BrainStation

I would really recommend BrainStation. The best learning experience I have has to date. As an adult who is making a career change, I was introduced to BrainStation as an option to take courses online. I learnt more than I expected and our instructors... Read More were phenomenal. They allow you to learn cutting-edge techniques that the instructors have so much experience with while working in the field. You get to learn the most in-demand concepts, skills, and tools. You gain Hands-On Experience and work on projects in a collaborative setting (both online or in class sessions) to apply current concepts and techniques and develop your skills. The Digital Marketing course included topics like:
Brand Strategy
Social Media
Analytics
Search Marketing
Email Marketing
I would really recommend it for anyone who is busy with life, but still wants to learn something new or like many of my peers who took it as a refresher course. Things are always changing in Marketing so this is really an excellent opportunity for anyone.

Wow, what a great value taking this course has been!

I am a seasoned product designer with a background in UX/UI but my roles recently have required more product thinking, vision and strategy. I was looking to expand my knowledge about product management... Read More and decided to enroll in the 10-week online course at Brainstation.

Throughout the class, there were so many insights and I acquired through the course content and exercises. I also created a personal product project that defined vision, strategy, success metrics, go-to-market, an MVP and a prototype for my product idea. Going through the real-world examples which included lots of relevant professional experience from the instructors really helped me think about product development from a different viewpoint. Overall I've added some great skillsets to my experience as a designer.

One of the best parts of the program was connecting with other students across Canada and the U.S. and learning about and seeing their product visions come to life. It's been a great way to connect with new people outside of my circle and be inspired by their ideas. I really appreciate everyone in our class for making it such a memorable and valuable experience and to the instructors who made learning new things engaging and fun.

Initially I was not expecting much in terms of engagement and receiving a hands-on experience via an online course. However, my instructor Paul Pittman was excellent at keeping students engaged and interactive as we go through each slide. Paul was fantastic... Read More at providing both general UX knowledge as well as pulling from his own experience as a designer when teaching the course. This course provided a great foundation and skeleton to UX design. Would definitely recommend this class to those who are looking to start in the UX/UI industry, or those looking to gain more perspective in this role for product design and tech.

I chose to do the full-time online Product Management course to better understand and communicate with the different stakeholders about new ideas and software products at my work.
I was really impressed by the amount of knowledge the course offered, the... Read More way it was all organized and most importantly, the way it was delivered. The instructors were very knowledgeable and experienced in the field and had a ton of useful insights and real-world examples to offer on every subject covered. The class environment was great and truly engaging, with a lot of active discussions and a lot of group activities. The assignments and final project really helped turn those key concepts into practice and was also a good opportunity to work with a group of outstanding students from different industries.
This was my second course at BrainStation and would totally go back for more.

Thrilled to have completed the intensive Data Analytics course.
I’m now much more confident in my SQL skills and have experienced Tableau’s power.

How does this course add value to professionals?

After spending 2 days of my own time researching, investigating,... Read More and detective work trying to sove a problem, my instructor solved it in just 5min – that is the true power and value add of instructor led training. At the end, you get to do a major project and present your data analysis to the instructors who will provide pesonalized feedback on how you can improve your presentation to stakeholders, c-suite people, and clients. As a professional, this type of feedback was invaluable!

Very impressed by the calibre, competency, and professionalism of Brainstation’s instructors.

Main thing is that this course is not for the faint of heart. You definitely need to be an proactive learner, ask questions, and do the work needed to upskill yourself.

I’ve taken two courses at BrainStation, and fully recommend that anyone who is interested register. I loved the Online Live format because it offered me the opportunity to learn from home without sacrificing the quality of content or connection with my... Read More instructor/peers. This course covers all facets of digital marketing and teaches best practices to implement and analyze targetted campaigns.

This is my second course at Brain Station, and I had another great experience. To anyone who has not taken a course at Brain Station, I would highly recommend it. The culture is completely different from a regular academic experience. The courses are... Read More laid-back, relevant, and designed for the real world. The instructors are working in the industry, which is important for digital skill-sets where the field is continually changing, and the latest and greatest of yesterday, can be out of date today.

Our weekly Thursday evening classes, shared the likeness of jumping on a zoom call with some of your best friends; and with one of those friends just happening to be a passionate SEM expert, wanting to share their insider tips and tricks with the group.

The course is also designed perfectly for working professionals. There is a final project, but more than enough time is provided to complete this during the course in class; so there is no worries about needing to carve out extra time for home work.

Would highly recommend Brain Station to anyone!

I took the Data Analytics Online Live course at BrainStation for 10 weeks. In this course you get to learn Excel formats, SQL and Tableau. If you’re more of an advanced user of SQL then this may not be the best suited course for you. This course is geared... Read More towards those with little to know experience with SQL or Tableau. I found the course to be a really great intro to these tools, but it would’ve been great to maybe have some more classes focused on SQL. Still I great course though, and I do recommend it.

I just finished the Social Media Marketing course. I previously took Brainstation's Digital Marketing course and this was a great supplement. We took a deeper dive into the relevant platforms of today (FB, IG, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest) and even touched... Read More on the newcomers like Tik Tok. My instructor Yuraimi was awesome and very flexible with time outside of scheduled office hours. I definitely feel like I have the tools to hit the ground running in the social media marketing space. I highly recommend both courses.

I have been working in design and branding for the last 20 years and although I had risen to a managerial position, I wanted to update my hands-on skills, especially digitally. After researching the different part-time options, I chose BrainStation as... Read More they seemed the best value and enrolled in their on campus UX course. The NY campus, in the heart of Soho, is an absolutely beautiful and inspiring space to learn in.

The UX course proved to be challenging in a good way and I was very keen to follow it up with the UI course. At that point, Covid had hit and I was WFH but luckily the course easily adapted to being online through Zoom. Because of the global pandemic situation, one of my fellow students found himself stuck in Belgium but he still called into every class at 3am in the morning!

The UI course was a bit easier for me than the UX course as I already knew some of the content around visual language such as typography best practices. However, other content more specific to digital was new to me such as the grid system and responsive design. The course also helped reinforce skills that I had learnt in the UX course such as how to use software like Sketch.

Our tutor, John Kantor, was a pleasure to learn from as he explained things well whilst also keeping up a good pace. I also enjoyed it when he shared his own professional experiences with us. He made himself available through Slack for if we needed help whilst working on our projects outside of class time. When I reached out with a question, he responded within the hour. He also provided links to additional resources that helped reinforce what we were learning.

With this course, as with most part-time learning, there is not the time to master skills in each class so you need to do that in your own time and it is a case of getting out of it what you put in. Due to being stuck at home, I was able to put in many free hours on my final project and I’m really proud of what I achieved.