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- Client
- PC Guardian
- Project
- Marketing Materials for College Retail products
- Role
- Concept, Design & Production
- Task
- PC Guardian, a B2B company, branched out with a line of retail products for the College market. This necessitated a whole new look and marketing angle.
- Result
- We developed design system separate from PCG’s corporate branding with color, type and illustration styles suitable for the target market. We applied this to all marketing materials and received glowing feedback from PCG and their customers.
- Client
- PC Guardian
- Project
- Marketing Collateral
- Role
- Concept, Design & Production
- Task
- PC Guardian needed to replace their inconsistent system of product sell sheets with a more adaptable and streamline method of marketing materials.
- Result
- Along with a full-sized informational brochure and promotional postcard and copy writing, we developed a self-mailing folder with a set of tri-fold product brochures. Sales Reps could send potential customers only the information they needed, or provide customers with the whole offering of products and information. Because of the modular design, updates and reprint costs were lowered.
- Client
- Portal Publications
- Project
- Retail Calendars
- Role
- Art Direction and Editing
- Task
- Portal Publication's retail calendar line kept a careful balance between perennial best-sellers and new artist and trends. Since lines were planned over a year in advance, careful market research was essential to make the offering relevant.
- Result
- Not only did we bring fresh new ideas and imagery into those perennial titles, we worked closely with up-and-coming licensers, like Naughty Naughty Pets™, to bring fun and new into the mix. We also introduced an entirely new calendar format, rich with special processes, to fill out the higher end range in the line.
- Client
- Portal Publications
- Project
- Wholesale Products Catalogs
- Role
- Design & Production
- Task
- Portal Publications required design and printing of catalogs for their refreshed product offering about a dozen times each year.
- Result
- We developed templates to make design consistent and efficient, with enough flexibility to make each new catalog a fresh experience. Each catalog featured hundreds of products and ranged from 20 to over 100 pages. Along with design and production, we wrote copy for each featured product.
- Client
- Portal Publications
- Project
- Trade Magazine Advertisements
- Role
- Design
- Task
- Portal needed designs to advertise their gift, décor and card products in a variety of trade publications.
- Result
- We designed eye-catching full-page advertisements that highlighted the playfull and sophistaced qualities of the Portal line. one of our ad designs was voted a reader favorite in the March/April 2009 issue of Greetings Etc.





















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