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Branding a Global Amusement Operations Company

Posted on September 12, 2018

ICON Global Partners is an international amusement operations company that personally guides owners, investors and operators through the entire design, development, implementation, servicing and maintenance process. Their main focus is in developing markets, and they work with clients who aspire to be world-class in a time when service and safety expectations are continuously increasing.ย  The company is lead by two industry leaders, Chris Perry and Tim Mow.

ICON came to Visual Lure for branding guidance and logo development, graphic design services, and WordPress website design and development. Below is some of the work we completed for ICON:

 


 

Initial Brand Exploration

When we are creating a new brand from scratch, exploring and defining the brand is an important first step before any design work is completed. This can be done through conversations or by filling out a brand framework form.ย  Here is ICON’s brand positioning and messaging:


Brand Promise:

Proactive, transparent, personalized (hands-on) service from concept to opening, and beyond.


Brand Positioning:

  • Helping the leisure and amusement developer to success by listening and providing comprehensive support and technical assistance throughout the development process.
  • ICON wants to be the company of choice for those aspiring to achieve international standards of safety and service for their amusement facility in developing markets.
  • ICON is an operations speciality company for amusement facilities that aspire to be world-class in developing markets.

Master Positioning Statement:

  • What: The only amusement operations speciality company
  • How: that will hand hold (lead) through the entire process
  • Who: for owners/investors and operators
  • Where: in developing markets
  • Why: who aspire to be world-class
  • When: in a time where service and safety expectations are increasing globally

Target Audience:

  • Owners and investors of potential amusement facilities and mixed-use developments globally
  • Existing operators looking for assistance with a future redevelopment or looking to improve their operation
  • Amusement suppliers/manufacturers that are involved in projects which have not yet defined who the operator is
  • IP companies (Cartoon Network, Cirque du Soleil) that are involved in amusement operations that would like to have clearly defined design and operating standards for their brand
  • Hotels that are adding aquatic elements and want to ensure they are safe and operationally efficient

Brand Mission:

ICONโ€™s brand mission is to help others who (aspire, have a desire, have a drive, want, arenโ€™t afraid of the journey) to become (iconic, world class) in their market.


ICONโ€™s Thought Process:

  1. Where can we lead our customers (so that our competitors canโ€™t follow)?
    By developing strong relationships and partnerships that are built on trust, transparency and hard work. Personalized, client-centric commitment focusing on direct interaction and solving potential issues before they become problems
  2. How can our brand help customers help themselves?
    By working hand in hand, we are teaching people how to think differently
  3. What new forms of value can we deliver?
    Working hand in hand in partners in an economical way (by being based in the region) By being more than an operator and representing our clients in our own areas of expertise
  4. How can our brand become a platform for creating customer opportunities?
    Volume of key clients in region. Building brand awareness by the success of client base
  5. How can our brand become a richer context of living?
    Safer, more enjoyable facilities, with better service. Partner for future projects with an easier path of development/openings. By taking the stress burden off of the owner and/or driving higher profits through experience, knowledge and efficiency.

Brand tone of voice (Brandโ€™s personality):

  • Confident
  • Personal/Genuine
  • Local
  • Helpful (solution focused)
  • Passionate

What does ICON do better than their competition? What makes ICON different?

  • ICON is based in their target region (Southeast Asia, which reduces travel costs and makes us easier to communicate with vs. having to speak with someone in North America or Europe)
  • ICON is personally involved vs. passing the work to a project manager or hiring someone other than the leaders of the company
  • ICON’s operators have recent operating experience in some of the most recognized water parks in the world.
  • ICON is not afraid to get their hands dirty and work with clients onsite
  • ICON offers multiple solutions through their own resources (one-stop shop)
  • ICON prefers a client representative approach in which they will interact with other consultancies on the clientโ€™s behalf

 

Final Logo Design

Here is the final logo. It features a globe made from waves – as water parks represent the core of their business. We also added a swoosh/splash under the mark to give it a sense of playfulness and motion. The typography is heavy and arched from the bottom to give it an “iconic” feel, and gradients give it a sense of depth – making the mark more fun, which is what this company is all about.

