A CEO-led council fostering collaboration among business, education, and community leaders to prepare New Yorkers for the future of work.
The changing nature of work in New York City has resulted in a mismatch between the abilities the working population currently possesses and those that employers need. To remedy this, a group of NYC firms formed a CEO-led council to foster collaboration among business, education, and community leaders to prepare New Yorkers for the future of work.
HPS was retained to oversee the formation of the council and to execute the launch.
- DISCIPLINES:
- Brand Strategy
- Identity Design
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Social Media
- Video Production
- Advertising
- CLIENT:
- The New York Jobs CEO Council
- SECTOR:
- Advocacy
Our Discovery process explored the goals, tone, look & feel, materials, and potential names for the council. We then developed moodboards using existing creative to quickly establish a preferred brand direction. With the aesthetic universe defined, we generated multiple brand concepts that were refined and combined to create the final brand.
The final brand guidelines included the logo mark, lockup, and guidance on clearspace, typography, color, unathorized usage, and brand application across a variety of experiences. Additionally, we provided a range of logo variations for use across a wide selection of communications collateral.
Our digital campaign constituted a constellation of products that each had differentiated roles to play in reaching various segments of our target audience. Each can be thought of as existing at different points along a marketing funnel designed to garner attention and convert as many people through to taking a variety of desired actions related to the council, while also sharing more information across their networks.
Using an artistic illustration style aligned with the look and feel of the broader campaign, we produced a 60-second explainer video for the council that brought individual illustrated elements to life through animation, music and voiceover narration.