Thursday, August 28, 2025

Week 1 Blog Post

Hello! This year I am in MUSE 489 and starting work on my thesis. As a Museum Studies and Advertising and Public Relations double major, I was a bit stuck on my idea. Last spring, I helped Dr. Decker with a sticker design for the MISHA Lab on Campus for their table at Imagine RIT, and I spent my summer co-op working on marketing. I decided that for my thesis I would like to create an advertising campaign for MISHA, as it would help me gain experience working on advertising and marketing, but from a cultural heritage perspective as I plan to work in the museums field. I enjoyed working with MISHA in IMGS 115: Cultural Heritage Imaging during my Fall 2024 Semester, as well as another project I worked on using MISHA during the Spring 2025 Semester. I feel that with my experience through class (while minimal) provides enough context and understanding for me to create an effective advertising campaign for the program. I came up with this idea over summer, and felt that a more hands on project would help provide real world experience and allow me to understand the function of advertising and marketing in a cultural heritage setting. I am looking forward to sharing my progress this semester!

2 comments:

  1. What an unique way to combine your two majors! This would also be great to add to your portfolio!

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  2. Jesse, this is going to be such a useful project, as well as a way to combine your interests and backgrounds, since you have already taken the cultural heritage imaging class, and have a background in the subect. Some things to think about: multi language format for any visual or graphic; developing a brand identity (font, color palette, and tagline), as well as letterhead/format for our materials. We are going to be doing some online learning and publications. . . Keep going!

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