Marketing Communications
Individual Assignment
Instructions
Task Description:
Select a well-known brand that you are familiar
with. You could choose one from the Banking, Airline, Hospitality, Fashion,
Automotive, Technology or FMCG industries.
Undertake individual research and
complete both Part A and Part B of the assignment.
Submit both parts on to Turn-It-In as one file.
Part A: Research
assignment
Research and write a 2,000-word individual report describe and analyze brand elements, brand equity, loyalty
activities, potential threats to the brand that uses a selected reputable brand to the
brand’s market positioning, brand
Suggested Report
Format
•
Brief snapshot history of the brand
•
Brand elements (logo, slogan, attributes, values
etc)
•
Brand
equity (financial value of brand, trends in brand value, value compared to main
competitors)
•
Market positioning (USP, competitive advantage,
target markets etc)
•
Brand loyalty activities (loyalty programs,
social media communities etc)
• Potential
threats to the brand (competition, economics, technology, changing market needs
etc)
•
Summary and future outlook for the brand
•
Bibliography
Part B: Media Plan
You are also required to develop and submit a 12-month integrated marketing communications plan for a campaign
relating to the brand.
The media plan should include the following
elements and should be NO LONGER THAN 1000 words in length. The emphasis in the
plan should be on the media selection and the rationale for it in terms of the
strategic marketing task and the exposure required within the target segment.
The report should include details of:
• Media/Communication
objectives (target audience, frequency, reach, coverage, key message
objectives)
• Justification/Rationale
for media selection (using relevant research, role in customer journey and
advertising theory)
• Media
schedule (justification for schedule proposed and inclusion of schedule for
first year of launch)
• Media
measurement (evaluation measures to be used to determine media success and
contingency planning)
• An indication of likely media costs
A media plan template will be available on
Moodle. Complete this template and include it in your plan. (You could take a
snippet of the plan and insert it as an image)
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