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Major 09

AI + Digital Marketing & Agent Orchestration

Replaces → Marketing Degree

Google Performance Max and Meta Advantage+ already run campaigns autonomously. Clay runs entire outbound sequences without human intervention. The job isn't clicking buttons anymore — it's configuring agents, setting strategy, and knowing when to override. That's a new skill set. This is where you learn it.

Two layers. One strategist who orchestrates.

Every student completes the Foundations core plus domain-specific courses. You don't just learn marketing — you learn to run campaigns through agents you configure, supervise, and override.

AI Agent Operations Foundations

How computer use models work, failure modes, scope limitation, human-in-the-loop design, credential hygiene, and blast-radius thinking for autonomous systems.

  • Computer use models: capabilities and failure modes
  • Human-in-the-loop design patterns
  • Credential hygiene and scope limitation for agents
  • Audit logging and blast-radius thinking

Performance Marketing & Paid Media

Google Performance Max, Meta Advantage+, programmatic display — how AI-native ad platforms work, how to configure them, and how to evaluate their decisions.

  • Google Performance Max configuration and campaign strategy
  • Meta Advantage+ setup, audience signals, and budget optimization
  • Programmatic display and real-time bidding fundamentals
  • Cross-channel attribution and performance analysis

Outbound & Sales Automation

Clay, Apollo.io, Instantly — configuring AI agents for lead enrichment, outbound sequencing, and CRM automation at scale without manual execution.

  • Lead enrichment and ICP targeting with Clay
  • AI-powered outbound sequence design and A/B testing
  • CRM automation and pipeline management
  • Compliance: CAN-SPAM, GDPR, and deliverability best practices

SEO & Answer Engine Optimization

Modern SEO is AI-assisted and increasingly answer-engine-focused. Surfer SEO, Clearscope, and Perplexity answer ranking — plus technical SEO automation.

  • AI-assisted keyword research and content strategy
  • Answer engine optimization (AEO) for ChatGPT and Perplexity
  • Technical SEO audits and automation
  • Content gap analysis and competitive positioning

Marketing Analytics & Attribution

GA4, Triple Whale, Northbeam, and AI-powered attribution modeling. Understanding what's actually driving revenue vs. what's getting credit.

  • GA4 setup, custom events, and conversion tracking
  • Multi-touch attribution modeling
  • AI-powered analytics: Triple Whale, Northbeam, Rockerbox
  • Dashboard design and executive reporting

Brand Strategy & Campaign Oversight

The human judgment layer: brand positioning, creative direction, campaign strategy, and knowing when to override what the agents are doing.

  • Brand positioning and messaging architecture
  • Creative brief development and AI content direction
  • Campaign strategy and quarterly planning
  • Overriding AI decisions: when and how

Client Management & Agency Operations

Running a marketing operation for clients or internally. Reporting, expectations, scope management, and the business of marketing services in an AI-first world.

  • Client onboarding, reporting cadence, and expectation management
  • Scope management and retainer structuring
  • Agency tools: project management, billing, and communication
  • Building a marketing agency or consultancy with AI leverage

Where this major takes you.

Marketing roles are splitting fast: executional work is being automated, strategic and oversight roles are growing. The practitioners who understand how to configure, supervise, and correct AI agents will have the jobs — and the salaries — that pure tacticians are losing.

Performance Marketing Manager

Own paid acquisition across Google, Meta, and programmatic channels. Entry: $55K–$75K. Mid-career: $85K–$115K. Senior: $120K–$160K+. AI-native marketers who can configure and supervise agents command a significant premium over manual campaign managers who are being automated out.

AI Uni edge You graduate having configured real Performance Max and Advantage+ campaigns — not just studied them. You understand how the algorithms make decisions, and how to override them when they're wrong.

Growth & Demand Generation Lead

Outbound sequences, inbound funnels, and full-funnel pipeline generation. Entry: $65K–$85K. Mid-career: $95K–$130K. Senior: $135K–$175K+. Companies running AI-orchestrated outbound are generating pipeline at 10x the volume of manual teams — and they need operators who understand the tools.

AI Uni edge Clay, Apollo, and Instantly are in your toolkit from day one. You build and run real outbound sequences during the program — not simulations.

Marketing Analytics Manager

Own the measurement infrastructure that tells leadership what's actually working. Entry: $65K–$85K. Mid-career: $90K–$120K. Senior: $125K–$165K+. Every growth team needs someone who can build attribution models, not just read dashboards.

AI Uni edge You learn multi-touch attribution, GA4 advanced configuration, and AI analytics platforms. You graduate able to build the reporting system, not just use it.

Marketing Agency Owner / Consultant

Run a lean marketing operation for clients with AI leverage. One person with the right tools and agent orchestration skills can deliver what used to require a 5-person team. Revenue: $80K–$250K+ depending on client base and specialization.

AI Uni edge The agency operations course covers client management, scope, and pricing specifically — not as an afterthought. You learn the business of marketing services, not just the craft.

What you'll build.

Not homework. Real campaigns, real data, real agent configurations that demonstrate you can operate at a professional level.

Project 01

Agent Operations Audit

Configure a Claude Computer Use agent for a real marketing task, document its failure modes, and design the human-in-the-loop checkpoints that keep it from causing damage.

Project 02

Paid Media Campaign

Launch and optimize a real Performance Max or Meta Advantage+ campaign with full attribution tracking and a performance analysis report.

Project 03

Outbound Sequence Build

Configure a Clay + Instantly outbound sequence for a real ICP, measure deliverability and response rates, and document what you'd change.

Capstone

Full-Funnel Marketing System

Your capstone: end-to-end marketing system — paid acquisition, SEO, outbound, and analytics — all AI-orchestrated, all tracked, all reportable to a real client or stakeholder.

The curriculum adapts to you.

Intensive

~6 months · Full-time

For students who can commit full-time. Get career-ready as fast as your skills allow.

Months 1–2 Foundations + Agent Operations + Performance Marketing
Months 3–4 Outbound Automation + SEO & AEO
Months 5–7 Analytics + Brand Strategy + Portfolio projects
Months 8–10 Client Management + Capstone

Steady

~12–22 months · Part-time

For people working while learning. Same depth, flexible scheduling.

Months 1–4 Foundations + Agent Operations + Performance Marketing
Months 5–9 Outbound Automation + SEO & AEO
Months 10–15 Analytics + Brand Strategy + Portfolio projects
Months 16–22 Client Management + Capstone

Is this major right for you?

This is for you if

  • You want to run marketing strategy and let agents handle execution
  • You're comfortable configuring tools you don't fully understand yet — and learning how to audit what they do
  • You want to work in a fast-moving discipline where your skill set becomes more valuable as competitors automate the tactical layer
  • You care about attribution, measurement, and proving ROI — not just creating content
  • You want skills that work equally well at a company, an agency, or running your own operation

This is NOT for you if

  • You want to be a graphic designer or video producer → Major 07 (Creative Production & Design) is a better fit
  • You want content strategy and brand development without the performance/analytics layer → Major 04 (Content & Marketing Strategy)
  • You need an accredited marketing degree for a specific corporate HR requirement
  • You're not comfortable with tools that operate autonomously and require oversight rather than manual execution

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