Brand Positioning and IMC Campaign: Keurig K-Mini Mate

Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy & Brand Positioning
Project Overview
This campaign report created an entire Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) plan for the Keurig K-Mini Mate, which promotes the brewer as a "Professional Efficiency Companion" for the market segment we decided to focus on: young legal professionals such as paralegals, mediators, and court reporters. The project examined buyer psychology, brand differentiation, pricing, and communications to develop a consistent campaign with the tagline "Your Minute. Your Mate.” It suggested a two-fold appeal - rational and emotional - demonstrating how Keurig could reconcile its utilitarian value (speed, portability, affordability) with the emotional benefits of focus, balance, and professional composure.
The plan combined research-based marketing frameworks, consumer insight modelling and creative execution approaches to demonstrate how data-driven storytelling can be used to build brand equity and lifestyle resonance.
My Contributions
I was the creator of this Marketing Communications plan, including research, writing, and developing the whole report from concept to completion. I did the market analysis, brand positioning, target segmentation, pricing and distribution strategies and developed the creative message framework that pulled the campaign together under the tagline "Your Minute." Your Mate.”
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Throughout the project I utilized principles from Clow & Baack's IMC framework and Kotler & Keller's Marketing Management to create a strategy at the professional level that was balanced between data-driven insight and creative execution. This work represents my ability to build a fully-fledged campaign on my own that combines research, strategy, and storytelling - demonstrating my analytical and creative abilities as a marketing professional.
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This project was completed for my Marketing Communications (BUS 440N) course at Marist wherein I applied the concepts of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC), brand positioning and the analysis of consumer insights to a real world business situation. Through this course, I learned to bridge the gap between academic theory and campaign execution; to create cohesive strategies that integrate creative storytelling with measurable business goals.
Working on the Keurig K-Mini Mate campaign helped me strengthen my ability to:

-Develop IMC plans that are research-driven and incorporate pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies.
-Use audience segmentation and message frameworks to make brand voice work with target consumer behavior.
-Use the Hierarchy of Effects model to direct awareness and preference and purchase intent in a campaign context.

    
This experience increased my knowledge of how strategic communication shapes the value of a brand, and allowed me to gain practical experience in creating marketing materials that reflect the standards of a professional agency.
Marketing Communications - Marist University
Student
August 2022 — May 2026