Dr Ioana Stoica

Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing

Ioana Stoica

I am a Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing and an advocate for a hands-on approach to marketing. I am also a marketing consultant and a researcher interested in new forms of branding, participatory approaches, brand co-creation and place branding.ÌýAs a consultant, I am working with numerous SMEs to help develop and communicate their brands to local, national and international audiences.Ìý

Currently, I am teaching undergraduates and I also supervise a series of marketing, digital marketing and international business PhD students.ÌýBefore undertaking an academic career, I worked in the advertising and marketing communication industries, as a GUI, designer and marketer for a number of start-ups and medium-size businesses and freelancer projects.

Qualifications

  • Executive Education - Digital Marketing: Disruptive Strategy Programme - Said Business School, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Oxford
  • PhD – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ - ‘Investigating Residents and Municipality Processes of Co-creation in Branding Luton – A Place with a Negative Reputation’
  • MSc Digital Marketing – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (Distinction)
  • BA (Hons) Advertising Design – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½

Research Interests

  • Co-branding and Stakeholder involvement in branding activities
  • Participatory practices
  • Place Branding and Co-creation: residents’ involvement in branding activities
  • Place Image and Reputation
  • Marketing and Branding for non-profit organisations
  • Digital Marketing strategies
  • Pedagogy in HE

Teaching Expertise

  • Marketing and Branding StrategiesÌý
  • Advertising
  • Consumer Behaviour & Psychology
  • Marketing Communication in the digital age
  • Social media content creation
  • Brand Communication and Reputation Management
  • Global Marketing StrategiesÌý
  • Marketing for SMEsÌý
  • Data analytics: Google Analytics
  • Experiential Marketing
  • Visual Branding
  • Research Methods

Other References and External Roles

Publications

  • Taecharungroj, V.ÌýandÌýStoica, I.S.Ìý(2023), "Assessing place experiences in Luton and Darlington on Twitter with topic modelling and AI-generated lexicons",ÌýJournal of Place Management and Development, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.Ìý
  • Stoica I. S., Kavaratzis M., Schwabenland C., Haag M. (2022) Place Brand Co-Creation through Storytelling: Benefits, Risks and Preconditions.ÌýTourism and Hospitality3(1):15-30
  • ElÌýBanna, A. and Stoica, I., S. (2021) 'From participation to transformation:Ìý
    The multiple roles of residents in the place brand creation process', in Papadopoulos, N. and Cleveland, M. (eds.) Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands: Identity and Image. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd,
  • Stoica, I. S. (2020). ‘Book Review’. Review ofÌýImaginative communities: Admired cities, regions and countries, by RobertÌýGovers.ÌýGovernance, 33 (3), pp. 726-727.
  • Jankowska, M., Coleman, S.,ÌýRainford, J., Stoica, I., Pac, A., Christian, A.,ÌýSyngouna, M.ÌýTsoukala, A.,ÌýAdewuyi, A. & Barker, D. ‘Bilingual Creative Writing Clubs: An ecology for cross-cultural learning’,ÌýLifewideÌýMagazine, 17, p 86-92.

Conferences and Presentations

  • Stoica, I., S. (October 2023) 'Place Brand Storytelling: Theory vs Practice', Guest Talk for MA Place Branding at Middlesex ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, London, UK
  • Stoica, I. S. & Kavaratzis, M (October 2023) ‘Dimensions of Place Brand Co-creation with residents’ at The 7th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association, Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Gonzalez, L., R; El Banna A. & Stoica I. S. (October 2023) ‘Making sense of the city through running: a residents’ perspective’ at the IPBA2023 Art Gallery, Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Stoica I. S. (June 2023) Storytelling as a place brand co-creation tool: advantages and disadvantages’ Guest speker, Manchester Metropolitan ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Manchester, UK
  • Stoica, I. S. & Kavaratzis, M. (June 2023) ‘Challenges and opportunities of co-creation through storytelling in places facing reputational difficulties’ at ICOT2023 -Annual Conference Innovative Sustainable Practices in Travel and Tourism Recovery and Resilience, Cyprus
  • Stoica, I., S. (March 2023) ‘Creating growth through Marketing’ at SEMLEP Creating Growth Event, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Bedford, Uk
  • Stoica, I., S. (December 2022) ‘Social Marketing and Branding: Creating a Brand Identity; Key note speaker, MSA ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Egypt
  • Stoica, I. S.; El-Banna, A., & Kavaratzis, M., (October 2022) 'The Drivers and Inhibitors of Residents’ Participatory Role in Place Branding', The 6th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association, Aix-Marseille ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Scutaru, V. & Stoica I. S. (September 2022) ‘Practice-based learning: Marketing competitions created through Innovation and Enterprise projects’, Learning and Teaching Excellence Conference, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton UK
  • Stoica, I. S. & Kavaratzis, M. (June 2022) 'The co-creation of place brands and the role of residents', ICOT2022 - Back to the future: Reconfiguring the travel industry?, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
  • Stoica, I. S.; Kavaratzis, M.; Schwabenland, C. & Haag, M. (October 2021) 'Exploring processes of co-creation between residents and municipality in the context of places with a negative reputation – a case study of Luton', The 5th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Stoica, I. S. (June 2020) 'Exploring processes of co-creation - Qualitative study and ethnographic approach', CIBAM- Centre for International Business and Marketing Event, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton, UK
  • Stoica, I. S. (January 2020) 'Re-branding places with negative reputation - A case study of Luton', CLI- Centre for Leadership Innovation Event, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton, UK.
  • Stoica, I. S. (January 2020) 'Exploring processes of co-creation between residents and municipality in the context of places with negative reputation in a case study of Luton', Business and Management Research Institute Annual Day, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton, UK.
  • Stoica, I. S.; El Banna, A., & Papadopoulos, N. (November 2019) 'An examination of place brand co-creation and its relationship with place reputation: the role of residents', The 4th Annual Conference of the International Place Branding Association, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
  • Stoica, I. S. (May 2019) 'Re-branding Luton’s negative reputation using brand co-creation', Annual Research Conference - Global Challenges, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton, UK.
  • Stoica, I. S. (March 2019) 'Using social media tools and analytics, business training for young people', Youth Network, Dragon’s Den Training at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Luton, UK.

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