Advertising & Media Campaign Development (Winter 2021: 3-yr diploma students)

MARK 2063
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George Brown College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SM
Professor
1
General
  • Diploma; Capstone, 3rd year
  • 40 learners; teams of 5
  • 20 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 1 projects wanted
  • Ontario, Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Startup, Social enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Incubator, Large enterprise, Sole proprietorship
  • Food & beverage, Manufacturing, Apparel & fashion, Marketing & advertising, Cosmetics & beauty, Sports & fitness, Sales, Retail, Entertainment, Hospitality, Business services, Telecommunications, Technology, Environment, Consumer goods & services, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Travel & tourism, Business & management, Liquor, wine & spirits
Categories
General Communications Market research Marketing strategy Media
Skills
problem solving promotional strategy presentation skills marketing strategy integrated marketing communications
Project timeline
  • January 13, 2021
    Experience start
  • January 30, 2021
    Client Project Briefing to Students
  • April 17, 2021
    Experience end
Overview
Details

Do you need a marketing campaign (digital and traditional) to promote your product or service?

Engage our Digital & Traditional Marketing undergrad diploma students to develop an integrated marketing plan and campaign, including:

  • Digital channels: social media, content, mobile, search
  • Traditional channels: video, radio, print, direct mail

Guiding requirements for organization:

  • Ontario-located
  • Consumer-based good or service
  • Brand standards (e.g.: logo, positioning)
  • Established or start up organization

Learner skills
Problem solving, Promotional strategy, Presentation skills, Marketing strategy, Integrated marketing communications
Deliverables

The top 1-2 groups, as determined by the instructor, will present their integrated marketing campaign proposal to you. You will be provided with a Written Plan and a Pitch Presentation, which will contain:

  • Proposed digital and traditional marketing strategy
  • Background, Insights, benefits, support, target
  • Creative idea/theme
  • Recommended media tactics
  • Visual creative mock up for each tactic
  • Sources, bibliographic references
Project Examples

To deliver their project, the student groups will take the following steps (project plans/campaigns are confidential):

  1. Write a creative brief to guide project - including a creative campaign idea/theme
  2. Flesh out the creative campaign idea/theme in multiple digital and traditional channels
  3. Recommend tactics and media plan that fit within a budget
  4. Provide a media blocking chart and visual creative mock ups
Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Company Brief - provide a written (2-3 page) background document on the company, including: history, industry, competition, objectives, positioning, past marketing.

Personal Contact - be available for a phone call with the instructor to initiate relationship and confirm fit for the course, then provide a dedicated contact to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.