Corporate Indentity & Branding Tasks:
Compile and finalize the key corporate messages for input to the corporate identity tasks.
Brainstorm
and agree on taglines for use with your firm’s Company-Name,
Product-Name(s), or Service-Names.
Trademark,
Servicemark, or register these names. Compile and maintain a list of corporate
trademarks and status, Trademark or Registered Trademark.
Compile a list of brand attribute words
Research,
recommend, and select primary color, secondary color, and any accent colors
• Research
psychology of colors
• Specify colors
in PMS, CMYK, and Web-safe (216) colors
• Distinguish
from competitors and partners
Recommend
and select fonts used throughout for corporate identity:
• Compile list
of type styles used to date
• Logo font
• Web site font
options, such as Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
• Print
collateral type styles
• Select type, such
as Sans-serif type for headlines, Serif (more readable) type for body text
Identify
or create graphic elements that will be carried through all corporate
communications: Web, print, documents, PDF, etc.
• Graphics, such
as lines, swooshes, arcs, circles, that may be used throughout
• Photos, such
as screen shots, maps, a photo montage, or streams of text (1s & 0s).
Obtain images. Create output files for print, Web, etc.
• Diagrams, such
as describing software solutions and modules, a typical customer configuration,
network diagrams. Create diagrams. Create files for print, Web, etc.
Create
standard files in Illustrator (.ai files) of Company logo in each approved
form:
• Basic, such as
standalone logo, logo with name text, logo + name + tagline
• For position
on page, such as text or tagline either below or to the right
• For color and
black-and-white documents
Create
standard files in Illustrator (.ai files) of product or service logo(s) in each
approved form:
• Standalone
logo, logo with name text, logo + name + tagline
• For position
on page, such as text or tagline either below or to the right
• For color and
black-and-white documents
Create standard graphic file types for use for differing
output:
• Pantone (PMS)
for laser printed or PDF in color or black-and-white
• Process (CMYK)
for four-color printing
• JPG/GIF for
the Web, file formats for presentation graphics, etc.
Create logo usage guidelines for corporate logo and product or
service logos, such as:
• Positioning on
printed page, Web page, business cards, business cards, letterhead, envelopes,
fax cover sheets, facilities signage, corporate advertising, corporate-level
marketing programs, etc.
• Minimum size that
logo should appear: printed, on-screen at resolution, etc.
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