Beginner 1 day · 6 hours Creative Cloud 2026

Adobe Express for Social and Marketing Teams

One day on Adobe Express for teams who have to publish something every week, on brand

About this course

Most marketing teams do not have a design bottleneck. They have a consistency problem. Five people make posts in five tools, the logo is a slightly different blue in each one, and the designer spends Friday afternoon fixing captions in files she did not make. Adobe Express is built for exactly that situation, and this course is about setting it up so the team can move quickly without the brand drifting.

You start by drawing the line: what belongs in Express, and what still belongs in Photoshop or InDesign. Then you build the thing that makes everything else work, a brand kit holding your logos, colours and fonts, and apply it to a template so a colleague gets the right blue without being asked. You build a locked template where the headline and image can be changed but the logo, margins and colours cannot, which is the single change that saves most teams the most time.

The afternoon is production. You take one campaign design and produce it as a feed post, a story and a web banner without rebuilding it, use quick actions to remove a background and clean up a supplied photograph, add a generated image and a text treatment through the Firefly features built into Express, animate a static post, and cut a twenty second vertical video with trimmed clips, music at a sensible level and captions that are readable with the sound off. You finish with the team workflow: shared libraries, comments and approval, the scheduling tools where your plan includes them, and a print-ready PDF export for a flyer going to a printer in Colombo.

Content is mapped to the domains of the Adobe Certified Professional in Adobe Express exam, delivered by Certiport at authorised test centres, and the day ends with a timed practice task in the same shape. MyLearnPlus does not award the Adobe credential and no course can guarantee a pass.

The class runs live online in your own timezone or in the classroom in Colombo, priced in LKR for learners in Sri Lanka and USD for everyone else. Teams can be invoiced, and the same day can be run privately using your own brand assets, so you leave with your real brand kit and templates built rather than a practice set.

What you'll be able to do

  • Set up a brand kit holding your logos, colour palette and fonts, and apply it to a template in one step.
  • Judge which jobs belong in Express and which still need Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign, and move a file between them.
  • Build a locked template where colleagues can change the headline and image but not the logo, margins or colours.
  • Produce one campaign design as a feed post, a story and a web banner using resize, without rebuilding the layout.
  • Clean up a supplied photograph with quick actions, including removing a background and cropping to a required shape.
  • Generate an image and a text treatment with the Firefly features built into Express, and check the Content Credentials on the result.
  • Animate a static post and export it as a short looping file suited to a social feed.
  • Cut a twenty second vertical video with trimmed clips, a music bed at a sensible level and readable captions.
  • Run a review cycle using shared libraries, comments and approval so a post is signed off before it is published.
  • Export the right file for each destination, including a print-ready PDF for a flyer and correctly sized files for each social platform.

Who it is for

  • Social media managers and content coordinators publishing several posts a week
  • Marketing executives in small teams with no in-house designer
  • Internal communications and HR staff producing announcements, posters and slide graphics
  • Small business owners and online sellers running their own social channels
  • Designers who need to hand safe, locked templates to non-designer colleagues

What you need first

  • No prior design experience is needed, and no previous Adobe software experience is assumed.
  • You should be comfortable with your own computer and with working in a browser.
  • Bring your logo files, brand colours and fonts if you have them, so the exercises use your own material.

Upcoming dates

Upcoming dates, with prices and places remaining
When How Where Places Price Book
22 Sep 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 Live online Online Places available $425.00
29 Sep 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 In person Places available $510.00
13 Oct 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 Live online Online Places available $425.00
3 Nov 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 Live online Online Places available $425.00
10 Nov 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 In person Places available $510.00
24 Nov 2026 09:00–16:00 +0530 Live online Online Places available $425.00
Start any time Self-paced Online Always available $49.00

What we cover

About 6 hours of taught content

Morning, part 1 — Express, and where it fits

The workspace, plan differences, and an honest line between what Express should do and what it should not.

  • The Express workspace, home, projects and file management 25 min
  • What Express is good at, and what still belongs in Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign 20 min
  • Starting from a template and from a blank canvas at a set size 30 min
Morning, part 2 — Brand kits and templates that hold

Building the brand kit, applying it, and locking a template so colleagues cannot break it.

  • Brand kit setup: logos, colour palette, fonts and how they appear to the team 30 min
  • Applying the brand to an existing template and fixing what does not translate 25 min
  • Building a locked template: editable headline and image, fixed logo, margins and colours 30 min
Afternoon, part 1 — A campaign set in three sizes

One design produced at feed, story and banner sizes, with image clean-up and generative help.

