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Steven DuPuis
Steven Dupuis

MARKETING
Lecturer of Marketing

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Twenty-five years ago in his garage, Steven DuPuis began a marketing & design agency "DuPuis." Today his entrepreneur spirit has built an international firm with offices in the US and Europe, where they provide clients with inspiring product innovation, brand development, and strategic design thinking.

Steven's philosophy and values in running a business were recognized in 2010 when his agency was one of only 44 companies to receive the 2010 WordBlu award for most democratic workplace. His creative insights have served many top tier companies including: Kellogg's, Sony, Heinz, Disney, Nestle, Bayer, PepsiCo, Guess? and ConAgra.

Steven is a frequent contributor to marketing publications as well as a guest speaker at numerous professional forums. For the last four years Steven has been a guest lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management speaking on the topic of design. His recently published book, Packaging Design Workbook, speaks to the keys of creating successful brands through the collaboration of designers and marketers.

With a passion for social responsibility, preservation and conservation, Steven has served on the board for Wildlife Friendly and led his firm to consult with numerous non-profit organizations such as the Cheetah Conservation Fund. He was also involved in the New York State Attorney General's case vs. RJ Reynolds by testifying as an expert witness on marketing to kids that resulted in a nationwide ban on selling flavored cigarettes.

His personal design work is part of the permanent collection in the U.S. Library of Congress.
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Full-Time / Part-Time MBA
Marketing-Led Innovation (MKTG-465-0)

This course counts toward the following majors: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Marketing, Marketing Management

Innovating new products and services (and new product and service features) is among the most complex challenges faced by managers. How can one generate potentially breakthrough new product and service concepts? Given an infinite world of possibilities, how does one decide which products and feature concepts to pursue? How does one get customer feedback for products and features that do not yet exist? What marketing strategy & tactics should one employ to convince customers to purchase products they might not yet know they want? How does one reconcile the introduction of new products with an existing product portfolio? The goal of this course is to introduce students to marketing principles and concepts that they can use to tackle these questions and to develop their own approach to innovating new products and services.

Design Lab (MKTG-945-0)
A special course available to all Kellogg students will be offered in the Winter quarter of this year. The course covers the intersection of design and marketing. It looks at how design and design thinking can be incorporated into marketing thinking. The course has a special format. Three professors from the marketing department will lead the course- Professors Brendl, Calder, and Roese- as well as Steven Dupuis who is a Clinical Professor and the President of a leading design firm. Designers from several other design firms located in Chicago will participate on an ongoing basis as well. The format of the course will be experiential. Students, professors, and design professionals will work on a design project from the inception of a creative concept to complete design implementation. The project is based on the premise of creating a new type of outside-the-home movie watching experience. In addition to providing a valuable learning experience for students interested in design, the course is also intended to provide a vehicle for determining how to incorporate design into the Kellogg curriculum better in the future. Enrollment in the course will be restricted due to the experiential and interactive learning format. One goal is also to find ways of involving members to the Design Club in the project on an at-large basis. Note: This course may not be dropped after the second week of the quarter.

If you are interested in enrolling in the course please email Faye Palmer (faye-palmer@kellogg.northwestern.edu) for the enrollment request form..