Posts Tagged ‘re-branding’

Working with animals and children – Remedy loves a challenge

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

We have been working with Pet Works since October ’09 on a major re-working of their brand and marketing communications. A key part of the new messaging is communicating the special bond between people and their pets. So some bright spark came up with the idea of photographing pets with their owners on location.

Over the years we’ve photographed all sorts of exotic creatures – ostriches, panthers, bees, swans, piranhas, koalas… But this shoot was different – pets with amateur models including kids. This was going to be more challenging than photographing an 8 foot crocodile and not getting eaten (which we have managed)…

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Either Sam and I were helping to set up shots or our pets have escaped!

We organised a three day multiple-location shoot in Sussex with photographer, Nick Parker with 4 labradors, 2 spaniels, 3 rottweilers, 2 terriers, 3 bull dogs, 2 boxers, 2 retrievers, a husky, a cavapoo (no really), various cats and kittens, horses, rabbits, donkeys and even an alpaca.

It was good fun, challenging and exhausting, but the end results made it all worthwhile. Pet Works now has a large bespoke image library, and we have a very happy client!

The images feature on the new Pet Works website, literature, exhibition stands and point of sale materials – take a look in our online portfolio.

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A big thanks to all at Pet Works, and all the wonderful pet owners and (mostly) well behaved pets – we had a great time.

A premium re-brand for AMA Insurance

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

When you’ve lived with the same brand identity for 20 years, it takes a brave client to change. So we were really happy when Ashleigh Mackay and Associates asked Remedy to give their brand a total overhaul.

AMA are high-end corporate insurance brokers and risk management specialists. Their key customers are large corporate clients such as architectural glaziers and electrical contractors with bespoke insurance needs. They also work with high net-worth individuals including premiership footballers.

At our first meeting, Managing Director, Gary Mackay, summed up the company’s ethos very simply: “We don’t sell policies, we buy them on behalf of our customers”. Understandably, he was still quite attached to the old logo that had worked well for them since 1980. However, they had decided it was “time for change” and that they were looking for a “sharp and clean” new brand identity.

With this as the brief, we presented four routes which were all loved by the client.

After some deliberation and a minor tweak, the new AMA logo was born and we are just about to make a start on their new website.

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OLD LOGO                                                                SHINY NEW LOGO

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This is what Marketing and New Business Manager, Anne-Marie Dickinson had to say:

“We were impressed with the way in which you approached us as new clients; you took the time to understand our current business whilst considering our future aims and presented a perfect pitch. It wasn’t easy to decide which of the four options we liked the most but once we did, you were happy to make a tweak to the design, with which we are now delighted. We look forward to seeing designs for our new website – we know it will reflect our business perfectly.”

Here’s to great looking brands and brave clients.