Marketing Students on Reframing Negative Portrayals of Migrant Workers

Podcast, 26 July 2021

By Haley St. Dennis , Head of Just Transitions, IHRB

In this special episode of Voices, we welcome students undertaking their Masters degree in Marketing at Hult International Business School in London, to showcase their innovative thinking behind a competition and challenge around the perception of migrant workers. 

 

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Devised to expose students to some of the challenges they may face in their future careers, four teams applied their formal marketing skills to answering this question: how can IHRB help to reframe negative portrayals of migrant workers in a more positive light, as the agents of economic vitality that they are?

The result? Fascinating presentations where the winning team’s solution sought to influence positive attitudes towards migrant workers in Singapore through a strategic campaign, digital and event communications plan, from Bushra Sabir, Jian Liu and Keomony Sen

The second team’s pitch centred on the use of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) as an innovative, current and disruptive approach to centring migrant workers’ stories through art and collaboration – from Philip Lanzerits, Jacqueline Bittricher, Daria Korkunova, Jacopo Nico and Andrea Franzetti.

 

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Jump-to points: 

PART I: #InvisibleHeroes Team (00:01-23:41)
(02:46) Why Singapore? 
(07:23) A 3 pronged strategy: Social media + cultural fairs + employee engagement
(09:34) Scaling migrant workers stories on social media
(12:50) The power of cultural fairs in making human connection
(16:04) Breaking down silo’s across employees through mentoring
(20:15) The importance of branding and messaging to tell stories effectively
 
PART II: #NFTs Team (23:41-43:30)
(24:29) What are non-fungible tokens (NFTs)?
(26:13) How to connect NFTs, art, and migrant workers
(27:45) The disruptive potential of NFTs
(29:55) Artists uptake of NFTs
(33:36) Using NFTs to elevate migrants’ stories 
(35:52) A London showcase - an arts and migrant hub