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Les Miserables: A Twitter Revolution

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Master’s Thesis research focused on creating a marketing campaign for Theatre Baton Rouge’s summer 2013 production of “Les Miserables.” The core of this research examines fan activity and audiences’ perceived realism of the characters as well as their connectedness to the narratives of the stage play, when interacting with their favorite characters through the medium of Twitter. This method of promotion was both a Revolution for the non-profit theatre, as well as a new way to look at media effects research with a quasi-experimental approach.

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This campaign required nearly a year of researching the story of “Les Miserables,” reinterpreting the narratives of the characters through their pseudo realistic Twitter personae, managing social media and distributing nearly 400 Tweets from nine character accounts, collaborating with Theatre Baton Rouge to craft messaging targeting audiences in promoting the campaign as well as promote the follow-up survey hosted on Qualtrics, and collecting data in conjunction with running analyses in SPSS to test research questions and hypotheses.

(VIDEO: TEDxLSU student speaker submission 2014; discuss research as well as the connection to both my personal interests and the purpose of TED Talks.)

Original “Les Miserables” artwork licensed to Theatre Baton Rouge for use in campaign and promotions for the production. These designs are an extension of this brand, creatively adapted for use in the campaign.

Rediscover Running Campaign – The Louisiana Marathon

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Social media and print mini-campaign created as a project for a graduate-level advertising campaigns course in the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication. Client is The Louisiana Marathon and purpose of campaign was to promote the local 5K race on the weekend of events. The message strategy here is to motivate the “everyday” casual/non-runner to join Lauren as she challenges herself to train for the race. The logos and color identity used are assets of The Louisiana Marathon, but the creative spin of the brand is unique to this campaign.

“The Seven: A New Musical”

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Directed and produced a new, original musical called “The Seven” written and created by Michael Braud (Slidell, LA).  The creative team began meeting in late summer 2012 and the show was produced at Theatre Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, LA) and Cite Des Arts (Lafayette, LA) in early 2013. I not only contributed to the project as Artistic Director/Choreographer/Producer, I also served as the Media Relations point of contact and responsible for all press and promotions. Other technical responsibilities included: Set Design, Set Construction, Lighting Design, Audio Engineering, Script/song edits, Creative Branding/Graphic Design, Social Media Promotions/Management,  and Venue Booking/Contract Negotiations.

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