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ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
BRANDING PROJECT
Anna Galian, Keiko Hoen,
Sean Mohan, Matt Rosenthal
Introduction
 Why do you study at the Robins School of
Business?
Why study anywhere
else?
Current Situation: Key RSB
Stakeholders
Current
Students
Prospective
Students
Professors
Alumni
Employers
Current Situation: SWOT
Analysis
Strengths
• Students feel
strong
connection to
professors
• Strong
academic
reputation
• Small class
sizes, no
teacher’s
assistants
Weaknesses
• Weak
connection to
alumni &
employers
• No unique
brand
• Lack of clear
differentiation
from
competition
Opportunities
• Develop
unique RSB
brand to
differentiate
from
competition
• Improve
connection
with alumni
and
employers
Threats
• Competitors
with clear
brand may
attract target
students
• Chosen
branding may
not reach or
resonate with
all
stakeholders
Problem Statement
 The Robins School of Business does not
currently have a unique, clear brand
identity
 “A brand ideal of improving people’s lives is
the only sustainable way to recruit, unite, and
inspire all the people a business touches” –
Jim Stengel
 A strong brand identity can help
differentiate RSB from its competitors, and
help RSB communicate this difference to
key stakeholders
Research Design
Focus Group
- Strength of
Association
- Five fundamental
human values &
RSB
- 8 current RSB
students
Survey
- Focused on 2
specific brand ideals
and RSB
- 55 responses from
current RSB
students
Creative Brief
- Single brand ideal
- Key insights from
research
- Developed
message
How do you identify yourself to the
following people?
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
UR
RSB
Decision Criteria
Resonate
Resonate with
current students
Authenticity
Message that is
both authentic
and reflective
Differentiate
Undergraduate
business schools
Robins School of
Business students
What makes the
program and its
students unique
Applicability
Stakeholder
groups
Unified message
Speaking to
various
stakeholder
groups
effectively
DECISION MATRIX
Evoking
Pride
Enabling Connection
Impacting Society
Eliciting Joy
Inspiring
Exploration
Differentiate Resonate
Applicable to
stakeholders
ENABLING
CONNECTION
Among all undergraduate business schools Robins School of
Business stands alone as the only program that connects bright,
motivated students and professors with real-world experience to
ensure students achieve success inside and outside the
classroom.
DISCOVER. CONNECT. SUCCEED
Brand Mantra:
Positioning:
Connecting to:
Professors, students, alumni and recruiters
3 months
• Cycle out existing publications
• Collaborate with consulting team
6 months
• Launch branding campaign
12 months
• Monitor and Evaluate
• Make adjustments if necessary
IMPLEMENTATION
Lack of
awareness
 Adapt
communication
channels
Message
doesn’t
resonate
 Reevaluation and
investigate possibilities
Copyright
infringement
 Negotiate or “cease
and desist”
Research
Issues
 Expand research
and modifications in
campaign
RISKS AND CONTIGENCIES
DISCOVER. CONNECT.
SUCCEED
Research
Enabling
Connection
RSB
Differentiation
QUESTIONS?

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Robins School of Business Branding Project

  • 1. ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BRANDING PROJECT Anna Galian, Keiko Hoen, Sean Mohan, Matt Rosenthal
  • 2. Introduction  Why do you study at the Robins School of Business? Why study anywhere else?
  • 3. Current Situation: Key RSB Stakeholders Current Students Prospective Students Professors Alumni Employers
  • 4. Current Situation: SWOT Analysis Strengths • Students feel strong connection to professors • Strong academic reputation • Small class sizes, no teacher’s assistants Weaknesses • Weak connection to alumni & employers • No unique brand • Lack of clear differentiation from competition Opportunities • Develop unique RSB brand to differentiate from competition • Improve connection with alumni and employers Threats • Competitors with clear brand may attract target students • Chosen branding may not reach or resonate with all stakeholders
  • 5. Problem Statement  The Robins School of Business does not currently have a unique, clear brand identity  “A brand ideal of improving people’s lives is the only sustainable way to recruit, unite, and inspire all the people a business touches” – Jim Stengel  A strong brand identity can help differentiate RSB from its competitors, and help RSB communicate this difference to key stakeholders
  • 6. Research Design Focus Group - Strength of Association - Five fundamental human values & RSB - 8 current RSB students Survey - Focused on 2 specific brand ideals and RSB - 55 responses from current RSB students Creative Brief - Single brand ideal - Key insights from research - Developed message
  • 7. How do you identify yourself to the following people? 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 UR RSB
  • 8.
  • 9. Decision Criteria Resonate Resonate with current students Authenticity Message that is both authentic and reflective Differentiate Undergraduate business schools Robins School of Business students What makes the program and its students unique Applicability Stakeholder groups Unified message Speaking to various stakeholder groups effectively
  • 10. DECISION MATRIX Evoking Pride Enabling Connection Impacting Society Eliciting Joy Inspiring Exploration Differentiate Resonate Applicable to stakeholders
  • 11. ENABLING CONNECTION Among all undergraduate business schools Robins School of Business stands alone as the only program that connects bright, motivated students and professors with real-world experience to ensure students achieve success inside and outside the classroom. DISCOVER. CONNECT. SUCCEED Brand Mantra: Positioning: Connecting to: Professors, students, alumni and recruiters
  • 12.
  • 13. 3 months • Cycle out existing publications • Collaborate with consulting team 6 months • Launch branding campaign 12 months • Monitor and Evaluate • Make adjustments if necessary IMPLEMENTATION
  • 14. Lack of awareness  Adapt communication channels Message doesn’t resonate  Reevaluation and investigate possibilities Copyright infringement  Negotiate or “cease and desist” Research Issues  Expand research and modifications in campaign RISKS AND CONTIGENCIES

Editor's Notes

  1. Prospective students looking for a top-tier business education Professors with real-world experience seeking a high-quality academic environment Alumni looking to maintain a connection with the RSB and its current students Employers seeking undergraduate business students with exemplary analytic skills and real-world applicable experience
  2. The red here outline the decision criteria where we
  3. Brand associations Stakeholders? Connections to professors were the most valuable – yet connections to alumni and other high-caliber students as well Relationships go above and beyond Door – office hours and the doors always being open Anyone can go up to the door but only will your RSB education allow you to unlock the door to connect with faculty and students
  4. Broad to keep a unified message and applicable to all stakeholders We can add text to the ad that will tailor to each stakeholder Kept logo as is – b/c people are proud of both and there is no significance of pride between the two – logo now is accurate representation Depending on the base ad