Take Control of Your Career. Become Who You’re Meant to be. Celebrating M.AD Grads – the future of thinkers and innovators!
View(s):Miami Ad School is the world’s most awarded creative school, the Cannes Lions Future School of the Year for record 6 times, renowned for its programmes in creative leadership, design, strategy, social media, strategy, brand management, art direction, copywriting, video, photography and many more.
Originating in Miami, USA, M.AD now has 16 campuses globally, with its latest launched in Colombo in 2021. M.AD’s model combines creative inspiration, theory and practical experience delivered by powerhouse of top global experts who infuse their real-world real-time knowledge to deliver dynamic and timely programmes.
Miami Ad School Sri Lanka & Maldives’ inaugural programmes were launched in Jan 2021 – the Strategy and Social Media Bootcamps. Both 12-week high-intensity immersions into the power of insights, psychographically mapping the world, converting thoughts into plans and plans into experiences that ignite the theatre of the mind with possibilities – and building brands and causes into the cultural phenomenons they can become.
Since its inception, these maverick programmes have mirrored, celebrated and in ways, elevated, their original global pedigrees. Curated with timely, relevant modules that are adapted in real time to learning needs. Conducted by best-in-class practitioners of strategy and social media across a multitude of industries. Steadily producing the next waves of innovative thinkers and content creators as it has for years now.
M.AD SL & Maldives is privileged and proud to present over hundreds of graduates for the past two years, attracting students from 9 countries from 5 different continents of the world in the journey of making Sri Lanka a truly regional hub for creative education. M.AD grads are a class apart in their diversity, versatility, inclusivity and representation of creative thinking in the world today. They stand alongside hundreds of graduates from Miami Ad School’s 15 other international campuses, including New York, San Francisco, Madrid, Mumbai, Berlin and Miami.
From business development heads to founders of start-ups; art directors to brand managers; creative marketers to technical writers; strategists and analysts to students – M.AD’s Graduating Strategy and Social Media Classes are a kaleidoscope of perspectives, cultural considerations, intellectual journeys and creative adventures.
With over 100 graduates from bootcamps and many from our certificate programmes over the past two years, we’ve seen the incredible metamorphosis of local superstars in their respective fields into international-standard strategic thinkers, innovative producers and planners with the ability to transform their inherent talents and skills into viable business endeavours, value-additions that take companies to the next level and most importantly, they’ve built formidable personal brands that are promotable and hire-able across industries.
“In fact, Miami Ad School globally is renowned for producing graduates who can be instantly and seamlessly integrated into work environments – because an integral part of the bootcamps is real-world experience and constantly converting theory into practice.
What sets M.AD apart is that it isn’t just a knowledge bridge, it’s a super highway of hands-on experiential learning that makes it effortless to hit the ground running. You’re not moving from books to boardrooms – you’re already there.
Our alumni are living the M.AD promise we uphold and strengthen everyday – when you learn with us, you’ll be transformed by a simple, powerful truth: there’s no knowing without doing.”
Kandeban Balendran, Founder and President of Miami Ad School Sri Lanka & Maldives.
There must be no hesitation between the gaining of skills and the applying of them. We produce braver, sharper, more confident souls for whom there is no separation between ideating and executing – they occur in parallel, in waltz, in harmony.
Our graduating class showcases the calibre of creators we tirelessly mould because they are more impactful, practical dreamers who seek tangibility and realisation. They are restless and will not settle for plans that remain unmade. They are the fuel of our future.
And they’re starting now.
If you’re inspired by the world of M.AD and like our glittering graduates, want to shine brighter and build on the facets of your mind that will set you apart – you belong here.
When you’re in one of our bootcamps, you’re in the company of instructors from pioneering companies like Spotify, Facebook and Apple. You’re learning from industry heroes responsible for brands like Coca Cola, Kraft and British Airways. You’re receiving a qualification you share with senior players in places like JWT, Havas and Grey Worldwide.
Welcome to a global family of changemakers.
M.AD’s graduation ceremony held on 8th July 2023 at Cinnamon Lakeside.
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