ICON logo design

Logo Explorations

Below are a handful of logo design explorations we presented. The client requested that we use a globe, and they preferred the color blue – because a majority of their business is water park related.

ICON logo explorations

Business Card Design

 

ICON business card design ICON business card design

 

Website Design

Designed and developed in WordPress, the new ICON website is a fully custom, simple, clean, and easy to maintain theme. Even though itโ€™s a pretty simple layout, we added a wave to the sticky header so that it didn’t look like a cookie cutter theme. The site is of course fully responsive, rendering beautifully on any type of device or screen. Additional features include: easy to apply column short codes for layout flexibility, an RSS industry news feed automatically pulling from an industry news resource, and an accordion services section.

We also installed andย configured WordFence for added security, and WP Rocket for improved load-time speeds giving the site an A rating on both GTmetrix and Pingdom.

ICON responsive web design

ICON website design tablet

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Logo Design/Branding for St. Louis Area Roofing Company

Posted on November 27, 2012

Visual Lure was recently contracted to design a new logo and provide branding services for Performance Roofing, Inc., a locally owned and operated, St. Louis, MO roofing company that has been in business since 1976. They are a full service roofing company serving both residential and commercial properties in St. Louis, MO and the St. Louis Metro East, Illinois.ย  Below are our initial two logo designs along with a sample business card and truck decal layout. The first logo contains a red “P” for Performance and an overlapping roof line when combined with the red “P” creates the letter “R” for roofing.ย  The second logo creates both the letters “P” and “R” also and are placed on top of a shield.ย  The shield represents strength and protection, the two most important aspects of a quality roof.

St. Louis Logo Design for Performance Roofing, Inc.

One more logo design package option:

St Louis Logo Design for Roofing Company

Learn more about our logo design services and donโ€™t forget to check out our logo design portfolio.

UPDATE: Performance Roofing has selected their new logo and have started lettering their truck fleet. We are also in the process of a complete rebrand.ย  More updates to come.

Performance Roofing truck graphic wrap 1 Performance Roofing truck graphic wrap 2 Performance Roofing truck graphic wrap 3

Logos & Identity Design for Southern Illinois Agricultural Consulting Company & Insurance Agency

Posted on July 6, 2012

Visual Lure was recently contracted to design an identity package with two new logos, one for Lutz Agency, Inc., and the other for its sister company Agri-Business Services. The Lutz Agency is a full service insurance company that focuses on protecting farmers and agricultural entities, but also provides life, health, home and auto insurance to non-ag clientele. Since most of their clients are farmers, but not all, they wanted the new logo to reflect that, but in a subtle way as not to alienate their non-ag customers. Our solution was a crest/shield (representing protection) combined with fields on green and gold representing agriculture (the gold also represents sunlight).

As far as the new Agri-Business Services logo, they wanted it to be different, but complement the new Lutz logo, so we used the same colors, the same typeface, the same shield shape and slightly modified the field. To finish it off, we designed a simple custom farm illustration.

 

Lutz Agency & Agri-Business Services Logos

New Lutz Agency, Inc. & Agri-Business Services Logos

Lutz Agency & Agri-Business Services Identity Design

Lutz Agency & Agri-Business Services Identity Design

lutz & agri banner design

banner designs

Learn more about our logo design services and donโ€™t forget to check out our logo design portfolio.

Logo Design & Identity Package for a St. Louis Metro East Psychiatry Office

Posted on June 22, 2010

Visual Lure recently designed the logo and identity package for Psychiatric Services of Southern Illinois, a St. Louis Metro East Psychiatry Office.ย  The logo depicts the silhouette of a human head and the brain is represented by a tree. The tree represents health and growth.ย  Here is the logo design along with the identity package:

Psychiatric Services of Southern Illinois logo design and identity

Psychiatric Services of Southern Illinois logo design and identity

 

Letterpress Business Cards for Salvatore Cincotta Photography

Posted on March 13, 2010

Salvatore Cincotta Photography came to us to design their new business cards. They wanted something different, high-end, something that would stand out from your average business card, so here is what we came up with.ย  The cards will be letterpress printed on extra-heavy, uncoated, black paper with silver ink and a spot gloss varnish.

Salvatore Cincotta Photography Letterpress Business Cards