Strategy/Writing/Design | Connecting your message with your markets
This product photograph accompanied an article in the quarterly magazine published by the Indiana Dental Association. The original image cropped off part of the top and one end of the sealed package, which set at an odd angle against a gradient background. I removed all four components of the image from the background, rebuilt the … Continued…
This Italian restaurant established its identity with billboards, television, and radio. Television and radio spots shared the same scripts. To tie its menu to family-style comfort food, out-of-home messaging centered around two tag lines: “So good, you’ll leave home for it” and “Every bite as good as it looks.”
Founded in 1863 as a not-for-profit institution, the third-largest non-governmental cemetery in the United States occupies 555 acres in the heart of Indianapolis, Indiana. Crown Hill Cemetery relies on its not-for-profit Heritage Foundation to fund the preservation and restoration of the historic treasures on its grounds. The Heritage Foundation calls on B Plus C Communications … Continued…
For a technology-oriented company that specialized in providing computer systems and services targeting the graphic arts, I created a typographic logo that matched up precisely geometric letter forms with a swirling, graceful ampersand. The combination of hard-edged and curved shapes echoed the focus of the client’s business, aptly named for its products and its customers.
Animal overpopulation contributes materially to euthanasia rates when unspayed and unneutered cats and dogs breed, and their litters become strays. In Indianapolis, Indiana, the percentages of stray and surrendered animals euthanized at the city’s two animal shelters vastly exceeded comparable statistics in smaller metropolitan areas and even entire small states. The Indiana Companion Animal Network … Continued…
Madam C. J. Walker became America’s first self-made female millionaire. This dynamic entrepreneur founded a cosmetics empire with a product she created to treat her own hair loss. She built her company in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with an architectural gem of a facility that combined a theatre with spaces devoted to community use. This building … Continued…
Orthopaedics Indianapolis wanted to promote its services directly to employers and parents. I wrote two ads that used original illustrations based on the character of Humpty Dumpty, the fallen egg in need of rescue. One message promoted the need for expert orthopaedic care to resolve workplace injuries. The other, addressing families with athletic youngsters, pointed … Continued…
The Alliance of the American Dental Association is a national organization of dental spouses who support their life partners’ profession with community-education and legislative initiatives. AADA launched an outreach program called Senior Smiles, targeting the dental health of older adults. I created the campaign logo, along with a brochure designed to fit into kits of … Continued…
[Please note: I’m only allowed to share the scripts of these spots and can’t identify the client’s location.] ——————– Lake Shore Community College attracts non-traditional students including single parents, 30- to 40-somethings who find their career prospects blunted by the lack of a degree, and recent high school graduates who want to complete general education … Continued…
The City of Indianapolis committed $19.6 million to a project targeting one of its major east/west arteries, 38th Street, originally dubbed Maple Road. This busy thoroughfare evolved from a residential corridor to a site for small commercial districts that served burgeoning northern suburbs, and eventually became a conduit across the city rather than a destination … Continued…
Many new college graduates migrate to other parts of the country in search of job prospects that they either know or believe they cannot find in their home states. Fewer college students opt for teaching careers. Because of these trends, the aging teacher population, and other factors, many schools scramble to fill their teaching ranks. … Continued…
The Indianapolis Senior Center supported residents ages 50 and older with an extensive menu of services focused on independent living, good health and well being, intellectual and cultural enrichment, and travel and tourism. Its quest for a better alternative to its long-standing facility ended with the determination that buying and renovating its current facility offered … Continued…
At the same time that Indiana educational trends pointed to rising high school dropout rates, many Hoosier college students who wanted to pursue teaching careers sought other opportunities because of the widening gap between teacher pay and the compensation in other professions. The Congressional Choice for Educational Excellence scholarship program was designed to help would-be … Continued…
The Copper Development Association launched an online microsite designed to promote the advantages of brass in manufacturing. On modern high-speed machine tools, brass offers significant versatility, machines quickly, and leads to minimal tool wear. In many cases, manufacturers can switch parts from other metals to brass and gain a high degree of efficient profitability. This … Continued…
Indiana/World Skating Academy provides a place to learn and have fun, providing elite coaching for world-class ice-skating competitors from around the work and family togetherness for local residents. Since it opened its doors in 1987, I/WSA has nurtured talent, added ongoing revenue to the City of Indianapolis, and donated ice time to other community organizations. … Continued…
Through media, multimedia, and in-person experiences aimed at a teen audience, On Your Level Youth Project promotes communication and understanding in a diverse world. I created a logo that symbolizes the not-for-profit group’s message of building a strong base of understanding among gender identities, races, and belief systems.
Renowned for staging plays that tackle sensitive themes and subject matter, the Phoenix Theatre is one of only a few Actors Equity member institutions in Indiana. For the covers of a fundraising brochure designed to assist the Phoenix in renovating its facility and meeting other fiscal needs, I created a pair of digital illustrations that … Continued…
Many not-for-profit organizations, especially those that provide vital social services to otherwise under-served populations, stand or fall on their infrastructure’s ability to support their programming. When Boone County Senior Services outgrew its longtime headquarters in Lebanon, Indiana, its not-for-profit foundation embarked on a capital campaign aimed at raising the $2,000,000 necessary to build a new … Continued…
A publishing executive who attended the 1963 March on Washington was moved by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to create an organization designed to increase the representation of people of color in influential positions within American corporations. He established INROADS as a non-profit network of locally incorporated non-profits serving … Continued…
After this Italian restaurant established its identity, it switched its messaging to emphasize its focus on fresh local ingredients and thereby set itself apart from national chains.