How to Package and Promote a Unique Set of Majors — The Story Behind RIT’s New Economy Majors

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About the Episode

On this week’s episode of The Enrollify Podcast, Zach sits down with Kin Sejpal, the Associate Vice President, University Marketing Strategy and Creative Services at the Rochester Institute of Technology, to discuss RIT’s recently launched “New Economy Majors.”

Kin shares the story behind how (and why) the leadership team at RIT decided to select 12 majors from a variety of schools and colleges and repackage these programs as “New Economy Majors.” None of RIT’s New Economy Majors were actually new majors. Kin dives deep into the importance of packaging in higher education marketing — the “5th P” in the marketing mix — and unpacks the process her team walked through to bring this initiative to life.

You can follow Kin on Twitter or send her an email at kinsejpal@rit.edu

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Host

Zach Busekrus

Zach is the Founder of Enrollify. He thoroughly enjoys building new brands, developing and executing content marketing strategies, and hosting podcasts. When he's not working on Enrollify, he enjoys discussing life's quandaries over coffee (or a good bourbon) with friends, building Sponstayneous (his travel brand side hustle), trying out new HIIT workouts, and adventuring across the globe with his wife!

Interviewee

Kin Sejpal

Kinnari “Kin” Sejpal is the Vice President of Marketing and Communications/Chief Marketing Officer at University of Redlands where she oversees brand management, enrollment marketing, and communications and digital teams.

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