Real briefs. Real brands. Real deadlines.
A team-based, strategy-to-pitch course covering the full marketing lifecycle — from market research and personas through content strategy and campaign planning, all the way to a client pitch you have to defend out loud.
Seven Modules · Three Phases · One Campaign
Seven modules that stack in a straight line: you research, you strategise, then you stand up and defend it. Nothing is hypothetical — every phase is built on a live client brief.
Turn raw data into strategic insight. Analyse real markets, define brand positioning, and build the audience personas every later decision rests on.
Turn strategy into action. Build a content engine, design integrated campaigns with real KPIs, and audit a live brand's social channels like an agency would.
The capstone. Present your full campaign to a client panel, defend every strategic choice under live questioning, and refine it on professional feedback.
Each module ends in something you can put in a portfolio, and each one feeds the next. By module seven you are not making slides — you are assembling work you already did.
Industry landscape analysis, competitor benchmarking with SWOT, consumer insight from surveys and interviews, and the trend spotting that grounds your whole strategy.
Brand identity, positioning statements, value proposition design and voice guidelines — the foundation that makes every message sound like one brand.
Data-driven personas, empathy mapping, and a full journey map from awareness to advocacy, with the content opportunity named at every touchpoint.
Content pillars, editorial calendars, and channel strategy across owned, earned and paid — plus how to allocate people and time against it.
Integrated campaigns with SMART objectives, the KPIs that actually measure them, milestone timelines, budget allocation and A/B testing.
A platform-by-platform audit of a real brand: engagement benchmarking, content performance, competitive comparison and recommendations you could send tomorrow.
Deck structure and storytelling, persuasive delivery, anticipating objections, and holding your ground in live Q&A when the clock is running.
These are not academic diagrams. They are the tools working strategists open on a Monday morning, and you will have used each one on a real brand before the term ends.
| Framework | What it is | Where you'll use it | Module |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWOT Analysis | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats — the universal strategic audit | Every market research brief and brand audit you will ever run | M1 |
| Positioning Map | Two-axis perceptual mapping of competitors by their key differentiators | Finding white space and a defensible competitive advantage | M2 |
| Journey Map | Stage-by-stage mapping from awareness through advocacy, with touchpoints | Spotting content gaps and campaign openings at every stage | M3 |
| Content Pillars | Three to five core themes that organise everything a brand publishes | Editorial calendars, social planning and brand consistency | M4 |
| SMART Objectives | Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound goal setting | Every campaign plan, KPI dashboard and performance review | M5 |
| Audit Matrix | Platform-by-platform scoring of content, engagement and growth | Competitive benchmarking and optimisation recommendations | M6 |
Five deliverables, each one a real professional artefact. They compound: the last one is built from the four that came before it.
Industry and competitor analysis with consumer insight, SWOT assessment and recommendations grounded in your own primary and secondary research.
Phase 1 · Module 1A complete identity package: positioning statement, value proposition, voice guidelines and visual direction ready for campaign work.
Phase 1 · Module 2Full campaign strategy with SMART objectives, content calendar, channel plan, budget allocation, KPI dashboard and an A/B testing plan.
Phase 2 · Modules 4–5An agency-grade audit of a real brand's social presence, with engagement benchmarks, competitive comparison and an optimisation roadmap.
Phase 2 · Module 6A polished deck that integrates every prior deliverable, presented to a client panel with live Q&A — the capstone that ties it all together.
Phase 3 · Module 7Behind every brief, pitch meeting and campaign review, the decision-maker wants to know who this is for, why it will work, and how you will prove it. This course teaches you to answer all three out loud.
"We recommend a multi-channel approach leveraging synergies across platforms to maximise engagement metrics and drive ROI."
"Your Gen Z audience spends 47 minutes a day on TikTok, and your brand has zero presence there. We fix that in eight weeks with a creator-led campaign targeting 2M impressions."
Everything you need for the semester, in one place.
With eighteen years across communications, marketing and education, Matthew Clement built this course to close the gap between classroom theory and real campaign execution. Every module runs on a live client brief with a real deadline, drawing on agency, in-house and academic experience, and on a working understanding of both Korean and international marketing practice.