Information Package / Course Catalogue
Creativity in Advertising
Course Code: HİR206
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The primary aim of the course is to examine the concept of creativity in advertising and to teach students how to generate creative ideas, apply fundamental strategies of creativity, select appropriate advertising media, and develop an advertising campaign. To this end, the course aims to enable students to generate innovative ideas specific to the fields of communication and advertising and to acquire the skills necessary to implement their creative ideas.

Course Content

The advertising campaign planning process; situation, competitor and SWOT analyses; target audience and insights; creative concepts; the creative process and creative advertising strategies; advertising executions across print, audiovisual, and digital media; media planning; evaluation and campaign effectiveness measurement.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Explains the main stages of the advertising campaign planning process.
2.Applies product, competitor, target audience, and SWOT analyses in the advertising campaign development process.
3.Determines advertising objectives, message strategies, and fundamental creative strategies in line with campaign goals.
4.Evaluates advertising copy, slogan, headline, logo, and visual components in relation to the creative idea and ad design.
5.Analyzes media planning, budgeting, campaign execution, and advertising effectiveness measurement processes.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Elden, Müge. “Reklam ve Reklamcılık”, İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015.
2.Batı, Uğur. “Reklamın Dili”, İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2013.
3.Yılmaz, R. Ayhan. “Yüzyılı Dönüştüren Yaratıcılar”, Konya: Literatürk Yayınları, 2014.
4.Arens, William F. “Contemporary Advertising”, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
5.Moriarty, Sandra. “Creativity in Advertising”, Prentice Hall, 1990.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Advertising campaign planning process
Week 2 - Theoretical
Situation analysis: Product analysis, competitor analysis, target audience analysis
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
SWOT analysis: Case study analysis and practice
Week 4 - Theoretical
Advertising campaign planning process - Setting advertising objectives
Week 5 - Theoretical
Advertising campaign planning process - Message strategy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Basic creative strategies: USP, brand image and positioning
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Key message strategies: Informational and transformational strategies
Week 8 - Theoretical
Creative Brief and Consumer Insight
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Generating the creative idea
Week 10 - Theoretical
Components of advertising (copy, slogan, headline, logo, etc.), and advertisement design
Week 11 - Theoretical
Media strategy: Media planning and advertising media
Week 12 - Theoretical
Advertising campaign planning process - Budgeting and execution
Week 13 - Theoretical
Measuring advertising effectiveness I: Evaluation — Pretests and during tests
Week 14 - Theoretical
Measuring advertising effectiveness II: Evaluation — Posttests
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice31312
Assignment5105
Individual Work1011
Quiz101120
Midterm Examination116117
Final Examination127128
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026