Vivien Underwood

Training and Operations Manager at Econsultancy with over five years experience in developing, marketing and managing delivery of  training and education programmes for digital marketers and ecommerce professionals. Econsultancy trains over 1500 people a year via our public training courses and delivers a range of academically accredited qualifications at both under graduate and post graduate level covering a wide variety of subjects.

In addition, I have managed the development of a range of technological solutions to strengthen Econsultancy's training delivery, including an online learning environment and suite of elearning modules. I have significant experience in working with universities, bridging the gap between business and academia, a passion for attracting and supporting new digital talent and significant experience of working on a range of operational projects outside Econsultancy's training sphere.

Previous roles have included events management, event production and PR. Interests include immersive theatre and gaming, alternative circus, costume, technology, usability/HCI, music and reading.

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10 new specialist qualifications for the digital industry

There’s a whiff of triumph in the air: ten new specialist qualifications for the digital industry, each seeking to provide the skills needed to become a confident practitioner in disciplines as diverse as Analytics, SEO, UX, and Social Commerce.

Econsultancy's new Graduate Certificates offer an accredited route to mastering the implementation of a range of core digital skills and offer supported learning on the job.

Created in direct response to client demand (and our own findings in the recent Skills and Structures report), these new qualifications are an important development for us.

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Posted 30 January 2012 10:44am by Vivien Underwood with 0 comments

Raising the bar: Econsultancy's graduating class of 2011 builds on last year's success

Econsultancy's qualifications team is chuffed to bits to hear the news that this year's MSc in Digital Marketing Communications graduates not only achieved their qualifications, but aced them.

Out of the five candidates, three were awarded merits, whilst Daniel Tomlinson (Trutex) and Lucy von Weber (South West Wales Tourism Partnership) achieved the MSc's first distinctions. The university described all this year's dissertations as outstanding and we're inclined to agree!

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Posted 01 July 2011 13:48pm by Vivien Underwood with 1 comment

Top of the class: Econsultancy's first MSc graduates receive their awards

After three years of intensive study, Econsultancy’s first graduates received their MSc awards this week, making them the first in the world to gain a postgraduate degree in Digital Marketing Communications.

Graduates

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Posted 19 July 2010 09:53am by Vivien Underwood with 7 comments

Degrees in digital marketing: are they helping the industry?

The number of degrees that focus on Digital Marketing is growing, but inflexibility, academic bureaucracy, and a lack of engagement with industry is undermining their value for employers.

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Posted 04 September 2009 13:59pm by Vivien Underwood with 11 comments

Digital employers need to work harder to attract high flying grads

This summer’s Digital Marketing Graduate Academy gave us the opportunity to meet some of the people who will be shaping our industry in years to come. But while they spent time in the classroom, what did we learn?

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Posted 07 October 2008 14:29pm by Vivien Underwood with 0 comments