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Services Ecosystem Journey Design™

The days of thinking people are droping through funnels have lead us to believe people – and therefore marketing – are less complex than they actually are. 

Create messaging for each stage of your relationship journey, empowering leaders, teams, and partners to engage in brand improvisation as the highest form of business communication.

Executing a strategy is depending upon a clear understanding of your business and it's ecosystem.

Post-Acquisition Brand Unification as Agency of Record

Two Acquisitions. One Year. Millions of Jira Users Watching. · Brand Strategy During a Global Crisis · Agency of Record: Content, Branding, Social, and Brand Anthem · Three Entities. One Cohesive Brand.

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Ecosystem Journey Design is about Value(s)

Brand Relationships

Communicate purpose and values through improvisation.

Exchange Relationships

Improvise messaging to meet evolving stakeholder needs.

Journey Integration

Enable leaders to improvise across all touchpoints.

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Building Relationship Stratgey

We empower your leaders to communicate your Purpose, Vision, Mission, and Values (PVMV) dynamically. Instead of following a rigid script, we teach your team to engage in brand improvisation, adapting messaging based on real-time interactions. This creates more authentic connections with stakeholders, deepening their relationship with your brand.

For stakeholders ready to engage in an exchange—whether purchasing a product or exploring a partnership—improvised messaging ensures a more personalized and responsive experience. We help your team develop the skills to pivot messaging based on the specific needs and contexts of your stakeholders, creating trust through adaptable, value-driven communication.

Brand improvisation is key to navigating multi-stage journeys with your stakeholders. We work with your team to develop strategies that allow them to adapt messaging fluidly across different touchpoints, ensuring that every interaction feels authentic and connected to your brand’s values.

Your team is trained to engage with stakeholders dynamically, responding to their needs and expectations in real time. This approach builds more meaningful relationships, as stakeholders feel heard and valued through the improvisation of messaging that reflects your brand’s core values at every stage of the journey.

Strategy

Clients

“They’ve been a great partner in helping us identify how we will succeed in the market.”

Josephene Taylor

Here’s how we’ will Work Together

Journey Mapping

Together, we map out your stakeholders’ journeys, empowering your team to engage in messaging improvisation that responds to real-time dynamics and builds trust.

Improvisational Messaging

We co-create a framework that empowers leaders and teams to improvise messaging based on stakeholder needs, ensuring that each interaction is authentic and responsive.

Strategy Evolution

As your business and stakeholder relationships evolve, we continue to refine your journey design, ensuring that your team remains confident in improvising messaging that drives engagement.

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Our Case Studies

C-Suite’s Guide to Unconscious Bias

"While climate has global effects, the solutions lay within local municipalities across the country." – Rai-mon Nemar Barnes

Brand Strategy + Growth for Energy SaaS 

Branding a New Line of Business Without Losing Legacy Clients · Strategy, Execution, and Product Marketing Under One Roof

From Race Concept to Branded Event NYC Business Community

A Race That Needed an Identity Before It Had a Name · Naming, Branding, Sponsorship, Website, and Campaign as One System · Built to Grow Year Over Year

Brand Strategy, Product Design + Campaign for Sustainable Finance Platform

A Fintech Platform That Needed to Educate Before It Could Convert · Brand Strategy + Product Design + #AskSustainable Campaign · A Consistent Voice Across Every Channel and Touchpoint

Branding and Ecosystem Design for a Global FinTech Venture Firm 

Values-Driven Finance Needs Trust Infrastructure · Stakeholder Mapping Across Institutions and Individuals · An Ecosystem Strategy That Earns Trust at Every Level

Webby-Nominated Branding and Product Design for the World’s Most Sustainably Certified Seafood Company

A Category Leader Whose Brand Hadn't Caught Up to Its Certifications · Branding, Product Design, and Ecosystem Strategy as One Platform · Webby Award Nominated 2023

Brand Strategy for an AR Experience Company Featured at MoMA and Tied to a Netflix Documentary

An AR Platform Built to Rewrite How We See History · Selected Alongside for MoMA Exhibition · App Launched the Day Trevor Noah Hosted a Town Hall With Will Smith · Branding, Ecosystem Design, Research, and Campaign Strategy

