Location: Beijing | Language: Chinese | Date: 25th, Jan to 31st, Jan, 2027

Program Introduction

Modern Sky Cultural IP Creation & Commercialization​

Founded in 1997, Modern Sky is a leading original music record label and youth culture entertainment brand in China. With over 150 signed musician groups and a copyright library of more than 6,000 Chinese original songs, it has founded multiple music festival brands such as “Strawberry Music Festival” and “MSDK Music Festival.” It holds a significant position not only in music publishing, artist management, and live performances but also spans multiple cultural and creative industries, including music venues, audio production, media, visual arts, and product design. With its independent aesthetic and forward-thinking vision, Modern Sky has greatly promoted the thriving development of Chinese original music and youth culture. In collaboration with Modern Sky, ASEEDER exclusively offers the Modern SKY to launch the Modern Sky Cultural IP Creation & Commercialization. Leveraging Modern Sky’s full-industry ecosystem, spanning music publishing, visual design, large-scale live events, cross-industry collaborations, and merchandise development, this course reveals how a cultural enterprise builds a brand, operates IPs, and achieves the commercial leap of artistic value from scratch. From the inception and operation of a cultural label to IP shaping and cross-border collaborations, the program delves into multiple facets of art commercialization, including trend art and brand co-branding strategies. It empowers students to deeply understand and participate in every link of the modern cultural and creative industry, completing a deep enablement from “creativity” to “industry.” Participants will gain rare frontline practical experience in the cultural sector. Upon completion, participants will receive the certificate issued by Modern SKY and a Certificate in Careers and Experiencing Work Short Course accredited by UCAS.

Highlights

China’s Top Original Music Brand

Boast China’s leading original music copyright library, and hundreds of major music festivals hosted, including “Strawberry Music Festival”

Modern Sky Industrial Cluster

Encompass cultural and creative industries such as music publishing, artist management, live music, visual products, and physical commerce

Interdisciplinary Integration

Integrate multiple disciplines, including cultural and creative industries, marketing, and business operations

Unique Cultural Practice Experiences

Learn at Modern Sky’s headquarters, visit renowned Live Houses, to feel the operation logic of arts and business

Practical Training

IP Incubation

Plan for music and art creators, explore IP positioning, fan operations, and pathways to commercial monetization

Music Festival Planning

Conduct an in-depth case study of the Strawberry Music Festival

Brand Design

Drive visual design as a core approach to learn the brand construction of cultural IPs and execute full-case creative campaigns

Cross-Border Collaboration

Gain insights into commercial projects such as trend art and brand co-branding and complete value propositions

Sample Schedule

* The schedule is for reference only. The course content and order may be slightly adjusted according to the actual situation.

Institution Partners & Teaching Faculty

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Founded in 1997, Modern Sky is a leading original music record label and youth culture entertainment brand in China. With over 150 signed musician groups and a copyright library of more than 6,000 Chinese original songs, it has founded multiple music festival brands such as “Strawberry Music Festival” and “MSDK Music Festival.” It holds a significant position not only in music publishing, artist management, and live performances but also spans multiple cultural and creative industries, including music venues, audio production, media, visual arts, and product design. With its independent aesthetic and forward-thinking vision, Modern Sky has greatly promoted the thriving development of Chinese original music and youth culture.

Teacher Diao

  • The director of the marketing center in Modern Sky, with nearly 10 years of experience with Modern Sky, responsible for commercial partnerships and new business development for the company's core content. Diao has participated in and led multiple large-scale marketing projects, and is committed to driving the company's revenue through innovative business models and the integration of industry resources to boost the company's growth and brand influence in both domestic and international markets.
  • Teacher Zhou

  • Zhou graduated from the Visual Communication Department of the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and currently serves as Design Director at Modern Sky. Starting from music, Zhou employs visual languages including graphics, symbols, digital and virtual elements, and all possible visual forms to produce visual content for the company's owned IPs, music festivals, and artists. Zhou's works have been selected multiple times for the Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook, GDC Award, and other prestigious honors.
  • 项目产出

    选定目标上市公司,以小组形式针对目标企业进行尽职调查,通过宏观研究(行业风口及政策机会)、价值发现(公司尽调研究及财务数据分析)和投资可行性分析对目标公司进行深度分析,并撰写完成行业研究报告书。

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    Value of UK Overseas Study

    The ASDAN Career Exploration Award certificate is officially recommended by UCAS and is included in the official UCAS University Application Document (PS). Students can earn a number of ASDAN China quality certificates and credits through the Major Achiever Program, and the practice experience can be used in future study application documents, which will directly contribute to future overseas study applications.

    Value of USA Overseas Study

    The Major Achiever Programs are academically designed in conjunction with the "Turning the Tide" admissions initiative released by the Harvard College of Education Make Caring Common (MCC) and the Top 300 universities in the US. We will focus on the development and evaluation of students' inner character, such as empathy, perseverance, self-management and other core inner characteristics that are valued by top colleges and universities.

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    Professional Experience in Real Workplace

    The program incorporates educational resources selected from top 50 universities around the world to produce courses and practical activities, and provides 100% realistic career practice scenarios in the form of front-line apprenticeships and practical training simulations. Each student spends more than 60% of their time in the program improving their professional knowledge through hands-on practice.

    First-class Courses and Instructors

    Under the guidance of top enterprise mentors in various industries, students will understandthe current situation of real industry development and employment in popular positions, andimprove professionalism and knowledge reserve.

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    The authoritative VN Career Planning System is introduced, with exclusive career workshops designed to assist students in exploring their self-interests, abilities, and values and engaging in self-discovery, uncover personal strengths, and focus on future development directions.