Rebranding
Brand transformation for a business that has fundamentally changed
When a merger, acquisition, pivot or new business model changes what the company is, we rebuild the brand around the organization it is becoming.
What is brand transformation and when is it needed?
Brand transformation is a full-scope realignment of a company’s position, story, architecture, identity and experience following a significant change in the business. It is appropriate when the existing brand does more than look outdated. It represents a company, category or structure that no longer exists. The work brings the new organization into one coherent direction internally and externally.
The situation we usually walk into
The company may have combined several businesses, moved into a different category, changed its model or outgrown the assumptions on which the original brand was built. Leadership understands that the organization is different, but employees, customers and partners may still be operating with several competing versions of what the company is now.
What it costs the business
A transformed business with a legacy brand is difficult to align and difficult to explain. Teams retain old language, offers compete for attention and customers cannot see the value created by the change. The organization may be moving forward operationally while its identity and reputation remain anchored to the past.
- Several legacy brands or cultures are operating inside one company
- The existing position conflicts with the current business strategy
- Employees and customer-facing teams use different versions of the company story
- The name, architecture or identity creates a false impression of what the business now does
Signs the business needs a brand transformation
- A merger or acquisition has left several brands, names or narratives in place
- The business model, category or priority audience has changed materially
- The existing architecture makes the combined offer hard to understand
- Teams still identify with the previous organization rather than the company being built
- Incremental design updates cannot resolve the strategic gap
How we approach brand transformation
01
Define what the business has become
We diagnose the commercial, organizational and customer changes behind the transformation and establish what the new brand must make clearer.
02
Align leadership and architecture
We bring decision-makers around one direction, then organize the relationships between the company, divisions, offers and legacy brands.
03
Rebuild the brand system
We develop the position, messaging, naming where required, visual identity and core applications needed to represent the new organization.
04
Integrate and transition
We plan internal adoption, customer communication, asset migration and launch so the transformed brand is introduced as an operating direction, not only a new appearance.
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What changes
Before
- Several brands, stories or cultures competing inside one organization
- A legacy identity that no longer reflects the business model
- Customers and employees holding different versions of the company
After
- One coherent direction for the transformed business
- A clear architecture and story connecting its parts
- A brand system the organization is prepared to adopt and deliver
Related services
Brand Refresh
Evolve how the brand looks and communicates while preserving the recognition, positioning and trust that still serve the business.
Rebrand Strategy
Define the business case, protect valuable equity and decide what the new brand must accomplish before design and rollout begin.
Rebrand Launch
Prepare employees, customers and partners for the change, then coordinate the story, assets and rollout that bring the new brand into use.
Questions we get asked
Build one brand around the business you are becoming
Bring us the merger, pivot or structural change that the current brand can no longer explain. We’ll help turn it into a direction the organization can align around.