Student Stories

Meet Elena. She took a chance in digital marketing because she wanted a career change in something interesting and creative. Elena goes onto describe how everything she learnt was applied and practical, so she was digital marketing industry-ready. In addition, she describes having great hopes for an exciting future in digital marketing.  See Elena’s video […]

Meet Naida. A student who started at NZIE whilst juggling a full-time role. She saw the demand for digital marketing skills and dedicated two years to learning and upskilling. Naida has come a long way and overcome many obstacles. In addition to gaining valuable skills and experience through juggling multiple targets, goals and assessments.  See

Meet Diego, a recent graduate of the Diploma in Digital Marketing. One thing that our NZIE students have in common is their desire to better themselves, further career opportunities and growth. Diego is yet another experienced marketer with an existing set of marketing skills. However, he was eager to take his skillset up a notch and accumulate even more knowledge. Specifically within

Meet Tony, a recent graduate of the Diploma in Digital Marketing. Tony has a unique success story because he came to us as an existing pro in his field. However, he was eager to learn more and broaden his skillset and expertise. During the 2021 B:Hive graduation we sat down with Tony and asked him

Hi I’m Azat. Upon graduating I was a Digital Marketer and Project Manager for Kiwi Investment Group. Two years later I am now the Head of Marketing. In addition to my job title, I am also a traveller and digital nomad. I’ve been working with Kiwi Investment Group since October 2018. I started the Digital

Introducing Cherise Fenner, 2021 Digital Marketing Diploma Graduate. Cherise came to NZIE as a business owner who was looking to fill a skill gap. She saw the demand for digital marketing with her clients and tried the agency route. After not having much success with agencies she decided to take control and learn how to

Tell us about yourself? What were you doing before study? My name is Jenni. I am solopreneur.  I have a Virtual Assistant (VA) business.  And I specialise in the Digital Marketing arena.  I upskilled to study digital marketing later on in my life, in my fifties.   Before study I got introduced to social media marketing (SMM)

What were you doing before you came to NZIE?  I had been in marketing for 10 years. However, when I became qualified 10 years ago it was just the foundations of marketing. Consequently, we only had one chapter about “marketing on the internet”. Since then, the world has changed a lot and that’s why I

Introducing Bridget – a current student who started in the Jan 2021 cohort. Bridget has been doing really well academically, especially considering she is a complete newcomer to tertiary education! In addition, Bridget is balancing study with part time work, and being a mum of two young boys – phew! Despite her already busy schedule,

Mariska studied the level 7 Diploma in Digital Marketing with NZIE and this is her story.   Mariska came to New Zealand in 2017, immigrating from South Africa. She was also a business owner who had a ceramics business where she manufactured vintage ceramics ware. As well as a Photography business. After Immigrating Mariska thought she