Reinvigorate your business with a carefully considered rebrand.

Rebranding should be an evolution that engages everyone who already loves your brand.

The change should make sense to your existing customers. Your team should be given the chance to embrace the future vision so they can bring it to life. The leadership should champion your renewed brand too.

Reboot your brand purpose and rally your team around it

Change perceptions and attract new audiences

Refresh your brand to stay ahead of competitors

Create clarity and consistency in your brand communications


Tailored to your brand’s challenge

A rebrand can take many forms. Incremental evolution is the safest, but sometimes dramatic change is needed. Here are some common scenarios:

Reposition

Refine certain aspects of your brand to make yourself more distinct from your competitors and improve audience perceptions.

Refresh

Clarify what you stand for, align your team and make your visual identity and messaging more consistent across all touch points.

Rename

Update your brand name or names if they don’t reflect your brand positioning, product and service offering or business structure.

Rebuild

Overhaul everything and restart from the ground up to underpin a major change or shift of direction within your organisation.

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All-encompassing rebranding process

We’re here to help you understand branding. We’ll lead you through every step of our four-stage branding process and advise on what is right for your brand.

Research

Exploring and understanding your organisation, competitors, audiences and any existing branding you may have.

Strategy

Consolidating your brand identity and brand architecture, developing naming conventions and visual direction.

Design

Crafting your communication framework, key messages and a meaningful visual identity that goes far beyond the logo.

Implementation

Compiling brand guidelines and unveiling your new brand to the world – in print, in digital, in motion and more.

Brand identity
Naming system
Verbal and written identity
Visual identity
Delivery of assets
Week 1
Week 3
Week 6
From week 9

Timeline is for guidance only. Project length and components will be tailored to your organisation.

“No unnecessary chat. No unnecessary debate. Just decisive, professional and output focused. And I enjoyed every minute and couldn’t be prouder of our brand which represents what we do so well. If you are up for a rebrand - this in my opinion is the way forward.”

Helen Ashton
Founder, CEO of Shape Beyond

Facets of a complete rebrand

Branding should affect all aspects of your organisation. We'll deliver everything you need to make the project a success.

Brand identity

Crystallising your core purpose, values, personality, desired positioning, vision and more.

Naming system

Generating impactful names to suit your brand identity, sub-brands, products and services.

Verbal and written identity

Forming a coherent communication framework, tone of voice, style, key messages and more.

Visual identity

Creating a consistent design system of artworks, icons, illustrations, photos or animations.

Brand book

Documenting your new brand with guidelines to keep visuals and written content on brand.

Ongoing support

Transferring knowledge and guiding your team as they learn to bring your new brand to life.

Frequently asked questions

  • Does your brand no longer resonate with the right audience? Have your brand messages or visuals become inconsistent? Is your team confused about what your brand stands for? Does your brand name no longer reflect what you do? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you might need a rebrand. But there can be many other reasons why a rebranding project might make sense for your organisation. We’re happy to discuss. Drop us a line.

  • The rebranding process is similar to our branding process, but we also take care of your existing audiences and reputation. It’s made up of four key stages: research, strategy, design and implementation. During the research phase, we explore your organisation, audiences, competitors and existing branding. The strategy phase is about the consolidation of your brand purpose, core values, personality and positioning. We’ll help develop a new brand name if you need one. In the design phase, we craft your visual identity and key messages. Finally, we create your brand guidelines and work with you to roll out the new brand across all relevant touchpoints.

  • We apply our tried and tested branding process to every project we work on. The output of the project will be completely bespoke to your organisation though. We’ll scope out the list of deliverables with you before we begin the work. And we’ll help you implement the brand across the touchpoints that are relevant to your business.

  • Any type of business can undergo a rebrand. But you need to have an established business and some existing brand recognition for it to be worthwhile. If you are still new or small and haven’t yet built up your brand, our brand sprints might work better.

  • Several activities are always part of a rebranding project, like workshops, client and staff surveys, one-to-one interviews and group discussions. We’ll consider your visual, verbal and written brand identities, as well as your brand purpose, values and personality. The final deliverables will depend on what your organisation needs, but a brand guidelines document is a must-have. We can also apply your new branding to any digital or printed items.

  • The cost of rebranding varies based on the complexity of your challenges and size of your organisation. It also depends what final deliverables you need. Please get in touch for a quote.

  • If your business is large or has been around for a long time, you’ll need a more involved rebranding project. For example, the research, strategy and design phases of our rebranding process take 8-12 weeks for a company of 40 people. The length of the implementation stage is determined by the type of deliverables and number of touchpoints we need to apply the brand to. This is often done in order of priority and can last a few months.

  • The best time to do a rebrand is when key decision makers can focus on the project. It’s also sensible to rebrand before investing in other major marketing or design activities like content strategies or website redesigns. It’s important to get your brand right first because it should influence everything else you do.

  • The biggest risk of a rebrand is alienating audiences. It’s crucial to understand what resonates with your existing and future customers. Your team should also be given the chance to share their ideas and buy into the new brand. The leadership should be engaged with the rebranding process throughout. They’ll need to embrace, champion and guard the new brand to prevent past mistakes being repeated.

  • Our rebranding process can be run entirely remotely and is open to businesses all around the world. The process consists of a series of virtual meetings, workshops, surveys, and group or one-to-one discussions. They’re really convenient for everyone to attend, and you can save precious time. We can also facilitate these activities in person if needed.

  • Rebranding exercises work best when they engage stakeholders at every level of your organisation. Your team should know why the change is happening. They’ll be the ones bringing the brand to life on a day-to-day basis, so must buy into your new brand. Not everyone needs to be involved in workshops or one-to-one discussions. But it’s important to give team members an avenue to share their ideas and perceptions of your brand.

  • Yes, if you have already conducted the necessary research to back this up. We advise you to keep an open mind and let the rebranding process reveal the best course of action though.

  • Yes. Naming is the hardest and riskiest part of a rebranding exercise. It shouldn’t be rushed or taken lightly. We’ll thoroughly examine the potential impact of a name change during the research phase of our rebranding process. Then we’ll generate names that fit your brand strategy and explore potential design avenues for the best ones.

  • Yes. It’s really important to us to see the brand implementation through. We offer a wide-range of related branding and design services but we’ll always adapt to your organisation’s needs. We can redesign everything from the ground up for you. Or we can act as brand consultants by collaborating with your design team, providing feedback and advice.

  • Brand positioning is about understanding your competition and defining how your brand can be different and offer something better. It’s your brand’s place on the competitive landscape, relative to your competitors. Repositioning happens when we change the positioning of an already existing brand.

  • The word rebrand might sound overwhelming for some because it is often associated with major overhauls. The term ‘brand refresh’ feels lighter and more appropriate when the change is incremental and the goal is brand evolution rather than revolution.