HOW DO YOU TAKE AN ORGANIZATION WITH SEVERAL DISTINCT ENTITIES AND CREATE A BRAND PRESENCE THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERY ONE WITHOUT DIMINISHING ANY ONE? YOU BRING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER. YOU INVOLVE THEM IN A COMPLETE BRAND REASSESSMENT. YOU PRESENT A RANGE OF OPTIONS THAT LEAD THEM TO A THOUGHTFUL CONSENSUS.

Through the years, St. John’s Home grew into St. John’s Senior Living, an enterprise that encompassed nursing home, independent living complex, assisted living facility, day treatment programs, and models for new contemporary living and community home settings. Problem was, they each had individual brands that had little relationship to one another. PAKAN was an integral part of the marketing team that helped this community get in touch with its brand essence. We then provided a broad array of graphic and linguistic alternatives that led to a bold, new, cohesive umbrella brand that carries through each of the important sub brands of the organization. We reduced the name to its core – St. John’s. We created a new brand driver that puts its focus and emphasis on the elder community. St. John’s is the place for all to embrace living.

New logo signature | Clean, modern, secular yet with character | Symbol demonstrating a cradling or embrace of something warm
St John’s brand architecture | Each current entity shares the umbrella brand name | Brickstone is positioned furthest away from the umbrella by not including St. John’s Image Order
New identity based on new positioning | Each piece is reflective of the positioning, Embrace Living | This ideal guides and informs all communications
Poster | St John’s Corporate positioning | Establish the visual connection or embrace of two people – Embrace Living
Poster | St John’s Home positioning | The image of the interaction of two people demonstrate how St. John’s Home embraces living
Poster | Brickstone positioning | Extending Embrace Living to the embrace of two people through shared interests and friendship
Small space ads, both print and digital | Promoting and clarifying the St John’s brand and positioning
Web branding and assets | St John’s Home sub page | Extending the brand identity to the digital space