Assignment:
Create a 3000 words:
Task
You are required to complete a professional report/plan that demonstrates your ability to meet the learning outcomes of the module.
PART ONE:
You are required to:
• Critically appraise the concept of "integrated marketing communications" and how this relates to other areas of marketing and business management
Using credible academic and practitioner sources to inform your work produce a short (approximately 800 words) literature review in which you appraise the IMC concept and the role it performs.
PART TWO:
• Select a brand from those listed and critically evaluate the key elements of the marketing communications mix
o Scanteak Singapore (furniture retailer in Singapore)
o Jetstar Asia Airways (low-fares airline in Singapore)
o Thai Express (Thai-style quick service restaurant in Singapore)
o Volkswagen Singapore (automobile in Singapore)
o Estheva Spa (health spa in Singapore)
Tong Garden (packaged nuts & snacks in Singapore)
Thoroughly research the communications activities of your chosen brand, using a variety of recent, credible sources. If you wish, you may narrow the focus of your investigation to consider a specific marketing communications' campaign undertaken by the brand you choose from the list above in Singapore or another approved country or global market perspective.
• Make recommendations for an integrated marketing communications plan
Building on your evaluation and using the SOSTAC model (addressed during the lectures & workshops) recommend an integrated marketing communications' plan and campaign for your chosen brand wishing to target a new, clearly defined, market/market segment.