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Re-branding

Our re-branding work includes many stages of consultation with various groups, as well as positioning work. We have project managed design pitches and worked with in house teams on design execution.

Some re-branding exercises have been evolutionary, developing over time and in response to feedback and change in business requirements. Re-branding can fail or be a poor dilution of what could have been achieved. This is mainly because organisations often jump unprepared into an ill-conceived consolidation, leaving members and customers puzzled and business associates confused.

We follow a number of steps when re-branding or setting up a new corporate identity.

1. RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS

In this stage, identity, design, communications and behaviour audits are conducted. There are established perceptions of the brand, its business and its behaviour. There's a need to establish how these perceptions can be aligned to the desired positioning and how the organisation wishes to project itself.

2. CREATION OF THE NEW IDENTITY

We develop and work to fulfil a brief for a new visual identity and communications strategy to introduce the identity and a plan for achieving behavioural change is developed.

3. DEVELOPING THE DETAIL

Development of credible, distinctive and coherent identity and a consistent approach to communications throughout the organisation is developed.

4. LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENTATION

Choices made about scale and timing of change.


Examples of re-branding projects and design solutions which we have commissioned and controlled for clients include:

The BACP

The organisation wished to move away from this dated indentity and establish its wider role in counselling and in the healthcare community.

British Association for Counselling and Pyschotherapy

We developed a new identity to reflect the organisation's mission and vision, after a number of stages.

BACP - Our Mission

Enable access to ethical and effective psychological therapy by setting and monitoring of standards.

BACP - Our Vision

Towards an emotionally healthy society.

BACP

The PMS

This leading Catholic charity had an identity which was rarely recognised by the wider Catholic community.

Pontifical Mission Societies

Following detailed consultation this solution was achieved -

Missio - sharing faith, giving life

"During a key stage of our development Ashridge Communications have greatly supported and guided us, giving us fresh insights and a clearer vision about our way forward. They have been respectful of our traditions but also our urgent desire for change."

Monsignor John Dale, National Director, Pontifical Mission Societies of England and Wales