Mr. Stephen King

DBI - Senior Lecturer in PR and Media Studies

Stephen King
  • School Middlesex University - Overseas Campuses

  • Department Dubai Campus

  • Location Dubai

Research activities

Sustainable Development, Digital Society, Higher Education, Strategic Communications (Advertising, PR, Branding)


Current Teaching

Ba (Hons) Advertising, PR and Branding: APM1000 Brands Media and Society; APM2002 Campaign Planning; APM3004 Entrepreneurship;

Ba (Hons) Digital Media Communications: DMC1001 Content Strategy


Biography

Stephen (Steve) teaches across three media programmes atMiddlesex University’s Dubai campus – Journalism and creativeWriting, Advertising, PR and Branding, and Digital Media.Over the past eight years, his students have won dozens of industryawards for advertising campaigns, entrepreneurship, academicresearch and content creation. This includes beingnamed "University of the Year" by the Dubai Lynx in 2019, and beingrepresented in the EUPRERA PR Arena competition, and ICCOUniversity PR World Cup. He has personally been awarded aninnovation award in administrative services as a supporterof the Careers and Employability Services function and received theMiddlesex University “One Award” for Outstanding Contributions toPutting Students First in 2019. He has been named amongst the top25 most innovative PR professionals in EMEA by industry journal,PRovoke Media, and has over 15 years of practice experienceworking with global PR agencies within the networks of InterpublicGroup, Publicis, and WPP.

Qualifications

Title: MA Higher Education

Date: 01 Mar 2023

Institution: Middlesex University Dubai


Title: PG Certification in Higher Education

Date: 31 Dec 2020

Institution: Middlesex University Dubai


Title: MA Global Governance and Sustainable Development

Date: 31 Aug 2019

Institution: Middlesex University Dubai


Title: BA Advertising and Marketing

Date: 07 Sept 1999

Institution: Lancaster University


Prizes and Awards

  • PRovoke Innovator 25 EMEA , Provoke Media, 2020
  • One Middlesex Award for Outstanding Contribution to Putting Students First, Middlesex University London, 2020
  • Publications