GradGuard
GradGuard
GradGuard

Creative Direction & Brand Experience

Creative Direction & Brand Experience

Building a Modern Brand Made to Scale
Building a Modern Brand Made to Scale
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brand-identity

brand-strategy

visual-design

web-experience

marketing-campaigns

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Logo
Logo
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Creative Director
Creative Director
Creative Director

Project Type

Creative Direction

Released

Released

Technology

Adobe Suite Sketch WordPress HTML/CSS HubSpot Google Analytics

Timeframe

Timeframe

10 weeks

10 weeks

A brand built to match where the business was going

As GradGuard's reputation and customer-first mission grew, its brand lagged behind. The work: a modern, cohesive brand experience, and the creative foundation to keep it moving at the pace of the business.

Woman’s face framed by soft white fabric with intense gaze.
Woman’s face framed by soft white fabric with intense gaze.

Brief

Elevate the Brand, Build the Foundation to Scale

Move beyond a set of disconnected assets to a unified brand system, one that raises the experience, deepens engagement, and gives every team the standards and tools to create faster and stay consistent.

Elevate the Brand, Build the Foundation to Scale

Move beyond a set of disconnected assets to a unified brand system, one that raises the experience, deepens engagement, and gives every team the standards and tools to create faster and stay consistent.

Blurred figure walking past a white wall with architectural sketches and photos on display.
Blurred figure walking past a white wall with architectural sketches and photos on display.

Challenge

A Growing Company, a Fragmented Brand

Rapid growth had scattered the brand across channels, making it inconsistent, off-pace with the business, and slowing the teams who depended on it. It needed a modern, cohesive experience on a foundation that could scale.

A Growing Company, a Fragmented Brand

Rapid growth had scattered the brand across channels, making it inconsistent, off-pace with the business, and slowing the teams who depended on it. It needed a modern, cohesive experience on a foundation that could scale.

Artistic black and white photo of a person in motion captured in soft blur on white background.
Artistic black and white photo of a person in motion captured in soft blur on white background.
Models walking down runway in black and white fashion show. 
Models walking down runway in black and white fashion show. 
Black and white photo of tall city skyscrapers with birds flying between them.
Black and white photo of tall city skyscrapers with birds flying between them.

Impact

One Brand, Built to Perform and to Scale

Delivered a full brand evolution, including a unified visual language, a redesigned website, and scalable creative foundations that sharpened consistency across every customer touchpoint and equipped teams to move faster.

$4M

INCREMENTAL ANNUAL REVENUE INFLUENCE

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$4M

INCREMENTAL ANNUAL REVENUE INFLUENCE

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1.4x

WEBSITE USERS

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1.4x

WEBSITE USERS

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+13%

CONVERSATION RATE

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+13%

CONVERSATION RATE

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