Public Relations Manager with media design

The course provides comprehensive knowledge of how to develop, publish and evaluate a contemporary PR strategy using the necessary tools, as well as how to use the Creative Cloud from Adobe Systems for modern media design. An introduction to the use of artificial intelligence in a professional environment will round off your knowledge.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Public Relations Manager"
    Certificate "AI-supported media design with Adobe Creative Cloud"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 12 Weeks

Public Relations Manager

Basics of public relations (approx. 1 day)

Job description, professional ethics

Corporate communications, PR, media

relations


PR and journalism (approx. 2 days)

Legal conditions, ethics and limits

Strategic communication: omnichannel, multi-channel, PESO

Relationship management: stakeholder groups and multipliers

Identification of goals (SMART)

KPIs/metrics for measuring success

Target groups and persona model


Communicative positioning (approx. 1 day)

Key messaging, corporate and brand wording, message houses

AI and PR storytelling

Conceptualization: schedules, timings and budgeting


PR channels (approx. 2 days)

Dynamics, mechanics, channel selection social media and PR

Work processes, monitoring

Digital channels: Web and press pages, blogs, SEO

Offline, analog and online: Print, radio, audiovisual media, augmented reality


PR measures (approx. 2 days)

Editorial offices, press offices, press conferences

Background discussions and interviews

Editorial visits, press trips

Events, trade fairs and speaking opportunities (podcasts, TV and radio reports, etc.)

PR tools: press releases and announcements


Content in press and media relations (approx. 5 days)

Topic plans and story/PR calendar

Storytelling: text and images for PR

Characteristics of journalistic writing

Press releases (structure, structure, basic principles)

Speaker guidelines and media training

Image and video conception: storyboards, dramaturgy and briefings


Evaluation and reporting (approx. 1 day)

Data-based performance measurement

Tools: Selection and costs

Dashboards and reporting, media resonance analysis


Trends and AI in PR (approx. 1 day)

Crisis communication

PR prompting


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the final results

AI-supported media design with Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Photoshop CC - Image editing and AI (approx. 10 days)

Introduction and working environment

Color and brushes

Selection and cropping

Layers and smart objects

Tonal value and color correction

Montage and transformation

AI-based image editing, Firefly

Camera Raw and RAW optimization

Text, shapes and paths

Output and automation

Specialist knowledge


Adobe Illustrator CC - Vector graphics and AI (approx. 5 days)

Basics of vector graphics, workspaces, anchor points

Firefly in Illustrator, generative shapes, colors, symbols

Text to vector, generative recoloring and color psychology

Interlacing and 3D effects

Font identification with AI

Automatic shape corrections

Corporate design development

Icon design and UI components

Infographics and diagrams


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results


Adobe InDesign CC - layout, typography and AI (approx. 10 days)

User interface, sample pages, layout grid

Smart Layout and Auto Style (AI), automatic design and text formatting

Typography, paragraph and character formats, variable fonts

Placing, adjusting and cropping images and graphics

Style transfer

Tables, data merging, GREP styles

Hyperlinks, buttons, ePUB, web export

Accessible design and PDF/UA


Adobe Acrobat Pro - Publishing, accessibility and automation (approx. 5 days)

Acrobat Pro interface and tools

PDF types, export, preflight, comment function

AI-supported accessibility: tags, alternative texts, structure check

Color management, proof, transparency check

Batch processing, smart actions, cloud workflows

Security and digital signatures


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After completing the course, you will be able to develop and implement a modern PR strategy and will be familiar with the most important public relations channels and measures. You will have mastered the most important press relations tools such as swat.io and will be able to strategically develop, publish and monitor content. You are also familiar with the interfaces and boundaries to other areas of marketing, social media and communication.

You will also be able to plan, design and implement creative projects independently, from image editing and vector graphics to layout and print production. You will work confidently with the central programs of the Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat Pro) and use Adobe Firefly to optimize design processes, automate designs and develop new creative ideas.

The course is aimed at employees from corporate communications, marketing, advertising, social media and product management as well as anyone who is responsible for PR and wants to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills.

As a public relations manager, you could consider working as a PR consultant in an agency or as a PR manager for a specific company or association. Marketing departments are also interesting for you.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

We will gladly advise you free of charge.

0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.