  • Layout basics that keep a post readable: hierarchy, spacing, contrast and safe areas 25 min
  • Resize: feed post, story and web banner from one design 25 min
  • Quick actions on a supplied photograph: remove background, crop, convert and compress 20 min
  • Firefly features inside Express: generating an image and a text treatment, and checking Content Credentials 15 min
Afternoon, part 2 — Motion and short video

Animating a post and cutting a short vertical video that works with the sound off.

  • Animating a static post: element animation, timing and export as a looping file 25 min
  • Video timeline: trimming clips, ordering scenes and adding a music bed at a sensible level 25 min
  • Captions and on-screen text that stay readable on a phone with the sound off 20 min
Afternoon, part 3 — Team workflow, publishing and output

Sharing, review and approval, then getting the right file out for each destination.

  • Shared libraries, comments, versions and an approval step before anything is published 10 min
  • Scheduling and publishing to connected channels, where your plan includes it 10 min
  • Export: platform sizes, file types and a print-ready PDF for a flyer 10 min
  • Exam objectives review and a timed practice task 15 min

Who teaches it

MyLearnPlus Adobe Faculty

Adobe Certified Professionals teaching the Creative Cloud track

The Creative Cloud track is taught by a small pool of practising designers, retouchers, editors and production artists rather than by one trainer with a broad brochure. Everyone who teaches on this track has to meet the same standard before they take a class: a current Adobe Certified Professional credential in the application they teach, obtained through Certiport in the same way we tell learners to obtain theirs, and recent production experience in a studio, agency or in-house team. Teaching Photoshop here means you still retouch files for clients. Teaching InDesign means you still send documents to print and deal with what comes back. Instructors work on the current Creative Cloud release, and they are expected to know the published exam objectives for the courses that prepare learners for an Adobe exam.

Classes are staffed one instructor per cohort, and the instructor for your date is named in your joining instructions before the course starts. A new instructor teaches the MyLearnPlus syllabus under observation before running it alone, so the exercise files, the workbook and the sequence of a day are the same whoever is in front of you. Large private cohorts are staffed with a second assisting instructor so that nobody waits with a hand up, and hybrid sessions with remote joiners are run with someone watching the online room. If an instructor has to be replaced at short notice the substitute teaches the same syllabus from the same materials, and we tell you before the day rather than on it.

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What's included

  • Class recording, available for 12 months
  • Exercise files, sample brand assets and video clips used in class, yours to keep
  • Course workbook covering every step demonstrated in class
  • Practice questions written against the Adobe Certified Professional exam domains
  • Social sizing reference sheet and a template checklist for team handover
  • MyLearnPlus certificate of completion
  • Instructor email support after the class for questions on the exercises

Certification

Prepares for the Adobe Certified Professional in Adobe Express exam

Adobe Certified Professional exams are set and awarded by Adobe through Certiport. This course prepares you for one; it does not award it, and no course can guarantee a pass.

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Questions people ask

Do I need my own laptop?
Yes, for live online and for the classroom in Colombo, so the brand kit and templates you build stay in your own account and are usable on Monday. Express runs in a browser, so the machine does not need to be powerful, but a stable connection matters because the files live in the cloud. Bring your logo, fonts and brand colours if you have them.
Is Adobe Express free, or do I need to pay for it?
The course fee covers the training, not a subscription. Express has a free tier that covers a good deal of the day, and paid plans add brand kits with more control, template locking, scheduling, larger generative credit allowances and premium assets. We send a note with the joining instructions explaining which exercises need a paid plan so you can decide before the class rather than during it.
I already use Canva. Is there a reason to switch?
This course does not argue the case for you. The practical differences worth knowing are that Express is inside the Adobe account and Creative Cloud Libraries you may already pay for, it opens Photoshop and Illustrator files with layers intact, it uses Firefly for generative work with Content Credentials attached, and it has an Adobe Certified Professional exam behind it. If your designers work in Creative Cloud and your marketers do not, that handover is where Express earns its place.
Do you issue a certificate?
Yes. You receive a MyLearnPlus certificate of completion recording the course title, the hours and the date. It is a record of training, not an Adobe credential. The Adobe Certified Professional in Adobe Express certification is a separate exam sat with Certiport, and the voucher is bought separately.
What happens if I miss the class?
The session is recorded and available to you for twelve months, and the exercise files are supplied, so you can work through the parts you missed. If you would rather sit it live again, every live booking includes one free repeat of the same class, with the terms shown on the booking page for each date.
Can you run this for our whole team on our own brand?
Yes, and it is the better option for most teams. In a private class the exercises use your logos, colours, fonts and real campaign material, so you finish the day with your actual brand kit and locked templates built and shared, rather than a practice set. We run private classes live online or at your office, and can split a large team across two dates.
Can my employer be invoiced?
Yes. We invoice organisations against a purchase order, in LKR for Sri Lankan companies and in USD internationally. Send the billing details and the names of the people attending and we will hold the seats while the invoice is processed.

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