You?ll collaborate with copywriters and photographers in classes that mimic how an advertising agency operates.

Our advertising art direction program?one of a handful of degree programs in the country?and our location in Chicago, an important and vibrant advertising city, sets Columbia apart from other schools.

The program seamlessly integrates the analog and the digital worlds. You?ll produce both print and digital campaigns and create portfolios that enable you to enter rigorous, fast-paced professions in advertising, marketing, social media marketing, branding and strategy development.