ADV 283UIUC

Advertising & Brand Strategy

This course is designed to help students acquire brand decision-making skills. Advertising and marketing theories, practical problems and traditional cases will be studied as they learn to build a strong brand strategy that will lead to a strong brand advertising strategy. This encompasses every facet of making advertising decisions for a brand. This involves understanding the content a consumer requires, how the consumer will come in contact with the brand, and what is the goal of the connection between consumer and content/contact.

Topics:

  1. Brand identity & personality
  2. Target audiences & consumer insights
  3. Strategic goals & research
  4. Brand auditing & competitive insights
  5. Brand positioning
  6. How brand strategy drives advertising strategy
  7. Ad strategy: concept
  8. Ad strategy: content + design
  9. Ad strategy: contact
  10. Ad strategy: campaign
  11. Brands in (a) crisis