The ISA IBC Apprenticeship Programme

Learn and Earn.

The only marketing apprenticeship in Kenya that combines training, real work experience, and a ninety percent job placement rate.

90% hired by agencies and brands. Paid apprenticeship. NITA certified. Evening classes, three times a week. Next intake, confirm with admissions.

Four university students laughing together on a sunny Nairobi campus
Duration
9 months
From
KES 100,000

No experience needed

Just finished campus? Perfect.

Get paid to learn

The last three months are paid.

Real agency work

Live briefs, not case studies.

Who it's for

From campus to career. Built for graduates. Priced for graduates.

You've finished, or are about to finish, university with a degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field, but you've run into the industry's biggest catch. Every employer wants experience, and nobody offers the chance to gain it.

ISA's IBC Apprenticeship bridges that gap. Over nine months, you complete six months of intensive, industry led training, followed by a three month paid apprenticeship with leading agencies and brands across East Africa.

Already working in the industry? The same five units without the placement, on a schedule built for professionals, is the IBC Full Programme.

How it works

1

Months 1 to 6, Learn

Evening classes, three times a week, live on our LMS, all five IBC units, taught by practitioners with fifteen or more years in the industry.

2

Months 7 to 9, Earn

A paid apprenticeship inside a real agency or brand team, real briefs, real clients, real accountability.

3

Month 10 onward, Launch

Finish with a NITA recognised certificate, a portfolio of real work, three months of industry experience, and for ninety percent of apprentices, a job.

Why the ISA Apprenticeship

  • Paid industry apprenticeship, learn and earn while getting real experience.
  • AI first marketing training, master the tools transforming marketing today.
  • Learn from industry leaders, practitioners who teach what they do every day.
  • Built for application, real client work, career coaching, and employer connections.

The five units

Marketing & Brand Planning (MBP)

Own the strategy, audits, segmentation, positioning, and brand plans that survive contact with the market. The foundation unit.

Strategic Advertising Management (SAM)

Turn brand strategy into campaigns, briefs, big ideas, and how to judge and direct creative work.

Digital for Business (DB)

Digital as a business driver, not a channel checklist. Platforms, performance, and AI powered execution.

Integrated Media Management (IMM)

Plan and buy media that works, channel strategy, budgets, measurement, and negotiating value.

Account Management & Life Skills

Win, keep, and grow clients, brief handling, relationship leadership, and the career skills nobody teaches.

Flexible evening learning

  • Virtual interactive classes, Tuesday to Thursday, 6pm to 8pm.
  • Six month training programme, three month placement.
  • Industry mentor support and a dedicated learner support team.
  • Two intakes per year, January and June.
  • Certified by industry content partners and NITA.

A week in the life

What you'll actually be doing.

Mon

Studio stand-up

Pick up the week's live brief with your team.

Tue

Craft class

A skill session with a practising marketer.

Wed

Build day

Make the thing, decks, copy, content, plans.

Thu

Feedback

Present, get torn apart kindly, and rework.

Fri

Ship & learn

Deliver, review the numbers, and reset.

You need experience

You need to be curious and show up. We teach the rest.

It's unpaid coffee runs

Real briefs from week one, and the last three months are paid.

Marketing is just posting

You'll learn strategy, media, budgets and measurement.

Every career starts with someone giving you a chance. This is yours, and it pays.