MetaBrand Beverages
Strategic and Visual Branding
MetaBrand is a beverage manufacturing and formulation company who approached me looking for a brand refresh. Once I determined that there were no current brand guidelines in place at all, I started from scratch in creating a comprehensive brand identity. A theoretical approach allowed me to create a strong brand personality, which laid the groundwork for an engaging visual identity that set them apart from their competitors.
The Strategy
I began the engagement with a series of hour-long conversations that were essentially deep dives into their company and process. These conversations helped me extract the brand’s purpose, vision, and values. Once I had those in place, I moved on to identifying MetaBrand’s target market personas. Lastly, I locked down their own brand persona based off of Carl Jung’s framework of archetypes. My goal was to find the soul of the brand and express it in within the universal framework of archetypes in order to keep all messaging consistent.
The Visual Identity
The brand strategy sessions uncovered the core of MetaBrand’s identity; the company was young, fresh, and loud, while at the same time being dependable and a true workhorse. I constructed a new logo and color palette using these qualities as our guideposts and found an aesthetic that managed to strike a balance between those traits. I also drew inspiration from their formulation capabilities to create supporting graphics that reflected the chemical nature of the work.
IG Grid Announcement (Asset)
Old Logo
Redesigned Logo
Before
After
The Assets
Once the client and I were in agreement about the baseline of their visual brand — the logo, fonts, and colors — I moved on to their marketing assets. Since they had created their original assets with no formal brand structure in place and without a professional designer, they required a complete overhaul. Keeping the brand vision, values, and visual guidelines in mind, I overhauled their business cards, letterhead, social media assets, PowerPoint templates, and marketing one-pagers.
Updated Letterhead
Social Media Profile Header
Conclusion
MetaBrand entered the engagement with an outdated and poorly defined brand strategy, and left with an exciting and appealing new aesthetic. I was excited to work on the project and very pleased with the results. Now, MetaBrand will be able to confidently differentiate themselves both online and at every conference they attend.