Expanded Case Studies
The following is a sampling of programs I have led and/or developed,
along with the results that were achieved for the clients.
Saving a brand from the ravages of disreputable and unethical practices committed by its US-based parent company, became a existential urgency for this independent Canadian subsidiary that remained entirely ethical and scrupulously followed a much more regulated and stricter set of marketing practices.
A leading digital consultancy required brand transformation that would clearly depart from its web design legacy identity in order to reflect its industry-leading expertise and take on global firms competing in the Digital Transformation space.
The United Church of Canada, like many other faith-based organizations has been having difficulty articulating “What we are and how we work in the world.” The Church is pushing for answers to questions it feels must be addressed. Especially key to its future is finding out better and more flexible approaches to connecting and engaging with millennials in ways that are relevant to their lives.
The Youth Centre and the Oshawa Community Health Centre merged with a vision to create a new community health organization, serving the communities of Durham Count, and become one of the largest organization of its kind in the country. The new brand tells the story.
With an office in every major market in Canada, GWL Realty Advisors, a subsidiary of Great-West Life Insurance Company, is one of Canada’s premier property management and development companies. We guided the company in optimizing its brand positioning to align with fast-evolving market conditions and to refresh its brand image and communications approach to reflect this new positioning.
The Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) is an industry-driven regulatory body that has a mandate to modernize Ontario’s apprenticeship and skilled trades system. The College allows for all tradespeople and employers’ voices to be heard, protects the public interest, and is responsible for establishing the scope of practice and setting out policies and procedures for the trades.
The Corporation of the City of Guelph’s needed: A) to ensure that the “business of the city” aligned with the expectations and experience of the members of the community, and B) help scoping out options to revitalize and position the Corporation of the City as a vital partner in marketing the municipality as a destination for economic and community prosperity.
Colloquially known as “Whitby Psych” and having begun its life as the Ontario Hospital for the Insane, the centre suffered from many of the legacy perception issues associated with many mental health institutions, as it looked to branding to bring the organization into the 21st century and help portray it as the caring community-based and patient-centric health care facility it has become.
Sentry Investments required a new approach to their marketing communications to improve the company’s visual impact, enhance its brand position in the highly competitive investment sector, and to more successfully address the needs of its various business segments and audiences.