Diagnosis
What exists?
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Corporate Branding
Build the brand behind the business.
A corporate brand shapes what the business means, what it stands for, why it matters, how it is different and what people come to expect from it.
The Starting Point
Before asking what the brand should look like, understand the business it represents.
Beyond Identity
What people see matters. So does what it means.
Identity becomes much more powerful when it expresses something meaningful about the business behind it.
Brand EvolutionBusinesses change. Brands do not always keep up.
BusinessBrand StrategyPositioning + MeaningIdentity + Experience
Corporate Branding System
Understanding becomes meaning. Meaning becomes expression. Expression becomes experience.
Discovery
What is true?
Definition
What should it mean?
Design
How should it be expressed?
Development
How should it work?
Deployment
How does it enter the world?
Digital Experience
Your website is not a separate brand.
For many businesses, digital is where people first encounter the organisation. The experience should reflect the business, positioning, proposition, identity, audience and customer journey.
Two Systems / One Brand Engine
The business has a brand. Its leaders do too.
Corporate Branding and Executive Personal Branding can reinforce each other while retaining distinct roles, identities and voices.
From the Work
Meaning becomes a system the business can use.
Real brand evolution work moves through strategic context, positioning, meaning and expression before it becomes an identity system.
Build Your Corporate Brand