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CIM Brand Marketing Program

Program Overview

Brands are built through consistent choices about positioning, identity and customer experience, and through campaigns that bring them to life. This programme covers brand marketing in practice: brand positioning and the brand platform, visual and verbal identity, brand equity concepts from Keller and Aaker, integrated brand campaigns, brand activation and experiential marketing, digital and social brand building, and tracking brand health. Participants also examine how to build brands that resonate with Arabic-speaking and multicultural audiences in Gulf markets.

Learning Outcomes

✓Develop a brand positioning statement and brand platform covering purpose, values, personality and promise.
✓Audit brand identity elements for consistency across visual, verbal and experiential touchpoints.
✓Apply customer-based brand equity concepts to diagnose a brand's strengths and weaknesses.
✓Plan an integrated brand campaign with a creative brief, channel mix and activation ideas.
✓Adapt brand messaging and identity for Arabic-speaking and multicultural audiences.
✓Track brand health using awareness, consideration, preference and brand perception metrics.

Target Audience

Brand managers and brand executives
Marketing managers and marketing communication specialists
Creative and content leads
Agency account managers working on brand accounts

Detailed Program Modules

01Brand Fundamentals

What a brand is and how it creates value
Brand positioning and differentiation
The brand platform

02Brand Identity

Visual identity systems and guidelines
Verbal identity and tone of voice
Bilingual naming and identity in the Gulf

03Brand Equity

Keller's customer-based brand equity model
Aaker's brand equity dimensions
Brand associations and perceptions

04Brand Campaigns

Writing a creative brief
Integrated channel planning
Working with creative agencies

05Brand Activation and Experience

Experiential marketing and events
Social media and content-led brand building
Customer experience as a brand touchpoint

06Measuring Brand Performance

Brand health tracking studies
Awareness, consideration and preference metrics
Reporting brand results to leadership

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants develop a brand marketing plan for an existing or new brand: positioning statement, brand platform, identity audit findings, a creative brief for an integrated campaign and a brand health tracking plan.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by University of Malaya in CIM Brand Marketing Program

International accreditation: Global Leadership Organization (GLO)