Registration is recommended three weeks before the courses begin.
Deadline is Dec 15th 2026 for 2027 Spring Term 1.
| Term | Course | Live Session Time | Dates | Instructor |
| Spring 1, 2027 | Spring 1 Term 2027 (Jan 19 – March 8) | |||
| Informing Creative Development | 7-8pm on Tuesdays | Carrie Patterson Reed | ||
| Strategic and Managerial Considerations in Use of LLMs in Mktg & Advertising Research | 7-8pm on Thursdays | Steven Millman |
Registration is recommended three weeks before the courses begin.
| Term | Course | Live Session Time | Dates | Instructor |
| Spring 2, 2027 | Spring 2 Term 2027 (March 9 – May 3) | |||
| Campaign Objectives & Strategy | 7-8pm on Wednesdays | David Shiffman | ||
| Achieving Customer Centricity | 7-8pm on Tuesdays | Abby Hollister |
To enroll, please email arfcertification@thearf.org. Indicate whether you are registering for the full certification or for individual courses, and specify which courses you are interested in.
Please note that not all courses are offered each semester. You may purchase the full certification now and select individual courses at a later date.
Refer to the 2026 Course Schedule to plan your enrollment.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The NYU/ARF Certificate in Marketing Optimization and Insights is a virtual-based learning program. As a graduate, you will:
HOW IT WORKS
Developed and taught by the industry’s leading practitioners, students gain access to invaluable resources and immediately applicable skillsets.
The certificate is awarded to students who successfully complete a combination of any four courses within two years. Instruction includes virtual live discussions, video presentations, readings, and assignments to be done independently. The time commitment is roughly 4-5 hours per week, per course—engaging with course materials, completing projects and attending live “office hours” with professors and guest lecturers.
Note: courses are offered on an individual basis, and students are able to enroll in as many (or as few) as they prefer.
“I told my leadership I wish everyone in marketing could take this course.”
“This program has given me new ideas as well as skills that I’m able to apply directly to my job at Chobani.”
“These courses have shown the opportunity for us to further accelerate this important and valuable work by our team. By investing more, we can enable the team to deliver these important insights faster.”
“The insights that have been uncovered from interacting with faculty has been invaluable. They offer perspectives you can’t extract from a whitepaper or written materials.”
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED PRACTITIONERS WITH EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE IN THE MARKETING RESEARCH FIELD
Chief Research Officer,
Advertising Research Foundation
Chief Scientist
iSpot.tv
Executive Director,
Galileo Research and Strategy Consultancy
PROGRAM PRICING
The ARF provides a 50% discount to its member companies:
| Full Certificate | Individual Course | |
| Full Price | $10,724 | $2,681 |
| Member Discount (ongoing) | $5,362 | $1,340.50 |
Contact the ARF Membership team to learn more and register: arfcertification@thearf.org
Prices updated 7/8/2026
See what students and faculty think about their experience with the program.
Hear what Jed Meyer, SVP Media Solutions at Kantar, has to say about the program.
Watch the June 29 NYU/ARF Certificate in Marketing Optimization and Insights Open House presentation.
COURSES OFFERED
- FOUNDATIONS OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH: Better understand the steps to develop advertising campaigns, establish campaign objectives and strategy, media planning and campaign evaluation
- ACHIEVING CONSUMER CENTRICITY: Enhance your ability to make marketing decisions that focus on the consumer, and drive positive business outcomes.
- CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES & STRATEGY: Learn to build an integrated campaign and identify specific objectives, understand the audience needs and develop targeted messaging.
- DISCOVERING & TESTING THE KEY CONSUMER INSIGHT: Examine case studies on how consumer insight is leveraged in organizations for strategic decision making for ad campaigns.
- INFORMING CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT: Gain hands-on experience with developing business-building creative assets, and the balance between rational vs. emotional messaging.
- MEDIA ASSESSMENT & TACTICAL PLANNING: Discover how media are evaluated, planned and bought for marketing campaigns while learning to define objectives vs. goals vs. strategies.
- CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVENESS MEASUREMENT: Improve your proficiency in measurement acumen while learning to analyze key performance indicators, engagement and outcome metrics.
- NEW: TOOLS FOR APPLICATION OF LLMS TO MARKETING & ADVERTISING RESEARCH: Gain hands-on experience with large language models and their practical uses in marketing and advertising.
- NEW: STRATEGIC AND MANAGERIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN USE OF LLMS IN MARKETING & ADVERTISING RESEARCH: Explore the integration of large language models from both a strategic and operational perspective.
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BENEFITS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
PROGRAM PRICING
The ARF provides a 50% discount to its member companies:
| Full Certificate | Individual Course | |
| Full Price | $10,724 | $2,681 |
| Member Discount (ongoing) | $5,362 | $1,340.50 |
Contact the ARF Membership team to learn more and register: arfcertification@thearf.org
Prices updated 7/8/2026
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