Brand Strategy and Platform Launch for On-Demand Talent Network

A 15-Year-Old Mentorship Organization Needed a Commercial Platform · Brand Identity, Website, and Performance Marketing · NBA Foundation Inaugural Grant: The Work Got Noticed · Brands Including Moët Hennessy, PepsiCo, AT&T, Google, P&G, and Spotify

Brand Strategy + Ecosystem Design for Chicago’s $7.5B Health Innovation District

A $7.5B+ Opportunity in One of Chicago's Most Historically Significant Neighborhoods · Brand Strategy, Stakeholder Research, and Pitch Collateral · 100+ Acres. 20% Affordable Housing. A New Metra Stop. 105% Renewable Energy. · Equitable Placemaking at Scale

Marketing Strategy and Execution for One of the Worlds leading Cultural Institutions

Five-Scholar Curation Council. A Months-Long Festival. A Marketing Brief Like No Other. · Audience Research, Influencer Strategy, and Content Production at Cultural Scale · Transmitting an Undefinable Energy to the Right Audiences

Influencer Strategy + Event Marketing for HBO’s Watchmen Launch

HBO's Own Machine Had a Blind Spot · Partnership With consciously · 400+ at the Atlanta Pre-Screening · Comic Con Activation · Content, Events, and Cross-Community Reach

2 Million Reached: Brand + Campaign for Brooklyn Incubator

One of NYC's Biggest Economic Zones and incubator Needed an · Brand Strategy, Web Platform, and #BuildTheFutureNYC Campaign · 2M+ Reach Across Five Boroughs · A Blueprint Other Cities Are Now Following

Agency of Record Brand Strategy + Content for Identity Security Leader

Unmatched Technology. No Brand Voice to Match It. · Website Rebuild + Brand Strategy + Content System as Agency of Record · From Legacy Web 1.0 to Thought Leadership Platform · A Company Now Trusted by 30+ Fortune 100 Clients

Brand Strategy + Community Health Outreach for National Telehealth + In-Clinic

Funding Cuts. Then a Pandemic. A 100-Year-Old Organization Needed a New Reach Strategy · Audience Research Across BIPOC, Transgender, and Low-Income Communities · Brand Voice, Go-to-Market, Telehealth Activation, and Geofencing · Awareness, Reach, and Foot Traffic All Showed Marked Improvement

AI Company Using Humans for Content — Numerify

Building a Content Machine for an AI Analytics Company

Superbowl Staffing Agency Needs New Thinking — BCforward

Helping an international transformation change agent to define their public expression

Connecticuts’ State Bank Manifests Community — Nutmeg

Connecticuts' State Bank wanted to connect better with it's ecosystem

Making a Theory into Change — B Lab

Working to make business a force for change

National Growth Marketing Campaign for Legacy National Non-profit 

Place-Based Community at National Scale · Ecosystem Activation Across Diverse Stakeholder Groups · What It Means to Market Belonging

Brand Identity Refresh + Marketing That Delivered 10x Engagement 

A Brand Defined by One Name Needed a Voice of Its Own · Identity + Positioning + Campaign Infrastructure · 10x Across Awareness, Reach, and Engagement

Brand Identity + Messaging for a Regulated HealthTech Company

Regulated Spaces Demand Precise Visual and Verbal Systems · Identity Built for Trust Under Scrutiny · Messaging That Works for Both Patients and Providers

Wealth is About More Than Money

Laying a Foundation for Data-Driven Wealth Equity

Post-Acquisition Brand Unification as Agency of Record

Two Acquisitions. One Year. Millions of Jira Users Watching. · Brand Strategy During a Global Crisis · Agency of Record: Content, Branding, Social, and Brand Anthem · Three Entities. One Cohesive Brand.

Boston Needs Racial Wealth Equity Data — Boston Foundation

Providing resources for grant makers in Boston and the Massachusetts area.

poly-identity

EASI Demographics: Helping One of the Country’s Largest Data Suppliers Look the Part

Three Distinct Buyer Personas. One Coherent Brand. · Rebrand Built for a High-End Client Roster · Ecommerce and Sales Journey Redesign

Aligning Five Acquired Companies Under One Inclusive Brand for Digital Transformation Leader

Post-Acquisition Brand Alignment Across Five Companies · Values Built Into Style Guide and Production Process · Equity as Infrastructure, Not Add-On

National B2G Branding and Content — Cocensus

Laying a Foundation for Data-Driven Wealth Equity