PCSL 9N589 - Project Management for Creative Industries
Programming Description
This course explores the tools, strategies, and practices of 21st-century project management, with a focus on creative and artistic industries. It addresses the unique challenges of managing projects in fields ranging from visual arts and design to digital media and game development.
You will develop a project from initial concept to a detailed, execution-ready plan while building practical skills for managing creative work. You’ll explore key topics including research and ideation, the use of AI in creative workflows, defining and measuring success, and creating professional design documents (including Game Design Documents). You’ll also examine topics about studio organization, grant writing and pitching, audience validation, and collaboration across disciplines, along with insights into the creative industries in Ontario and Canada.
By the end of the course, you will have a comprehensive project plan and a toolkit to support your professional creative practice.
Course Outline
Learner Outcomes
What you’ll learn and do in Project Management for Creative Industries:
- Analyze and address the unique challenges of project management within creative and artistic disciplines.
- Develop and apply project management strategies to take a creative idea from concept to an execution-ready plan.
- Produce professional documentation in accordance with external guidelines, including proposals, applications, design documents (e.g., GDDs), and project schedules.
- Evaluate and define success metrics for creative projects, using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Conduct independent research to inform creative decision-making and project development.
- Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, adapting messaging across creative, technical, and business contexts.
- Collaborate across disciplines, demonstrating constructive feedback practices and teamwork skills.
- Apply industry-relevant knowledge, including funding, pitching, and audience validation, within the context of the creative industries in Canada.
Notes
TIME COMMITMENT: This is a 40 hour micro-credential This time allotment includes ongoing and active participation in online and asynchronous discussions, the completion of readings, assignments and tasks.
OSAP Eligibility: This course qualifies for OSAP funding as a micro-credential
