Brightstripe Cultural Health
(Community Interest Company)
Spin-out from Herefordshire County Council created to positively enhance the local economy and wellbeing of the community through visual arts, sports and physical activity throughout Herefordshire.
“Aileen has been incredibly valuable in helping us shape our business.”
Leoni Linton, Development Manager, Brightstripe
Brief
The key objective was to ensure the survival of Brightstripe through the identification of additional revenue streams and rapid and sustainable commercialisation of current projects and services.
Achievements
Publishing solution significantly reduces the time spent preparing the adverts and printed guide – no more spreadsheets, email attachments, alterations, editing and countless proofs!
Metrics – the old Brightstripe website attracted an average of 372 visits a month – since launch in mid March 2014, daily visits average 87, representing an increase of roughly 700%. h.Art artists’ membership registration has increased by some 23% since 2013.
Phase one
Created a marketing strategy encompassing value proposition and total realignment of all projects and events into a portfolio of services through new brand architecture. Initial part of project was delivered through a Cabinet Office procurement contract, as part of a consortium of independent consultants -partners (ABFL Ltd, Almond Tree Consulting and Ewa Manias) focused on the business and financial strategy, subsequent to the creation of Dynamic Heart’s marketing strategy.
Phase two
Development and launch of new brand, website and online software, working in collaboration with designer (Graham Stoddart) and technical partners (The Nth Degree Marketing & Design, Andrew Huntbatch and Barlae DC).
Dynamic Heart led all the key stages of the project to ensure everything was consistently aligned to Brightstripe’s marketing strategy. The brand guidelines, collateral and website design were created by independent designer, Graeme Stoddart to reflect the new positioning and key messages for Brightstripe – developed by Dynamic Heart.
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The development and implementation of the marketing strategy was research-led and created and delivered by Dynamic Heart through a:
- bespoke customer insight research programme (interviewed 21 stakeholders to create comprehensive insight analysis)
- creative brief and design management for the new brand identity for the newly created sub-brand propositions – part of Dynamic Heart’s brand architecture work
- new dynamic website (creation of sitemap; management of design and WordPress build; creation of all content) complete with publishing system (Django)
- full marketing toolkit – master brand value proposition and sub-brand propositions and service articulations; final brand architecture and visual identity; tone of voice guide; messaging matrices; channel recommendations mapped by audience; social media strategy; forward-look marketing activity calendar and final challenges and recommendations report.
In response to Brightstripe’s stakeholder insight, The Nth Degree, in collaboration with Andy Huntbatch and Barlae DC, developed a bespoke online software and a publishing solution to remove manual administrative and publishing processes which were time consuming and inefficient.
Features and benefits of the master brand website:
- Built with bespoke design by Graeme Stoddart in WordPress
- WordPress was chosen since it’s the world’s most widely used Content Management System (CMS) and blogging platform
- Responsive design for mobile devices
- Library of short videos in the site’s admin area to show team how to use WordPress correctly
- Professionally written copy in consistent tone of voice that conveys key messages in marketing strategy.
Features and benefits of the sister website for Herefordshire Art Week – h.Art:
- Built on the Django platform
- Artists can promote their work on the website through the creation of profiles (images and copy) which the artists submit and edit
- Event co-ordinators submit images and copy for event adverts in the printed guide. Co-ordinators check and approve their advert online before final submission
- Advert copy fields on the website have character limits to ensure copy fits the chosen ad size
- XML data from the website is converted into advert artwork for the printed guide using a bespoke Adobe InDesign script
- Script creates an individual Adobe InDesign document to the exact size of the purchased advert and contains all the copy, information and images as submitted by the event co-ordinator via Brightstripe’s website
- Advert images are pulled off the server onto the designer’s workstation for artwork creation.
“Aileen has been a pleasure and inspiration to work with. She has delivered all that we asked for and more, taking us to a place we wouldn’t have got to without her. Alongside her determined professional approach was a true commitment to us and we enjoyed her down to earth sense of humour.”
“Coupled with determination and drive, Aileen delivered all that Brightstripe asked for with wonderful articulation and oodles of personality, professionalism and clarity. Aileen has been incredibly valuable in helping us shape our business.”
“Working with Dynamic Heart has enabled Brightstripe to move from a new concept to a much more commercial organisation retaining our community based focus. The professionalism of Aileen alongside the enthusiasm of the team she has been working with has given us a new focus, branding and a comprehensive marketing toolkit. It has been a pleasure to work with them all.”