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.

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Data Sharing, Multimedia, Music, Video Production, Electronic Media, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Photography
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Customer Insights, Brand Awareness, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Target Audience, Customer Data Management, Marketing Analytics
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Customer Insights, Sales Strategy, Customer Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Sales Enablement, Microsoft 365, Persona Development, Data Cleansing, Sales Management, Data Quality, Sales, Anomaly Detection, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Marketing Operations, Data Ethics, Generative AI, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Automation
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Canva (Software), Storytelling, Marketing Design, Content Creation, Presentations, Marketing Materials, Dashboard, Collaborative Software, Graphic Design, Marketing, User Accounts, Business
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Legal Strategy, Brand Awareness, Brand Management, Asset Protection, Case Law, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Packaging and Labeling, Case Studies, Asset Management, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Marketing, Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Business Strategy, Business Valuation, Creativity, Legal Risk, Strategic Planning, Planning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Applied Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Python Programming, Random Forest Algorithm, Regression Analysis, Classification Algorithms, Artificial Neural Networks
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI), Prompt Engineering, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Responsible AI, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Flows, Usability Testing, Context Management, AI Personalization, Multimodal Prompts, User Research, Prototyping, Technical Communication, Data Ethics, Natural Language Processing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Kennesaw State University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, ChatGPT, Responsible AI, Gemini, Claude Code, Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Social Skills, Predictive Modeling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Philanthropy, Fundraising, Resource Utilization, Social Impact, Community Development, Program Evaluation, Lifelong Learning, Collaboration, Strategic Decision-Making, Professional Networking, Social Media, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Public Speaking, Discussion Facilitation, Non-Verbal Communication, Oral Comprehension, English Language, Peer Review, Active Listening, Communication, Social Skills, Constructive Feedback, Interpersonal Communications, Persuasive Communication, Driving engagement, Student Engagement, Collaboration, Planning, Critical Thinking, Vocabulary
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Content Performance Analysis, Customer Engagement, Content Creation, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Channel, Target Audience, Content Strategy, Marketing Effectiveness, Business Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Goal Setting
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Universiteit Leiden
Skills you'll gain: Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Mental Health, Social Justice, Psychology, Stress Management, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialties, Social Sciences, Cultural Diversity, Environment and Resource Management, Trauma Care, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months