Marketing and Applied Marketing Strategy - 2026 Winter Session

MKT3010
Open Closing on December 5, 2025 / 3 spots left
Conestoga College
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
She / Her
Professor
(4)
7
Timeline
  • January 5, 2026
    Experience start
  • April 17, 2026
    Experience end
Experience
1/4 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Ontario, Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Communications Competitive analysis Market expansion Product or service launch Sales strategy
Skills
competitive analysis situation analysis market analysis marketing business development creativity new product development
Student goals and capabilities

The project is the focus of a third-year course in which students work in small groups to develop new marketing and business development strategies for a live client. Students will take the information learned throughout their 3- years within the Advanced Marketing Program and apply this knowledge and creativity to help find new opportunities for a selected business.Students focus in on completing competitive analysis, market analysis, developing new product ideas, offering new distribution ideas, and marketing and advertising concepts.


Students

Students
Graduate
Intermediate levels
30 students
Project
30 hours per student
Facilitators assign students to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Based on the clients needs, students will craft a research strategy to better understand the market, consumer needs, and key opportunities and threats. Taking this key information the student will then develop strategic recommendations to support findings. These recommendations will be in accordance with the Client's needs and wants. This could include, go to market strategies, social media marketing campaign ideas, content ideas, web ideas etc. There are many areas of expertise that students can apply to support the unique needs of the client.

Project timeline
  • January 5, 2026
    Experience start
  • April 17, 2026
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Companies that are interested in students coming up with new ideas for their company specific to: secondary marketing research, product, pricing, diversification, market, competitive positioning, and business development.

Additional company criteria

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

  • Q1 - Text short
    What challenges is your company or organization currently undergoing that could use business development, strategic, or marketing assistance?
  • Q2 - Text short
    Can you meet weekly/bi-weekly with the students?  *
  • Q3 - Text short
    What does mentorship look like from you?