Certificate in Media Production

Course Overview

The Certificate in Media Production at LSCT sits inside the Media, Journalism & Communication department and is a short, hands-on programme for people who want to make broadcast-quality content rather than just talk about it. The Certificate runs 3 to 6 months across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes from 2026, and is taught from our central London base — a short walk from the BBC's Broadcasting House and the production houses of Fitzrovia and Soho.

Across the programme you learn the production workflow that defines most UK content jobs: pre-production planning, single-camera shooting, sound capture, edit-suite assembly and short-form delivery. You finish the Certificate in Media Production with a portfolio of three completed pieces — a documentary short, a branded-content video and an audio feature — produced to a standard that gets you considered for runner, assistant editor and content-producer roles.

Key Features

• Aligned with Royal Television Society early-career pathways and built around BBC Academy production fundamentals.
• Three completed portfolio pieces by the end of the course — not just exercises.
• Three study modes — on-campus with kit access, online with mailed-out shooting briefs, or distance learning using your own kit.
• Live edit-suite sessions in DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro on industry-standard timelines.
• Module on UK content compliance covering Ofcom rules, music clearance and brand safety.
• One-to-one portfolio review with a working London producer in your final two weeks.

What You Will Learn

The Certificate in Media Production is structured as a fast linear curriculum that mirrors a real production job. You will graduate able to plan a shoot, run a one- or two-camera set, capture broadcast-quality sound and edit a five-minute short to a deadline.

• Story development and treatment writing for short-form content
• Single- and two-camera shooting (DSLR / mirrorless and basic cinema cameras)
• Lighting fundamentals for interview and small-set work
• Production sound — lavaliers, booms and field recording
• Non-linear editing in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
• Colour grading, audio mixing and short-form delivery formats
• UK content compliance — Ofcom, IPSO crossover, music clearance and consent

The teaching pattern is intentionally practitioner-led. Each module pairs taught content with at least one published or broadcast piece — a real story, a real edit, a real shoot, a real campaign — and you are expected to file, edit and respond to working editors as if a publication or production schedule was about to land. That working rhythm gives our graduates the day-one credibility UK newsrooms, production companies and agencies test at interview.

Who This Course Is For

• Sixth-formers and college leavers wanting a portfolio before applying for media degrees or runner positions.
• Self-taught creators ready to formalise their craft into a recognised UK qualification.
• Career changers from retail, hospitality or office work moving into production assistant roles.
• International applicants needing a short UK-anchored introduction before postgraduate study.

Career Pathways

Certificate graduates step into the entry roles that staff London's production economy — independents in Soho, in-house teams at brands, the BBC and ITV regional newsrooms, and the growing podcast and YouTube production sector across the UK. The Certificate in Media Production is built to make you employable on a real set within weeks of graduating. Typical first roles include:

• Runner (independent production company)
• Production Assistant (broadcast or branded content)
• Junior Editor (corporate, sport, news)
• Camera Assistant (events and EFP)
• Content Producer (brand, agency, social)
• Podcast Production Assistant

Many graduates progress directly into the LSCT Diploma in Media Production or into a Bachelor's degree in journalism, film or media technology. Where industry placements are arranged, our placement coordinators take a hands-on role in matching students to the right host organisation, briefing the student on workplace expectations, and following up after the placement to make sure the experience converts into the references, network contacts and professional confidence that show up at interview.

You will also build the network that underpins UK media careers: an alumni community across newsrooms, production companies, agencies and in-house creative teams, a working tutor team drawn from current practice, and an annual industry careers afternoon at which UK editors, picture desks, producers and creative directors take CVs and meet current students.

Entry Requirements

• Completed secondary schooling or equivalent — applicants must show a basic visual sample (phone-shot reel acceptable) at application.
• English language: IELTS 5.5 (or accepted equivalent) for international applicants.
• Minimum age 17 at programme start.
• A short personal statement outlining your motivation and the kind of content you want to make.

Across the programme you work inside live UK editorial standards: IPSO clauses applied to real recent complaint outcomes, Ofcom rulings dissected in seminars, NUJ contract clauses read line by line. Guest sessions with working UK reporters, picture editors, producers and creative directors keep the programme tied to the working day of the people you will be applying to join.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. For media students that proximity is decisive: Broadcasting House, the BFI, Soho post-production and the independents of Fitzrovia all sit within tube reach of our classrooms.

Our graduates work across the UK and international media landscape — national newspapers, regional titles, the BBC, ITN, the major UK podcast houses, digital-native publishers, the creative agencies of Soho and Shoreditch and the press offices of UK public bodies. LSCT's employability team brokers introductions and runs portfolio evenings attended by working hiring editors and creative directors.

Apply for Certificate in Media Production

If the Certificate in Media Production fits your goals, Click Enrol Now to start your application. The admissions team will reply within one working day with the next intake date, the document checklist and a kit-list so you know what you need on day one.