Unit 2: Marketing Processes and Planning: Assignment Brief
Unit 2: Marketing Processes and Planning: Assignment Brief
Unit 2: Marketing Processes and Planning: Assignment Brief
Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID
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Unit Number and Title UNIT 2: MARKETING PROCESSES AND PLANNING (LEVEL 4)
Submission Format
The recommended word limit is 1,000–1,500 words, although you will not be penalised for going under or
exceeding the total word limit.
LO1 Explain the role of marketing and how it interrelates with other business units of an
organisation
LO2 Compare ways in which organisations use elements of the marketing mix to achieve overall
business objectives
LO3 Produce a marketing plan for an organisation that meets marketing objectives
LO4 Develop a media plan to support a marketing campaign for an organisation.
Organisation
“With COVID-19, consumers are looking towards brands more than ever to ‘do the right thing’.
McKinsey & Company reports that nearly two-thirds of consumers believe that brand’ current
reactions to and actions during COVID-19 will influence their future purchase decisions related to
these brands. As reported by Innovation Visual, nearly three-fourths of consumers believed that it
was the social responsibility of brands to assist them with their everyday lives during the pandemic
and to clearly communicate with them about how these brands were contributing to consumers’ lives
through COVID-19. One-third of consumers feel that brands should provide special discounts to help
consumers fight the economic impact of the pandemic.”
Humam, M., 2021. 2021: Marketing in a post-pandemic era. LinkedIn. Available at:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2021-marketing-post-pandemic-era-muhammad-humam/
[Accessed October 19, 2021].
Role
You are an Assistant researcher in the Marketing Department. Your role includes to identify how new
strategies can emerge from responses and reaction to crisis situation such the COVID-19 pandemic.
You need to develop a report for the Marketing Manager who, in turn, is line managed by the
Marketing Director. Once the report is completed you are required develop a media plan for your
selected product and present it to your line manager.
Your manager has asked you to develop a media plan and deliver the key finding of the media
plan through a seminar.
The comprehensive media plan that supports the planned marketing campaign, this will
include:
• a media budget
• recommendations and rationale for selected and integrated multi-media activities within the
set budget that meet the marketing objectives
• appropriate digital, offline and social media channels for communication
• full justification for a multi-media plan based on quantitative and qualitative criteria.
• Awareness campaign regarding COVID-19
Recommended Resources:
Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use
as a starting point in your research – the list is not definitive.