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Dynamic Branding Certificate Program

Two week immersive certificate program

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Dates TBA
DBR 001: TBA
Time: Monday to Thursday from 10am to 6pm
Tuition: $4,200

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Unlike static branding which focuses on consistency and repetition, dynamic branding process creates a balance between the constants and the variables to amplify messaging through the use of visual properties, time, motion, sound, and interactivity. It is particularly powerful for digital and experiential media channel touch points between a brand and its target audience. With social media’s role in corporate marketing continuing to expand, opportunities for this type of experiential brand expressions are being explored by some of the most innovative companies in the world such as Casa da Musica, MTV, Spotify, and the MIT Media Lab.

This Summer noncredit certificate program introduces the theories, principles, and skills of dynamic brand design and strategy. Advanced concepts and techniques such as fluid identity, data-driven strategy and design, as well as generative design and experiential branding are also discussed. This curriculum is designed for professionals who want to expand their knowledge and skill set in digital design as well as entrepreneurs looking to launch a brand or a start-up company.

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What You Will Learn

  • Formulate dynamic branding concepts and positioning with a focus on screen based and experiential media
  • Create dynamic brand identities that tie with an overarching brand strategy
  • Develop prototypes for data-driven and generative design concepts
  • Apply multisensory design principles to dynamic branding system for various digital and experiential media platforms
  • Apply strategic planning and develop the concept for a brand activation campaign
  • Develop creative solutions collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team to achieve project results

Why FIT?

  • Classes taught by an interdisciplinary team of award winning experts in the field
  • Earn a certificate from FIT, a world-renowned design school
  • Curriculum Designed by FIT's Creative Technology & Design (CT&D) subject area which is a leader in digital design education
  • Advanced pedagogy balancing practical knowledge and creative principles

Meet Our Faculty

C.J. YehC.J. Yeh, Founder & Creative Director, Cynda Media Lab
C.J. Yeh is a world renowned expert in dynamic branding and digital art. Yeh has published eight books to date, several of which have been adopted by universities in Taiwan as textbooks. His work has been exhibited at some of the most famous museum in the world including MAXXI Museum (Rome), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei), and New Museum (New York). Yeh has won multiple teaching awards including the FIT President’s Award for Faculty Excellence, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Adobe Educators’ Choice Awards.
Click to watch Prof. Yeh's TED talk on flexible branding

Christie ShinChristie Shin, Partner & Design Director, Cynda Media Lab
Christie Shin has more than 25 years of professional experience as an educator, creative consultant, and design director specializing in branding, typography, UX/UI design, and product design. Shin is one of the most award winning designers in the world receiving over 30 international design awards since 2012. Currently, Shin is an associate professor at FIT, where she was awarded the 2017 FIT Faculty Excellence Award.
Click to see Prof. Shin's design on CyndaMediaLab.com

Joe StaluppiJoe Staluppi, Associate Professor, Advertising & Digital Design BFA, FIT
Joe Staluppi is the Advertising Design Curriculum Chairperson at FIT where he has updated the curriculum so that it prepares the students for creative excellence in the digital age. Staluppi has done many brand campaigns for clients such as Crest, Norelco, Pampers, Black & Decker, New Jersey Tourism and Lottery while working at Y&R, DMB&B, Bozell and McCann Erickson. Those campaigns won over 50 creative awards including The One Show, The Clio, The ANDY, The ADDY, and the CA Advertising Annual and Adweek’s Best Spots.
Click to see Prof. Staluppi's work on JoeStaluppi.com

Audrey ArbeenyAudrey Arbeeny, Owner and Executive Producer, Audiobrain
As Owner and Emmy™ Award-Winning Executive Producer/ Creative Director for Audiobrain, a globally recognized sonic branding boutique dedicated to the intentional development of music and sound. With over 20 years of experience, she is recognized throughout the world as a pioneer in sonic branding. Audiobrain has consistently stayed leaders in this field through innovation, research, education, advanced technological skills, and forward- thinking initiatives for some of the world’s largest brands.
Click to visit Prof. Arbeeny’s Audiobrain company website

Emily FrostEmily Frost, Manager of Brand Creative, Faherty Brand
Emily Frost is a multidisciplinary designer passionate about building brands with purpose. As the Manager of Brand Creative at an up and coming retail startup, Emily leads a multidisciplinary creative team in the development of all brand marketing from concept to execution. A strong advocate for data influencing design, Emily is a pixel pusher, a big thinker, and completely enthralled by human behavior. Emily is a graduate of the FIT Advertising Design and Creative Technology programs and now serves on the CT&D Advisory Board at FIT.

Center for Continuing and Professional Studies (CCPS)

FIT's CCPS offers credit and noncredit courses in fashion, business, design, computer technology, and marketing, as well as a range of certificate programs to help you enter and advance in the fashion and related industries. With short seminars, multi-session courses, and flexible schedules, you can learn at a time and pace you can manage and afford.

Creative Technology & Design (CT&D)

The CT&D program area was founded with a mission to elevate students’ understanding of advanced design concepts as well as their command of cutting-edge technology, CT&D at FIT provides a flexible curriculum and an empowering transdisciplinary learning environment. Our pedagogical goal is to nurture the next generation of creative technologists who will design digital products, platforms, and creative solutions that improve people’s lives.

CT&D Advisory Board

C.J. Yeh, Program Director, Founder / Creative Director, Cynda Media Lab 
Christie Shin, Program Coordinator, Partner / Design Director, Cynda Media Lab 
Paul Kim, Vice President of Strategy, North America HQ at Samsung Electronics 
Allison Ceraso, President and Chief Experience Officer, Havas Health Plus 
Marcin Ramocki, Chairman, MFA in Media Arts, New Jersey City University 
Akiko Rokube, Creative Director, PwC Experience Center 
Jennifer Bruno, Director of Product, Fusion Media Group 
Ben Morejon, Creative Director, Anomaly 
Emily Frost, Manager of Brand Creative, Faherty Brand

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