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How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer City and Guilds of London Institute has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and City and Guilds of London Institute awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from City and Guilds of London Institute.

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01What it is

Level 3 Diploma in Social Media for Business aimed at those seeking careers in social media or responsible for social media in businesses.

These are the units City and Guilds of London Institute registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with City and Guilds of London Institute. It does the teaching and the mapping. City and Guilds of London Institute sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

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02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Analyse and Report Data Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Analysing social media data to inform business strategies and decision making.

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyse metrics and report data effectively.
Content Management System Website Creation Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Building and managing websites using content management systems for social media contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop a website using a CMS for business purposes.
Generic Pathway Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
General pathway that covers various aspects of social media in business.

What you'll be able to do

  • Comprehend the role of social media in business.
Imaging Software Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Using imaging software to create compelling visual content for social media.

What you'll be able to do

  • Create engaging visual content using imaging software.
Level 3 Awards in Social Media for Business Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit covers the fundamental principles and practices of social media in a business context.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the impact of social media on business success.
Level 3 Certificates in Social Media for Business Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit expands on the Level 3 Awards, offering deeper knowledge of business social media strategies and techniques.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop effective social media strategies for business.
Level 3 Diploma in Social Media for Business Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and utilising social media in various business contexts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Implement complex social media strategies that align with business objectives.
Marketing Pathway Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Pathway designed for marketing professionals to enhance social media strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop marketing strategies using social media.
Pathway in Marketing Aspects of Social Media Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit focuses on marketing skills and strategies for utilising social media in business.

What you'll be able to do

  • Identify effective marketing strategies using social media.
  • Evaluate the impact of social media on marketing.
Pathway in Technical Aspects of Social Media Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
This unit covers the technical skills required to effectively utilise social media for business purposes.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand technical aspects of social media platforms.
  • Apply technical knowledge in a business context.
Principles of Keywords and Optimisation Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Exploring effective use of keywords and optimisation techniques for business needs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply keywords strategically to improve online presence.
Principles of Social Media Advertising and Promotion Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Understanding advertising and promotional strategies using social media tools.

What you'll be able to do

  • Design effective social media advertising campaigns.
Social Networking Management for a Business Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Management of social networking channels and techniques for business growth.

What you'll be able to do

  • Manage social networking platforms effectively for business growth.
Technical Pathway Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Pathway focused on the technical aspects of social media management.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand technical frameworks for social media.
Understanding Customer Relationship Management for Creative Business Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Leveraging CRM systems to enhance social media engagement and customer interaction.

What you'll be able to do

  • Apply CRM practices in social media efforts for business.
Using Collaborative Technologies Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Utilising collabourative tools to enhance communication and productivity in social media efforts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate the use of collaborative technologies.
Video Software Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Utilising video software to produce content suitable for social media platforms.

What you'll be able to do

  • Produce short videos for social media marketing.
Web Development Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Basic web development skills necessary for supporting social media strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate basic web development skills for social media.
Web Fundamentals Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
Understanding basic web technologies that support social media strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain fundamental web concepts relevant to social media.
03Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

Showing 6 roles, drawn from 7 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.

Where this can lead

Video Content Specialist

This work can lead into technical editing specialisms, creative leadership, or managing video output across a wider content strategy.

See the whole journey
04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Analyse and Report DataContent Management System Website CreationGeneric PathwayImaging SoftwareLevel 3 Awards in Social Media for BusinessLevel 3 Certificates in Social Media for BusinessLevel 3 Diploma in Social Media for BusinessMarketing Pathway

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach Make the case from “Marketing Pathway” to me in thirty seconds. I am the person who signs it off and I am already late.
You It would improve engagement and bring us in line with best practice.
The Coach Neither of those costs me anything to say no to. Open with the number that changes if I do nothing.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Pitch it Evaluate

    “Marketing Pathway” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.

  • Draft the real one Create

    You do “Analyse and Report Data” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.

  • Lead it Apply

    “Content Management System Website Creation” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Analyse and Report Data, one of this qualification's own units.

Analyse and Report Data Level 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Analysing social media data to inform business strategies and decision making.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

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Your Plan Illustration

Built for City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma In Social Media for Business

19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.

  1. Analyse and Report Data
  2. Content Management System Website Creation
  3. Generic Pathway
  4. Imaging Software
  5. Level 3 Awards in Social Media for Business
  6. Level 3 Certificates in Social Media for Business

and 13 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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