Gwangju University Operates Customized Program for Training New Media Content Creators

Recruitment of Students Until the 25th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju University (President Kim Hyukjong) is operating a customized education system to nurture new media content creators, who are attracting attention from the MZ generation in the era of N-job workers.

The Gwangju University Startup Education Center announced on the 7th that it is recruiting students currently enrolled at the university for the "YouTube Creator Certification Course," which provides education from opening a YouTube channel to marketing utilization methods, until the 25th.

The "YouTube Creator Certification Course," which is offered completely free of charge including course attendance and certification acquisition, covers topics such as operating methods using the YouTube algorithm and promotional animation video editing.

Additionally, customized education that can practically assist content production and startup activities will be provided, including understanding YouTube and marketing strategies, channel planning, brand creation, web design methods, and video editing.

Gwangju University recently announced its policy to respond to the trend changes of N-job workers and the MZ generation, who are accustomed to non-face-to-face lifestyles, and to nurture creative convergence talents by providing education and experience opportunities related to media technologies such as YouTube based on untact technology.

N-job workers is a newly coined term combining 'N,' meaning two or more, 'job,' meaning occupation, and the suffix '~ler,' meaning a person who does something. The MZ generation refers to a term combining the Millennial generation and the Z generation born after 1995.

Along with this, Gwangju University recently invested about 70 million KRW in the Hosim Memorial Library to establish a content production studio, which is provided to students participating in the YouTuber training program.

The content production studio is equipped with various equipment capable of video shooting, PCs, editing programs, etc., and the e-learning support center plans to hold special lectures in the future to provide education and startup opportunities to all enrolled students.

Park Jinyoung, Director of the Gwangju University Institute for Educational Innovation, said, "We are conducting customized education aimed at acquiring planning, video production, promotion methods, and know-how that creators, who are gaining attention in the one-person media era, should have," adding, "We will do our best to enhance students' startup and employment capabilities through the best facilities and equipment."