Interdisciplinary Communication: Strategic Storytelling and Creative Content

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RMIT University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jan Brueggemeier
Lecturer
(3)
3
Timeline
  • July 20, 2021
    Experience start
  • August 4, 2021
    Project Briefing
  • August 25, 2021
    Work-in-progress Check-in
  • September 29, 2021
    Project Pitches
  • October 3, 2021
    Project Report and Showcase Website
  • October 31, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
2/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Australia
Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Large enterprise, Any, Family-Owned
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Media
Skills
branding strategy research strategic storytelling creative content
Learner goals and capabilities

In this twelve-week studio, held in Melbourne, students from Professional Communication, specializing in Advertising, Journalism, Media and Public Relations are working in small interdisciplinary teams on communication projects.

Combining the best of the communication world, students apply communication research methods and human-centered design processes to offer innovative communication solutions to real-world problems.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Any level
112 learners
Project
32 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Communication campaign and creative content (concept creation and collateral design)

  • A tailored communication solution for a problem identified in a client brief based on strategic communication analysis, end-user research and creative concept generation.
  • Prototype development for communication collateral and creative content including prototype testing with end-users

Communication plan

  • After client feedback for final project pitch, each project will provide a project report including a communication plan outlining strategy and project execution

Client presentation

  • A 5min client presentation (ideally live or in case of timezone clash: pre-recorded)

Showcase website

  • A comprehensive project website that showcase the complete project and its collateral
Project timeline
  • July 20, 2021
    Experience start
  • August 4, 2021
    Project Briefing
  • August 25, 2021
    Work-in-progress Check-in
  • September 29, 2021
    Project Pitches
  • October 3, 2021
    Project Report and Showcase Website
  • October 31, 2021
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

We are happy to negotiate the exact project outcomes in order to better suit specific client needs.

Our usual project deliverables are:

  • Communication campaign and creative content (concept creation and collateral design)
  • Communication plan
  • Client presentation
  • Showcase website

Previous studio clients of RMIT Professional Communication range from the corporate, social enterprise, local government and independent media sector. It includes ANZ, Edelman, Viva Energy, The Conversation, By All Means, Parks Victoria, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation and WIDGET (Women In Development (Games & Everything Tech)) among others.

Selected student projects from previous years from Singapore and Melbourne (2nd year undergraduate)

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

30min Work-in-progress Check-in (5 groups) on May 12th 2020 -- asynchronous (email/private forum)

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

10min Course briefing session on May 8th 2020 -- either in real-time (skype/zoom) 10:30am SGP time or pre-recorded video PLUS Q'n'A - if possible

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

60min Project Pitch presentations on May15h 2020 either in real-time (skype/zoom) between 12-3pm am SGP time or pre-recorded including specific group feedback by the client