 2, Folder 24; Hershey Community Archives, Hershey, PA, USA.
Marketing
The art of marketing is largely the art of brand building. When something is not a brand, it will be probably be viewed as a commodity.
Philip Kotler (1999), as cited in: Dennis Adcock, ‎Al Halborg, ‎Caroline Ross (2001), Marketing: Principles and Practice. p. 208
Marketing
The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth.
Patrick Dixon Building a Better Business (2005)

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