Brand Management

BUSI4114
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Lakehead University
Lakehead University - Faculty of Business Administration Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
JM
Joel Mohr He / Him
Assistant Professor of Marketing
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General
  • Undergraduate; 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year
  • 25 learners; teams of 5
  • 16 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
  • 1/1 project matches
  • Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any company type
  • Any industries
Categories
Marketing Branding & style guides Advertising Digital marketing Marketing strategy Social media marketing
Skills
brand strategy brand architecture marketing brand marketing brand management loyalty programs mock ups
Project timeline
  • September 20, 2023
    Experience start
  • September 27, 2023
    Company is introduced via zoom
  • October 27, 2023
    First stage report completed
  • November 24, 2023
    Second stage report completed
  • November 27, 2023
    Student Presentations
  • November 30, 2023
    Experience end
Overview
Details

-This course at Lakehead University (Brand Management 4114) is an upper-level undergraduate course for business students.

-Students will develop a branding strategy report that provides recommendations for:

1) Identifying and developing a brand plan:

  • Positioning the brand to maximize competitive advantage
  • Fostering brand resonance to create customer loyalty and customer relationships
  • Fleshing out a brand value chain detailing how brand equity can be built.

2) Designing and implementing a brand marketing program:

  • Recommending improvements and optimization of brand elements
  • Integrating the brand into marketing activities
  • Leveraging secondary brand associations

3) Measuring and interpreting brand performance:

  • Building an actionable plan for measuring brand performance and understanding the results

4) Growing and sustaining brand equity:

  • Defining brand architecture and brand portfolio
  • Developing a set of strategies for growing brand equity over time


Learner skills
Brand strategy, Brand architecture, Marketing, Brand marketing, Brand management, Loyalty programs, Mock ups
Deliverables

-Deliverables to the employer will take the form of a formal, professional report with recommended courses of action and sample mock-ups that the students will create.

Project Examples

-Recommendations could include:

  1. How to improve branded social media pages and other community sites (e.g., blogs)
  2. How to design brand-building events in person and online (e.g., pop-ups, soft-launches, Q&A)
  3. Designing a marketing mix plan (e.g., advertisements, promotions) which clearly positions your brand in a positive, differentiated manner within consumer's minds
  4. How to improve a brand's aesthetic (e.g., logo, colours, slogan, etc.)