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QUT · Postgraduate academic work

Understand the audience.
Make the message matter.

Consumer research, communications planning and customer trust across food brands, the creator economy, public advocacy and tourism.

Academic projects and case studies from my Master of Business. The organisations named are the subjects of the assignments.

AMN423

Consumer insight report

Food · Consumer goods · Brand marketing

Vegemite consumer insight

Investigate a consumer challenge for Vegemite in Australia’s increasingly multicultural market, including people who did not acquire the taste during childhood.

My contribution

I combined market, competitor and consumer analysis to identify a consumer tension and develop a usable insight. The report connected marketplace research with the question of how a familiar brand can understand audiences with different experiences.

Methods & tools

  • Situation analysis
  • Consumer analysis
  • Competitor research
  • Research synthesis
  • Insight development

AMN426

Communications strategy & campaign planning

Creator economy · Digital agency · Social commerce

Hazzrd integrated communications

Develop an integrated marketing communications response for emerging TikTok LIVE creators.

My contribution

I translated audience and communication analysis into personas, objectives, content pillars, channel roles and campaign concepts. The work included copy, video scripting, short- and long-form content approaches, calendars and measurement planning across TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube and email marketing.

Methods & tools

  • Audience personas
  • Integrated communications
  • Content & channel strategy
  • Copywriting
  • Video scripting
  • Campaign measurement

AMN425

Campaign evaluation & relaunch recommendations

Government · Climate advocacy · Public diplomacy

Tuvalu First Digital Nation / COP31

Evaluate an international digital advocacy campaign and recommend an approach to a future relaunch.

My contribution

I examined strategic coherence, mobilisation, digital communication, social-media use and measurement. Rumelt’s strategy tests helped structure the evaluation and connect the campaign’s public-interest purpose with recommendations for future activity.

Methods & tools

  • Digital strategy evaluation
  • Rumelt’s strategy tests
  • Social-media strategy
  • Campaign evaluation
  • Recommendations

MGN532

Research design & analysis plan

Tourism · Hospitality · Customer trust

OceanVista Cruises trust research

Design research into rebuilding customer and stakeholder trust following viral-outbreak concerns in a cruise setting.

My contribution

I connected crisis communication, health-risk perception, trust recovery, safety and responsible operations with a structured research approach. The work covered literature review, research design, data-analysis planning, ethics, stakeholder reporting and research timelines.

Methods & tools

  • Research design
  • Literature review
  • Analysis planning
  • Research ethics
  • Crisis communication
  • Stakeholder reporting

The connection

Building on
the experience.

Player-focused QA starts with how someone experiences a product. This work expands that perspective into consumer behaviour, communication and trust.

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