Social media marketing courses can help you learn content creation, audience engagement strategies, analytics interpretation, and campaign management. You can build skills in crafting compelling posts, optimizing ad spend, and measuring ROI on various platforms. Many courses introduce tools like Hootsuite for scheduling, Google Analytics for tracking performance, and Canva for designing eye-catching visuals, showing how these skills are applied in real campaigns.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Materials, Marketing Design, Presentations, Data Visualization, Content Creation, Graphic Design, Content Marketing, Social Media, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Internal Communications, Corporate Communications, Media Relations, Storytelling, Strategic Communication, Employee Engagement, Target Audience, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Public Relations, Crisis Management, Drive Engagement, Social Media, Social Media Management, Interpersonal Communications, Business Communication, Stakeholder Communications, Telecommuting, Customer Communications Management, Employee Retention, Diversity and Inclusion
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Marketing, Product Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Branding, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, Wireframing, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Persona (User Experience), Mockups, User Experience Design, Responsive Web Design, UI/UX Strategy, Web Design, Adobe XD, User Interface (UI) Design, User Experience, User Centered Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Graphic and Visual Design, Web Language, Design, Design Elements And Principles, User Research
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Communication, Target Audience, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Advertising Campaigns, Media Strategy, Communication Strategies, Campaign Management, Integrated Marketing Communications, Branding, Earned Media, Brand Management, Paid media, Owned Media, Business Strategy, Shared Media, Employee Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Brand Strategy, Logo Design, Branding, Style Guides, Brand Awareness, Graphic and Visual Design, Marketing Materials, Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Color Theory, Asset Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Advertising, Marketing Budgets, Target Audience, Social Media Campaigns, Digital Advertising, Social Media, Marketing, Budget Management, Media Planning
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media Management, Social Media, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Business Marketing, Account Management, Marketing, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Drive Engagement, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Strategy, Growth Strategies, Marketing Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Art History, Storytelling, Cultural Diversity, Social Justice, Intercultural Competence, Socioeconomics, Sociology, World History, Social Sciences, Land Management, Governance
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Web Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Customer Analysis, User Accounts, Social Media, E-Commerce
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Grant Writing, Fundraising, Digital Media Strategy, Proposal Writing, Campaign Management, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Brand Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months