When we first partnered with Sky Solutions, an app development company, they were already empowering businesses to accomplish the extraordinary, but their visual identity, messaging, and positioning didn’t reflect their market standing. We were tasked with redesigning Sky Solutions’ visual identity & repositioning their brand to communicate their history and experience to potential and existing clients.
With statements like: “We are building a better and more connected world” and “Our mission is to empower people to do the extraordinary through technology”, we knew we needed to create a visual brand that encompassed that and more.
Sky Solutions’ old logo, a paper airplane, drove us down a path of curiosity as we started to explore and ask ourselves critical questions about what it symbolizes and could possibly represent. What we ended up with was a brand concept anchored in 3 elements:
Origami
The Japanese art of folding paper is directly related to Sky Solution's paper airplane logo mark. With origami, paper can be folded many times, creating a vast option of shapes, sizes, and figures. This flexibility symbolizes Sky Solution's ability to develop and implement custom solutions for their clients.
The Sky
The sky is everything that lies above the surface, and conceptually captures the essence of Sky Solutions. Its vastness is reflective of Sky Solution's capabilities and expertise.
Light
With light, there is clarity and the opportunity to see new horizons. And new ideas. Light is representative of technology and the implementation of innovative ideas.
Communication is key in any relationship, especially between businesses and customers. Clearly communicating Sky’s complex and technical services in a simple way was imperative for success. After our initial research and discovery phase, we settled on a visual and written approach that would simplify Sky’s complex services in an interesting way, so the right customers could easily see the value they provide.
Icons Communicating Services
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Agile Optimization |
Sky Technological Solutions |
Cloud Services |
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Automation |
Sky Strategic Solutions |
Process Optimization |
One of Sky Solutions' goals was to establish legitimacy with new and existing clients through messaging that clearly communicates their services. conducting initial market research and competitor analysis, and identifying value propositions based on market gaps was the first step in creating the new strategic messaging foundation for Sky Solutions.
Based on our findings, we created a core value proposition that focused on Sky Solutions' high level of technical expertise in specific industry verticals.
Old Core Value Proposition
Sky Solutions, LLC is a niche services company that provides next generation solutions to enterprises who want to improve their business outcomes.
New Core Value Proposition
Our team of domain and technical experts empower enterprises in healthcare, financial services, and the public sector by using technology to change the way they work and connect with customers.
Our next step was developing a messaging and positioning framework that directly connected customers’ pain points with specific service benefits and industry verticals. Becoming more niche meant narrowing down services and creating a new service architecture.
Service Architecture Recommendations
We consolidated Sky Solutions' old service offering from 15 to 8 that focused on three specific industries – Healthcare, Financial Services, and Public Sector.
Bringing It All Together
As a whole, the new visual brand identity and strategic messaging and positioning aligns with Sky Solutions’ business strategy and reflects their true market standing.
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